The Patriots have signed 38-year old punter Scott Player who will compete with Chris Hanson for the starting job.  Player played in 3 games for the Browns last season and he averaged 45.6 yards on 13 punts.  He also placed 6 punts in side the opposing 20-yard line (46.2%) and he had a net average per punt of 40.3 yards which is amazing.  Player has now played in 142 games in his NFL career and he has punted the ball 727 times for 31,345 yards (43.1 avg).  He has placed 185 punts inside the opposing 20-yard line (25.4%) and he has a net career average of 37.8 yards per punt.  I have a feeling that Player will beat Hanson out for the starting punting job for the Patriots in 2008.