Russell Bodine

Bodine signed a one-year contract with the Lions for $910,000 before opting out last summer. He'll turn 29 in June.

Bodine was acquired by the Patriots from the Bills for a sixth-round pick last week, but he didn't end up sticking around long with his new team. James Ferentz re-signed with the team and should serve as the backup center.

The Bills trading with the Patriots is like the McCoys letting their pretty daughter marry one of the Hatfield boys, but Bodine probably wasn't going to make the team, so the Bills likely got what they could for the only team to make an offer with a modicum of value. The Patriots need more help due to David Andrews suffering a a blood clot in his lung.

Bodine had been nursing an oblique strain earlier this month, but the issue appears to have subsided as he should be fully capable of providing offensive line depth moving forward. He's considered to be on the roster bubble, though a slew of injuries to the offensive line improves his chances to make the team.