The Patriots have 13 players scheduled to hit the open market (ranked by salary):

Pos.PlayerAgeAvg. 2016 salary

DE Jabaal Sheard 27 $5.5m

TE Martellus Bennett 30 $5.1m

LB Barkevious Mingo 26 $4.08m

WR Michael Floyd 27 $2.49m

DE Chris Long 31 $2.37m

DT Alan Branch 32 $2.15

LB Dont’a Hightower 26 $1.9m

RB Brandon Bolden 27 $1m

RB LeGarrette Blount 30 $1m

FB James Develin 28 $750k

DB Logan Ryan 25 $693k

SS Duron Harmon 26 $677k

DE Greg Scruggs 26 $667k