Patriots Football Daily: Remaining New England Free Agents

Today marks the official start of the 2024 NFL Calendar Year. At 4 PM ET free agents are allowed to officially sign with teams after the 52-hour legal tampering period comes to an end. There are already several moves involving members of the 2023 New England Patriots. However, there are still plenty of ex-Patriots remaining on the market.

Yesterday the Patriots announced they had signed three of their exclusive rights free agents. The signings of Nathan Rourke and Tyrone Wheatley Jr. were already known. However, decisions on Christian Elliss and Tre Nixon were not known. As expected, New England did retain Elliss, while letting Nixon head to free agency.

Patriots re-signed LB Christian Elliss, QB Nathan Rourke and OL Tyrone Wheatley Jr. pic.twitter.com/FmPO6fBAOx

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) March 12, 2024

There are 13 members of the 2023 New England Patriots still on the free agent market:

DB Kyle Dugger (transition tag)
LB Anfernee Jennings
RB Ezekiel Elliott
LT Trent Brown
DB Myles Bryant
OL Riley Reiff
ST Cody Davis
TE Matt Sokol
CB J.C. Jackson (released)
DL Lawrence Guy (released)
DB Adrian Phillips (released)
ST Chris Board (released)
WR Tre Nixon (non-tendered)

Dugger, Jennings, and Bryant would appear to have the best odds of returning to New England for the 2024 season.

Also in today’s Patriots Football Daily…

New England Patriots Staying

Patriots Football Now – Josh Uche signs up for another year in New England

Patriots Football Now – New England Patriots retain Mike Onwenu

New England Patriots Arriving

Patriots Football Now – Meet the newest New England Patriot: Austin Hooper

Patriots Football Now – Meet the newest New England Patriot: Sione Takitaki

New England Patriots Departing

Patriots Football Now – Tight end Mike Gesicki is signing with Cincinnati

Patriots Football Now – The Green Goblin is headed to the Big Apple

AFC East News

Pro Football Network – The Miami Dolphins get better at the Buffalo Bills expense

ESPN – DT DaQuan Jones returning to Bills on two-year deal

CBS Sports – Dolphins sign Shaq Barrett to one-year deal

NFL News

NFL.com – Best free agents available

Pro Football Network – Calvin Ridley free agency predictions

Yardbarker – Five NFL free agent signings that could turn out to be steals

ESPN – Mahomes restructures deal to free up $21.6 million for the Chiefs

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Boston Hockey Now – Bruins sign former Bentley defenseman Drew Bavaro

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Football Fun Fact of the Day

Seven quarterbacks won a Super Bowl who fit all of the following criteria:

Drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft during the Super Bowl Era.

Starting QB in the Super Bowl.

Won the Super Bowl for a franchise that didn’t draft them.

They are Jim Plunkett, Doug Williams, John Elway, Trent Dilfer, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, and Matthew Stafford. Steve Young would make eight if the NFL Supplement Draft is counted.

Post of the Day

Today’s post is potential New England Patriots wide receiver Calvin Ridley scoring from long range…

LAWRENCE TO RIDLEY FOR THE 59-YARD TD

📺: #JAXvsTEN on CBS
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/X0vcyHUoyR pic.twitter.com/ELqgixz2VU

— NFL (@NFL) January 7, 2024