Preparing for his first season as the New England coach, Mike Vrabel likes the pairing of cornerbacks Carlton Davis and Christian Gonzalez the Patriots will deploy in their secondary. “Hopefully, we can just play cat coverage,” Vrabel said. “You got that cat, I got this cat, and we can go to work.”

Cut by the Patriots along with three others on Friday afternoon, the linebacker was claimed by the Tennessee Titans, who were the first team up in the NFL’s wire order. Jacobs couldn’t have been scooped up any quicker.

There are a lot of players without ideal roles on their current NFL teams who could likely help the New England Patriots' offense. Production in the NFL is partially based on opportunity, and not every team can offer all of its players the ideal number of touches or targets.