When Rob Gronkowski announced his departure from the New England Patriots after Super Bowl LIII, he left a hole the team was unable to fill for the next two years. As a result, the Patriots’ tight end group became one of the least productive in the NFL between 2019 and 2020.
Heading into the 2021 offseason as one of the league leaders in salary cap space, however, the Patriots vowed to rebuild the position. They did so by bringing in the top two players available on the open market, Jonnu Smith and Hunter Henry.
Henry was signed to a three-year, $37.