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The Patriots continue making changes as they head further into the offseason, and they made an interesting decision to part ways with another player on Monday.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s Mike Reiss<\/strong><\/a>, the New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> intend to release linebacker Marte Mapu, which marks another name off the list of players from the 2025 AFC Championship team who won’t be back in 2026.<\/p>\n

Mapu played just 120 defensive snaps during the regular season in 2025<\/strong><\/a>, having spent the majority time on special teams.\u00a0 He played 255 special teams regular-season snaps last season, appearing primarily on the kickoff and kick return units, as well as on the punt and punt return team.<\/p>\n

In the playoffs, Mapu played just two snaps on defense, while playing 71 special teams snaps.<\/p>\n

He becomes yet another linebacker gone from last year’s group, joining Jahlani Tavai, K’Lavon Chaisson, Anfernee Jennings, and Jack Gibbons as players from that unit who will not be a part of things in 2026.<\/p>\n

So far this offseason, the club has signed<\/strong><\/a> linebackers Jesse Luketa and K.J. Britt, along with linebacker\/defensive end Dre’Mont Jones.<\/p>\n

It’s been a surprising offseason already for the Patriots, who didn’t re-sign a single unrestricted free agent, and just one of their 5 restricted free agents (QB Tommy DeVito), along with only one of their three exclusive rights free agents (TE\/FB Jack Westover).<\/p>\n

Their one remaining unrestricted free agent, tackle Thayer Munford Jr., recently visited with the Titans but remains unsigned.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 8:10pm ET: <\/em>The Patriots have reportedly reached a deal to trade Marpu rather than release him outright, with the veteran now set to be dealt to the Texans.\u00a0 According to ProFootballTalk.com, the deal will instead include a late-round swap of picks<\/strong><\/a>, although no further details are available.\u00a0 Mapu, who is in the final year of his rookie deal, was scheduled to make $1.509 million in base salary in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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