With NFL free agency week only four days away, and the official start of the new league year coming up at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 12, the New England Patriots have less than a dozen players headed for the open market. A series of transactions reduced the group from originally 17 to 11, giving the Patriots a relatively manageable list to work through.
The original assessment from earlier this offseason still holds true, though: a lack of star power is the defining feature of New England’s 2025 class of free agents. That does not mean there are no players worth keeping around.