Ahead of the start of NFL free agency, the Pats Pulpit staff got together to rank the New England Patriots’ free agents according to their perceived importance to the team’s success in 2025. Sitting in the top spot was tight end Austin Hooper, and it seems that the Patriots’ decision makers share that opinion.
Hooper is one of only two unrestricted free agents re-signed by the team so far, joining safety Jaylinn Hawkins, and the one to sign the biggest deal among them. As a closer look at that pact shows, it seems the Patriots are expecting big things out of the 30-year-old this fall.