Patriots Offseason Questions: Let Running Back LeGarrette Blount Walk?

February 22, 2014   ·   Samer Ismail   ·   Jump to comments

This is part of a series of articles examining questions the New England Patriots will have to answer in the run-up to free agency on March 11.
In November of last year, New England Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount had T-shirts designed that read "Blount Force Trauma." The Buffalo Bills and Indianapolis Colts became painfully familiar with the concept at the end of the 2013–2014 season.
But should the Patriots give Blount a new deal or let him walk?
 
The case for keeping Blount
The Patriots acquired Blount in a draft-day trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, trading a seventh-round draft pick and running back Jeff Demps, an Olympic athlete who had zero yards for New England.
Obviously, the Patriots got the better end of that deal: the 5'7", 190-pound Demps had 35 yards from scrimmage in 2013, and a 23.2 yard average on four kick returns, while the 6'0", 250-pound Blount had 810 yards from scrimmage and, remarkably, a 29.1-y...

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