The only thing I can think is that the Pats are going to use money to lock upa couple of guys (McCourty, Solder) or to roll over.
It really doesn't make much sense to me at this point. We're clearly thin at Tight End, yet the Ravens signed Owen Daniels for $1 million/1 year, no signing bonus.
The Bears signed center Brian de la Puente to a 1-year vet minimum salary, reportedly.
The Pats cut Adrian Wilson and sign Chung, netting a miniscule cap amount and losing a veteran presence in training camp - who they could have cut at roster cut-downs, no problem, if it didn't work out.
There's clearly some things I'm missing here. Maybe when they looked at Daniels, they saw that he was toast and wouldn't be able to contribute. Maybe they preferred Wendell to Brian de la Puente - though even then, getting this guy in a back-up role at vet minimum seems to make a lot of sense to me!
I'm not against the Chung signing, but why the Wilson cut at this time? Maybe they were afraid that he'd come to camp, wind up still injured and thus become uncuttable? To give Revis #24 without any hassles? To star selling Revis jerseys?
Is it possible that Wilson comes back to them under a different deal that protects them if he can't go on the Achilles?
It's all very confusing.