FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:
1. Landry's pitch: Harold Landry III and Patriots pass rushers were listening to assistant coach Mike Smith recently during the voluntary offseason program when the discussion turned to baseball.
The Patriots totaled the fewest sacks in the NFL last season with 28. Landry, who signed a three-year, $43.5 million free-agent contract in March after spending the first seven years of his career with the Titans, was brought to New England to change that.
"He's telling us, 'you're like a pitcher, you want to make everything look the same so the tackle doesn't know what's coming.