The Patriots were seemingly well-equipped to pen an exciting new chapter in the franchise’s history last offseason.
Not only was New England set to land a promising QB in Drake Maye with the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Eliot Wolf and the team’s front office also had more than $100 million in cap space in order to build up an overhauled roster.
But despite Jerod Mayo’s claim that the Patriots were poised to “burn some cash” and Wolf’s pledge to “weaponize” the offense, New England failed to move the needle during free agency last spring.