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New England upped its offer but Humphries is still headed to Tennessee."The New England Patriots’ wide receiver situation remains a work in progress: the team lost Cordarrelle Patterson to a two-year White James White Jerseys , $10 million offer from the Chicago Bears on Tuesday, before re-signing Phillip Dorsett for one season on Wednesday. With Dorsett and Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman the only proven wideouts under contract for now, however, the Patriots still very much remain in the market for a receiver.One player they apparently had an eye on was free agent Adam Humphries, formerly of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coming off a highly productive four-year stint during which the former undrafted rookie caught 219 passes for 2,329 yards and nine touchdowns, Humphries was seen as one of the best wideout options on the market — and a potentially tremendous addition to the Patriots’ offense giving his short-area quickness and excellent route running.On Monday, however, Humphries agreed to join the Tennessee Titans on a reported four-year James White Jerseys 2019 , $36 million contract offer. New England was in the running all day long, but the 25-year-old ultimately chose the team coached by ex-Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel. The reigning world champions, according to Pats Pulpit alumnus Evan Lazar of CLNS Media, had an offer on the table for roughly $30 million over a four-year span.According to NESN’s Doug Kyed, the Patriots raised their offer on Tuesday to give Humphries more money per year and a higher guarantee than the Titans. The free agent apparently stayed on course and committed to Tennessee, even though he reportedly had second thoughts about choosing the Titans over the opportunity to play alongside future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady in New England. For what it’s worth, no deal was announced yet.Ultimately, Humphries will likely still go to the Titans despite all the speculation — the Patriots have only so much financial flexibility with $12.3 million in salary cap space for 2019. That being said, the reports show that the team is committed to improving its wide receiver position one way or the other. And with other veteran players like Golden Tate White Dont’a Hightower Jersey , Kevin White and Randall Cobb still available, one has to wonder whether the club pulls the trigger on an outside addition soon. ATLANTA (AP) — Yes, it’s time for another story about the Patriots trying to accomplish something nobody has done since the 1972 Dolphins.But not THAT story.Eleven years after falling one win short of matching Miami’s undefeated season, New England is attempting to become the first team since those famed Dolphins to follow a loss in the Super Bowl with a championship the very next year.Not quite as glamorous. But in some respects, every bit as difficult.“When we got back to camp, Don Shula made us watch that game every day for like a week,” said Mercury Morris, the outspoken running back who mostly sat the bench during Miami’s humbling 24-3 loss to Dallas in Super Bowl VI. “He told us, ‘See how sick you feel now? Just think of how sick and sorry you’ll be if you don’t go redeem yourself.'”With their win over the Dolphins Dont’a Hightower Jersey 2019 , the Cowboys became the first team to come away with the title a year after a Super Bowl loss. (They had fallen 16-13 to Baltimore in Super Bowl V). Then, sparked by their own humbling defeat, the Dolphins did the same thing — and went 17-0 along the way.Neither feat has been repeated in 46 years since, although the Patriots came oh-so-close to perfection in the 2007 season, losing the Super Bowl to the Giants to finish 18-1.“It made us very aware of what we had to do better than the year before,” Dolphins punter Larry Seiple said of the loss at Tulane Stadium, where Miami managed only 185 yards. “It kind of inspired us to stay together as a team and get back there.”As it turns out, easier said than done.Over the years, other teams have had their chances.The 1980s Denver Broncos went to three Super Bowls over four seasons and lost all of them badly — to the point that John Elway conceded to wondering whether it was worth all the fuss fighting to get back White Donald Trump Jerseys , year after year.In the 1990s, the Buffalo Bills made four straight Super Bowls and lost every one.But they are the exceptions.Most teams that lose the Super Bowl don’t come close the next season, and that trend has increased since the advent of free agency, when turning over a third of the roster — even for the most successful teams — is becoming the norm.Over the past 20 seasons, nine Super Bowl losers have failed to even make the playoffs the next year. Another four made the playoffs but lost their first game. Not a single one has returned to the Super Bowl. Until this season.“The biggest issue to me was feeling like we were going to right a wrong from that last season,” said Kurt Warner, whose Rams fell off the map after their 20-17 Super Bowl loss to New England in 2002 that marked the start of the Patriots dynasty. “Anytime you allow one season to carry over into another, I think you’re going to have problems.”New England has rebounded from last year’s Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Making their ninth Super Bowl appearance since the start of the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era, the Patriots seem to come up with new ways every year to reimagine what’s possible.“I think Donald Trump Jerseys 2019 , honestly, after what happened last year in the Super Bowl, guys are hungry,” linebacker Kyle Van Noy said. “And I feel like we got humbled. We’re not taking things for granted.”Neither did the Dolphins.And though they ended up undefeated, that wasn’t the main mission when they started that season. They were motivated by a lopsided loss in the biggest game the season before.“It was an embarrassing performance,” Morris said. “It was a specific source of redemption. Because pride is one thing. But to redeem yourself from something is another. There’s more value in the concept of redemption than there is in being great.”