Patriots punter Ryan Allen has re-upped with the team, signing a one-year deal to return to New England.
Less than 12 hours after we were curious about the Patriots ability to sign their own specialists, Allen's deal was revealed. The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder out of Louisiana Tech has spent six seasons with New England, and has a career average of 45.3 yards per punt. The 29-year-old, who switched representation this offseason, which may have played a role in the holdup.
Let’s reset the Patriots’ own free-agent board:
Trent Brown: To OAK
Trey Flowers: To DET
Cordarrelle Patterson: To CHI
Eric Rowe: To MIA
Malcom Brown: To NO
LaAdrian Waddle: To BUF
Jon Jones: Tendered
Josh Gordon: Tendered
Jason McCourty: Re-signed
John Simon: Re-signed
Phillip Dorsett: Re-signed
Ryan Allen: Re-signed
OFFENSE
Chris Hogan
DEFENSE
Danny Shelton
SPECIAL TEAMS
Stephen Gostkowski
Albert McClellan
Ramon Humber
In other Patriots news, Bill Belichick was at Alabama Pro Day. Belichick sightings at Pro Days to this point in the offseason have been (relatively) few and far between, but he made the scene Tuesday with the Crimson Tide.
Belichick at Bama Pro Day ? pic.twitter.com/BfwFmXb6bH
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) March 19, 2019