The short-term upside is that Milton performed well enough to make Jacoby Brissett expendable heading into 2025.

Coming off back-to-back 4-13 seasons, the New England Patriots — who less than a decade ago ended the most dominant 20-year run the NFL has ever seen — have serious needs to fill at almost every position.

Today, we’re ranking the re-sign priority for the Patriots’ 2025 free agents as high, moderate or low heading into the offseason.

This past season’s wasn’t necessarily an elite group of special teamers, but compared with the occasionally sloppy and sluggish play of the last five seasons, it represented a sizable improvement. New England’s special teams did more than its share to keep things competitive.

Jonathan Jones has been with the New England Patriots since he was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2016. Although he seems to have somewhat regressed at age 31, he is still a reliable cornerback in general and the team's defensive leader.

With fast-rising Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter and Colorado Buffaloes Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter expected to be off the board, the Patriots may settle on Arizona receiver Tetairoa McMillan, according to Luke Easterling's latest mock 2025 NFL draft .

Speaking to Patriots.com, Mike Vrabel mapped out some of the plans that Josh McDaniels has for Drake Maye and the offense.

Patterson spent four years at FAMU, the first three under new Florida International University head coach Willie Simmons. He was the co-defensive coordinator on the 2023 team that won the HBCU national title along with Ryan Smith.

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye surprised a military veteran with a trip to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans in February in a heart-warming gesture that was caught on camera.

The new league year is close, so there will be plenty of NFL free agents for the Browns to target. Let’s talk about some:

The New England Patriots have changed over most of their coaching staff this offseason after finishing with a 4-13 record for the second season in a row. At the top, New England will now have another one of their former linebackers,

He now will get a chance to learn under Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels in New England. The Patriots are hiring Giants defensive assistant Zak Kuhr, Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post reports. It is unclear what Kuhr’s job with the Patriots will be.