Before we begin talking tight ends, brothers and sisters, let us all pour one out for the “Dwayne Allen’s blocking” jokes that will not be made by Patriots Nation this season. Till Valhalla, Dwayne Allen blocking jokes.
OK, now that that’s out of the way, hopefully you didn’t wake up with a headache from too much March Madness this morning cause if you did and you were already worried about the state of the Patriots pass-catchers, this isn’t going to make it any better. Free agent tight end Jared Cook, who a lot of us (the Pulpit included) had pegged as a (insert football cliche) MATCHUP NIGHTMARE sidekick for Rob Gronkowski obviously signed with the Saints last week, but just like Adam Humphries, when it came down to giving out roses, the Patriots came up empty both times.