New England Patriots

Reported: April 10th, 2007

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Offense
	TE	- Daniel Graham lef the Pats via free agency and that leave a little bit of a void. The team did sign veteran Kyle Brady, but how much does he really have left in the tank? For a team that uses their TE's liberally, the Pats may think about bringing in another young player at the position.

		- In our viewpoint, the Pats are pretty well set on the offensive side of the ball

Defense
	CB	- Asante Samuel was slapped with the franchise tag this offseason and wasn't very happy about it..........Waaaaaa. The Pats still need some help at this position and could use another reliable corner to come in and learn the system. Don't be surprised if they use one of their two first round picks on a good young CB.

	S	- Rodney Harrisson can only last so long and has been fighting injuries. Brandon Meriweather would be an intriguing prospect for the Pats to bring in and develop under Harrisson.

	LB	Teddy Bruschi and Mike Vrabel are getting up there. The Pats need an infusion of youth at this position.

Patriots 2007 Free Agents

Player	Position	Type
Alexander, Eric	LB	ERFA
Baker, Rashad	S	RFA
Banta-Cain, Tully	LB	UFA
Britt, Wesley	OT	ERFA
Brown, Troy	WR	UFA
Davis, Don	LB	UFA
Evans, Heath	FB	UFA
Gardner, Barry	LB	UFA
Gay, Randall	CB	RFA
Graham, Daniel	TE	UFA
Izzo, Larry	c	UFA
Mays, Corey	LB	ERFA
Pass, Patrick	FB	UFA
Samuel, Asante	CB	UFA
Seau, Junior	LB	UFA
Shelton, Matt	WR	ERFA
Williams, Gemara	CB	ERFA
Wright, Wright	DL	ERFA
Yates, Billy	OG	RFA

Free Agency Definitions

Patriots 2006 Season Ending Depth Chart

OFFENSE

WR: 87 Reche Caldwell 10 Jabar Gaffney 19 Kelvin Kight
LT: 72 Matt Light 65 Wesley Britt
LG: 70 Logan Mankins 71 Russ Hochstein
C: 67 Dan Koppen 64 Gene Mruczkowski*
RG: 61 Stephen Neal 71 Russ Hochstein
RT: 77 Nick Kaczur 68 Ryan O’Callaghan*
TE: 86 David Thomas 84 Benjamin Watson*
TE: 82 Daniel Graham
WR: 80 Troy Brown 17 Chad Jackson 13 Bam Childress
QB: 12 Tom Brady 16 Matt Cassel 14 Vinny Testaverde*
RB: 28 Corey Dillon 39 Laurence Maroney 33 Kevin Faulk
44 Heath Evans

DEFENSE

LE: 94 Ty Warren 91 Marquise Hill*
NT: 99 Mike Wright 75 Vince Wilfork* 90 Le Kevin Smith
RE: 93 Richard Seymour 97 Jarvis Green
OLB: 59 Rosevelt Colvin 58 Pierre Woods
ILB: 54 Tedy Bruschi 53 Larry Izzo
ILB: 50 Mike Vrabel 46 Corey Mays
OLB: 95 Tully Banta-Cain 52 Eric Alexander
LCB: 22 Asante Samuel 38 Ray Mickens 31 Antwain Spann*
RCB: 27 Ellis Hobbs 30 Chad Scott 23 Willie Andrews
SS: 37 Rodney Harrison 36 James Sanders
FS: 25 Artrell Hawkins 32 Rashad Baker*

SPECIALISTS

K: 3 Stephen Gostkowski 18 Todd Sauerbrun
P: 18 Todd Sauerbrun 3 Stephen Gostkowski
H: 16 Matt Cassel 18 Todd Sauerbrun
PR: 33 Kevin Faulk 80 Troy Brown
KR: 27 Ellis Hobbs 39 Laurence Maroney
LS: 66 Lonie Paxton 71 Russ Hochstein