Chris Godwin a top priority for patriots in the Free Agency NFL – NBC Sports Boston

Is Chris Godwin or Bust for the patriots?

If you want to surround Drake Maye with more talents in your offensive Huddle; If you want to flow into your recipient room a certain professionalism; If you want to show your fan base, you are serious to put a better product on the field in 2025 – Godwin must be a priority.

When the legal manipulation period of the NFL starts on Monday at 12 noon, it is the clear and obvious goal for you.

Other high-end passports stormed from the board long before the legal period, which lasts two days before the official start of the new league year on Wednesday.

Davante Adams had his wish to drive to the west coast and ended up in a two -year contract with the Rams on Sunday evening.

DK Metcalf received a massive new contract from the Steelers after he was purchased in a trade who sent a second round to Seattle. Although Metcalf has an ability that qualifies as fascinating for receiver needs, New England has never made an offer for the 27-year-old to the Seahawks, according to a league source.

While Mike Vrabel builds his program in Foxboro, he will concentrate on involving the right types of people to establish the kind of culture that he wants. In the decisions he makes, he will be deliberate and understand the team is not one or two pieces from the competition by a championship. This is a group that Vrabel understands, which instead has to involve its basis for core pieces.

Importing Adams or Metcalf or another offensive weapon, which, for example, could not hesitate to get to Maye’s ear if he doesn’t get the ball as often as he wants? As bad as the patriots could use an infusion of talents, it is not what the team has to do.

This leads us to Godwin, who announced NBC Sports Boston, that she is one of the best goals of the team in the free agency.

In Tampa Bay, Godwin has established a reputation in the league-wide reputation as a hard-working professional and excellent teammate. He is 29 years old, and before he ended a season in week 7 in week 7 in week 7, he was up to date for one of his best seasons in 2024.

According to the receiving perception, which the recipients’ success rates on all types of routes pursue against all covers, Godwin in the 81st Percentile under NFL -wide use rate on the reporting on the success rate. Before he was injured, his 75.2 percent success rate against the reporting on the team ended up in a similar area as five years earlier in 2019 (75.4).

Godwin went even better against zone looks and ranked in the 88th percentile. His combination of experienced and strong hands (88.9 percent competitive fan rate and no consolation in seven games in 2024 per reception perception) will make him a major threat in the intermediate area of ​​the field, wherever he signs.

He played both in the slot and outside for the Buccaneers and saw 57.5 percent of his snapshots inside, where he is a more than possible blocker. The offensive coordinator of the patriots, Josh McDaniels, has long been established, appreciates this type of mentality in its wide areas because of what it can do for the unpredictability of his attack.

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Godwin’s health was the only thing to slow him down in the course of his career. He tore open his ACL in 2021, then another season in 2024 was abruptly ended due to a passed ankle. But when he is healthy, he is exactly what the patriots are looking for in a position in which you are looking for help both in the field and on the field.

Metcalf is out. Adams is out. And Ronnie Stanley Linke The Big Money Left Tackle option is also out of the board after having signed the Ravens again at the weekend.

The patriots have more cap space than any other team in football, and they have a promising young quarterback that needs help. You could find Maye an upgrade at Receiver in the draft, through the trade (would the Raiders Jakobi Meyers ever be available?) Or with moderate leisure signs.

But none of these options is Godwin, who is closest to a playing change available on the open market.

The freelance agency can be unpredictable and chaotic, but it is clear that the patriots should give a difficult indictment to sign it. The expectation in the walls of a patriot place is that you will do exactly that.