According to PFF\u2019s Mason Cameron,<\/a> the Patriots<\/a> were ranked No. 11 out of all 32 teams for the unit that they\u2019ve put together thus far this offseason.<\/p>\n \u201dAfter a run to the Super Bowl this past season, the Patriots faced difficult offseason decisions,\u201d Cameron said. \u201cAs a result, they lost\u00a0Stefon Diggs,\u00a0K’Lavon Chaisson\u00a0and\u00a0Jaylinn Hawkins, the team\u2019s leaders in receiving yardage, sacks and interceptions, respectively. New England made every effort to fill those voids with quality veterans in receiver Romeo Doubs, edge\u00a0Dre’Mont Jones\u00a0and All-Pro safety\u00a0Kevin Byard, though. The Patriots should be a contender once again.\u201d<\/p>\n The Patriots also lost defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga to the Kansas City Chiefs in free agency.<\/p>\n New England traded center Garrett Bradbury to the Chicago Bears for draft stock. The Patriots struck a deal with guard Alijah Vera-Tucker in the open market to add to their offensive line. New England has compensated for their losses this offseason to retain a competitive roster on paper for next season.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a> Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 20, 2026, 11:57 a.m. ET The New England Patriots\u2019 moves this offseason have been met with criticism…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[95878,7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,96851,96852,101545,95882,97034,95893,102646,102591,97642,111759,96854,95899,95883,97162,95894,95881],"class_list":["post-824947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots","tag-sstssportsnflpatriots","tag-sstsnpatriots","tag-tagalijah-vera-tucker","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdremont-jones","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taggarrett-bradbury","tag-tagjaylinn-hawkins","tag-tagklavon-chaisson","tag-tagkhyiris-tonga","tag-tagnew-england-patriots","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagstefon-diggs","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116266803069446922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824947","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=824947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774090539_276_86371878007-cardis-1.jpg\")