A few random Patriots thoughts during the lull.
Jack Jones is too stupid to live. He was absolutely worth the gamble, but he's now landed NE in a tough spot. Best case scenario is that he winds up on the commissioner's exempt list. You really don't want to cut the guy, but you don't want to pay him and have him take up a roster space. At the same time the commissioner might avoid doing that just to be a dick; it is New England, after all. Honestly, the only reason I'd be opposed to cutting him, and after Hernandez they might, is that I'd hate for being cut to be the motivation he needs to get his act together and see him sign with Buffalo. Dude's got skills.
Speaking of head cases, I'd probably prefer Hopkins sign elsewhere. One of NE's biggest problems going forward is maintaining the culture they built up. Unless he's a total buy-in, and I don't see that happening, he's not worth it in my opinion. They avoided having privileged players for this long (just ask BBB) and they shouldn't start now. And in truth, I don't think the receiver corps is the big problem people make it out to be. It's not pretty, but I'm not sure who you cut to make room for DH.
St. Rogers probably didn't want the story about him refusing to play for NE to get out. This is the sort of motivational thing that's likely to make things pretty rough for him when they play. With or without Jack Jones NE will sport a top 3 D this year in damn near every category, and NYJ's O-line still sucks. I didn't think he was going to enjoy playing them twice a year before, and now they'll be playing mad. I always thought he was an arrogant prick, and now I'm thinking he might be a stupid one, too.