Eliot Wolf and the Patriots didn’t waste time utilizing some of their league-leading cap space at the start of free agency, bolstering their defense in particular by signing top targets like Milton Williams, Carlton Davis, and Robert Spillane.
Williams stole plenty of headlines on the first day of the NFL’s legal tampering period, with New England handing out the heftiest contract in franchise history (per average annual value) via their four-year, $104 million deal with the 25-year-old defensive tackle.
Even though New England still has plenty of work to do when it comes to upgrading both its offensive line and receiver corps moving forward, former Patriots stars Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman both believe Williams is the type of talent worth shelling out for.