Patriots have a new position battle.

Joe Cardona has been the Patriots long snapper since 2015 and is under contract until 2022 which will be eight seasons. The typical career length for a long snapper is six years.

Some fans were looking to the draft for the Patriots to bring in Cardona's replacement but it appeared the Patriots were set on Cardona for another season.

On May 19th, the Patriots signed veteran long snapper Wes Farnsworth to the 90 man roster. This will add competition to the position. Normally Cardona would be considered safe but seeing as he's a year past the career norm for the position, there is no guarantees.

With all eyes on the quarterbacks, this makes just another position battle that will go under the radar in 2021.