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The linebacker, who is the Patriots' first signing of what should be a busy free-agency period, could provide a boost to the defense.

As for left tackles, Ronnie Stanley, the best available, and the one they coveted, never hit free agency. He re-signed with Baltimore. Second-tier tackle Dan Moore went to Tennessee, while Jaylon Moore went to the Chiefs. To be fair, the pool of free agent tackles wasn’t great after Stanley.