Based on first reports, the New England Patriots spent more than $200 million in total contractual value on the first day of the legal tampering period alone: they signed seven outside players and also kept two of their in-house free agents in the fold. As always, however, the initially reported numbers show only a fragment of the picture and need more details to be properly assessed.
Those details, at least when it comes to three more of the deals signed by the Patriots early during the legal tampering period, were reported by Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle on Tuesday: the free agency pacts of tight end Jonnu Smith, linebacker Matthew Judon and defensive tackle Davon Godchaux have now been broken down more thoroughly.