Unimaginable but Practical?

The Patriots are nearly 17 million dollars UNDER the 102 million dollar salary cap. To me it is unimaginable that they haven't tried to at least resign their unrestricted players, Vinatieri McGinest Givens Neil etc. 17 Million under and not so much as a call toMcGinest or Vinatieri. WHY? They must have some master plan, but to me they are gambling here especially with Adam.

The Pats are taking their usual practical approach to free agency. They let everyone else set the market and then they act. They set a 'value' to a position or a player and if the player wants to be here for that price, then they'll be here. This practical approach seems to make sense because typically in this, the first week of free agency, teams have to overpay to bring in a player. For example:
The Vikings signed Hutchinson (G) for 7yrs $49million
The Redskins signed Randel El (WR) for 7yrs $30 million
The Ravens signed Jaml Lewis (RB) for 3 yrs $25 million
The Redskins signed Archuletta (S) for 5yrs $30 million

The Patriots wouldn't dream of paying these guys anywhere near those amounts and they've been successful in the past by sticking to it. There is a sense however, that their own players resent them for it. Reports are saying that Vinatieri feels spited by the lack of a good offer and wants to sign elsewhere just to get back at the Pats for not doing his deal a long time ago. Len Pasquireli at ESPN.com had a story about McGinest saying he's going to go visit other teams to finish his career with because the pats haven't even called him.
My only advice to my fellow Pats fans is to be patient, they never make a free agent move until at least one full week into the free agent period. The Patriots under Kraft have never NOT spent right up to the cap, so you've got to think they'll continue that trend. The burning question is who are they going to spend that money on and when? Only time will tell, but in the meantime they are losing their own players (Fauria to Wash and Chatam to the Jets). It should be real interesting once they finally decide to throw their hat in the ring, but one thing is for sure, they will take the practical approach.