Patriots Tight End Defense. Our Phil Perry lays out the best available players at every position who should be on New Englands radar entering Day 2 of the NFL Draft. Entering Week 3 of the regular season no tight end in the NFL had seen more passes thrown his way than the Las Vegas Raiders Darren Waller.

Our Phil Perry lays out the best available players at every position who should be on New Englands radar entering Day 2 of the NFL Draft. Tight end Darren Waller will be the toughest matchup for the Patriots. New Englands offense should force opposing defenses out of their comfort zones.
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More importantly the Patriots are relying on their box safeties to defend tight ends running backs and handle middle of the field zone assignments. Patriots Football Weekly continues their Draft prospect rankings and notes with the tight end position. Apr 26 2006 at 0225 AM. You know again a lot of times teams call and if you open the conversation then they go further and if you dont then they don.