Buck Ortega Works Out For the Patriots

The New England Patriots worked out free-agent TE Robert Myers (Eagles) and free-agent TE Buck Ortega (Saints) Monday, Nov. 2. The team is not expected to sign any of them this week.

Bill Belichick explained the workout: ”It’s two-fold. you get this time of the year, you’re in November, you have some players, some veterans, who may have been on rosters in 2008, who may have been productive . . . there might be some good football players who may have been productive who are still out there, that’s part of it, the other part of it is, you start to look at players who might be able to go on your practice squad. If there’s a player you like coming out of college or the preseason, and you see some positive attributes on that player, you bring them in ,work them out, spend some time with them, have the medical information, and then make a decision on your practice squad, or maybe it’s something for next year.”



(bostonherald.com)