While the Patriots have largely focused on retaining some of their key free agents, they have not been very active in the feeding frenzy in the early days of free agency, which is not a surprise.
With a dearth of salary cap space, we didn’t expect the team to be nearly as active as they were a year ago. Still, many members of the fan base were incensed (helped by a healthy dose of gas-lighting by some media members), that Bill Belichick has seemingly lost an ability to build a roster.
This has been a recurring theme for most of Belichick’s tenure as the head of the Patriots’ football operations.