Patriots Meet With Veteran Defenders Thompson, Jones

The Patriots hosted linebacker Shaq Thompson and defensive lineman DaQuan Jones for meetings on Tuesday. Thompson, a 10-year veteran who spent most of his career with the Panthers before joining the Bills in 2025, had 56 tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble in 12 regular season games last season. Jones, who was Thompson's teammate in Carolina and Buffalo, started all 51 games he played for the Bills over the past four seasons and recorded 22 tackles, three sacks, an interception, and a forced fumble last year. ipl-today.in