Judon's Return Crucial for Patriots' Edge Group

0:00It's April 6th. On Corey with the story, this is NFL News Today, driven by AI and built for football fans. Matthew Judon made a smooth switch from the Titans to the Patriots last March on a three-year deal worth $43,500,000. He jumped right into the starting lineup and even earned a captain spot, looking like he belonged from day one. But a knee injury hit him hard around week 12, tanking his stats. He went from playing nearly 80% of defensive snaps and notching six and a half sacks in the first half to just over 30%. And two, sacks after that. With Judon sidelined, Kalavol Sheson and Anthony Jennings stepped up as the main edge guys, but both bounced. Sheson signed with the commanders in. Free agency and Jennings got released. The team is banking on Judon getting back to full strength, plus they added Dremont Jones to help fill the gap from those losses. Patriots brass, including Mike Raeble, say they'll keep building the edge group and

1:00other spots on defense, liking what they have, but always hunting. For more talent to stay competitive.