This week’s theme around the SB Nation NFL sites is “which newcomer has played the best for your team,” and the Patriots were supposed to have a lot of options. Remember back in the summer when the Patriots were on top of the world and Kony Ealy was still considered a solid rotational piece of the defensive line.
Now Ealy’s apparently the best defensive lineman for the New York Jets. Whoops.
There are 16 players on the Patriots roster that were not on the team last season and wide receiver Brandin Cooks is clearly the best of the lot.