Saintaholik
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Yeah, it was reported a week or two ago that the Patriots were interested in Cook. That the two teams interested were NE and NO. NE signed Matt LaCosse who's more of a TE2 or blocking TE, but this is the Patriots, so watch him turn out to be a probowl receiver... smh
The only reason that Cook and Patriots are being mentioned in the same sentence now is because Gronk retired and it makes for good headlines and easy click bait. They're popular across the country, Gronk is a superstar, Pats were said to have looked at Cook, and Cook was the only TE1 available in FA this year other than the oft injured Eifert. The fact that NO and Cook haven't officially put ink to paper gives reporters all the justification they need to put out this click-bait crap.
Exactly, it doesn't take much for the media to run with something out of left field.
Example A: Sean Payton to Dallas every year, even though he has stated many times he doesnt know were they come up with this.