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I said in my Free Agency preview, get ready to be disappointed.\u00a0 However, despite the cream of the crop being removed before the start, the Patriots did pretty well on Day One.<\/p>\n

KC tagged Trey Smith, Tee Higgins was tagged in Cincy, Alric Jackson re-signed with the Rams and Ronnie Stanley re-upped in Baltimore, all before Free Agency kicked off.\u00a0 Linebackers Jamien Sherwood and Zack Baun re-signed with the Jets and Eagles respectively the night before Free Agency started.<\/p>\n

With the addition of $22M per team under the Salary Cap teams were able to re-sign their own UFA\u2019s, thus diluting the Free Agent pool even further.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like the plan B or Plan C options at Tackle.\u00a0 Cam Robinson seems to be the top target, but he did not have a good year last season.\u00a0 Robinson is very familiar with Patriots Offensive Line Coach Doug Marrone as he played for him at Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Left Tackle Dan Moore received a ridiculous contract of 4-years $82M with $50M Guaranteed by Tennessee.\u00a0 He gave up 12 sacks last season which was tops in the league.<\/p>\n

No Thanks.<\/p>\n

The other Tackle that I became aware of the last few days leading up to Free Agency Monday was Jaylon Moore.\u00a0 He signed with Kansas City for 2 years, $30M and $21.5M Guaranteed.\u00a0 Not bad for having just started 12 games.\u00a0 As of this writing, Cam Robinson is still out there.<\/p>\n

Chris Godwin re-signed with Tampa Bay, eliminating the only legit #1 WR out there.<\/p>\n

\"Milton<\/p>\n
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The Patriots decided to concentrate on Defense where the better value was in Free Agency.\u00a0 The Patriots made a couple of splash moves in signing CB Carlton Davis and DT Milton Williams.\u00a0 Davis got 3-year deal for $60M.\u00a0 Williams had been reported signing with the Panthers, but the Patriots swooped in and made an offer Williams couldn\u2019t refuse.\u00a0 The 25-year-old signed for 4-year, $104M making him the 3rd<\/sup> highest paid DT in the league.\u00a0 Williams only played 50% of the Defensive snaps last season on the talent rich Eagles Defense.<\/p>\n

An under the radar signing by the Patriots was LB Robert Spillane, the former Captain of the Raiders.\u00a0 He played for Josh McDaniels.\u00a0 Last season he had 158 tackles and 91 were solo.\u00a0 The year before he had 145 Tackles.\u00a0 I completely missed on him.\u00a0 Spillane signed a 3-year $37M contract.\u00a0 The 29-year-old has 8 years in the league already and he stands 6\u20192\u201d, 229 pounds.\u00a0 The former Undrafted Free Agent ran a 4.77 40-yard dash and is great against the run, not so good against the pass.<\/p>\n

I would have to throw the Harold Landry signing into the mix as well.\u00a0 I thought the 3-years $45M contract was a bit rich for a player that nobody would give Tennessee a draft pick for.<\/p>\n

The last signing on Defense was Khyiris Tonga. A 6\u20194\u201d 345-pound DT.\u00a0 He only had 22 tackles last year, but you need to have some beef on the line in those short yardage situations.\u00a0 Tonga signed 1-year $2.7M contract.<\/p>\n

\"Morgan<\/p>\n
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The Patriots did make some moves on Offense, but more on the quiet side.\u00a0 They signed Morgan Moses a massive Right Tackle.\u00a0 He signed a 3-year contract with incentives that could bring his contract up to $28.5M.\u00a0 Moses is 34 years old, and I can’t think that this contract is anything more than a one-year deal.\u00a0 Only the 1st<\/sup> year is guaranteed.<\/p>\n

A sneaky good signing was backup QB Josh Dobbs.\u00a0 He has been in the league 7 years now and last season started (and lost) one game for San Francisco.\u00a0 His completion % was 68.1%.\u00a0 In the evening it was announced they had signed the colorful WR Mack Hollins away from Buffalo.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be blunt, Hollins is a whack job.\u00a0 He goes barefoot to games in Buffalo no matter how cold or how much snow.\u00a0 He is 31 and received a 2-year $8.4M contract with incentives that can bring it up to $10.4M.\u00a0 He only had 31 catches for 378 yards but 5 of those were for TDs. Of the 31 catches 25 were for 1st<\/sup> downs.\u00a0 \u00a0I like this signing.<\/p>\n

In my preview article I highlighted Williams and Davis as Patriots targets.\u00a0 Spotrac had listed Williams Market Value at 3-year $36M.\u00a0 I said they may have to increase that amount to get him to come here, but I never anticipated it would take $26M a year.\u00a0 They had to outbid Carolina with the 4-year, $104M offer.\u00a0 His guaranteed money is $60M, which is wild. Davis gives them a solid CB opposite of Gonzalez and as expected the Defense can increase the pressure on the opposition QB\u2019s, I think you will see more turnovers from the Defense.<\/p>\n

There is more work to be done, especially at Left Tackle, Left Guard and Wide Receiver.\u00a0 I would also like to see a pure Free Safety signed as well.\u00a0 Drew Dalman, the only decent Center available in Free Agency signed with Chicago and I think a Center will have to be addressed in the draft.<\/p>\n

Every player with the exception of Milton Williams had a connection to the Patriots coaching staff or front office.\u00a0 The signing of Williams was huge, and they had to outbid a team in order to sign him. Greg Bedard called Williams Vrabel\u2019s Jeff Simmons.\u00a0 If he plays the disruptive style of Simmons, the Patriots Defense will be fun to watch this season.<\/p>\n

I’m excited to see what else Mike Vrabel and Eliot Wolf have in store for us heading into this 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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