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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 4-13 · 4TH IN AFC EAST
4-13 · 4TH IN AFC EAST
Kyle Dugger - Records 81 tackles this season Dugger finished the 2024 regular season with 81 tackles (55 solo), and a sack in 13 games.
Impact After logging a career-high 109 tackles in 2023, 2020 second-rounder wasn't able to hit the century mark this past season, while missing four games. Dugger signed a four-year, $58 million deal with the Patriots last April, so he'll be back to reprise his starting safety role with the franchise in 2025.
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Jahlani Tavai - Team leader in tackles Tavai finished the 2024 regular season with 115 tackles (58 solo), a sack and an interception in 17 games.
Impact In his fourth season with the Patriots, Tavai set a career high mark in tackles, while leading the team in that category. The 28-year-old is under contract with New England through 2027, and is thus set to remain a key part of the defense in 2025, while maintaining his role as a starting linebacker for new head coach Mike Vrabel.
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Jaheim Bell - Two catches in rookie season Bell finished the 2024 regular season with two catches (on three targets) for 20 yards in 15 games.
Impact The 2024 seventh-rounder out of Florida State saw limited snaps on offense as a rookie, while working behind veteran tight ends Hunter Henry and Austin Hooper. While Henry remains under contract with the Patriots in 2025, Hooper is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent, and if he's not re-signed, the 6-foot-2, 241-pound Bell could have an opportunity to see an increased complementary role in his second campaign as a pro.
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Javon Baker - Limited role as a rookie Baker finished the 2024 regular season with one catch (on four targets) for 12 yards in 11 games.
Impact Though Baker -- who the Patriots took in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft -- made some highlight-reel plays during training camp, the UCF product wasn't able to make much of an impact as a rookie, finishing the season with just 83 snaps on offense. Looking ahead, Baker will have an opportunity to get a fresh start under a new coaching staff, but the 6-foot-1, 202-pounder has much to prove before he enters the fantasy lineup conversation in 2025.
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Kayshon Boutte - Catches 53 passes this past season Boutte finished the 2024 regular season with 43 catches (on 68 targets) for 589 yards and three TDs in 15 games.
Impact After catching just two passes in five games as a rookie, the 2023 sixth-rounder began his second campaign as a pro in depth role, but by Week 5, Boutte began seeing steady snaps, a trend that lasted the rest of the season. The LSU product remains under contract with New England through 2026 and looking ahead, Boutte's fantasy upside in 2025 hinges on what moves the Patriots make this offseason in order to bolster their wideout corps. For now, DeMario Douglas, Kendrick Bourne, Ja'Lynn Polk and Javon Baker remain in the mix, but adding an impact player (or two) at the position is presumably a priority for the rebuilding franchise.
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Terrell Jennings - Plays in three games as a rookie Jennings finished the 2024 regular season with 13 carries for 33 yards in three games with the Patriots.
Impact Jennings, who originally joined the Patriots as an undrafted free agent last May, didn't make the team's initial 53-man roster and spent the bulk of his 2024 season on the practice squad. The Florida A&M product remains under contract with New England in 2025, and will thus have an opportunity compete for a complementary role in a backfield that's currently led by Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson and figures to add some depth options this offseason.
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Jacoby Brissett - Throws for 826 yards in 2024 Brissett finished the 2024 regular season with 95 completions on 161 passing attempts for 826 yards, with two TDs and an interception in eight games.
Impact Brissett, who added 15 carries for 62 yards in that span, went 1-4 while starting the Patriots' first five games of the season until rookie first-rounder Drake Maye took over. The veteran QB is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason, but it's possible he could remain with New England in 2025 in a backup capacity. That said, the team may opt to roll with 2024 sixth-rounder Joe Milton as Maye's top backup, and in that scenario Brissett would become an option for another team looking for a respected and experienced No. 2 signal caller.
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Austin Hooper - Logs 45 catches during 2024 season Hooper finished the 2024 regular season with 45 catches (on 59 targets) for 476 yards and three TDs in 17 games.
Impact Though Hooper spent his first season with New England working in a tight-end time share that tilted in favor of Hunter Henry (66/674/2 in 16 games), he managed to string together steady enough production down the stretch to maintain a modest but reliable floor in deeper fantasy formats. Hooper is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason, but it's possible that the Patriots could look into bringing the 30-year-old back in 2025.
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Kendrick Bourne - Catches 28 passes this past season Bourne finished the 2024 regular season with 28 catches (on 38 targets) for 305 yards and a TD in 12 games.
Impact Bourne, who suffered a torn right ACL in Week 8 of the 2023 season, began the 2024 campaign on the PUP list before being activated ahead of Week 5 action. Not surprisingly, the veteran wideout was eased back into the mix, but even when he started to see an uptick in playing time, his fantasy impact was modest most weeks. Looking ahead, Bourne is under contract with New England through 2026, but as Phil Perry of NBC Sports Boston notes, it's possible that the rebuilding Patriots could consider moving on from the 29-year-old pass catcher this offseason.
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Vikings' Flores will take all requested interviews but says head coach vacancy has to be right fit
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