During the first few days of free agency and the preceding legal tampering period, the New England Patriots made four moves to address their wide receiver position. They re-signed veteran Phillip Dorsett to a one-year contract, added outside free agents Bruce Ellington and Maurice Harris, and placed an original-round tender sheet on restricted and still indefinitely suspended free agent Josh Gordon.
On top of that, they were reportedly interested in the likes of Adam Humphries, Cole Beasley and Golden Tate — all three ultimately signing elsewhere.