Adam Butler:

With Dorsett, Cooks, and Hogan, the Patriots now have speed merchants to create matchup nightmares. Will it work? Time will tell.

With some serious injuries to Derek Rivers and Julian Edelman, that will open up two spots that we had as locks. Ditto for the release of Kony Ealy.

Flowers, like many others in the Pats defense, is versatile and can rush from the edge or push inside as an interior pass rusher.

Here’s a look at today’s Patriots-related news for Monday, May 1st, 2017.