Patriots 2024 roster reset: Underwhelming WR room needs a boost

Editor's Note: With the beginning of NFL free agency looming on March 13, our Patriots Insider Tom E. Curran is resetting each Patriots position by assessing their 2023 performance, laying out their 2024 contract status and ranking their offseason priority on a scale of 1 to 5.

First up was quarterback. Next on the docket: wide receiver.

Did anyone really think that the wideout complement of DeVante Parker, Kendrick Bourne, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Tyquan Thornton and rookies DeMario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte would be semi-potent in 2023?

I am sheepishly raising my hand. Sheepishly. Whether it was the protection, the quarterback, the scheme, the coaching or all of the above, the aforementioned…