{"id":45777,"date":"2023-03-22T12:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=45777"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:54:19","slug":"patriots-bring-back-defensive-back-jalen-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/03\/22\/patriots-bring-back-defensive-back-jalen-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Bring Back Defensive Back Jalen Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After recently parting ways with defensive back Jalen Mills, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\" title=\"New England Patriots at PatsFans.com\"><strong>New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> brought the veteran back on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter, Mills <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1638554996315770881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>is back on a 1-year deal worth up to $6.1 million<\/strong><\/a>, 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