When healthy, Patrick Chung is one of the best safeties in the NFL. The Patriots’ defense is noticeably better when he’s out there. The 2009 2nd round pick will be a free agent next offseason, but the Patriots have not yet opened contract talks with him, according to the Boston Herald. Given that he missed 8 games last season, they probably won’t talk contract with him at any time this offseason.
The Patriots rarely talk extensions with players and they probably want to see Chung make it through a whole season first before paying him. They’ll have the option to franchise him next offseason at a fairly reasonable rate if he plays well so there’s not a lot of risk of them losing him for nothing. The franchise tag value for safety this offseason was a mere 6.2 million, one of the lowest franchise tag values for any position. It won’t be much more next offseason and the Patriots are frequent users of the franchise tag.
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