Asante Samuel: Back with the Patriots and it feels so good!
Asante Samuel gave in, as most franchise tagged players do. Despite holding out for most of the preseason and threatening an extended regular season absence, Samuel found it awfully hard to walk away from his teammates now that the games actually matter. And I’m sure the idea of $7.8mm in guaranteed money didn’t hurt either. 
While I’m sure this has some significance to IDP leagues, it also has importance for traditional fantasy leagues, as well. The Patriots are being drafted, on average, 4th among Team Defenses and that’s despite Samuel’s absence. With Samuel, I can see the Patriots living up to that lofty draft ranking. Without him, I can’t see how they would’ve had a reliable enough pass defense to provide top-5 fantasy numbers.
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