Nelson Agholor is parlaying his quality Raiders season into a deal with the Patriots. New England is expected to land the former first-round pick in free agency, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. Once finalized, it’ll be a two-year deal worth up to $26MM, per ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter (on Twitter). 
This news comes after the report indicating the Pats were discussing a deal with Kendrick Bourne. As of now, it is uncertain if the Pats will add both. But they are signing Agholor, with Rapoport tweeting the deal is done. Agholor’s base value will be $11MM per year, Mike Garafolo of NFL.com tweets. Incentives could move it up to the aforementioned $13MM-AAV price.
Nelson Agholor and the Raiders agreed to a deal, Jerry McDonald of the Bay Area News Group tweets. The former first-round pick played out his five-year rookie contract with the Eagles and will follow Jason Witten in moving from the NFC East to the Raiders’ first Las Vegas pass-catching contingent. Agholor’s pact is for one year, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets.
Agholor was inconsistent during his Eagles tenure, but the former first-round pick proved essential during Philadelphia’s Super Bowl LII march. And, in 2020, he enjoyed a solid season with the Raiders, tallying 48 grabs for 896 yards and eight touchdowns. It was opportune timing for Agholor, who erased memories of a 2019 slate marred by a knee injury.
Pats really trying to fix their WR group
2 years 26 million way overpay. Enjoy that New England. You don’t even have a QB who can throw. Bahahaha.
Hater
Or truthful..?
Free agency is just starting kid
You would think Pats fans would want it to slow down. Bill out here throwing stupid money at JAGs. You all don’t have a QB….
Jags? Are you mentally challenged or just a troll? A Jag would be a guy we pluck off of a practice squad, UDFA’s, cuts from other rosters etc.
But calling Judon/Henry/Smith etc. Jags just shows a level of Football ignorance..
The closest thing to a Jag that they picked up is Anderson (but people who have experience with how BB operates will know this is exactly the type of guy he loves; someone to plug in and follow direction with max effort who isn’t starter material. BB will find ways to make him successful in his schemes).
Last year NE had a team with a bunch of Jags (due to necessity) and still won 7 games. Think of all the teams that are under .500 in the last few decades, most (if not all) had better rosters than 2020 NE and BB still win games and didn’t throw in the towel.
Jags.. How childish!
That’s why they got him, short passing game. And give it a break about Cam, he’s another year away from his surgeries and another year into learning the offense. For what he had last year, he wasn’t that bad (especially for being behind the 8 ball in terms of practice time, learning the systems and also catching Covid and the body lag that came with it).
And if people out there are old enough to remember how they brought TB along in the beginning, this won’t be much different spare the fact that we have 2 stud TEs and TB didn’t see that until around 2010/2011 (with a receiving core not much different than what NE has on paper for 2021).
Brady didn’t come out of the shoot an all-pro, remember that. NE built a system around what they knew he could do then (he hitch is what they’re doing for Cam now). And Brady was known to have a soft arm back then, 2007 was when he really came out tossing bombs because he had the best receivers they could get and enough experience to know when to take chances.
But, people can believe what they want.. No revisionist history here.
Nice add but he not a WR1. We needed a WR1.
With a double TE threat like they now have, WR1 isn’t as big a necessity – you have a handful of WR’s around the same quality (sub elite) that, as long as they play, run their routes and not take plays off (full effort) there won’t be an issue with not having a true WR1 (remember that they’ll push the short controlled passing game which means lots of runs too. Get them a bruising RB to add to the stable and we’re all set).
Now if you really meant a Burner WR that can stretch the field deep, that’s a different story (kind of). Would be nice to have a DeSean style burner but if Cam can’t make the deep throws, what’s the sense? Use the WR’s you have with 2 (or even 3) TE sets (we have at least 5 TE’s at the moment btw, 2 are stud starters).
One last item; Fullback is used frequently in NE’s offense; short throws and hard running with short screens to backs will be their bread and butter (so, again, a true WR1 isn’t needed in my opinion – with the WR depth we have now, we can switch up quite a few ways using different receivers each play if we wanted to while keeping the TE’s in okay along w/ground and pound running and a few trick runs from Cam to boot (he did gain 50+ 1st downs with his legs last year).
Good for Agholor, he had a hell of a year. He is going to be upset that he now has a QB who in 2020 was dependent on the 7 yard and under to the right safety valve.
You knew he was not coming back to Las Vegas after the Miami “You guys suck” game.
Been waiting for him to have that breakout year.. He’s been teasing us for years..
Get used to terrible FA signings patriots fans. Nobody is coming on the cheap anymore without Brady. The patriots will go back to pre-Brady levels for eternity
Oh boy, no players ever go anywhere there’s a lackluster QB in lieu of money?
The track record of New England isn’t all about Brady. I didn’t see Brady catching passes, running, playing special teams or on Defense. Brady isn’t the guy who makes massively successful 2nd half adjustments in the game plan, he has input.
I’m so tired of people thinking that one guy makes a team. Brady was the best QB we’ve ever had in NE, that is true. But without the Defense and Special teams play (that’s BB’s bread and butter) during Brady’s tenure, he’s not in any of those SB’s except maybe 2007 (greatest high-flying offense we’ve ever had in NE).
This year in Tampa Bay, if it was t for Defense (especially 2nd half of the season) Brady wouldn’t have been in the Super Bowl (and he knows it). And I’m not saying he wasn’t great, but he played from behind enough to have to put the ball in the air quite a bit.
You win games at the line and the middle of the field – that’s what BB is covering In free Agency this year.
Raiders lost two, gained one. What’s the formula for compensatory picks? It’s been so long since we got one. I don’t imagine we’ll lose enough player this year either but it’s worth looking at?
Wow…Belichek is really spending his free agent $$ in an interesting fashion. Overpaying everywhere and not going after any true impact players. Although if Cam Newton is going to be the starting QB then none of it matters anyways. Some highly questionable moves, starting with bringing Cam back…in my opinion
No impact players? Seriously? Wow, just blown away at these comments
HUGE overpay. Gonna wind up with a stable of slot receivers and a QB who can’t push the ball down the field.
I liked some of the Pats moves today, but absolutely not this one.
The market is what it is and Bill capitalized from a position of strength. Football contracts are notoriously overstated anyway filled with incentives that are never reached. Patriots needed solid starting players and had money to spread around. They got quite a few at positions of great need. This is a far more competitive team today than it was a week ago. These are quality players in their 20’s with good seasons still ahead of them.
Ummm, did you forget that Cam’s arm is a limp noodle? How far down the field is he going to push the ball? The slot receivers are signed for a reason…. Cam isn’t the guy to “Push the ball down the field” using big throws.
The offensive signings for the Pats collectively scream smash mouth football with a bit of west coast sprinkled in.
Belicheck sure is cocky and/or stubborn to attempt in today’s quick strike environment, a strategy reliant on 10+ grind it out wins.
Algohor averaged nearly 20 yards a catch last year. Smith is a faster tight end who can stretch the field. I’m not sure why you think these weren’t moves that open up the offense.
Old school coach, old school flavored decisions.. Has to build around what he has.. Smash mouth running/Short controlled passing – the WR’s aren’t a concern with two Stud TE’s out there – the ball will get spread around.
I like the signing and could care less about money – that all gets reworked if they keep the player.
Nothing to see here
Even with the Cam Newton signing does this mean the team takes a QB in the draft?
I mean Lawrence Wilson Fields Lance thats 4 quality options and the Pats have the 15th pick. If they can move up a little they could get the last option of these guys which would be a huge upgrade
All four of those qb’s will be gone by the 8th pick in the draft if not sooner There are too many qb needy teams high in the draft and it isn’t a stacked top ten of players to tempt teams to select otherwise. Pats likely can’t move up high enough. Not sure a guy we haven’t seen much of in Lance who has played one season of low level college football is a “huge” upgrade anyway. He’d be sitting behind Cam, not playing. Bill is clearly playing to win this year, not develop raw young qb’s.
Mac Jones is probably the only QB the Pats have a shot at unless they trade their 15th pick and Stephon Gilmore to move up into the Top 8, but even that might be a stretch.
As a Raider fan it will tough to see him go.
Pats fans you are going to be surprised. A lot of speed and desire.