Re: Speculationatriots will try to lure free agent Ed Reed with a 5 million/yr cont
Fletcher is a really good coverage LB. If he's healthy, he represents a significant upgrade in that spot without having to make any move at all. I don't see them going after a coverage LB in free agency.
It's tougher to improve our coverage at LB. Those guys are a strength on this team, and their weakness in coverage needs to be made up elsewhere. Again, we could get a real cover LB (or maybe Fletcher is it?) and start getting Spikes & Hightower off the field even more. But as I said in the LB thread, I'd hate to take Hightower off in the nickel, I think he has pass rush and blitz potential.
Fletcher is a really good coverage LB. If he's healthy, he represents a significant upgrade in that spot without having to make any move at all. I don't see them going after a coverage LB in free agency.