New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft indicated the team may ask the NFL for some salary cap relief because they assumed $7.5 million in dead money for 2014 after releasing TE Aaron Hernandez. The team could ask for relief because of the extreme circumstances involving Hernandez’s release.

Footballguys View: We’ll see if the NFL complies with this request. At this time, the Patriots are set to only have about $8 million in cap space this offseason. That’s not enough money to make much of an impact in free agency.
Patriots | May look for cap relief from Aaron Hernandez money