INDIANAPOLIS — Last month, Patriots coach Jerod Mayo mentioned the group was “ready to burn some cash” in free company.
On Tuesday, the person in control of spending that money, Patriots director of scouting Eliot Wolf, didn’t sound fairly as dedicated throughout his first press convention because the group’s new personnel head.
“We’re going to aggressively try to help the team,” Wolf informed reporters on the NFL Scouting Combine. “Take that however you want it, but we will try to do what’s right; whether that means spending or saving, TBD.”
Earlier this month, the Herald confirmed Wolf has management over the Patriots’ roster and is now main the entrance workplace. The ex-Packers and Browns govt has 20 years of front-office expertise and mentioned Tuesday he’ll take a collaborative strategy along with his decision-making. Wolf additionally expounded on what followers can count on from his entrance workplace, which is able to lean on from Mayo, director of participant personnel Matt Groh and new senior personnel govt Alonzo Highsmith amongst others.
“I think the main thing is just getting players that fit our culture, getting players that want to do right, want to do the extra (work). But in terms of just physical skills, we need to weaponize the offense. We need to be faster and more explosive on defense,” Wolf mentioned. “Height, weight, speed, playmaking ability, there will definitely be an emphasis on those things.”
Wolf added the Patriots will prioritize enjoying youthful gamers greater than they’ve up to now. He emphasised drafting and creating, hallmarks of the Packers’ roster-building philosophy Wolf discovered working in Green Bay from 2004-2017. Wolf joined the Packers’ entrance workplace after his father, Hall of Fame GM Ron Wolf, constructed a Super Bowl winner and retired in 2001.
The 41-year-old is amongst a number of Patriots front-office executives and coaches in Indianapolis for the mix. Like each different group, the Patriots are engaged on a number of fronts: scouting faculty prospects, connecting with participant brokers forward of free company and speaking with different groups about potential trades. NFL free company will open on Monday, March 11, at midday.
Wolf opened up concerning the Patriots’ pitch to free brokers subsequent month, when the group will take its first main steps towards rebuilding.
“This is a new program, and we’re heading in the right direction. It’s a new era,” Wolf mentioned. “We have leadership with Jerod Mayo, that is going to be tremendous. He’s just an unbelievable leader and developer of people. And I think that as we move forward with the new offense and defense, it’s going to be pretty special and exciting here.”
The Patriots at present maintain $78 million in cap house, per Over The Cap, third-most within the league.
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