The New England Patriots will be without star cornerback Christian Gonzalez in Week 1 vs. the Las Vegas Raiders.

New England will need defenders like veteran linebacker Robert Spillane to step up in order to start the season off on the right foot.

Patriots reporter Chad Graff revealed “ 10 bold (and not so bold) predictions ” for the campaign on Friday and one of them involves Spillane. The senior writer for The Athletic foresees the offseason signing leading the NFL in tackles in 2025.

“Since the start of the 2022 season, Spillane has the second-most tackles in the NFL. But he hasn’t yet led the league. Until now,” Graff wrote. “The linebacker has been everywhere in summer practices and will play behind a defensive line that probably won’t be hogging too many tackles for themselv

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