Patriots
Josh Sweat and Milton Williams made life miserable for Patrick Mahomes during the Super Bowl Lix.
Milton Williams and Josh Sweat are both ready to be paid for this offseason. (Photo by Jamie Squire / Getty Images)
The patriots have several areas in their depth painting they need to consolidate this off -season.
And with New England entering this off-season With a record of $ 119 million in the ceiling space, Eliot Wolf and the rest of the team’s best brass brass should have a lot of resources at hand to strengthen this list.
Even if New England’s main priorities probably turn both around the offensive platform and the wide receiver, the patriots are also desperately needed by certain proven game leaders on the defensive side of the ball.
It turns out that several potential free agent targets for New England dominated the Eagles in their victory over the Super Bowl Lix chiefs:
Josh Sweat, Edge
Jalen Hurts may have won the Honors of the Super Bowl MVP on Sunday, but the case may be made that sweat was the most impactful player on the field of New Orleans.
Sweatshirt was already to strike the free agency as the most coveted pass rusher on the market. But his stock should skyrocket after having completely dismantled the Kansas City offensive by regularly putting Patrick Mahomes under duress.
The 27 -year -old veteran finished the match with six plated (two of which are defeat), 2.5 bags and three strokes.
Even in the games where he did not arrive in Mahomes, sweat had an impact. Regularly twinned against Joe Thuney, Sweat forced a precipitated pass of Mahomas after pushing Thune in him in the goal area – with this launch of the good time chosen by the recruit of the Eagles Cooper Dejean for a pic -six in the second quarter.
Sweatshirt, which obtained a sign of the pro Bowl in 2021, recorded at least six bags in each of the last five seasons.
The patriots must add a rusher of hard -hitting passes this spring, since New England has closed the 2024 season with only 28 bags – the least among the NFL teams this year.
If New England is not able to win a rusher of blue passes like Abdul Carter in the first round of the NFL 2025 draft, the patriots could pivot and open their checkbook for a proven goods like sweat.
Zach Baun, secondary
If Mike Rabel seeks to bring in a versatile secondary with a talent to offer momentum exchange games, Zach Baun is the obvious target – the 28 -year -old veteran who should win a heavy contract in the coming months.
One of the largest recent memory signatures, Baun signed a one-year contract of $ 3.5 million with the Eagles in March 2024 after winning limited representatives with the saints of 2020-233.
Like Verbel’s career trajectory after signing with New England, Baun immediately became a play force for Philly-winning the honors of the first All-Pro team as a key cog on the defense of Eagles.
Baun has paved the way for Eagles this season with 152 plated in total – while adding 2.5 bags, five forced escapes, escaped recovery, 2.5 bags and interception.
The finalist of the defensive player of the year 2024 of the NFL saved his best for the playoffs, recording four reversals (two interceptions, two escaped recovery) on three games – including a clutch interception against Mahomas in the Super Bowl Who finally led to an AJ Brown touch.
The Patriots should benefit from the return of a breathtaking secondary as Ja’whaun Bentley after the defensive captain missed most of the 2024 season due to an injury.
But while TRÉBEL and the defensive coordinator Terll Williams are looking to increase the defense of New England, a list of game players could use a player like Baun.
Milton WilliamsDt
Beyond the need for a pass-rusher, the patriots could also use more pressure from the interior defensive line-in particular with the status of Christian still bares little because of the recurring symptoms of his blood coagulation problems.
Investing in defensive plasters may not steal many titles, but Williams has played an essential role in the ability of Eagles to put pressure on Mahomes without Blitz the skilled quarter.
Barely 25 years old, Williams recorded 24 plated in total, 5.5 bags, a forced escape and a recovery escaped during the action of the regular season – with its 40 standing pressures like the 19th best brand among the players of defensive line In 2024, by Pff.
But Williams saved his best match for the Super Bowl Lix, dismissing Mahomes twice while forcing and recovering a escape against the quarter of KC in the unbalanced victory.
Even if Barmore receives the green light to resume the game in 2025, the signature of Williams could give the patriots an impressive young core of defensive line players between him, Barmore and Keion White.
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