"The New England Patriots are releasing veteran safety Jabrill Peppers in a surprising shakeup on the back end of their defense, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Peppers, who is in his ninth NFL season and fourth in New England, has $4.32 million guaranteed remaining on his contract for this season. The Patriots finished training camp with six-year veteran Jaylinn Hawkins and 2025 fourth-round pick Craig Woodson as their top safeties, with Peppers, Kyle Dugger and Dell Pettus next on the depth chart."
"Peppers was a favorite of former coaches Bill Belichick and Jerod Mayo for his hard-hitting, physical style of play, especially against the run -- a similar skill set to Dugger. Peppers' fit in the new scheme employed by first-year head coach Mike Vrabel was evolving over the course of training camp, as he began on the first unit before being surpassed by Hawkins and Woodson in recent weeks."
The New England Patriots released veteran safety Jabrill Peppers, creating a surprising shakeup on the back end of the defense. Peppers enters his ninth NFL season and fourth in New England, with $4.32 million guaranteed remaining on his contract for the season. The team finished training camp with six-year veteran Jaylinn Hawkins and 2025 fourth-round pick Craig Woodson atop the safety depth chart, followed by Peppers, Kyle Dugger and Dell Pettus. Peppers had been valued for a hard-hitting, physical run defense similar to Dugger’s. His fit in Mike Vrabel’s new scheme evolved during camp, as he began with the first unit before being passed by Hawkins and Woodson.
Read at ESPN.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]