It’s speculation season! The NFL offseason hasn’t even officially begun, but the Patriots and the rest of the teams knocked out of the playoffs get a head start on planning for the future. Plenty of team-building questions and takes abound at this stage but not a lot of solid answers.
2024 NFL free agency begins Wednesday, March 13th at midnight. Team-building decisions on which pending free agents to retain right away, who to let test free agency, and identifying the outside free agents the team wants to woo are all on the table. The staff probably already has a good idea of who they want - but until the coordinators are hired and assistants in place, the plan is pretty fluid.