Patriots get Eluemunated.

"FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots announced that they have signed restricted free agent OL Jermaine Eluemunor. Terms of the contract were not announced." According to the staff at Patriots.com

"Eluemunor, 25, is a veteran of three NFL seasons with Baltimore (2017-18) and New England (2019). The 6-foot-4, 335-pounder was acquired by New England in a trade with Baltimore on Aug. 29, 2019. He originally entered the NFL as a fifth-round draft pick (159th overall) by Baltimore out of Texas A&M in the 2017 NFL Draft. Eluemunor has played in 27 regular-season games and one postseason contest with three starts, two at right guard in 2017 and one at left tackle in 2018. Last season with New England, he played in 10 games as a reserve, seeing most of his playing time on special teams."

The Patriots have an entire returning starting offensive line. The Patriots also have 2019 draft steals Tandy Cajuste and Hjalte Froholdt returning from injury. The Patriots are looking set to have a bounce back in 2020 after the line was decimated by injury and Marshall Newhouse.

The Biggest concern is who will be backing up David Andrews. Ted Karras is gone on to greener pay checks. And the team doesn't have a lock as to who replaces him. Eluemunor's signing should put him a directly behind Andrews going into the 2020 NFL draft.

Even with the Eluemunor signing, I expect the Patriots to target one center in the NFL draft. Eluemunor is young but the team needs to know they have the right guy ready at center. The signing however means the Patriots could push acquiring a center on to day three. The longer the Patriots go without drafting a center, the better things look for the former fifth round pick.