New England Patriots Free Agency Wish List – Going Deep – Boston.com
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For Panthers’ general manager Dave Gettleman, accent will be on long-term success – Sports – The Boston Globe
Interesting stuff on McDaniels and the future of the Patriots offense. Sign me up for option A.
The Patriots can go three directions with the passing offense:
■ Retain Welker, add the outside X threat (probably in the draft), and move Welker to the outside Z position.
■ Retain Welker and keep him in the slot to work a high-low game in the middle with Rob Gronkowski, make Aaron Hernandez the X, and sign (Danny Amendola and Edelman) or trade (Percy Harvin) for the Z.
■ Move on from Welker, find a big-time X, fill the Z with a terrific athlete with the ball in his hands in a short area, and let Hernandez and Gronkowski rule the middle.
Patriots-based free agency chatter -ESPN Boston Patriots Blog
Patriots-based free agency chatter -ESPN Boston Patriots Blog
For those of you looking to ride the free agency rumor train there’s some fun speculation in this link. Personally I don’t really get too worked up about “the Patriots are interested in this guy” talk, in all likelihood they’re gauging interest and price for just about everyone on the market. That’s what good teams do.
It’s also quite common for agents to say the Patriots are interested in their players just because they know it will drive the cost up and/or force other teams to potentially get involved. So until the Patriots actually sign someone don’t expect there to much rumor-mongering here.
Quick-hit thoughts around NFL & Pats – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Quick-hit thoughts around NFL & Pats – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
When the Patriots lined up Devin McCourty (5-foot-10, 195) next to Steve Gregory (5-11, 200) at safety in 2012, it was one of the NFL’s most undersized duos. Because of this, opposing receivers didn’t often have reason to fear going over the middle. So when news came down Friday that the Arizona Cardinals released hard-hitting safety Adrian Wilson (6-3, 230), it was only natural to wonder if he would be the type of player the Patriots would consider signing, somewhat similar to Rodney Harrison in 2003. The idea of the 33-year-old Wilson perhaps rubbing off on 2012 second-round draft choice Tavon Wilson (6-0, 210) also crossed the mind as well.
The hell is going on with Ryan Mallett? – New England Patriots Forums – PatsFans.com Patriots Fan Messageboard
Wondering the same thing myself…
The Best of PatsPropaganda This Week
The official start of the 2013 NFL league year starts this week, and already teams and the agents of free agents have started speaking today gauging potential interest and deals.
In other words if there ever was an NFL offseason it’s about to end. It should be an exciting couple weeks for Patriots fans, with plenty of holes to fill and moves to make, there will be plenty to analyze.
Here’s the best from the last dead week before free agency starts:
Patriots’ Patience Will Pay off in NFL Free Agency
Breaking Down a First-Down Fix for the Patriots Defense
Yahoo! Sports’ Jason Cole on M&M: Wes Welker ‘realizes this is the best place for him to be’
Predicting New England Patriots’ Free Agent Signings
Unchartered waters ahead in NFL free agency – Sports – The Boston Globe
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Kraft said that the salary cap would remain relatively flat for several years. Gone were the days when clubs could rely on a dramatic spike from one year to the next to provide financial flexibility. Not everyone bought it, including some of Kraft’s fellow owners who kept spending and spending. Now those doubters are paying a different kind of price, forced to release players to get under the slow-growing salary cap (hello, Carolina Panthers). Every day, it seems, more quality players are being cut, creating a buyer’s market for clubs that were disciplined in not writing out too many big checks over the last two post-lockout seasons.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/kraft-said-that-the-salary-cap-would-remain/