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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

Patriots are aware that the noise about Wes Welker — and other free agents — soon could get louder – Patriots – Boston.com

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

New England Patriots free agency 2013: Wes Welker’s value on 3rd down should not be overlooked | masslive.com

Still taking submissions from designers who might like to design our 2013 PatsProp t-shirt.

We’re looking for a preferably Patriots-knowledgeable designer to work with on a new 2013 season PatsProp t-shirt. Hit me up on email (PatsPropaganda [at] gmail.com) if you’re interested, including any samples of your designs/tees/work you’d like to share.

We’ve had great success with our Do Your Job tees, so the bar is set pretty high, but we’ve got a bunch of ideas and would love to find someone to work with. 

And we’ve still got all sizes of our red DYJ’s, order yours via the paypal pulldown —>

Just a week and a half until Free Agency starts and then things will get nutty here, just the way we like it. With the official cap being set at $123 million teams have started tagging guys. Don’t expect the Pats to do so just yet, I think if they tag anyone it will be Vollmer to get more time to workout a long term deal. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Edelman or Woodhead re-sign this week, but they might want to test the market as I’m sure Arrington and Talib will want to.

Here’s the best Pats reads from the week:

What Tom Brady, Patriots Offense Need Most in 2013

PatsPropaganda & Frenz 2/27: Brady Extension Edition

New England Patriots Mock Draft: 7-Round Predictions, Post-Scouting Combine

How AFC East Rivals Can Catch the New England Patriots | Bleacher Report

Patriots offseason primer: After Ravens loss, expect a frenzy – Patriots – Boston.com

Tom Brady doesn’t want to talk about the money – Extra Points – Boston.com

Thoughts on Brady, Lloyd – Extra Points – Boston.com

Patriots, Wes Welker may still work out a long-term deal | ProFootballTalk

Why the gulf between the Patriots and the rest of the AFC East is widening – WEEI | Christopher Price

31 Reasons why NFL teams hate the Patriots – NFL.com