This offseason, the patriots should be focusing on improving their offense, which averaged the least points per game (13.9%) in the league. In his latest mock draft, cbs sports’ josh edwards agrees and has new england landed two key players at places of need. Edwards believes the patriots will strike an agreement with the bears for qb justin fields, who has been the subject of trade talks. The no. 82 in chicago is owned by chicago. According to reports, it will take a “historic haul” to trade for it, with usc qb caleb williams the favorite to hear his name called first.
Fields becomes expendable if the bears want to sign him, and edwards believes it will be new england who will acquire him. Although fields’ 10-28 record as a starter is disappointing, he adds a lot more upside to the position than mac jones, who has thrown for 4,804 yards and 33 touchdowns while rushing for 1,800 yards and 12 touchdowns from 2022-23. Now that the patriots have their next quarterback on the roster, they can trade out of the no. 1). They will get back the draft compensation they lost in the fields trade, with a 3 pick. According to edwards, the vikings will be looking to trade up for the no. 82. In the hopes of landing unc qb drake maye, he has been given a three-pick.
While new england then goes back and picks georgia te brock bowers with the no. te brock bowers. 11 picks. “new england trades back almost ten spots and still gets a player who may have been considered at no. xii. “3 overall,” edwards writes. “if the patriots are justin fields’ landing spot, then this offense becomes a lot more interesting.” It would be. The patriots will have one of the most exciting offenses in the 2024 season if adding bowers to fields’ existing arsenal of weapons. Since catching 175 passes for 2,538 yards and 26 touchdowns from 2021-23, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound tight end has drawn comparisons to future hall of famer rob gronkowski. Before even playing a game in the league, you need to have some serious experience.
But it shows that new england is poised to make a big splash this offseason in the hopes of returning to its winning ways. Fields and bowers would certainly be added to the roster if there was a way to do so.
