Perhaps in an effort to somewhat mitigate the recent losses of Duron Harmon and Nate Ebner — and maybe even Kyle Van Noy and Jamie Collins as well — the New England Patriots reportedly decided to sign free agent safety and core special teams player Adrian Phillips, per Bleacher Report’s Megan Armstrong.
Phillips previously played the entirety of his career with the Chargers, down in San Diego from 2014-2016 and then in Los Angeles from 2017-2019.
As Armstrong notes, Phillips was cut an astonishingly high number of times while with the Bolts — eight times in total — during his first two seasons in the NFL before he finally started getting some real opportunities in 2016.