{"id":250980,"date":"2025-07-31T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/250980\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:34:12","slug":"patriots-insider-name-drops-potential-candidate-for-surprise-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/250980\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Insider Name-Drops Potential Candidate For &#8216;Surprise Cut&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots defense is sure to look different under head coach Mike Vrabel and defensive coordinator Terrell Williams. <\/p>\n<p>And that could mean a productive player under Bill Belichick and Jerod Mayo ultimately doesn\u2019t fit what the current Patriots are looking for. <\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Patriots insider Mike Reiss believes it could lead to Anfernee Jennings getting cut ahead of the 53-man roster crunch. Because while Reiss believes the third-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft has been a good player in New England, ultimately, the run-first defender might no longer fit the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnfernee Jennings is a really good player,\u201d Reiss said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=d3PCkEbtU6Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">98.5 The Sports Hub\u2019s \u201cZolak &amp; Bertrand\u201d<\/a> last week when asked for a \u201csurprise cut\u201d candidate. \u201cHe\u2019s an edge-setter in the old 3-4 Belichick defense. But now, you look at what they have on the edge, and it\u2019s (Harold) Landry, it\u2019s Keion White, it\u2019s (K\u2019Lavon) Chaisson. And then you got a rookie like Bradyn Swinson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>more<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/07\/mike-vrabel-highlights-improvement-of-this-under-the-radar-patriots-defender\/\" class=\"featured-articles__link\" data-analytics-datalayer-category-type=\"MutlipleArticle_\" wp_automatic_readability=\"26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DJ-James-270x270.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Vrabel Highlights Improvement Of This Under-The-Radar Patriots Defender<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Sean T. McGuire<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2 Min Read\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/07\/patriots-reportedly-sign-local-product-after-starter-suffers-injury\/\" class=\"featured-articles__link\" data-analytics-datalayer-category-type=\"MutlipleArticle_\" wp_automatic_readability=\"26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Alec-Lindstrom-270x270.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPatriots Reportedly Sign Local Product After Starter Suffers Injury<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Sean T. McGuire<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 Min Read\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jennings (6-foot-2, 255 pounds) is similar in size to Landry, Chaisson and Swinson \u2014 White stands on his own as a physical freak. But those aforementioned players are stronger as pass-rushers than Jennings, who typically rotated off the field in passing situations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnfernee Jennings, you don\u2019t really see him right now,\u201d said Reiss, who fully expects Jennings would catch on elsewhere. \u201cSo, that would be one name, off the top of my head, that came to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chaisson, specifically, has been a standout of Patriots training camp thus far. Landry, who signed a three-year, $43.5 million contract with $26 million guaranteed this offseason, also has experience working with Vrabel and Williams. White and the rookie Swinson aren\u2019t going anywhere, either. <\/p>\n<p>All told, it could be a long road to a roster spot for Jennings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots defense is sure to look different under head coach Mike Vrabel and defensive coordinator&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7881,7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-250980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-anfernee-jennings","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-new-england","11":"tag-new-england-patriots","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114948582117720647","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}