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The Patriots weren’t perfect in their free agent haul, but they sure did get a lot right

No, of course the Patriots’ headfirst dive into the free agent pool this week didn’t register a perfect 10 score.

Given the needs on their roster — basically everything but a quarterback, a No. 1 cornerback, and a half-dozen or so dependable contributors — the perfect haul was not realistic, let alone possible.

The Patriots need too much, and one spending spree was not going to solve everything.

But they sure did solve a lot of things. Only the unrealistic and disingenuous among us — those who talk like the Patriots are the lone franchise competing for players, or gripe about them being “the kings of interest” 15 minutes into the free agent tampering period — could have come away disappointed with how the Patriots fared after the free agent festivities commenced Monday.