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Key free agents: Trent Brown, Mike Onwenu, Hunter Henry, Kendrick Bourne, Ezekiel Elliott, Josh Uche, Kyle Dugger, and Anfernee Jennings
Extension eligible: Jabrill Peppers, Christian Barmore, Rhamondre Stevenson, Matthew Judon, Jon Jones and Jahlani Tavai
5th year option: Mac Jones
The Patriots will have some decisions to make with a decent level of capital on their side. They can target re-signing and extending their own players, before they make substantial offers to free agents from other teams. Christian Barmore has likely played himself into a larger contract long-term, and Matthew Judon may want a pay raise as well.
But there are a few free agents the Patriots may target to bring back, like Mike Onwenu, Josh Uche, Kyle Dugger, Anfernee Jennings, Hunter Henry and Kendrick Bourne. Of course, they still could retain more, but these are the ones I feel would most likely return under new management.
Lastly, Mac Jones will likely have his fifth-year option declined, as the team is likely to move on from him in the offseason.
They would want to give those rights to a team that targets him as a reclamation project. The only way I could see the Patriots picking up Jones’ option is if they are fully committed to rebuilding him under new management. However, Jones playing under his fourth different offensive coordinator in four years is seemingly an impossible scenario.
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