Tim Patrick worked in obscurity, worked his way up to #3 WR, was rewarded w/3 year contract, injured two years when being paid well, had salary cut to minimum so as not to be cut during training camp/preseason, worked during training camp/preseason at offseason pay rate and then is going to get cut/traded. Reminds me of OL man for Bills who once he got paid did not want to go to camp and finally was booted off team because he did not want to appear as overpaid backup to old team.
It seems Tim Patrick works better when he is being paid less so this might be year to sign him.
https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-moving-on-from-veteran-wr-tim-patrick