maineman209
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fair, after ALL the restructurings
We do then need to consider the cost of our free agents on offense, especially Burkhead, Lewis, Amendola and SOLDER. IMHO, there are lots and lots of reasons to believe that Solder will be extended and paid. Also, as a low coster, we will need re-sign Fleming and/or Waddle.
There will be room to spend on defense (including almost all the high draft choices). However, I expect that we will have at least one signing in the defensive backfield, probably 2 corners and a safety for camp.
Yes we need linebackers. We also need to understand what we can get out the injured: Hightower, McClellan, Rivers and Langi.
By my count, the Pats have 62 player under contract, with possibly three cuts (Branch, Harris and Bennett) coming fairly soon, but with several in-house UFA signings pending. So, probably about 25 open spots on the 90-man roster.
It'll be interesting to see how those end up being distributed, positionally.