Patriots Pick Up Tight End. Old friend Ben Watson is back and even though hell be serving a league suspension for the first month the position is too thin for him not to make the roster once hes eligible to return. The Patriots continuously being linked with drafting a top tight end prospect just sheds more light on their awful third-round picks last.
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Neither currently is on their 53-man roster. New England did not draft a tight end at all in the draft. Not only are they set at the position there.
Not only are they set at the position there.
The Patriots will not move up in the first round to select a tight end. And the Patriots decided to trade back into the third round getting the 101st overall pick from the New York Jets. Patriots send pick Nos. A person with knowledge of the negotiations says the Patriots have picked up the option that will keep Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski in New England through 2019.
