New England Patriots RT Marcus Cannon is not the most important free agent for the franchise. He’s not even close. He trails the likes of LB Dont’a Hightower, ED Jabaal Sheard, and CB Malcolm Butler.
But after two seasons of being treated like a month-old compost pile under OL coach Dave DeGuglielmo, Cannon has found his old magic that earned him his first contract extension under then-and-now OL coach Dante Scarnecchia. And I think Cannon deserves to be in the discussion as a priority free agent for the Patriots after this season.
The 28-year-old Cannon has been starting since franchise RT Sebastian Vollmer was placed on the physically unable to perform list with a long list of serious injuries.