Pats resign Hochstein, Sanders

[Cman]

According to  Mike Reiss, the Patriots:
(1) resigned James Sanders to a 3 year deal;
(2) resigned Russ Hochstein to a 1 year deal;
(3) tweaked Randy Moss' contract to give a bit more cap flexibility this year.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/

All three are positive, IMHO.  While Sanders gets criticized a lot, he is young, and knows the Pats system.  It makes safety less of a priority and means Pats can focus on addressing CB in the draft.  Hochstein seems like a versatile player; I would like a deeper/better O-line so that Brady gets all the protection necessary, but again, a guy who knows the system and is flexible -- happy to have him back.  It is great to get a little more cap room, and good that Moss was willing to be flexible.

I think next up for the Pats is to work out an extension for Wilfork.

[yall hate]

According to  Mike Reiss, the Patriots:
(1) resigned James Sanders to a 3 year deal;
(2) resigned Russ Hochstein to a 1 year deal;
(3) tweaked Randy Moss' contract to give a bit more cap flexibility this year.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/

All three are positive, IMHO.  While Sanders gets criticized a lot, he is young, and knows the Pats system.  It makes safety less of a priority and means Pats can focus on addressing CB in the draft.  Hochstein seems like a versatile player; I would like a deeper/better O-line so that Brady gets all the protection necessary, but again, a guy who knows the system and is flexible -- happy to have him back.  It is great to get a little more cap room, and good that Moss was willing to be flexible.

I think next up for the Pats is to work out an extension for Wilfork.

Jason Taylor got cut today.  He could potentially replace Vrable as an OLB.

As for Sanders- It certainly reduces the draft need because they are paying him like a starter (3 year, 9 million).

Also, Moss didnt give up or lose any cash, they just changed the structure of the payment in order to give the team more room.