{"id":57833,"date":"2025-01-25T15:58:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T20:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=57833"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:25:24","slug":"possible-offseason-wr-target-patriots-not-a-desirable-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/01\/25\/possible-offseason-wr-target-patriots-not-a-desirable-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Offseason WR Target: Patriots &#8216;Not a desirable place&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriots head into their second-straight offseason hoping to try and &#8216;weaponize&#8217; their offense, something Eliot Wolf mentioned ahead of their last attempt to inject talent on that side of the ball just one year ago.<\/p>\n<p>With a significant amount of cap space available ahead of this offseason, the hope is that Wolf might be able to attract free agents with Mike Vrabel now running things, along with the 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