Weaknesses “Veteran presence with plenty of experience” is a euphemism for “no longer in their prime,” which is itself a euphemism for “old”. Inevitably, players will reach a point in time when the demands become harder and harder to recover from. About six weeks after Furtado and de Abreu were killed, Hernandez signed a five-year, $40m contract with the Patriots and went on to play another season before Lloyd was killed. Both men desperately wanted to win, but not so much that they wanted to crush their opponent.