One year ago White Tom Brady Jerseys , Jason McCourty and Danny Shelton were as far away from the Super Bowl as players can be: as members of the 2017 Cleveland Browns, they had to live through their team going 0-16 and becoming just the second club in league history to lose all 16 games in a single regular season. And McCourty and Shelton were no bystanders either, they were both core members of the NFL’s second-worst scoring defense.Shelton was in his third season with Cleveland in 2017. The team had originally selected him 12th overall in the 2015 NFL draft but while he was a solid player and top rotational defensive tackle, he never lived up to the natural hype that comes with that high a draft position. Last year was more of the same for the Washington product: he was serviceable, especially against the run, but unspectacular.McCourty, meanwhile, had a good first year with the Browns. Cleveland signed the veteran cornerback to a two-year Tom Brady Jerseys 2019 , $6 million free agency contract after the Tennessee Titans had released him after eight seasons. The twin brother of New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty quickly established himself as a starter in Cleveland’s secondary; he finished 2017 with 16 in-game appearances and having played 84% of the team’s defensive snaps.Both players were core defenders, and both unable to turn the Browns’ fortunes around last season. Fast forward 12 months and they are both preparing to play in the Super Bowl: McCourty and Shelton are now wearing a Patriots uniform, with the defensive back now a de facto starting member of New England’s secondary and the lineman an important yet comparatively rarely used depth player.Still, both are with the AFC champions after they were acquired during the offseason. New England traded for Shelton shortly before the start of free agency: the team sent a third-round pick to Cleveland for the former first-round draft pick and a fifth-rounder. Five days after bringing Shelton on board, the Patriots made another player who was on the 2017 Browns when they traded for McCourty.Original reports had Cleveland release the veteran cornerback, but New England jumped in and sent its 2018 seventh-round pick — the 219th overall selection — to the Browns to bring him in and reunite McCourty with his twin brother. Over the next few months, McCourty went from what looked like a cut-candidate to a starter in the Patriots’ secondary; one playing 80% of New England’s defensive snaps.On Sunday, McCourty will again be a big piece of the Patriots’ defensive puzzle. Shelton will likely not Rob Gronkowski Jersey , but at the end of the day he can still do the same as his fellow ex-Brown: literally go from worst-to-first, from a winless team to the possible Super Bowl champions. The tight end will be on the practice field this week."The New England Patriots are one day into their organized team activities and already saw the return of multiple previously injured players to the field. One man who also ended the 2018 campaign sidelined because of injury will reportedly not participate in the action, however: according to the Boston Herald’s Kevin Duffy, tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins will miss this week’s OTA practices as an excused absentee.The reason for Seferian-Jenkins not participating in the voluntary workouts is not yet known, although it should not be seen as a cause for concern given that the team apparently gave its blessing. We will therefore have to wait a bit longer to see the 26-year-old in a Patriots uniform for the first time since the team acquired him as a free agent in early April to bolster a tight end group that is undergoing a major transformation.Not only did Rob Gronkowski announce his retirement in late March, the team also moved on from Dwayne Allen and Jacob Hollister. In their place, Seferian-Jenkins will compete against Matt LaCosse, Benjamin Watson Womens Elandon Roberts Jersey , Ryan Izzo, Stephen Anderson and Andrew Beck for a spot on the roster. Given his experience and steady albeit mediocre production in the past, the former second-round draft pick was seen as one of the favorites to make the team.Seferian-Jenkins, who appeared in only five games last season because of a core muscle injury, became available for the Patriots after his previous team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, declined his contract option for the 2019 season. One month into free agency, New England brought him in on a one-year http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-devin-mccourty-jersey , $895,000 — reflective of his status as a player that needs to fight for a spot on the team.This week’s absence will likely not have too much of an impact on his long-term outlook with the team, but obviously does put him at a slight disadvantage compared to the other players at the position.