The New England Patriots are expected to have a busy offseason improving a roster that had major weaknesses on both sides of the ball during a disappointing 2020 NFL season.
One way the Patriots will get better is by having players who opted out of last season due to COVID-19 return to the team. The Pats had a league-high eight players opt out in 2020.
NFL Media's Ian Rapoport reported Friday that linebacker Dont'a Hightower, safety Patrick Chung and right tackle Marcus Cannon all plan on returning to New England for the 2021 campaign.