{"id":36010,"date":"2021-03-16T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=36010"},"modified":"2021-03-16T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:48:13","slug":"best-of-social-media-the-patriots-react-to-their-teams-free-agency-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2021\/03\/16\/best-of-social-media-the-patriots-react-to-their-teams-free-agency-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of Social Media: The Patriots React To Their Team’s Free Agency Signings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> have had themselves a busy 24 hours in Foxborough.<\/p>\n

Since the NFL Free Agency legal tampering period opened up at noon EST on Monday, Bill Belichick has acquired eight new players to fill a variety of needs across the roster. In addition, the Patriots also re-signed free agent defensive lineman Deatrich Wise.<\/p>\n

With more than $60 million in cap space at their disposal, a league high, the Patriots front office went straight to work in an effort to improve a team that went 7-9 a year ago and missed the playoffs for the first time in over a decade.<\/p>\n

For a full list of all the Patriots transactions thus far, Ian Logue has you covered with all the updated information and contract details.<\/a><\/p>\n

NOTE<\/strong>: All reported deals won’t become become official until the new league year begins on March 17th at 4pm EST.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, members of the Patriots, both new and old, shared their reactions to the moves as they happened via social media.<\/p>\n

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LFG<\/p>\n

— Davon Godchaux (@ChauxDown) March 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n