"As Torry Holt enters his 12th NFL season, the veteran receiver accepts that this year might be different. He is the most-targeted wideout since 2000 and once built a career in St. Louis based on stretching the field.

Yet even with his reputation and proven history, Holt is looking for a job with the Patriots that may not be the high-profile role he has had in the past. A player who has made a career of gobbling up receptions and yards, Holt is looking for a place among a host of pass-catchers in New England.

The moment Wes Welker returned to practice Sunday after months of rehabbing from knee and shoulder surgery, the Patriots' receiving group became one of the team's deepest. And that leaves a player like Holt, 34, vulnerable."