<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/patriots-news-new-england-release-punter-jake-bailey');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots cut ties with punter Jake Bailey');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jake-Bailey-Patriots-Bill-Belichick.jpg"></figure><h1>Patriots cut ties with punter Jake Bailey</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-10T15:48:41-08:00">March 10th, 3:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-10T15:50:29-08:00">March 10th, 3:50pm</time><address><a>Conor Roche</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-nfl-free-agency-targets-2023-offseason" rel="noopener">New England Patriots</a> made a move to clear some cap space ahead of Monday’s unofficial start to free agency.</p><p>Punter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-jake-bailey-becomes-one-nfls-highest-paid-punters-with-4-year-13-5-million-deal" rel="noopener">Jake Bailey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1634316952272248835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1634316952272248835%7Ctwgr%5Ede9284389d461b876078f0d586ab9415e2fc3985%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.clutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D2117026action%3Dedit" rel="noopener">was released</a> by the Patriots after four seasons in New England, the team announced Friday.</p><p>The release of Bailey doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Bailey struggled for much of the 2022 season before he was placed on injured reserve in November with a back injury. Ahead of the Patriots’ regular-season finale, Bailey was actually placed on the suspended list retroactive to the week prior.</p><p>The team never said why Bailey was suspended, but it was speculated it was related to how he approached his rehab. Bailey’s agent said that they were filing a grievance for his “unknown suspension.”</p><p>It’s currently unknown how much the Patriots will save in cap space because future guaranteed money gets voided when a player gets suspended. However, with his release this early in the offseason, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Bailey’s contract for 2023 didn’t have guaranteed money.</p><p>Bailey signed a four-year, $13.5 million extension with $6.3 million guaranteed in August, making him one of the league’s highest-paid punters.</p><p>But Bailey failed to live up to the contract in 2022. He averaged a career-low 42.1 yards per punt, which was the worst in the league at the time of his injured reserve placement.</p><p>Bailey performed well prior to 2022. In fact, he was statistically one of the game’s better punters, leading him to be named a first-team All-Pro in 2020.</p><p>The Patriots selected Bailey in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patriots cut ties with punter Jake Bailey

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bill-belichick-fires-back-at-jake-baileys-agent-following-suspension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bill Belichick fires back at Jake Bailey’s agent following suspension'); 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   /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Patriots-news-Bill-Belichick-fires-back-at-Jake-Bailey_s-agent-following-suspension.jpeg"></figure><h1>Bill Belichick fires back at Jake Bailey’s agent following suspension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-08T16:34:03-08:00">January 8th, 4:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-08T16:34:03-08:00">January 8th, 4:34pm</time><address><a>Conor Roche</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Bill Belichick and the New England <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-2-key-patriots-players-suspended-regular-season-finale" rel="noopener">Patriots surprised a lot of people</a> Friday evening when they moved Jake Bailey and Jack Jones from injured reserve to the suspended list, including the punter.</p><p>Bailey’s agent, Doug Hendrickson, said in a statement on Saturday that he was “surprised” to learn about the suspension given Bailey’s “full participation” while he was out with a back injury and on injured reserve.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Statement from <a href="https://twitter.com/jtoosonlaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jtoosonlaw</a>, agent for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patriots</a> CB Jack Jones, regarding Jones’ being placed on the reserve/suspended list today. <a href="https://t.co/fQg0fyeBcl">pic.twitter.com/fQg0fyeBcl</a></p><p>— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1611495382802132992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked following his team’s season-ending loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday if he agreed with Hendrickson’s statement.</p><p>“No,” Belichick promptly replied.</p><p>The response opened up a can of worms for a few more follow-ups on the situation.</p><p>“He’s not eligible to play,” Belichick said when asked to elaborate more on the punishment.</p><p>Bailey, who was placed on injured reserve on Nov. 19, returned to practice on Dec. 21, opening up a 21-day window for him to either be activated or remain on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. Even though Bailey was moved to the suspended list retroactive to Dec. 31, Belichick insisted that the punter couldn’t return this season because of the injured reserve eligibility rules.</p><p>“He was on designated for return and he wasn’t able to play,” Belichick said. “So, the suspension is a whole ‘nother thing. But he wasn’t able to come back.”</p><p>So, was Bailey wasn’t unavailable because of the suspension?</p><p>“He was unavailable. That’s the bottom line,” Belichick said.</p><p>“He was unavailable.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bill Belichick addresses Jake Bailey's suspension 👀 <a href="https://t.co/VcJWi5B67A">pic.twitter.com/VcJWi5B67A</a></p><p>— NBC Sports Boston's Patriots Coverage (@NBCSPatriots) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSPatriots/status/1612211104851329024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Belichick’s insistence that Bailey wasn’t eligible to return because his activation window expired adds another layer to the intriguing story. In the same statement on Saturday, Bailey’s agent said that they filed a grievance. Bailey, who signed a four-year, $13.5 million extension in August that made him one of the game’s richest punters, could lose the guaranteed money from his contract, which carries a $3.415 million cap hit in 2023, due to the suspension.</p><p>Bailey struggled for much of the season, averaging 42.1 yards per punt, which was the lowest in the league entering Week 11. But the Patriots struggled in the punting game on Sunday, too. Michael Palardy averaged just 40.1 yards per punt on four punts in Sunday’s game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bill Belichick fires back at Jake Bailey’s agent following suspension

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jake Bailey becomes one of NFL’s highest-paid punters with 4-year, $13.5 million deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Patriots_news_Jake_Bailey_becomes_one_of_NFL_s_highest-paid_punters_with_4-year_13.5_million_deal.jpg"></figure><h1>Jake Bailey becomes one of NFL’s highest-paid punters with 4-year, $13.5 million deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-01T06:30:20-07:00">August 1st, 6:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-01T06:30:20-07:00">August 1st, 6:30am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>My name is Owen Crisafulli, and I’m currently a graduate student at Nichols College pursuing my Masters in Business Administration. Previously, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Sport Management, and for awhile I ran my own sports website. Sports are my passion, and I thoroughly enjoy writing about my thoughts and opinions that are related to them. I have been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston, and enjoy discussing topics involving those teams and the major professional sports leagues</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New England Patriots have always placed an emphasis on special teams during Bill Belichick’s tenure as head coach. They reinforced that notion this morning when it was announced that they had handed punter Jake Bailey a <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34327358/new-england-patriots-punter-jake-bailey-agree-four-year-135-million-contract-source">four-year, $13.5 million extension</a> to keep him with the team for the foreseeable future.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Patriots’ punter Jake Bailey reached agreement on a four-year, $13.5 million contract that includes $6.5 million fully guaranteed and runs through 2025 season, per source. The new deal makes Bailey one of the league’s three highest-paid punters.</p><p>— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1554074472281432065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jake Bailey’s new deal makes him the second highest-paid punter in the NFL, with only Michael Dickson of the Seattle Seahawks making more than Bailey. Given how Bailey is easily one of the best young punters in the league, it makes sense that the Patriots were willing to hand him this sort of deal.</p><p>Bailey will be entering his fourth season with New England in 2022, and he has quickly established himself as one of the premier punters in the league. Bailey earned first-team All Pro honors and a Pro Bowl selection in 2020 for his special teams contributions.</p><p>2021 didn’t go as smoothly for Bailey and the Pats special teams unit, as Bailey’s consistency waned for much of the campaign. His yards per punt fell over a yard from 48.7 to 47.3, and Bailey had three of his punts blocked, which was the most in the NFL. Nobody else in the league had more than one for what it’s worth.</p><p>Despite that, Bailey is one of the best punters in the NFL, and he’s still only 25 years old. It may seem like an insignificant move, but New England locking up Bailey means that they won’t have to worry about the punter position for the next few years, and you can bet <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/aew-news-tony-khan-vocal-on-having-father-figure-in-patriots-bill-belichick/">Belichick</a> is happy about that.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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