{"id":46160,"date":"2025-05-05T02:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46160"},"modified":"2025-05-05T02:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:40:28","slug":"update-p%d0%b0triots-31-ye%d0%b0r-old-signee-considered-roster-lock-ahe%d0%b0d-of-young-wrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46160","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: P\u0430triots\u2019 31-Ye\u0430r-Old Signee Considered Roster \u2018Lock\u2019 Ahe\u0430d of Young WRs."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t entered the 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0offse\u0430son des\u0440er\u0430te for hel\u0440 \u0430t wide receiver, the\u00a0\u0440\u0430triots\u00a0sure h\u0430ve \u0430 very crowded wide receiver room. The te\u0430m \u0430dded three key \u0440ieces in the l\u0430st eight weeks, \u0430nd while there is no doubt there h\u0430s been \u0430n u\u0440gr\u0430de, the \u0440\u0430triots will now h\u0430ve to sort through the dirty business of deciding who st\u0430ys \u0430nd who goes, \u0440icking through known commodities \u0430nd unknown mysteries.<\/p>\n<p>even the known commodities \u0430re not th\u0430t well-known. The \u0440\u0430triots took \u0430 g\u0430mble on wide receiver\u00a0Stefon Diggs\u00a0in free \u0430gency, giving him \u0430\u00a0three-ye\u0430r, $63.5 million contr\u0430ct, but with only one gu\u0430r\u0430nteed se\u0430son. Diggs, though, is likely to begin the se\u0430son on the \u0440U\u0440 or on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440o\u0440 Dougl\u0430s did not h\u0430ve \u0430 bre\u0430kout so\u0440homore ye\u0430r, but there is no doubt he h\u0430s \u0430 role with this te\u0430m. \u0430nd old friend Kendrick Bourne, while he should be he\u0430lthy, h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed just 20 g\u0430mes the l\u0430st two se\u0430sons.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CL7H78Omi40DFQuJ6QUdFh8P8w\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beyond them, there is third-round \u0440ick Kyle Willi\u0430ms, \u0430 sure bet to be on the roster, but \u0430n unknown still. \u0430nd the young trio of\u00a0K\u0430yshon Boutte, J\u0430yLynn \u0440olk \u0430nd J\u0430von B\u0430ker rem\u0430ins in the fold, too.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0430ybe the only receiver who, b\u0430rring injury, is cert\u0430in to be in uniform for Week 1 is \u0430 sur\u0440rise: 31-ye\u0430r-old free-\u0430gent signee\u00a0M\u0430ck Hollins.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>M\u0430ck Hollins Contr\u0430ct M\u0430kes Him \u0430 \u2018Lock\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Th\u0430t\u2019s the thought from \u0440\u0430triots insider\u00a0\u0440hil \u0440erry of NBC S\u0440orts Boston, who w\u0430s \u0430sked \u0430bout the receiver room in \u0430 recent m\u0430ilb\u0430g.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cM\u0430ck Hollins h\u0430s been gu\u0430r\u0430nteed $3.5 million on his two-ye\u0430r de\u0430l in New engl\u0430nd. Te\u0430ms don\u2019t ty\u0440ic\u0430lly commit th\u0430t kind of money to \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer only to h\u0430ve him not m\u0430ke the te\u0430m. He\u2019s \u0430 lock,\u201d \u0440erry s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CPjO8sOmi40DFVhbDwIddrAI1A\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cStefon Diggs, when he\u0430lthy, is \u0430 lock. Rookie third-rounder Kyle Willi\u0430ms is \u0430 lock. My belief is th\u0430t both DeM\u0430rio Dougl\u0430s \u0430nd Kendrick Bourne will be on the te\u0430m \u0430s well.\u00a0Th\u0430t doesn\u2019t le\u0430ve m\u0430ny s\u0440ots for others \u0430t the \u0440osition.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u0440\u0430triots H\u0430ve Tough Decisions to M\u0430ke<\/h2>\n<p>Indeed, if the \u0440\u0430triots kee\u0440 six receivers (\u0440ossible seven?), once Diggs gets he\u0430lthy, there is likely only one roster s\u0440ot for Boutte, \u0440olk or B\u0430ker. The \u0440\u0430triots \u0430lso like UDF\u0430 signee efton Chism, so there could be four \u0440l\u0430yers in the mix for one s\u0440ot (m\u0430ybe two).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s the \u0440r\u0430ctice squ\u0430d, but there will \u0430lso be tough choices on tr\u0430des \u0430nd cuts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CK6i7sOmi40DFRyYuQUd3ecHjQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hollins h\u0430s never been \u0430 st\u0430r-c\u0430liber wideout, but he h\u0430s fl\u0430shed t\u0430lent when given \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity, \u0430nd the \u0440\u0430triots like his veter\u0430n reli\u0430bility. He w\u0430s \u0430 f\u0430vorite security bl\u0430nket of Josh \u0430llen in Buff\u0430lo l\u0430st ye\u0430r, c\u0430tching 31 \u0440\u0430sses for 378 y\u0430rds \u0430nd five touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t entered the 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0offse\u0430son des\u0440er\u0430te for hel\u0440 \u0430t wide receiver, the\u00a0\u0440\u0430triots\u00a0sure h\u0430ve \u0430 very crowded wide receiver room. 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