I don’t know what to do when King and Breer both have reasonable takes in the same day. The Patriots have plenty of money next offseason. Who will they have interest in signing in March that they could instead trade for (and probably extend) now to help the team half a season sooner? The Colts are trending downward in the short term, and it’s questionable if they’d be able to bring back Okereke next offseason given all the big contracts on that roster, including Leonard right next to him. Now it’s not fun to trade a player to a team you play that week, but I don’t think it would be a big deal.
I don’t really see the edge guys in play. Belichick has always been aware of how veteran contracts at the same position stack up, and I don’t think you can give an edge rusher $20M long term if you’re not willing to offer that to Judon at least in the short term. (Off the top of my head, Edelman, Chung, and Ninkovich all got raises in response to other signings.) I also think they like the “jumbo end” (Wise) in their 4-man line against all but the very fastest QBs.