COMMENTARY
So far during this happy aftermath of the Patriots’ Super Bowl LI victory and the turn toward altering the roster and preparing for the new season, there have been five player-centric developments that I know to be true:
- The Patriots are keeping around dependable fullback James Develin on a two-year contract.
- Sebastian Vollmer, one of those draft day “reaches” that turned out to be a steal, has called it a career.
- Three depth pieces — cornerback Justin Coleman, tackle Cameron Fleming, and tight end Matt Lengel — were tendered contracts, which may or may not suggest they will be better players than we believe them to be now.