{"id":59782,"date":"2025-05-02T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=59782"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:25:26","slug":"2025-could-be-final-season-for-former-patriots-first-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/05\/02\/2025-could-be-final-season-for-former-patriots-first-round-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Could Be Final Season For Former Patriots First-Round Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As if the Patriots roster hasn&#8217;t already seen enough turnover, this upcoming season could be the final year for quite a few others, while some additional names may not even make it past training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/new-england-patriots\/roster\/full\/current\/\"><strong>the club has 24 players who are all in the final year of their contracts<\/strong><\/a>, with former first-round pick Cole Strange among the most notable names in that group.\u00a0 According to multiple reports, the Patriots have opted not to pick up the fifth-year option for the former Chattanooga standout, setting up this upcoming year as a make-or-break campaign when it comes to his future.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries have plagued Strange in recent seasons, with a knee injury in 2023 carrying over into 2024 and sidelining him for the majority of the season.\u00a0 There was even some question ahead of last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2024\/06\/10\/bedard-strange-could-miss-2024-patriots-season\/\"><strong>whether or not he&#8217;d make it back at all<\/strong><\/a>, which was telling given the severity of the injury.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-0 p-0 pb-0\" style=\"background-color: #313131; text-align: right; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf_reveal lazy size-full wp-image-50190\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/USATSI_22126020_168390408_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Dec 17, 2023; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; New England Patriots guard Cole Strange (69) is carted off the field during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium. 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in the First Round?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>His story has been fairly tumultuous from the beginning, with his first-round selection in the class of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/04\/30\/2022-patriots-draft-picks-full-list-of-players\/\"><strong>2022 Patriots Draft Picks<\/strong><\/a> being one that was definitely controversial.<\/p>\n<p>After trading back from 21 to 29 that year in round one, there was a significant run on highly-touted defensive players from that point, with Quay Walker, Kaiir Elam, Jermaine Johnson II, Devin Lloyd and Devonte Wyatt each coming off the board following multiple trade-ups by the Packers, Bills, Jets and Jaguars respectively, after those clubs jumped back up into the fray.\u00a0 That run altered the way the draft board had been unfolding to that point.<\/p>\n<p>That could seemingly have changed the Patriots\u2019 plans, causing them to switch gears and turn their attention elsewhere.\u00a0 That&#8217;s when they instead took Strange.\u00a0 The feeling appeared to be that he was a potential early second-round pick, and rather than risk trading out and moving back into round two and possibly missing him, New England instead <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/05\/08\/patriots-news-5-8-trying-to-make-sense-of-strange-pick\/\">selected him at that point, which also gave them the ability to have the fifth-year option<\/a><\/strong> available.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, fast-forward to where we are now, and that clearly didn&#8217;t quite pan out.<\/p>\n<p>The thing that might save him beyond 2025 might be his versatility, as he played well during his snaps at center and had also been a solid contributor at guard.\u00a0 But in the meantime, he&#8217;ll be among a large group entering this fall for the right to continue their careers here beyond this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if the Patriots roster hasn&#8217;t already seen enough turnover, this 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