{"id":834567,"date":"2026-03-26T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/834567\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:18:22","slug":"instant-grades-for-patriots-free-agency-signing-kindle-vildor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/834567\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant grades for Patriots free agency signing Kindle Vildor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New England Patriots have made their big moves in free agency, but they still continue adding to their roster. Among their latest signing was that of cornerback Kindle Vildor, who was brought in on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-free-agency-rumors-signings-updates-transactions\/124885\/kindle-vildor-contract-details-analysis-salary-cap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one-year, $1.4 million contract<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s grade the signing based on everything we know.<\/p>\n<p>Instant grades: Patriots sign CB Kindle Vildor<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bernd Buchmasser: Signing Vildor neither changes the fact that the Patriots should add more cornerback depth in the draft nor does it raise the team\u2019s ceiling. What it does, however, is help stabilize the foundation at the position by adding a proven veteran to the mix. All that for a minimum financial impact makes for a solid signing. | Grade: B<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pat Lane: The Patriots need more depth in the secondary and on special teams, so they brought in Vildor. He has a lot of experience as a special teams player, and also has limited reps on defense too. Nothing flashy, but a decent pickup. | Grade: C<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Andrew Guindon: Vildor provides more depth at cornerback and on special teams for summer camp. The Patriots should still look toward the draft for depth to compete with Charles Woods as the top rotational piece. | Grade: C-<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What do you think about the Patriots signing Kindle Vildor? Do you like the move? Do you not? And how would you grade it? Please head down to the comment section to discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots have made their big moves in free agency, but they still continue adding to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,57412,1095,728,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-834567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-free-agency","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-opinion","13":"tag-new-england-patriots-roster","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116294969627487562","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}