Earlier this year, we introduced the Chung-Thompkins Scale in an attempt to predict the impact that five of the New England Patriots’ offseason additions will have on the 2021 team: offensive linemen Trent Brown and Ted Karras, linebackers Kyle Van Noy and Harvey Langi, and running back Tyler Gaffney. What all of them had in common was their past history with the Patriots.
Brown, Karras, Van Noy, Langi and Gaffney all spent time with the organization before and decided to give New England another shot. They were, obviously, not the first players to do that — and also not the last.