The New England Patriots are in a tough spot this offseason, born entirely of their own missteps from a personnel standpoint over the past couple of seasons.
Tom Brady is scheduled to hit free agency, coming off the worst season he has had in more than a decade. And as I wrote last week, he was the victim of one of the worst receiving corps in the NFL last season. If the Patriots want to tempt him back to Foxborough to play another year or two — and given their alternative options, you have to think they desperately want to — they need to attack their lack of weapons in the passing game hard this offseason.