Key Patriots players entering contract years – Going Deep – Boston.com

Real football stuff from Frenz. Some players who really need big years to earn another contract from the Pats. Wendell, Solder and McCourty seem the guys most deserving of extensions sometime this season. We’ll see on the rest.

Ninkovich is an interesting one. He’s already gotten THREE contracts from the Patriots and earning a fourth would be pretty impressive. Should be a lot of competition at defensive end, but if Nink holds on to his starting spot he could be in line for another deal from the Pats brass.

Everybody else is probably going to have to play out the season.