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This means the club brings back its entire starting offensive line, and in an area where five players seeing the same picture is critical, that is an ideal scenario. Sometimes a team’s best work in free agency is retaining its own, and that’s what this offseason has mostly been defined by for the Patriots.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/this-means-the-club-brings-back-its-entire/
Great news today as the Pats have agreed to a reported four-year deal with Sebastian Vollmer. I was on board with bringing Vollmer back since the start of the offseason and it brings the final tally on the big three free agents to two (Vollmer/Talib) out of three (Welker).
Solid move that ensures Brady will get top-of-the-line protection this season and going forward, especially on the edges. Though it makes you wonder what this means for the free agent defensive ends like Freeney and Abraham.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/great-news-today-as-the-pats-have-agreed-to-a/
– ”What excites you about joining an offense lead by Tom Brady?”
https://www.patspropaganda.com/bosstownsports-what-excites-you-about/
It was a quiet week on the free agency front. I’m assuming the Patriots are waiting for Vollmer to make a decision before rounding up some defensive tackles and wide receivers. The amount of money they allocate to Vollmer will be a big chunk of change so it’s smart to wait until that worked out so they know how much they can spend on the other needs.
Things should start to get interesting again in the next week. And look, it’s almost April, the draft will soon be upon us!
Here’s the best of the week…
Top Ten Games of Wes Welker’s Patriots Career –> must read if I do say so myself.
PatsPropaganda & Frenz 3/20: Free Agency Roundup
Adrian Wilson brings old-time toughness back to New England Patriots. – ESPN Boston
Farewell, Tuck Rule; Hello, Charles Woodson’s Illegal Head Slap
How Adrian Wilson Fits in with the New England Patriots
Resetting the Patriots’ needs-based depth chart – Extra Points – Boston.com
Penny slots: Why Wes Welker’s receiving class is getting shortchanged – WEEI | Christopher Price
It’s still a Hall of Fame career. And while the two Super Bowl losses are the most recent in our memory, ultimately they’ll be somewhat of a positive on Brady’s resume. He put his team up late in the fourth quarter in both of them, but his defense couldn’t stop last-minute drives by Eli in either.
Getting to five Super Bowls in the free agency era is astounding any way you cut it. Not to mention SEVEN AFC title games and only missing the playoffs once, in his second year, on a tie-breaker.
So if he doesn’t get number four, it’s been an epic run of winning. We can debate Brady vs. Montana for eternity, but there’s no question Brady is an NFL Legend. Period.
The Houston Texans will come to Foxborough for the second time this season for an AFC Divisional playoff game against the top-seeded Patriots. The Texans are littered with former Patriots, and the teams are now playing for the third time in two seasons. Plenty of familiarity. I wanted to avoid having to take so many […]
