The Associated Press revealed its 2021 NFL All-Pro team on Friday and no members of the New England Patriots have made the cut. For the first time since 2013, New England is represented solely on the second squad.
Two of their players gathered enough of the 50 available votes to earn that distinction. J.C. Jackson finished third among cornerbacks, while Matthew Slater was ranked second among special teamers.
A Pro Bowl selection for the first time in his career earlier this season, Jackson received 25 votes. Only the Dallas Cowboys’ Trevon Diggs (33) and the Los Angeles Rams’ Jalen Ramsey (32) were able to get more than that, meaning that he has been made the second All-Pro squad for the first time since joining the league as a rookie free agent in 2018.