Patriots Trade Tight End. The Patriots will not move up in the first round to select a tight end. Thats exactly what they wound up doing moving from 21 to 29 thanks to a trade with Kansas City that netted them picks in the third 94 and fourth 121 rounds.
Heading into the first round of Thursday nights draft most Patriots fans felt the Patriots were in prime position to move down. The Patriots sending their first- 1-21 and fourth-round 4-127 picks to Dallas in exchange for the Cowboys first- 1-24 and third-round selections 3-88 would be a fairly balanced trade. According to OverTheCaps Jason Fitzgerald Bill Belichick and the Pats actually extracted quite a bit of value from.
After the departure of Austin Seferian-Jenkins the Patriots depth was a little scary with Ben Watson facing a four-game suspension.
Henry gives the Patriots a tight end capable of being a pass catcher and run blocker whereas Smith. That eventually came to pass and New Englands head coach may have foreshadowed what his own team would do. Thats exactly what they wound up doing moving from 21 to 29 thanks to a trade with Kansas City that netted them picks in the third 94 and fourth 121 rounds. At 29 years old Ertz is coming off a Pro Bowl-caliber season in which he caught 88 passes for 916 yards and six touchdowns through 15 games.
