Predicting Patriots’ 2024 defensive award winners

Projected stats: 120 total tackles, eight tackles for loss

Bentley has been a 100-plus tackle player over the past three seasons, and he will look to make it a fourth this year. Unfortunately for the stat sheet, Jabrill Peppers, Kyle Dugger and Jahlani Tavai may have a say in this. They are all high-volume tacklers.

But Bentley will still find ways to impact the game by crashing gaps and blowing up run plays. Bentley, who is a defensive stalwart in the middle, will be asked to explode more in the run game due to a potential lack of Christian Barmore this season, which should lead to an increase in his tackle-for-loss stat.