I thought Super Bowl LIII would be an old-school blowout. Instead Youth Byron Cowart Jersey , it was an old-school suffocation.There hadn’t been a game quite like that one since the Cowboys beat the Broncos, 27-10. 聽Super Bowl XII capped a stretch of eight of 10 Super Bowls featuring a similar formula: Final margin of three touchdowns or less, and never a sense that the team that lost the game had a realistic chance to win it.From the Jets beating the Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III to the Chiefs beating the Vikings 23-7 in Super Bowl IV to the Cowboys beating the Dolphins 24-3 in Super Bowl VI to the Dolphins beating Washington in Super Bowl VII to the Dolphins beating the Vikings 24-7 in Super Bowl VIII to the Steelers beating the Vikings 16-6 in Super Bowl IX to the Raiders beating the Vikings 32-14 in Super Bowl XI to the Cowboys-Broncos game, those eight games had a feel that had been missing from the Super Bowl in 41 years.Sure, Super Bowl LIII included a tie through three quarters, but there never was a sense that the Rams would prevail, with the inevitability of New England’s win punctuated by the failed touchdown pass to Brandin Cooks at the back of the end zone (when the Pats led 3-0) and the potential game-tying touchdown pass to Cooks that was broken up by Duron Harmon, one play before the interception that, as a practical matter Womens Byron Cowart Jersey , ended the game.That said, the Rams definitely showed more fight than the Colts, Vikings (four times), Dolphins, Washington, and Broncos. But the vibe generated by Sunday’s game unmistakably turned the calendar back to the ’70s, and not in a good way. Hint: it’s not quarterback."While the New England Patriots’ 2019 draft class features an intriguing mix of high-upside talent and players filling current needs, one position widely perceived as being undermanned was not addressed. Despite Rob Gronkowski retiring in late March, the Patriots did not draft a (primarily pass-catching) tight end to help soften the blow of the future Hall of Famer stepping away from the game at just 29 years old.New England did add a tight end after the draft was over in unselected free agent Andrew Beck Authentic Byron Cowart Jersey , but his signing hardly solves the larger issue: the Patriots employ an uncharacteristically thin tight end group with Gronkowski no longer in the picture. It is therefore unsurprising to see advanced statistics website Football Outsiders list the position as the world champions’ biggest need at the moment (via E$PN Insider):The Patriots, who also cut Dwayne Allen earlier this offseason and recently traded away Jacob Hollister, appear to be content with having Seferian-Jenkins, LaCosse, Anderson, Izzo and Beck duke it out for the spots on the team. Maybe they will bring in further reinforcements via trade or the open market, but as things stand right now it seems likely that New England will use the position differently than it did with Gronkowski in the fold.After all, Gronk did it all: he blocked like an offensive tackle, and caught passes like a 6-foot-6 White Drew Bledsoe Jerseys , 270-pound wide receiver. With no player on the current roster even close to approaching this level of versatility, it would not be surprising if the Patriots simply used the bodies they currently have based on packages and situations. Izzo and Beck could serve as primary blockers, Seferian-Jenkins and Anderson as pass catchers, LaCosse as more of a hybrid.While tight end will therefore maybe not play as big a role in New England’s offense as it did when Gronkowski was still a part of it, its value cannot be underestimated either: together with a re-tooled wide receiver group and one of the deepest running back corps in the entire NFL, the position will serve as a complementary piece in the Patriots’ puzzle — just not the prominent piece it was for the last nine years.