The defender is projected to play a big role in New England’s front this year."WhitePatriots News Opinion and Analysis Contribute! FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementPatriots NewsPatriots defender Deatrich Wise Jr. in a walking boot Duron Harmon Jerseys 2019 , unable to participate in on-field workoutsNew,10commentsThe defender is projected to play a big role in New England’s front this year.EDTShareTweetShareSharePatriots defender Deatrich Wise Jr. in a walking boot, unable to participate in on-field workoutsMark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsThe New England Patriots’ defensive line is undergoing a major transformation this offseason. The team lost standout edge rusher Trey Flowers and defensive tackle Malcom Brown in free agency, and also parted ways with Adrian Clayborn and Danny Shelton. It furthermore acquired Michael Bennett via trade, plugged Mike Pennel from the open market, and drafted Chase Winovich in the third round.Meanwhile, only a handful of players return from last season as locks to be on the 2019 squad as well. One of those men is Deatrich Wise Jr White Marcus Cannon Jerseys , who played the second most snaps on the Patriots’ defensive edge in 2018 behind only Trey Flowers. Safe to say that the team will rely quite a lot on the former fourth-round draft choice to help fill the void created by Flowers signing a five-year, $90 million contract with the Detroit Lions.Unfortunately for Wise Jr. and the team, his third NFL campaign is off to a less-than-ideal start: according to ESPN Boston’s Mike Reiss, the 24-year-old is currently unable to do any on-field work because he is wearing a walking boot. There is no official word on why that is the case, but it would not be a surprise if the Arkansas product underwent surgery on his ankle — one that forced him to miss the AFC title game in late January.Whatever the reasons, Wise Jr. will now likely miss at least parts of the Patriots’ offseason workouts and possibly even organized team activities starting on May 20. That being said, the situation is not expected to affect the defender heading into 2019. In that way Marcus Cannon Jerseys 2019 , it is somewhat reminiscent of Joe Thuney’s last year: New England’s starting left guard underwent surgery and missed parts of the team’s offseason workouts, but did ultimately end up playing all 1,371 offensive snaps in 2018.Whether or not Wise Jr. will have a similar rehabilitation process ahead of him remains to be seen. In the meantime, however, the spotlight will be on New England’s other options along the defensive edge: from the aforementioned Michael Bennett, to returning depth players John Simon, Derek Rivers White Brandon Bolden Jerseys , Keionta Davis, Ufomba Kamalu and Trent Harris, to rookies Chase Winovich and Byron Cowart, as well as free agency additions Shilique Calhoun and Nick Thurman. Former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski came out of retirement on Friday night, sort of.Via MassLive.com, Gronk showed up at a Luke Bryan concert at Gillette Stadium. Roughly halfway through the two-hour show, Bryan told the crowd that “someone who wanted to come out and say hello.”And Gronk appeared on stage.Per the report Brandon Bolden Jerseys 2019 , Gronk was “visibly moved” by the “deafening roar” from the fans.WCVB.com has a fan-shot video from the visit, which included Gronk autographing a Gronkowski jersey that Bryan was wearing, Bryan removing the jersey and telling Gronk to return the signed version back to the fan who had given it to Bryan, Gronk doing a shot with Bryan, and Gronk spiking the glass (which apparently/hopefully wasn’t glass).Bryan then persuaded Gronkowski to run a pass route on the stage. Bryan overthrew Gronk on the first try, but they connected on the second.“I can now say I completed a pass to Gronk in Gillette Stadium,” Bryan said. “How cool is that?”Unless Gronk plans to catch a pass from Mick Jagger on July 7 or George Strait on August 17 c , that will be the last pass Gronk catches at Gillette Stadium this year. Unless that “deafening roar” helps persuade Gronk to unretire.
