{"id":806917,"date":"2026-03-11T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/806917\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:34:31","slug":"one-safety-in-one-safety-out-for-the-patriots-as-jaylinn-hawkins-signs-with-ravens-98-5-the-sports-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/806917\/","title":{"rendered":"One safety in, one safety out for the Patriots as Jaylinn Hawkins signs with Ravens &#8211; 98.5 The Sports Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after signing a safety in free agency, the New England Patriots lose one. On Wednesday afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2031811733019353505?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler<\/a> was the first to report that Jaylinn Hawkins is signing with the Baltimore Ravens. <\/p>\n<p>Hawkins gets a two-year deal with the Ravens, per Fowler. The reported value of the contract is $10 million. He&#8217;ll slot in next to All-Pro Kyle Hamilton in Baltimore&#8217;s back end. <\/p>\n<p>The Patriots first signed Hawkins as a free agent prior to the 2024 season, then re-signed him last spring. In total he played in 32 games making 22 starts. That includes 15 last year when he was on the field over 90% of the time in a safety tandem with rookie Craig Woodson. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the Patriots Hawkins spent time with the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Chargers. A 202 fourth-round pick out of Cal, he&#8217;s entering his seventh NFL season, and turns 29 in August. <\/p>\n<p>While the Patriots are losing Hawkins, they had already signed another safety who projects to play a starting role. Less than an hour before Hawkins&#8217; signing broke, it was reported that the Patriots are <a href=\"https:\/\/985thesportshub.com\/2026\/03\/11\/patriots-make-significant-free-agent-addition-in-secondary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">signing three-time All-Pro Kevin Byard to a one-year deal<\/a>. Along with Byard and Woodson the Patriots also have Dell Pettus, John Saunders Jr., and Brenden Schooler on the roster at safety.<\/p>\n<p>With Hawkins signed, five of the Patriots&#8217; six pending unrestricted free agents have signed elsewhere, as he joins K&#8217;Lavon Chaisson, Khyiris Tonga, Austin Hooper, and Vederian Lowe. Only offensive tackle Thayer Munford remains unsigned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shortly after signing a safety in free agency, the New England Patriots lose one. On Wednesday afternoon, ESPN&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,2592,208,111578],"class_list":{"0":"post-806917","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-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-free-agency","15":"tag-patriots","16":"tag-patriots-offseason-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116212221838537791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806917","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=806917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}