If you’re sick of all the Brandon Lloyd, Mario Williams and Mike Wallace speculation you’re in luck, all our questions about what the Patriots want to do this off-season will begin to be answered in just a little over twenty-four hours.
We missed out on the Free Agency Frenzy last year due to the lock out, but this year it’s back and better than ever by starting at 4pm EST instead of the usual midnight start time. So we’ll be riding high in the blogging saddle as news starts to come in of who’s whooing who and who’s signing where.
There are a lot of questions for the Patriots besides just simple speculation of who they might be interested in. Their own internal free agents could be more important than any potential outsider they might want to bring in.
But there’s one thing I do know, by the time the draft gets here the Patriots will have at least tried to fill all of their needs so they can have as much flexibility as possible for draft weekend. Not every position will be tied up neatly with a bow, but there should be enough veteran depth acquired at all positions to provide a competitive baseline once training camp opens.
However, the dynamic of the Patriots is sure to shift in the next week, and the moves they do or don’t make will give us a little bit of a window into where Belichick wants to take the team in 2012.
Will they offer a monster contract to a wide receiver or pass rusher? Will they continue to flirt with 4-3 defensive ends? How much turnover are they prepared for?
Just one more day until the 2012 Patriots begin to take shape.