Per Jason LaCanfora the Pats just signed Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders to an offer sheet. The cap-strung Steelers will now have to decide if they want to match, if they even can.
For the Pats it’s a bold move. They only have five draft picks and this will cost them their third rounder, but it will add a player at their biggest area of need. Without any glaring needs left, and only four picks (1st, 2nd, 7th, 7th) remaining, it seems even more likely the Pats could trade down from the first round to pick up some more picks.
Stay tuned, this should be one of the most interesting non-draft weeks of the offseason!
The Patriots just submitted an offer sheet on Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders. some actual restricted free agent movement. Wow
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) April 10, 2013