aaron hernandez

According to this article the Pats currently have $10 million of cap space left for this season. Not sure why some of that can’t go to Welker.

I know Hernando and the Franchise Tag is a big point of conversation here in the days when there isn’t much to talk about, but personally I see him as a luxury and one that they won’t overpay.

If we’re talking about guys in line for extensions I think this season will be about identifying who on the defense they want to build around. Is it Chung? Is it McCourty? Is it Spikes or even Kyle Love?

Locking up the core pieces of the defense are more of a concern to me than Hernando. Maybe I’m pessimistic but I think he and the Pats’ relationship will get messy next year.

The Patriots have devised ways of using Aaron Hernandez that are proving equally successful, but for slightly different reasons. Hernandez is not the fastest player on the field, nor is he the strongest, or a physical monster like Rob Gronkowski, but he is an unusual blend of those traits such that it makes him uniquely between positions. The Patriots can at any time play him in one of three spots on offense: wide out, tight end, or running back. The league’s complete dependency on personnel packages and substitutions makes that very important.