Mike Dussault

Asked around the league after the Patriots made the Michael Hoomanawanui signing official on Wednesday, and while he’s a good receiver (20 catches for 229 yards and three touchdowns in two seasons with the Rams), the one thing that came up on each occasion was the fact that he is a better-than-average blocker. Our pals over at Pro Football Focus have Hoomanawanui rated as a 2.7 pass blocker (ninth-best among all tight ends last season) and a 2.2 run blocker in 2011, putting up those numbers in 401 snaps last season with the Rams.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/asked-around-the-league-after-the-patriots-made/

Of the active 53-man roster, 17 of those players were undrafted in the NFL. That number doesn’t include undrafted special-teamer turned linebacker Dane Fletcher, who is now on season-ending IR. That’s nearly a third of this season’s active roster filled with players passed up by every single team time after time … after time. No, the Patriots didn’t sign them all out of college, but they saw enough out of some early on in their careers to scoop them up before they established themselves in the NFL.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/of-the-active-53-man-roster-17-of-those-players/