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Mike Reiss
Foxborough, Mass.
Takitaki had signed a two -year contract as a free agent of the last low season, with a base value of $ 6,6645 million and a maximum value of $ 10,245 million. The agreement included $ 3,125 million guaranteed.
Takitaki, 29, had been the favorite of the executive vice president of Patriots players, Eliot Wolf, returning to the two -year mandate of Wolf with the Cleveland Browns, with whom Takitaki spent the first five years of his career.
Wolf made the final staff said last year in New England, working with the coach for the first time Jerod Mayo. But with Vrabel replacing May this year, there has been a persistent issue of who has the final decision -making authority. Vratabel avoided the issue at his introductory press conference in January, saying that there was a “shared organizational vision.”
Takitaki played in 11 games last season for the Patriots, with four openings. Totalized 18 cup and played only 17% of defensive snapshots. It had a knee reach the low season, opened the season in the physically unable to perform and never seemed to be 100% on its return.
Liberating Takitaki also points out how Patriots are making the transition to a new defensive scheme under Vrababe and the first -year defensive coordinator Terrell Williams, and possibly providing a higher value in different features. Last year, the 6 -foot 1 and 245 pound takitaki had been seen as an ideal adjustment as a versatile supporter that could play outside the scrimmage line and on the edge, which was known as a “joker” role as an alapas of the old Bill Belichick and May scheme.
Takitaki would have had a salary capitalization charge of $ 3.86 million for the Patriots, which currently have a space of $ 123 million in the League in the capitalization space in 2025, according to the list management system.
