New England's 2020 Offense and Special Teams Prospects.

The New England Patriots have some issues to address on offense and special teams to secure both the 2020 season and the future. Players are getting older and the team will only have about $30 million at the start of the 2020 league year. Here is a list of Draft Prospects the team may consider. 

Tom Brady only has a few years left and the Patriots must decided if Stidham is the man. Regardless of what they decide, they should still bring in a quarterback for competition and camp. Out of my list of forty quarterbacks these are the players they should look at to develop behind Brady. Malcolm Perry is a weapon and should be brought in and converted. I am glad Joe Burrow is not gonna make it to the Patriots, he seems money hungry with a huge ego and that would be a cancer to the Patriots way.

Jalen Hurts Oklahoma, Tao Tagovailoa Alabama, Tyler Huntley Utah, Justin Herbert Oregon, Bryce Perkins Virginia, Cole McDonald Hawaii, Jake Luton Oregon St, Malcolm Perry Navy,  Shane Buechele SMU

The team should also be looking to move on from Rex Burkhead. Bringing in a young back to compete with Brandon Bolden and maybe replace both Bolden and Burkhead  would be huge. There are several worthy backs in the draft.

Tra Minter S. Alabama, Art Thompkins UConn, Jason Huntley NM ST, Dre Brown Illinois, Maurice Thomas Miami OH, Gerold Bright Utah ST, AJ Hines Duquesne, Tracy James Abilene Christian, Sewo Olonilua TCU

With both Devlin and Johnson returning from injury and Roberts possibly leaving the team should look to sign a fullback even if they cut him someone like

Nigh Spencer Auburn, Dayton Furuta Hawaii, Kelvin Smith North Tezas

The Patriots had struggles with Separation. Joe Judge could not develop Gunner Olszewski or Phillip Dorsett. Edelman is recovering from some major injuries, Sanu is a question mark and Slater is pondering retirement. The team must bring in one receiver, and should also look to bring in a special teamer. Free agency might be too costly and they may have to turn to the draft.

KJ Hamler Penn St, Denzel Mims Baylor, Quartney Davis Texas A&M, KJ Hill Ohio ST, Joe Reed Virginia, Tyrie Cleveland Florida, Omar Bayless Arkansas ST,  Devin Duvernay Texas, Gabriel Davis UFC, Isaiah Wright Temple, Darrell Mooney Tulane , Marquez Callaway Tennessee, Kendrick Rogers Texas A&M, Van Jefferson Florida, Keith Corbin Houston

Everyone knows by now Gronkowski took to long to decide to retire and with Austin Seferian-jenkins walking away, killed the Patriots. The tight ends were hurt all year and Nick Caleb could not get any production out of his tight ends. The Patriots should keep Izzo for one more year and move on from Lacosse. They will need to bring in two tight ends, and if they cannot get their guy in free agency, any of these guys will do.

Albert Okwuegbunam Missouri, Cheyenne O'Grady Arkansas, Jacob Breeland Oregon, Adam Trautman Dayton, Devin Asiasi UCLA, Matthew Wilkerson Edward Waters, Colby Parkinson Stanford, Harrison Bryant FAU, Giovanni Ricci W. Michigan, Ahmed Wagner Kentucky 

The Patriots dealt with Injuries. Wynn was out most of 2019, Andrews, Cajuste, and  Froholdt missed the season. The Pats are going lose Joe Thuney unless a miracle happens. Marcus Cannon might be on the block to save cap. Belichick should bring in a center in case Andrews isn't ready. The team should resign LaAdrian Waddle and look at these guys in the draft.

G - Netane Muti Fresno ST, C/G - Lloyd Cushenbury III LSU, T/G - Calvin Throckmorton Oregon, T/G - Hakeen Adeniji Kansas, C/G - Cesar Ruiz Michigan , G/C - Jonah Jackson Ohio ST, G/T - Brandon Bowen Ohio St, T- Yasir Durant Missouri , T - Mekhi Becton Louisville, G - Tommy Kraemer ND, G/C - Darryl Williams Mississippi , G - Kohl Levao Hawaii, T - Scott Frantz Kansas ST, T - Terence Steele Texas Tech, G/T - Alex Givens Ole Miss, C - Matt Hennessy Temple

Stephen Gostkowski might not return to form from this hip injury, and Nick Folk was in decline before coming to New England. The Patriots should bring in one of these legs as an contingency plan.

Johnathan Song TCU, Rodrigo Blankenship Georgia, Jake Koehnke Air Force, Sam Sloman Miami OH

How the Patriots can increase cap room

So many of Patriots nation thought the Pats were going into free agency with a lot of cap room. Few of us realized how many valuable Patriots were going free agent. The team is sitting around a projected $43 Million and they have a lot of players to resign and draft picks to pay.  Here is a list of players the Patriots could cut or trade to increase the salary cap room.  Doing so would save the Patriots about $16,635,974 before adjusting for dead cap. 

Corners: Jason Mccourty and D. Ross.

Defensive linemen: D. Wise and B. Cowart.

Backer: D. Rivers

Running Back: R. Burkhead 

Safety: M. Gant

Offensive Lineman: K. Cunningham

Tight End: M. Lacosse

Wide out: G. Olszewski

Quarterback: C. Kessler

The Patriots should also work to ask wide out Sanu to take a $2 Million dollar pay cut.

This won't solve all the salary issues going into 2020 but it will make them manageable. The Patriots are going to lose key free agents and fan favorites. That is inevitable and we as fans must prepare for it, instead of freaking out like we do every year. We must also prepare ourselves that we could see Brady try to break the team to get paid and be allowed to walk. 

Like with Gronk when Belichick signed Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Ben Watson to answer and fill the hole for Gronk, Bill will sign someone to replace Brady but will they stick around and will they contribute.