{"id":32149,"date":"2022-08-01T13:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-england-patriots-and-punter-jake-bailey-agree-to-four-year-13-5-million-contract-source\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T13:54:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:54:40","slug":"new-england-patriots-and-punter-jake-bailey-agree-to-four-year-13-5-million-contract-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-england-patriots-and-punter-jake-bailey-agree-to-four-year-13-5-million-contract-source\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots and punter Jake Bailey agree to four-year, $13.5 million contract, source"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Punter Jake Bailey, a 2020 first-team All-Pro, agreed to a four-year contract with the New England Patriots worth $13.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

The deal runs through the 2025 season and includes $6.5 fully guaranteed, per Schefter.<\/p>\n

Bailey was entering the final year of his rookie contract, and carried a salary-cap charge of $4.05 million — the second highest of any punter in the NFL.<\/p>\n

The extension is expected to lower his cap charge about $1.85 million, increasing the Patriots’ overall cap space to about $4.75 million.<\/p>\n

While the team gains cap relief, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound Bailey — who entered the NFL as a fifth-round draft choice out of Stanford — earns some long-term security.<\/p>\n

He punted 49 times last season and posted a 47.3-yard average (eighth in the NFL) and 39.6 net (21st in the NFL). He also handles kickoff and holding duties.<\/p>\n

Bailey’s powerful leg is especially helpful to the Patriots when weather conditions turn colder and windier later in the season in New England. Coach Bill Belichick places a notable emphasis on winning the field-position battle, and Bailey has often been effective in helping the team do so.<\/p>\n

In 2020, when he was named first-team All-Pro, Bailey punted for a 48.7 average and 45.6 net, with just five touchbacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Punter Jake Bailey, a 2020 first-team All-Pro, agreed to a four-year contract with the New England Patriots worth $13.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal runs through the 2025 season and includes $6.5 fully guaranteed, per Schefter. Bailey was entering the final year of his rookie contract, and carried …<\/p>\n

New England Patriots and punter Jake Bailey agree to four-year, $13.5 million contract, source<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[13716,7312,46,423],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12586,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/source-chicago-bears-acquire-new-england-patriots-wr-nkeal-harry-for-seventh-round-pick\/","url_meta":{"origin":32149,"position":0},"title":"Source — Chicago Bears acquire New England Patriots WR N’Keal Harry for seventh-round pick","date":"July 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Chicago Bears have acquired wide receiver N'Keal Harry from the New England Patriots in exchange for a 2024 seventh-round draft choice, a source told ESPN's Field Yates.Harry, the final selection in the first round of the 2019 draft (32nd overall), never truly panned out in New\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23163,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/patriots-free-up-2-roster-spots-ahead-of-training-camp\/","url_meta":{"origin":32149,"position":1},"title":"Patriots free up 2 roster spots ahead of training camp","date":"July 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The New England Patriots' 2019 draft class is getting smaller and smaller, with defensive tackle Byron Cowart the latest of its members to be shown the door. The Patriots parted ways with the former fifth-round draft pick on Friday, releasing him after three seasons. Cowart, 26, originally joined the Patriots\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21979,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/i-aint-going-for-none-of-that\/","url_meta":{"origin":32149,"position":2},"title":"‘I ain’t going for none of that’","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The New England Patriots achieved two decades of unprecedented greatness under Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, in large part due to the duo's instillment of \u201cThe Patriot Way.\u201d While many former Patriots praise the rigid culture established in New England, not all players wanted to fall in line. On a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"Asante Samuel","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/72993513RB076_AFC_Champions.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15635,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/miami-dolphins-jason-mccourty-retires-after-13-nfl-seasons\/","url_meta":{"origin":32149,"position":3},"title":"Miami Dolphins’ Jason McCourty retires after 13 NFL seasons","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"5:35 PM ETMarcel Louis-JacquesESPN Veteran cornerback Jason McCourty announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday, marking the end of a 13-season career for the former sixth-round draft pick.Originally drafted in 2009 by the Tennessee Titans, with whom he played eight seasons, McCourty went from the lowest low in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2019\/1004\/r608015_1296x729_16-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}