In another move presumably done with the cap space freed up from the Cassel/Vrabel trade, the Patriots re-signed offensive lineman Russ Hochstein to a one-year contract.
Hochstein split time last year between guard, center, tight end and fullback in sixteen games with the Patriots. He received national praise during the Patriots 44-7 drubbing of the Arizona Cardinals in Week 16, when he opened holes and created space for LaMont Jordan, Kevin Faulk and Sammy Morris to run roughshod over the Cards.
The nine-year veteran also made national news in the days leading up to Super Bowl XXXVIII, when he was called out by Warren Sapp, Hochstein's fomer teammate with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Sapp was being interviewed on ESPN's 'Pardon the Interruption', when he said that the Patriots would lose to the Panthers purely because Hochstein was on the offensive line.
Hochstein also can fill the long-snapper void created when Lonie Paxton signed a five-year deal with the Denver Broncos.
Once again, the Patriots keeping the guys they need, and they're getting them at a very reasonable price.
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