Pats are Best NFL Team at Keeping own players

[staypuff]

Every year articles will appear about how pats always let veterans go. While this certainly has been true in certain instances, this is a popular misconception because the patriots have done by far the best job in the NFL since 2001 of keeping players. In fact, the below is pretty telling:

Troy Brown – 15 years patriots
Tom Brady – 15 years on patriots so far
Ted Bruschi – 13 years on patriots
Kevin Faulk – 13 years on patriots
Willie McGinest – 12 years on patriots
Matt Light – 11 years on patriots
Vince Wilfork – 11 years on patriots
Ted Johnson – 10 years on patriots
Ty Law – 10 years on patriots
Adam Vinatieri – 10 years on patriots
Stephen Neal – 10 years on patriots
Steven Gotkowski – 9 years on patriots so far
Logan Mankins – 9 years on patriots
Dan koppen – 9 years on patriots
Lonnie Paxson – 9 years
Dan Connolly – 8 years on patriots so far
Richard Seymour – 8 years on patriots
Mike Vrabel – 8 years on patriots
Ty Warren – 8 years on patriots
Jarvis Green – 8 years
Larry Izzo – 8 years
Jerrod Mayo – 7 years so far
Matthew Slater – 7 years so far
Sebastian Vollmer – 6 years so far
Rob Ninkovich – 6 years on patriots so far
Julian Edelman – 6 years so far
Ryan Wendell – 6 years so far
Kyle Arrington – 6 years so far
Lawyer Malloy – 6 years on patriots
Wes Welker - 6 years on patriots
Rob Gronkowski – 5 years so far
Devin McCourty – 5 years so far
There is no team in the NFL that can match those longevity numbers or even come close.

 

[signbabybrady]

I agree with the OPs sentiments was hoping for some hard across the league numbers when I clicked on this.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Every year articles will appear about how pats always let veterans go. While this certainly has been true in certain instances, this is a popular misconception because the patriots have done by far the best job in the NFL since 2001 of keeping players. In fact, the below is pretty telling:

Troy Brown – 15 years patriots
Tom Brady – 15 years on patriots so far
Ted Bruschi – 13 years on patriots
Kevin Faulk – 13 years on patriots
Willie McGinest – 12 years on patriots
Matt Light – 11 years on patriots
Vince Wilfork – 11 years on patriots
Ted Johnson – 10 years on patriots
Ty Law – 10 years on patriots
Adam Vinatieri – 10 years on patriots
Stephen Neal – 10 years on patriots
Steven Gotkowski – 9 years on patriots so far
Logan Mankins – 9 years on patriots
Dan koppen – 9 years on patriots
Lonnie Paxson – 9 years
Dan Connolly – 8 years on patriots so far
Richard Seymour – 8 years on patriots
Mike Vrabel – 8 years on patriots
Ty Warren – 8 years on patriots
Jarvis Green – 8 years
Larry Izzo – 8 years
Jerrod Mayo – 7 years so far
Matthew Slater – 7 years so far
Sebastian Vollmer – 6 years so far
Rob Ninkovich – 6 years on patriots so far
Julian Edelman – 6 years so far
Ryan Wendell – 6 years so far
Kyle Arrington – 6 years so far
Lawyer Malloy – 6 years on patriots
Wes Welker - 6 years on patriots
Rob Gronkowski – 5 years so far
Devin McCourty – 5 years so far
There is no team in the NFL that can match those longevity numbers or even come close.

 

[oldrover]

 

[neuronet]

I agree with the OPs sentiments was hoping for some hard across the league numbers when I clicked on this.

Indeed, it is literally impossible to know if the OP's point is true or not without comparing our numbers to other teams' numbers.

 

[sambam94]

does it matter? rather have 4 rings with huge turnover than 0 rings with minimal.

 

[FirstAndGoal]

and this information is from what verified source?

 

[PatriotReign]

I honestly think it would be either Green Bay or Pittsburgh since neither ever really dips into the free agency pond. I also vaguely recall a couple years ago that 50 players on the Packers roster were either drafted or udfa.