Veteran interior offensive lineman James Ferentz will be staying put in 2023. The pending free agent and the New England Patriots reached an agreement on a new one-year contract extension through 2023, that will prevent him from hitting the open market next week.
The deal did not come as too big a surprise — in fact, we predicted just this outcome last month. What does it mean from the team’s perspective, though? Let’s find out.
The interior offensive line is a lot more stable than last year. During the 2022 offseason, the Patriots rebuilt their interior O-line by letting left guard Ted Karras leave in free agency and trading right guard Shaq Mason to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; only center David Andrews stayed put.