The New England Patriots significantly retooled their defense this offseason, adding a bunch of new pieces and even changing things with some of their holdovers.
Perhaps the best example of the latter is Marte Mapu, whose position has been changed from safety to linebacker heading into 2025.
Mapu was on rather thin ice at safety following the Patriots' offseason moves, which included selecting Craig Woodson in the NFL Draft, and he does not appear all that much safer at linebacker.
Brian Hines of Pats Pulpit has identified Mapu as one of the players he is watching most closely at training camp and feels that he could be in some danger going forward.