FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Seamless transition.
Those were the first words that came to mind after walking out of the New England Patriots locker room on Tuesday and thinking about what has unfolded with veteran defensive end Chris Long.
When the Patriots signed Long to a one-year, $2.375 million contract in March, both the club and player had an idea of what they hoped would happen. But it doesn't always go according to plan, as was evidenced by the team's similar signing of veteran defensive tackle Terrance Knighton, who was released at the start of September.