The sample is oftentimes small. The role often hidden. The statistics hard to measure.
That comes with the territory of playing nose tackle in a hybrid game of speed over size. But it’s a territory that Beau Allen, listed at 6-foot-3 and 327 pounds, will look to claim for the New England Patriots.
In the March hours after starter Danny Shelton departed for the Detroit Lions on a two-year contract carrying $4 million guaranteed, New England agreed to terms with Allen on a two-year, $7 million pact.
The former Philadelphia Eagle and Tampa Bay Buccaneer received a signing bonus of $1.