$2.3 million<\/a> career earnings as calculated by Over the Cap have come after the Patriots picked him up in 2024.<\/p>\nWhich teams might be in the running? Considering that Roy has been a role player ever since arriving in the NFL, even defensive line-needy teams will not overextend to bring him on board. That said, teams such as the Dolphins, Steelers, Bengals, Chargers, Falcons or Cardinals could all be interested in his services as a depth piece should he make it to the open market.<\/p>\n
Why should he be expected back? Roy has experience in the Patriots\u2019 system, played some solid football in 2024, and could serve as defensive tackle security in case one or both of Christian Barmore and Khyiris Tonga are not back in 2026. While he would not be a starter-level contributor, he would offer value as a well-rounded presence capable of playing on early downs and rushing the passer.<\/p>\n
Why should he be expected to leave? The Patriots got virtually nothing out of Roy in 2025, but simultaneously received some solid contributions from players such as Cory Durden or Leonard Taylor. With those two still under contract as well as 2025 rookies Joshua Farmer and Eric Gregory also in the mix, New England\u2019s decision makers simply might not see a need to retain Roy.<\/p>\n
What is his projected free agency outcome? With even the lowest restricted free agency level set at around $3.52 million, the Patriots will forgo tendering Roy and instead let him enter the free market. While he could ultimately return to New England on a one-year minimum deal worth a non-guaranteed $1.075 million, especially f Tonga leaves as well, our current projection is that he will be let go.<\/p>\n
Now it\u2019s your turn to play GM: What would you do with Jaquelin Roy? Tender him? Re-sign him? Let him leave? Please head down to the comment section to share your plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots\u2019 defensive tackle position is heading into an uncertain few weeks. Christian Barmore\u2019s legal situation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,52640,57412,728,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-796135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-analysis","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-free-agency","13":"tag-new-england-patriots-roster","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116182305258470894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796135","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=796135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}