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Aaron Hernandez’s New England Patriots deal a steal – NFL.com

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Aaron Hernandez’s New England Patriots deal a steal – NFL.com

According to this article the Pats currently have $10 million of cap space left for this season. Not sure why some of that can’t go to Welker.

I know Hernando and the Franchise Tag is a big point of conversation here in the days when there isn’t much to talk about, but personally I see him as a luxury and one that they won’t overpay.

If we’re talking about guys in line for extensions I think this season will be about identifying who on the defense they want to build around. Is it Chung? Is it McCourty? Is it Spikes or even Kyle Love?

Locking up the core pieces of the defense are more of a concern to me than Hernando. Maybe I’m pessimistic but I think he and the Pats’ relationship will get messy next year.

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2. Chandler Jones, LB, Patriots: It hasn’t been a great run for Bill Belichick on defensive players over the past few years in the draft, but he’s mostly whiffed on defensive backs. With the Patriots losing a ton of sacks to free agency, they needed someone to step in and provide a multi-faceted attack on the quarterback. That someone is Jones, and he could be ready for a huge year defensively. He’ll allow the Pats to mix 3-4 and 4-3 and continually put pressure on the quarterback, and in a division with Matt Moore (or Ryan Tannehill! Or David Garrard!), Mark Sanchez (or Tim Tebow!) and Fitzpatrick, Jones could pile up the pressures. No, it doesn’t hurt that he plays for someone who’s coming off a Super Bowl loss. But that’s how these rankings work; if you can put up big numbers while pushing your team over the edge, you’re a bigger difference maker right now.

Top Impact Rookies for 2012 NFL Season – CBSSports.com

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