Mike Vrabel and the Patriots have splurged on defense so far as free agency heats up. Outside linebacker Robert Spillane is one of the handful of deals the team has agreed to already. Spillane is reportedly heading to Foxborough on a three-year, $37.5 million dollar agreement with $20.6 million guaranteed. Nothing can be made official until the league year starts on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., but the team’s willingness to…

Although free agency hasn’t officially started (so dumb, just say it starts March 1 and we can all move on), but New England made its first splash on Sunday night. Multiple reports have former Boston College linebacker Harold Landry headed to Foxborough on a three-year, $43.5 million dollar contract with 26 of it guaranteed. While technically a linebacker, Landry should bring some immediate help to the pass rushing element of…

Insert the ‘well, this is no good. This is no good.’ Seinfled gif here. The ‘legal’ fee agency tampering period technically begins Monday and teams can officially begin signing players to their new contracts when the 2025 league year starts Wednesday. Although, those are just some rough dates these days as teams have already started negotiating with some deals already getting done on paper. Unfortunately for Mike Vrabel, Eliot Wolf…

Images courtesy of LSU Athletics and Mike Christy/Arizona Athletics By Andy Backstrom NEFJ Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Drake Maye needs help. Up front and on the outside. The second-year Patriots quarterback could get a hand in one of those areas when New England makes its first selection in April’s NFL Draft. As New England Football Journal pointed out earlier this week, executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and the…

Image courtesy of Penn State Athletics  Trade down. Trade the pick for a proven player. Stick and pick a lineman on either side of the ball. Take Travis Hunter if he happens to fall. Everyone has an opinion on what the Patriots should do with the fourth overall pick when the draft opens up in Green Bay late in April. Mike Vrabel and Eliot Wolf (and Ryan Cowden to an…

Image courtesy of Tony Harman/Colorado Athletics By Andy Backstrom NEFJ Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – The New England Patriots have too many holes for one draft selection to patch. They need to surround second-year quarterback Drake Maye with more weapons. They also need to bolster a defense that ranked 11th-to-last in the NFL with 24.5 points per game allowed last season. That’s where executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and…