Less than 48 hours after the conclusion of the 2025 NFL Draft, the New England Patriots decided to part ways with six players. Wide receiver JaQuae Jackson, tight end/fullback Giovanni Ricci, center Jake Andrews, defensive tackle Marcus Harris, edge Titus Leo and safety Mark Perry were all let go on Monday.
What do the moves mean for the Patriots, though. Let’s find out.
No surprises
NFL teams parting ways with bottom-of-the-roster players after the draft is something of an annual tradition. In this particular case, the players released did not come as too big a surprise: all of them were long-shots to make the roster in the first place, and had not been able to do enough in their Patriots tenures up to this point to warrant being kept around over the young talent incoming through draft and rookie free agency.