Plenty has been written about how poor Nick Perry and Clay Matthews were last season. Perry cannot stay on the field and Matthews doesn’t have juice left to get around the edge.
I imagine you’re asking what my solution is. Two words: Trey Flowers. Now you’re about ready to raise your right pointer finger as you exclaim, “The Patriots will never let him leave.”
Oh really now. Since 2002, the Patriots have used the franchise tag just nine times, with the last time being Stephen Gostkowski in 2015. And if New England does tag Flowers, it would cost $17.