Much to the delight of their fans, the New England Patriots struck fast, hard, and often in this year’s free agency period. They issued out lucrative deals to Jonnu Smith, Hunter Henry, and Matt Judon while adding some key depth in players such as Davon Godchaux, Henry Anderson, Jalen Mills; they also returned long-time cornerstones David Andrews, James White and Lawrence Guy.
The team doesn’t have a glaring hole at any position other than quarterback at the moment, where we are all wondering if Cam Newton has any juice left in his arm. On paper and after their major free agent additions, the team seems poised to be able to make at least a wild card run in the AFC in 2021, if not take back the AFC East division title after last year’s 7-9 record.