The Globe's Shalize Manza Young, as good a football beat writer as there is, reported today -- in the Boston Globe, a newspaper -- that the Patriots were getting close to signing free agents LaRon Landry and Brandon Lloyd.
Now we're talking.
Mr. Kraft said fans shouldn't be disappointed if the team doesn't make a big splash in free agency because that's not their way. We know that. You can never predict how Belichick is going to treat the offseason. Some years he goes all in with big names and big dollars (Adalius Thomas, Rodney Harrison. Ocho), or dips his toe in with some smaller names (Andre Carter, Mike Vrabel, David Patten), and some years he spends his time on his boat fishing. We're used to that.
The Pats continue to win more games than most, so it's hard to argue with whatever the coach/GM wants to do ... including fishing and golfing. But this offseason is different.
The sour taste of that Super Bowl loss still lingers. I need a few key free agent signings to wash that away.
Time to put down the fishing rod and get some wide receivers.
Now that most of the big free agent names have found homes, former Ravens coach Brian Billick has a good list on NFL.com of the guys that are left. I want a few of those guys wearing Pats uniforms ... and soon.
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