Part 1: Internal
1. Resign Talib, Edelman, Blount and Fletcher
2. Extend Gost and McCourty
3. Release Soap, Adrian Wilson
4. Restructure Mankins
5. Extend/Pay Cut/Release Wilfork and Kelly
6. Move Connolly to Center. Move Mark Harrison to the move TE position
Part 2: Free Agency
1. Sign Arthur Jones/Bryant (Jones is more versatile and scheme fit, but Bryant's size is hard to pass on. Would allow for Mayo, Hightower, and Collins to run free. I would pick whichever one would be the better value contract wise)
2. Sign Everson Griffen to solidify DE rotation with Buchannan.
3. Look into Sidney Rice/Jeremy Maclin. Guys who could be of value on a 1 year prove it deal. I think Maclin has a better chance of scoring a big contract with Brady than Nick Foles.
Part 3: Draft
Hard to tell how the draft will work out, but I would focus mostly on G, TE, LB and DB with the Dline being built in FA. I would love it if somehow BB was able to trade back and get 4 or 5 picks between the start of the second round and the middle of the 4th (4-5 picks between 33 and 120). Note: The players I am listing will all go in that range, so don't be confused if you don't see any names or top players at their respective position.
Guys I would be happy with:
- Interior OL: Su'a-Filo is my favorite. After that guys like Gabe Jackson Bryan Stork and Anthony Steen.
- TE: ASJ, Niklas, Logan Thomas, Trey Burton (was a big fan of Jordan Reed last year)
- LB: Christian Jones, Telvin Smith and Shazier (both would likely move to safety), Trent Murphy
- DB: Fuller, Purifoy, SJB, Antone Exum (CB not a huge need because we bring back Talib but would love Exum as a safety)
- WR: Allen Robinson, Abbredaris (Brady would love this kid, he is a great route runner), Jordan Matthews, Donte Montecrief, Campanaro
Part 4: Identity
I want this team to continue to be a power football team. Drafting a quality TE like ASJ or Nicklas would allow us to revert to a lot of two tight end sets and be more scheme versatile. I loved the running game we showed late in the season with a one two punch of Ridley and Blount. I hope that both improve on their consistency this offseason. Brady does his best work off of the play action pass. This will be scary especially if we upgrade the right interior of our line; they were the problem late in the season with Brady getting pressured up the middle and getting no push vs the Broncos in the run game. Our WRs will improve and I would love to see the size of our weapons with Dobson, Edelman (lol only short guy but the safety blanket), Gronk, and ASJ/Niklas on the field.
On defense, we would improve the speed and aggressiveness of our defense. Spikes brought the swag and intimidation to our D, but he will be gone. To replace that we go lighter and faster at LB, but add a bigger hitter to our secondary with a SS (Smith, Exum, Shazier).