Tom Brady's private quarterback coach, Tom House, believes mechanics were an issue for some of his 2013 struggles.

Brady had a 60.5 completion percentage, 4,343 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions while throwing to a limited set of targets.

“As he's getting a little older you lose a little strength, you lose a little flexibility,” House said, via the Boston Globe. “And what was happening was he was noticing that his accuracy and his long ball weren't what they were three or four years ago. So we ran him through the computer, compared him to the models we have created for movement efficiency, and there were really, really small things that were causing his issues."

Brady and the Patriots advanced to the AFC Championship Game.

“One of the things that we've learned about quarterbacking -- it's not the length of the stride, it's the timing of the stride. Tom is long and lanky,” House said. “If Tom has an issue, he gets a little long. ... That's one of the things that we focus on when we analyze Tom every year and we maintain during the season, is how quick does he get into the foot stride?"

The New England Patriots have signed Kyle Auffray, a tight end out of New Hampshire.

Auffray has previous experience as a quarterback and punter in college.

Jermichael Finley has met with the New England Patriots and is now drawing interest from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders.

Finley has consistently received interest from teams, but it is unclear yet if he will be fully cleared by doctors as he recovers from a surgically repaired neck.

The Green Bay Packers still envision Finley remaining with their club if he's cleared.

Jermichael Finley has visited with the New England Patriots after he was given clearance to return to football by the surgeon that performed his neck surgery.

Finley still needs to get cleared by individual team doctors before he'll be signed to a contract.

Finley has been one of the NFL's most productive tight ends when healthy.

Aaron Hernandez is struggling to continue paying his lawyers.

Hernandez recently pled not guilty to double murder charges.

Fox Sports reported Friday that Hernandez' lawyers, Charles Rankin and James Sultan, filed documents indicating they might discontinue their representation of Hernandez.

The lawyers indicated their involvement with the latest Hernandez case was “limited to arraignment only and related proceedings.”