New England Patriots: Evaluating Patriots offseason moves
Final thoughts on undrafted free agency and my grade on the New England Patriots’ offseason to-date.
The Patriots’ undrafted free agency list of players was overall uninspiring. One player I liked and have highlighted previously was J.J. Taylor the running back from Arizona. But they failed to address running back in the draft as I felt they should have.
Yet, Taylor was productive college back though small of stature. He just might surprise. I give the group a C.
The Patriots haven’t made any trades. So, tallying up their offseason to-date is really not very difficult. They had a poor free agency. They lost the best quarterback ever due to inattention and also lost some other good, productive players. They landed no real impact signings.
The draft was a mixed bag. They drafted some pretty good defensive players. But they whiffed significantly in shoring up an offense that was deficient in 2019 and helped cost them a run in the playoffs.
And undrafted free agency, well, was undrafted free agency. It’s a crapshoot but don’t be surprised if they keep one of the players. (It helps get them signings in future years.)
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So, to sum it all up at this point in the offseason when NFL teams’ and their season’s destinies are written, I give the Patriots an overall grade of C-. It just hasn’t been that productive where it needed to be productive.