"The New England Patriots have obtained tight end Alex Smith from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Patriots gave up an undisclosed pick in next year's NFL draft for the four-year veteran, who was drafted by the Buccaneers in the third round in 2005 (Sportsline)."
Smith is a decent pass catching tight end, who in his career has 129 receptions for 1,252 yards and 11 touchdowns in 58 games. Even though his stats don't jump off the page he is a very good blocker and might be the sign of a change in philosophy in the Patriots offense. Over the past couple of year the Patriots have been almost exclusively a passing team, but with this addition and the addition of Chris Baker the patriots might be getting away from speedy more WR then TE type of guys like Watson and Thomas. It will make camp every interesting, because the Patriots now have 5 TEs on their roster (Chris Baker, Benjamin Watson, David Thomas, Tyson DeVree, Brad Listorti, Alex Smith), you would think they will keep three...
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