ivanvamp

1. Kamerion Wimbley, OLB. "Another late add to a strong defensive free agent market. Still young, he fits instantly into any system and brings it against both the pass and the run." Solid sack guy: 11.0, 5.0, 4.0, 6.5, 9.0, 7.0 over his first six years (average of 7 per season). Just 28 years old.

2. Brandon Lloyd, WR. Still think he's the best fit for the Pats' WR needs. Don't think the price tag will end up being prohibitive.

3. LaRon Landry, S. Don't love him, but he would be an improvement over what they currently have. Between him, Chung, and Gregory, that's a better group than this past year's. Cost might be a problem, plus he has that sketchy injury history.

4. Andre Carter, DE. I think we can get him for not a lot, given his age and injury. I think he's useful and can probably give the Pats 6-8 sacks.

5. BJGE, Deion Branch. Like Branch as the #3 WR who can step in if Welker or Lloyd gets hurt. BJGE isn't a star, but I love his reliability. If they don't sign either of these guys they'll be ok, but I like having them on the team.

First two guys are the priority, though. A LB corps of Wimbley, Mayo, Spikes, and Ninkovich, with a DL of Fanene, Wilfork, and Love is nice.

Nunchucks

I am thinking that Landry might play a cover LB role, kind of like a Big Nickel position

betterthanthealternative

If they sign Lloyd, and have money set aside for Waters or his replacement, then I predict that's it for a while. They'll want to have some flexibility to respond to good players getting cut over the next few months.

patriot.de

add langford for the right price

Wilfork#75

Langford would be my top defensive FA target, with Andre Carter and either Anderson or Trevor Scott rounding out the front 7. I'm intrigued by Wimbley, but I think he is going to be overpaid, and even at fair market value he might be out of the Pats price range. I think the only way he comes here would be on a 1 year deal to try and rise his price for next year. The same with LaRon Landry, on a 1 year deal I wouldn't mind him, but long term I would be scared to death.

On offense, Lloyd is the obvious guy, and it seems he might come at a reasonable price. I would also love to get BJGE back, and hopefully we don't have to overpay him as well. Other than that, there aren't too many guys I'm hugely interested in. There are some vets I wouldn't mind giving a shot in camp, like Shaun Rodgers, Amobi Okoye, John Henderson Quinton Groves and Melvin Bullitt, but on non guaranteed contracts. I think the bulk of the roster improvement will come through the draft.

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FoxboroFlyer

I'd love to see the team take a shot safety Reggie Smith. The guy has starting potential, and a pretty nice skill set.

AndyJohnson

No way we can afford all of those guy. Im not quite sure we could afford 2 of the first 3.

AndyJohnson

Waters is under contract

satz

Wimbley is not great . he does not even bother to play the run . So he is more of an Anderson who has no history of playing the run [maybe he can ] .In that case i rather get anderson.

I do not care about the offense knowing we will be top 5. the bottom 2 defense is the thing i worry about.

Not a big fan of landry , he is too big and is a great in box guy but cannot cover worth a crap. With all the spread offense you have to put him or chung in there unless we play a vikings ,broncos or similar teams.

bje - i think we need to sign him as i know what we get from him and also the cap is just exploding with a big jump in 2014 and we have a floor.
so i say spend it why save it. can ridley carry 200 times i have no idea and vareen say another 100.... i have no idea. I do not be at week 10 looking for a scrap heap RB with all useless cap room .

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Who cares about being top 5 against bad to middle of the road defenses when you can't respond when a good defense takes away what you do best in the postseason. Don't get enamored with the regular season stats, look at our average the last few years in the Postseason. Outside of the denver game, we've been very ordinary. Good teams clog the middle and dare us to throw elsewhere, it's been a running theme and the book is out. For a team that relies as heavily on the pass as us, we sorely need to upgrade the WR position.

I don't think anyone is envisioning Chung and Landry lining up together against the texans, I doubt BB is either given Landry's skill-set. Give the coaches more credit, he would be a much better hybrid LB and big nickel guy than what we have. Remember what BB was trying to do with Tank Williams before he had the recurring knee issue. I picture that being the end game and they want Landry to sign something reflecting situational use.

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