With the New England Patriots missing out on DeAndre Hopkins, there is some buzz shifting to the next best available free agent, running back Dalvin Cook.
Hypothetically, the Patriots earmarked a contract for Hopkins and could shave some off the top to give Cook a contract that entices him to be in a paring with Rhamondre Stevenson.
After all, the running back market is heavily volatile right now, and the Patriots could swoop in and “overpay”. I’m obviously using that term loosely considering the Patriots under Bill Belichick have never been an organization to really care about market value.