Meanwhile, Miguel Seems To be Indicating That the Pats Are in Pretty Good Cap Shape?

I'm no cap student, but this seems like a good thing, no?

CapSpace=$10,269,988 @patscap
Patriots' 2018 cap commitment is $39,621,113 (7th least) with 15 signed players (tied for 3rd most) http://www.patscap.com/2018patscap.html…

It's pretty good. But there are also a couple of very good reasons for why we have so much cap in 2018, and for why it will change a lot, even before signing new players.

First of all we don't have a QB on the roster in 2018. The second reason is that we haven't signed our young defensive stars yet(except McCourty). So that will eat up a lot of cap.

Yes, the patriots have enough cap room to sign a mid-level player or two, and still have enough cap room for the season (including reserves). Many teams have much more. The teams in our division have less.