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Dobson has maintained regular contact with Brady this offseason as a way to increase their chemistry, even just while discussing the game over the phone. And Dobson said he’ll absolutely join Brady this offseason in Los Angeles, where the quarterback likes to run strenuous practices with his pass catchers. So, even though Dobson has been limited physically through the early portion of the offseason calendar, he’s got a full rundown of plans to ensure more consistency in 2014.

Patriots hope Aaron Dobson injury woes alleviate with rest | Boston Herald

Interesting on Dobson’s foot, looks like it was a little worse than anyone realized. Or at least it lingered far longer than expected. The good news is his plan to join Brady in LA this offseason for workouts. That is priceless.

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Although a bit bigger in body type at 6-foot, 205 pounds and some room to grow, Harmon offers a bit more range than Gregory (5-11, 200), with a few examples of this showing up in the fourth quarter of the Dec. 22 game against the Ravens when he broke out to the sideline to create disruption on incomplete deep passes to receivers Torrey Smith (7:03 remaining) and Marlon Brown (6:52 remaining). Similar to most young players, the biggest issue for Harmon was consistency over his extended defensive snaps (36.9 percent), as there were times when his overall play/tackling dipped (e.g. vs. Houston, Dec. 2).

Quick-hit thoughts around NFL & Patriots – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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The Pats won’t release Amendola. Why? Because its a short sited move and that’s not how they operate. Sure they save 2,8 mil this year, but next year it adds even more than that to the cap. They could keep Amendola and accomplish the same thing by structuring contracts to pay more next year. Consider that Edelman has played only 1 healthy season. Is it worth dumping Amendola so that you can move about 3 mil from this years cap to next? No way.

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Fair points, there’s an element of risk with both players. Really both have only had one healthy season in their careers, though Amendola has probably shown more consistency as a receiver.

I guess in a vacuum I’d prefer Edelman back, but I also think that Amendola should be effective if he stays and Edelman walks, assuming he put together a healthy season. He has to at some point, right?

Ultimately I know the Pats will do what they think is best for the team long term. If that means eating some contract money on Amendola in 2015 because they think Edelman is the better player, I don’t think it will stop them.