They are obviously not going to sign all of these players back. I would expect that they will try to draft Vollmer's replacement high in the draft. RB's are fungible and can be plucked off the street cheaply. Logan Ryan and Duron Harmon are going to make considerably more money on the open market than they would here and I'd be OK with somebody else giving them a big contract. The priority for me is Collins/Hightower/Butler/Sheard/Long/Andrews.
Certainly, but those who aren't re-signed need to be replaced. It will be great if a lot of that talent can be replaced cheaply, but I expect much $s will need to be spent.
If he continues to play as he has, and there's not much reason to think otherwise, I add Unicorn to that list as well. As we have mentioned in this thread and elsewhere, the Unicorn/Gronk combo is devastating. Then factor in the Gronk insurance aspect and he's a big priority for me.
Replace RT and RB in the draft.
I had said upthread that he's a franchise tag option. The names I rattled off were from dbn's list. Apologies if I didn't make myself clear.
Please don't ever feel the need to apologize because of my lack of thoroughness and reading comprehension. However, I do appreciate your magnanimity.
I saw it mentioned and will have to look it up that they were specifically there to look at the RBs. Usually is due dilligence but with the RB situation going forward I'd have to say that there probably will be turnover at the position. Not sure how I feel about drafting a RB in the top 2 rounds but somebody like Dalvin Cook would fit in real nicely in this offense.
On it's face what you state makes sense. However at some point for another GM moves that subtract from the Patriots are valuable even if it is a lateral move for them.
If teams are making moves with the Patriots in mind, Belichick has already won. You never know what the Patriots are going to do. None of us had any idea Dion Lewis would be such a key cog before his injury last year. If some team like the Steelers decided to overpay for Blount, Belichick would shrug his shoulders and move on. Shoot, he may move on anyways. And RB is the most fungible position in professional sports. I think this is one of those situations where Blount has more value to the Patriots than he does for anyone else.
I thought it was pretty telling when the camera (though bad angle) showed nothing and the announcers could also not tell us anything. The rumor is that the Browns guy took a cheap shot at Jones's knees and Jones "retaliated" by trying to push him away.
