{"id":28229,"date":"2025-07-14T22:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=28229"},"modified":"2025-07-14T22:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:38:32","slug":"breaking-patriots-third-year-defensive-end-named-as-breakout-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=28229","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Patriots Third-Year Defensive End Named as Breakout Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1724711205-e1752514379245.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1724711205-e1752514379245.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1724711205-e1752514379245.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1724711205-e1752514379245.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Patriots Third-Year Defensive End Named as Breakout Candidate\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New England\u00a0Patriots\u00a0had the fewest sacks in the league last season and made massive improvements to their defensive line this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The team signed defensive tackle Milton Williams to a four-year, $104 million contract, EDGE Harold Landry to a three-year, $43.5 million deal and drafted Brady Swinson out of LSU to improve their sack numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Patriots could see the most action out of EDGE rusher Keion White.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic had its NFL staff writers predict a breakout candidate for every team in the league, with Patriots writer Chad Graff predicting the third-year player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looked like White\u2019s breakout was coming a year ago after the 2023 second-round pick had four sacks in the first two games. But White\u2019s performance dipped, and his playing time decreased,\u201d Graff wrote for The Athletic. \u201cHe made some pointed comments late last season about change needing to come to New England, which seemed like a shot at last year\u2019s coaching staff. Now with Mike Vrabel in charge, it\u2019s time for White to look like the player he was early last season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White recorded five sacks and 56 total tackles in his second season in the NFL. He received a 76.7 pass rush grade from Pro Football Focus last season, ranking him 20th out of 211 qualifying EDGE rushers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Keion White On New Coaching Staff<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5399378\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=660,371 660w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=267,150 267w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-trade-TJ-Watt.jpg?resize=225,127 225w\" alt=\"Patriots Third-Year Defensive End Named as Breakout Candidate\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5399378\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5399378\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Keion White has said he is a fan of new Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel\u2019s coaching style, having said that he trained himself and now feels like he has a coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like Mike. He leads with work. I can respect that. It\u2019s similar to Bill, just with a younger face. I think we all know how I feel about that; I liked him,\u201d White said, via NESN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it\u2019s comforting to know that you have a hard-ass at the helm who will not be afraid to fistfight with you in a back alley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vrabel joined the Green Light with Chris Long podcast, praising White and talked about developing his game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcited about Keion White and his ability to continue to work on his technique,\u201d Vrabel said of his new EDGE. \u201cHe\u2019s such a talented athlete with size, that if we continue to refine some of this technique, that is really gonna help him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the hire of Vrabel, White will play in a third new system in three years as a professional.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Keion White on Next Season<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5398031\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2192677689-e1750708856636.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Patriots Third-Year Defensive End Named as Breakout Candidate\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5398031\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5398031\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Keion White saw a jump from his first season in the league to his second, recording just a single sack and 26 combined tackles in his rookie year to five sacks and 56 combined tackles in his second year.<\/p>\n<p>The EDGE rusher told reporters that he would use the time off to improve himself and get better for training camp in year three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraining. So, this is the part of the year where I really take my time, get my diet right, eat better, train harder, work on my technique and things like that,\u201d White said. \u201cThat way I can get into the best shape possible heading into camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a new coaching staff and Landry now there to guide the third-year defender, White could achieve the best season of his career.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could New England Patriots EDGE rusher Keion White improve his stats from last season under a new coaching staff?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : Patriots Third-Year Defensive End Named as Breakout Candidate - 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