Thursday will mark the end of the third full week of the 2017 NFL league year and as you’ve probably already noticed by now, free agent signings have slowed to a drip. As far as quality free agents that currently remain on the market, most of them are of the restricted variety and thus most must be acquired by giving up a draft pick of some kind.
While it doesn’t look as though New England Patriots restricted free agent cornerback Malcolm Butler will be asked to sign an offer sheet in the coming weeks, there’s still some rumblings that he could ultimately be traded.