With NFL free agency beginning on March 11, rumors are swirling surrounding the New England Patriots.
NBC Sports Boston's Nick Goss looked at five potential wide receiver fits for the Patriots on Tuesday, including Seattle Seahawks Pro Bowler Rashid Shaheed.
The 27-year-old split the 2025 season between the Seahawks and New Orleans Saints (being traded to Seattle in November) and finished the year with a career-best 59 catches.
Shaheed continued to show his explosiveness as a special teams weapon as well, posting 339 yards and one touchdown via 23 punt returns and 447 yards and one score on 15 kickoff returns.
"Shaheed is hitting free agency at the perfect time after making a strong impact for the Super Bowl champion Seahawks as both a wide receiver and a returner," Goss wrote. "In the first two playoff games for Seattle last month, he had a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown, a 51-yard reception and a 30-yard rush. There are so many ways he can positively impact a team's performance, and an offensive coordinator as smart as Josh McDaniels should be able to come up with creative ways to maximize Shaheed's playmaking ability."
New England already has Second-TEam All-Pro Marcus Jones handling punt returns, but could use Shaheed on kickoffs and as another deep threat for quarterback Drake Maye.
Stefon Diggs led all Patriots players in targets (102), receptions (85) and receiving yards (1,013) during the regular season. Diggs played this season on a $2.9 million base salary with a cap hit of $8.7 million, but the latter number will jump to $26.5 million for the 2026 campaign.
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