Quality was lacking at Pats wide receiver position last year

With the 2020 season in the books, we will look at each position group on the Patriots, analyzing how the team performed in 2020 and where it might be heading in the future.

Wide receivers: Julian Edelman, N’Keal Harry, Jakobi Meyers, Damiere Byrd, Gunner Olszewski, Donte Moncrief, Marquis Lee, Isaiah Zuber, Kristian Wilkerson, Devin Smith, Quincy Adeboyejo

Contract situation: The Patriots have quantity, but certainly lack quality at this position.

Edelman, 34, enters the offseason as the Patriots highest-paid receiver. He’s set to count as a $6,104,167 cap hit in 2021 and will be an unrestricted free agent in 2022. If the Patriots were to trade or release Edelman, they would save around…