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Antonio Gates...TE? Lol, do you know how long guys develop their skills to become a TE in the NFL? Can he catch? Can you run routes? Can he block? Who knows? Forget what he has done at QB in college. Take his side-by-side with other NFL TEs. That is where the comparison should begin. There are tons of developmental TEs with better measurables and experience floating around the league and free agency.
I say that half kidding though. The man is a freak and clearly the exception and not the rule.
If there is one organization that will figure out how to use a jack knife player though it is the Patriots. I wouldn't be surprised to see them use him a little as a FB (He has done some blocking as a personal protector) a little as a TE, a little as a wild cat QB, and a little at LBer. It's what the Patriots do. They played WRs at DB for gods sake. That doesn't work out well for anyone but they still do it.
The guy will never be a star at one position but if he sticks with the Patriots I'm sure they will find enough goofy ways to use him that the media will be talking about it all season. Probably trying to figure out how to get a guy in the probowl who doesn't have a position.