New England Patriots agree contracts with Jonnu Smith, Matthew Judon, Nelson Agholor among throwing spree | NFL News

The Patriots agree to deal with tight end Jonnu Smith, passing passer Matthew Judon, wide receiver Nelson Agholor, wide receiver Kendrick Bourne, backup Jalen Mills and the nose winger. dealing with Davon Godchaux on the first busy day of the legal restraint period

The New England Patriots and Bill Belichick let them know what they think about losing seasons Monday as they agreed to deal with six players.

Days after Cam Newton re-signed a one-year deal, the Patriots tried to set a new target for their quarterback by agreeing to a four-year, $ 50m contract totaling $ 31.25m. promised by former Tennessee Titans tight end Jonnu Smith.

Smith is approaching a career-high year that has seen him record 41 catches for 448 yards and eight touchdowns and fill a priority need for the Patriots, with Ryan Izzo being his tight end in 2020 with 13 receptions for 199 yards.

The 25-year-old had recorded a career of 114 for 1,302 yards and 16 touchdowns in 60 games since being selected in the third round of the 2017 draft.

New England were expected to take second place in the league at just $ 70m shy, putting them behind the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Their spending power reappeared later in the day when they agreed a four-year, $ 56m contract, totaling $ 32m over the first two years with Matthew Judon, the a former Baltimore Ravens.

Judon put up 50 wrestling and six sacks in 14 games last year as he was named to the Pro Bowl for the second straight year, following on from a campaign in 2019 in which he delivered 54 tackles and 9.5 sacks to warrant give the team election permission.

The Patriots were slammed on defense last season as a result of a pullback, with top leaders in linebacker Dont’a Hightower and safety Patrick Chunk among five players to sit out this year amid concerns about coronavirus pandemic. The team also lost the likes of Kyle Van Noy, Jamie Collins and Danny Shelton during the free agency.

He didn’t stop there for New England, who also agreed to a four-year, $ 24m deal with former Philadelphia Eagles Jalen Mills.

Mills, a seven-round pick out of LSU in 2016, won 74 wrestling, 1.5 sacks and one fumble rebound in 15 games last season.

Earlier in the day the Patriots also agreed a two-year, $ 16m deal with former Miami Dolphins forward Davon Godchaux, LSU’s fifth-round pick in 2017.

The six-time Super Bowl champions are coming off a 7-9 year after missing out on the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

A rare spending spree followed when the Patriots agreed to make terms with wide receiver Nelson Agholor, who had 48 catches for 896 yards and eight touchdowns with the Las Vegas Raiders last season, before agreeing. are a three-year, $ 22.5m contract with former San Francisco. 49ers catcher Kendrick Bourne.

Neil Reynolds focus team:

“Not relevant in 2020 clearly did not sit well with the New England Patriots and they have made a busy start in the upcoming bargaining with free agents. Within the first few hours, the Pats have agreed contracts with tight end Jonnu Smith (Tennessee), fringe Matthew Judon (Baltimore), backback Jalen Mills (Philadelphia) and defender Davon Godchaux (Miami).

“At first glance, these seem like very nice moves. Smith is talented, athletic and prolific, Judon can be a differentiator and Mills offers the kind Bill Belichick accepts flexibility, but as always in a free agency, there are no promises, Smith will not want to be in the offense with Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry and AJ Brown, and Judon is the latest in a long line of fringe rushes out of Baltimore that need to prove that the grass is greener on the other side of a free range.

“The Patriots have made the kind of big free agency shower that those who ran them for those years had to do. Have they turned into the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins? I think these trends have improved, but I also think they have overpaid (free agency norm).

“But not every move in the world means anything without a quarterback who can be trusted week in and week out. The Patriots don’t have a player like that right now, even from after the recent re-signing of Cam Newton. “

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