The Patriots lost another player for the 2020 season Saturday when wide receiver Marqise Lee elected to opt out, according to a league source.
Lee, who signed as free agent in April after six seasons in Jacksonville, is the seventh New England player to make the choice to put football on the shelf because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
Lee later told ESPN he welcomed his first child, a daughter, Alia, in February.
“People who know my background and where I came from, and things like that, I didn’t really have my pops in my life.