The Patriots have a clear need to change the RB position in the future. In recent years, they’ve relied primarily on specialists that can tip plays to the opposing defenses. That strategy isn’t necessarily a problem because it can save cap space because a true bellcow RB gets expensive in the free market. However, the one market inefficiency the Patriots can exploit here is getting that bellcow RB in the draft and being proactive with a contract extension. It’s not so much of a need that the Patriots offense can’t function without one, but rather having someone who can run and catch on the field if the Patriots want to push the tempo in games. In the NFL, predictability is a weakness and if teams finds a weakness they attack it.
Posted by PATS PULPUT on Thursday, January 28, 2016
