Patriots Sign TE Visanthe Shiancoe To A One-Year, $1.2M Deal

On Monday, CBSSports.com's Jason LaCanfora reported that free-agent tight end Visanthe Shiancoe was visiting the Eagles on Tuesday after meeting with the Patriots on Friday. It didn't take Shiancoe long to decide where he wanted to play, though, CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman reports he's signed a one-year deal with New England. Freeman reports that Shiancoe's contract is worth $1.2 million and is heavy on incentives, with just $400,000 of that guaranteed, per a league source. Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports first reported the news Shiancoe picked New England. With the Shiancoe signing, the Pats continue to pick up tight ends: obviously Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez are the stars, but they've added Jake Ballard, Daniel Fells and added rookie Tyler Urban through the draft.

Source: CBS Sports

 

dont understand why he would want to go there where hes likley a #3 te could have been a 2 on ours

 

Because he wants to play somewhere he actually has a chance for a ring, more than likely.

 

He would have a chance in philly and atleast he would be able to play he wont see the field much in ne

 

He simply wants to make 1.2 Mil while simply sitting on the bench

 

The Patriots love their TE's Shiancoe will see the field for sure.

 

The Patriots might as well just line up 4 TE's on every play lol.