{"id":836670,"date":"2026-03-27T10:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836670\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:55:22","slug":"instant-grades-for-patriots-free-agency-signing-james-hudson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836670\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant grades for Patriots free agency signing James Hudson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It took until one of the follow-up waves of free agency, but the New England Patriots did eventually address their offensive tackle depth. Earlier this week, the team signed five-year veteran James Hudson to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-free-agency-rumors-signings-updates-transactions\/124700\/patriots-sign-offensive-tackle-james-hudson-iii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one-year, $1.4 million contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s grade the signing based on everything we know.<\/p>\n<p>Instant grades: Patriots sign OT James Hudson III<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bernd Buchmasser: The Patriots needed to bolster their offensive tackle depth, and signing Hudson was a fairly inexpensive way to do so. He also brings some starter experience to the table and can serve as a swing tackle behind Will Campbell and Morgan Moses. The team remains in the market for more help in the draft, but he at the least raises the team\u2019s floor \u2014 albeit only slightly. | Grade: C<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pat Lane: The Patriots signed an offensive lineman who set history last year, becoming the first player to ever be penalized four times on one drive. While that\u2019s obviously terrible, Hudson does provide decent depth and comes at a very cheap price. If the Patriots bring in some rookies, or if one of their guys on the roster takes a step forward, Hudson is easily releasable. | Grade: C-<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Andrew Guindon: Hudson has a wealth of experience throughout his first four years. He started 17 games for the Browns during his first four years, appearing in 49 total, and also starting for the Giants twice last season. However, Hudson has had some penalty issues in the past. Spending to bring back Vederian Lowe as the team\u2019s swing tackle may turn out to be a better option. | Grade: C-<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What do you think about the Patriots signing James Hudson? Do you like the move? Do you not? And how would you grade it? Please head down to the comment section to discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It took until one of the follow-up waves of free agency, but the New England Patriots did eventually&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,57412,1095,728,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-836670","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-free-agency","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-opinion","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\/116300777043685753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836670","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=836670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}