Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Patriots officially re-signed DT Alan Branch to a two-year contract on Monday.
Reports surfaced at the start of free agency that Branch was returning to New England on a two-year, $12 million deal, but it took until now for the agreement to be finalized.
Branch, 31, is a former second-round pick of the Cardinals back in 2007. He spent four years in Arizona before brief stints with the Seahawks and Bills.
The Patriots elected to sign him to a two-year, $4.3 million contract in March of 2015.