agent tight end Jared Cook in free agency and got outbid again."WhitePatriots News Opinion and Analysis Contribute! FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementReport: The Patriots just missed out on TE Jared Cook http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-patrick-chung-jersey , tooNew,52commentsNew England was reportedly going after free agent tight end Jared Cook in free agency and got outbid again.EDTShareTweetShareShareReport: The Patriots just missed out on TE Jared Cook, tooDavid Kohl-USA TODAY SportsBefore we begin talking tight ends, brothers and sisters, let us all pour one out for the “Dwayne Allen’s blocking” jokes that will not be made by Patriots Nation this season. Till Valhalla, Dwayne Allen blocking jokes.OK, now that that’s out of the way, hopefully you didn’t wake up with a headache from too much March Madness this morning cause if you did and you were already worried about the state of the Patriots pass-catchers, this isn’t going to make it any better. Free agent tight end Jared Cook, who a lot of us (the Pulpit included) had pegged as a (insert football cliche) MATCHUP NIGHTMARE sidekick for Rob Gronkowski obviously signed with the Saints last week, but just like Adam Humphries, when it came down to giving out roses Stephen Gostkowski Jersey , the Patriots came up empty both times.TL;DR - two of guys that you would’ve signed if you were building this team in Madden were both heavy targets of New England. Interesting.From ESPN:Hard to blame Cook for that. Much easier to sign up with a team where A) you basically know you’re going to be the dude, and B) everyone knows it should’ve been Saints-Patriots in the Super Bowl anyway.Also, have you HAD the food in New Orleans? DEEE-LISH. Bad for the waistline, though.Joking aside, the tight end position in free agency right now is basically at the point like at a house party when you notice the keg start floating; per NFL.com, the only 2 notable free agents at this point are Jermaine Gresham and ex-Jet Austin Sefarian-Jenkins, and while they could both most likely be decent additions in New England, they’d probably have to join on a pretty meat-and-potatoes deal and, like we said above, be cool taking a backseat to Gronk most of the time.So let the speculation that the Pats address tight end in the draft COMMENCE!Oh wait, it already has? Well, read our man Ryan Kieran’s breakdown and carry on then. Drew Brees holds several major NFL passing records. By any measure Womens Duke Dawson Jersey , the Saints quarterback is one of the best players in NFL history.But while Brees has made 11 Pro Bowls, only once has he earned first-team All-Pro. That year, 2006, Brees’ former teammate, Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson, gained 2,323 yards from scrimmage and scored 31 total touchdowns. Tomlinson received 44 of 50 MVP votes, with Brees getting four and Peyton Manning two that season.That’s as close as Brees ever has come to winning MVP. Until now.Last weekend solidified Brees as the MVP favorite.He is 9-1 with 25 touchdowns and one interception after the Saints won their ninth consecutive game with a no-doubt victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles.Brees has beaten the Rams, who beat Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs on Monday night. Yes, Mahomes threw six touchdowns against the Rams, but he also had five turnovers. In the Chiefs’ other loss, Mahomes threw two interceptions against the Patriots and was outplayed by Tom Brady. Mahomes is expected to have many more chances to win an MVP award.Of the other candidates:Philip Rivers‘ poor decision http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-trent-brown-jersey , which stopped the clock late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Broncos, did damage to his campaign.Jared Goff? Todd Gurley? Aaron Donald? That’s the problem with the Rams: Who is their MVP? Brady is Brady, but this isn’t his best season with seven interceptions and a 94.7 passer rating.Ben Roethlisberger might have the best shot to knock off Brees, with his 1-yard, game-winning touchdown run with five seconds remaining Sunday keeping him in the running. (No pun intended.)The award, though, is Brees’ to lose.And it won’t be a lifetime achievement award. Brees, who twice has earned NFL Offensive Player of the Year and once was Comeback Player of the Year, is earning it by being the best player in the NFL this season.