Additions of veteran cornerback and safety strengthen unit that already features Christian Gonzalez and Jabrill Peppers.

With a few tweaks, the Patriots’ secondary can be the strength of the defense next season By Christopher Price Globe Staff,Updated January 28, 2025, 3:05 p.m.

Biggest Strength: Safeties ESPN / PFF Analysis: New England's secondary has its concerns, but it also has one of the deeper safety groups in the NFL.

The Patriots signed cornerback Carlton Davis to a three-year deal and drafted safety Craig Woodson out of Cal in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft to help with the secondary.

For New England to return to form as a top-ten defense in the league, a lot of responsibility leans onto the back of this Patriots secondary to come in and produce similar numbers to their 2023 marks.

Davis and Gonzalez should be one of the top cornerback duos next season. The Patriots also need a bounce-back campaign from both of their starting safeties — Kyle Dugger and Jabill Peppers.

Veteran safety Marcus Epps signed with the #Patriots on a one-year deal worth up to $4.4 million, per source. Epps has 45 career starts. Coming off a torn ACL, he’s expected to be cleared well ...

From PFF’s rankings in Week 7, the Patriots’ secondary has greatly improved. In the first rankings, the Patriots were ranked 16th, which makes it quite the jump to third.