FOXBORO — Six months ago, Johnson Bademosi was a Lion, Cassius Marsh was a Seahawk, Adam Butler was one of hundreds of unemployed undrafted free agents and Deatrich Wise was stuck in Derek Rivers’ draft-stock shadow.
This is why it’s always important to Bill Belichick for him to remind players that it doesn’t matter how they arrived, but what they do after they unpack. It’s a tale as old as the 199th draft pick (Tom Brady) unseating the $100 million quarterback (Drew Bledsoe).
“It changed my career personally with that process,” Kyle Van Noy said.
Midway through the 2016 season, the Patriots scooped up Van Noy from the Lions.