The New England Patriots announced Friday that they’ve officially signed TE Ben Watson to a one-year contract.
The Patriots also signed seven of their draft picks to four-year contracts including:
| Pick | Round | Player | Pos. | College | Note |
| 32. | 1. | N’Keal Harry | WR | Arizona State | |
| 45. | 2. | JoeJuan Williams | CB | Vanderbilt | Signed |
| 77. | 3. | Chase Winovich | DE | Michigan | |
| 87. | 3. | Damien Harris | RB | Alabama | |
| 101. | 3. | Yoday Cajuste | OT | West Virginia | Signed |
| 118. | 4. | Hjalte Froholdt | G | Arkansas | Signed |
| 133. | 4. | Jarrett Stidham | QB | Auburn | Signed |
| 159. | 5. | Byron Cowart | DT | Maryland | Signed |
| 163. | 5. | Jake Bailey | P | Stanford | Signed |
| 252. | 7. | Ken Webster | CB | Ole Miss | Signed |
Watson, 38, is a former first-round pick of the Patriots back in 2004. He spent six years in New England before joining the Browns in 2010.
Watson signed on with the Saints for the 2013 season and spent three years in New Orleans before joining the Ravens on a two-year, $7 million contract in 2016.
The Saints brought Watson back last year on a one-year contract.
In 2018, Watson appeared in 16 games for the Saints and caught 35 passes for 400 yards receiving and two touchdowns.
Stidham, 22, was selected with the No. 133 overall pick in the fourth round by the Patriots. He’s projected to sign a four-year, $3,153,690 contract that includes a $633,690 signing bonus.
During his college career at Baylor and Auburn, Stidham completed 64.1 percent of his passes for 6,844 yards, 43 touchdowns and 13 interceptions to go along with a quarterback rating of 147.6 over the course of three seasons and 36 games. He also rushed for 218 yards and nine touchdowns.
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Look at this Pats’ Draft. All value and need picks for Bellichick & Co. All while saving pennies on the dollar in doing so. This is the reason The Pats are only 8 or 9 months away from donning Super Bowl Ring #7.
GMEN GM DAVE GETTLEMAN does NOT have a clue about drafting for value and need. PERIOD!!!!!
Gettleman should have taken DE/OLB Josh Allen at #6, at #17 DL Jeffrey Simmons. Taking DT Dexter Lawrence makes no sense without a speedy MLB to go sideline to sideline. At #37 CB Julian Love would have been the choice to go with CBs Jenkins and Beal. Pick #95 should have been LB Mack Wilson. With pick #108 Gettleman still would have had the opportunity to take QB Daniel Jones. Because NO other franchise had Jones slated higher then the 3rd round. This is a FACT
The GMEN would have had a draft that looked like this one below from rounds 1 thru 4. If! Gettleman had a BRAIN.
RD 1- #6 Josh Allen DE/OLB
RD 1- #17 Jeffrey Simmons DL (3 DOWN LINEMAN)
RD 2- #37 Julian Love CB
RD 3- #70 Sam Beal CB (original 2019 spot, the GMEN elected to use on Beal in the 2018 NFLSD)
RD 3- #95 Mack Wilson LB
RD 4- #108. Daniel Jones QB
RD 00- Jabrill Peppers S/PR was a 2017 RD 1 #25 by Cleveland and traded to the GMEN in 2019.
RD 00- Marcus Golden DE/OLB 2019 FA signee will bring the rush the GMEN are missing.
This is a HELL of a better GMEN draft scenario using the picks from a value and NEED standpoint. Without moving up and down the boards at Draft time.