Jones & Keefe: Tom E. Curran lists his favorite free agent targets for the Patriots

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00:00Who would be your first target because even though I know we're looking at champ Sunday right here free agencies right around the corner I

00:09Think a lot of it and

00:11as I've said a bunch of times now free agency isn't what it used to be all cracked up to be because teams have so

00:17Much more money that even good players don't hit free agency. Never mind great ones

00:22but you have to find and I think that they're going to be a more attractive place because of

00:26the stability of the coaching staff

00:29because of the vision that they can show to free agents and because of the contacts that whether it be Josh with the Raiders or

00:37Rabel at his time with Tennessee or Cleveland, you know, for instance, can you attract an Amari Cooper who's going to be free free agent?

00:44Can you attract a DeAndre Hopkins who's going to be a free agent? Maybe you're not going to get T Higgins

00:49My guess is it's probably less than 50%

00:52He's probably either going to go back to Cincinnati or choose someplace warm

00:56While money does talk and they can overpay for I would still look at these Cooper Cup Chris Godwin Amari Cooper

01:05DeAndre Hopkins kinds of players who are high-end and you can bring them in so that would be one place

01:10I wouldn't sniff at a guy like Khalil Mack

01:15Sniff is in terms of dismissive sniff. I'd look at a player like that that you can give a role to

01:21So those would be targets for me and then in terms of the offensive line

01:25It's not a million great players out there as I look today at the pro football focus

01:29You know top free agents takes you a while before you get to tackle Ronnie Stanley's the the highest rated tackle who might be on the board

01:36Baltimore is a better team. He might get money there

01:40And not even hit free agency, but

01:43You know, you have to build the offensive line

01:45And that's why I'm really intrigued who your offensive line and wide receiver coach is going to be because that's going to be critical to can

01:51You get these guys up to playing?

01:53At a level where they're not totally overmatched as they seem to be so frequently