{"id":79556,"date":"2025-08-18T09:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556"},"modified":"2025-08-18T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:02:25","slug":"former-patriots-pro-bowler-hints-at-desire-for-reunion-sparking-speculation-about-potential-return-to-foxborough-after-a-successful-stint-with-the-team-the-former-players-latest-comments-have-lef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556","title":{"rendered":"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player&#8217;s latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon."},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2042993\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1200\/675\/Matt-Judon-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Patriots send 4-time Pro Bowler Matt Judon to Falcons after contract  stalemate: reports | Fox News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Could the New England Patriots be reuniting soon with a four-time Pro Bowler?<\/p>\n<p>New England has begun a new era under head coach Mike Vrabel, with a second-year quarterback in Drake Maye looking to take the franchise on another victorious journey for the first time since Tom Brady\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that the Pats\u2019 new situation appeals to a former player, and he might want back in.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots Beat\u2019s Andrew Guindon pointed out on Sunday that former Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon had reposted a video of his Patriots highlights to his Instagram story.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NestPgs\/status\/1957212719049752809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1957212719049752809%7Ctwgr%5Ec3a6112d61b26f96d9083ea7bb79214eed71f221%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnesn.com%2F2025%2F08%2Fformer-patriots-pro-bowler-hints-at-desire-for-reunion%2F<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Notably, the caption of the video (posted by Instagram user @elijah.perry24) read, \u201cGotta get red sleeves back in New England,\u201d referring to Judon.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Patriots traded Judon to the Atlanta Falcons on August 14, 2024, for a third-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Judon had 25 solo tackles, 5.5 sacks and one interception in 17 games for the Falcons last season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Judon, 33, played with New England between 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Judon finished No. 9 in NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year Voting in 2022. Over a nine-year career with the Baltimore Ravens, Patriots, and Atlanta Falcons, the linebacker out of Grand Valley State has tallied 410 total tackles, 72 sacks, nine forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, 19 pass deflections, one interception, and one defensive touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Patriots have a healthy stock of linebackers in camp, and if a Judon addition was going to happen, it likely would have already. Interestingly, Judon remains a free agent with the regular season a little over two weeks away.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former New England Patriots Pro Bowler turned heads on Sunday night with an Instagram story indicating he&#8217;s open to a return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":79557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player&#039;s latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon. - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player&#039;s latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon. - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former New England Patriots Pro Bowler turned heads on Sunday night with an Instagram story indicating he&#039;s open to a return.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-18T09:02:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556\",\"name\":\"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player's latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon. - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-18T09:02:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-18T09:02:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/301df8231b74387730cd1ed513c32f69\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player&#8217;s latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/301df8231b74387730cd1ed513c32f69\",\"name\":\"MrLuu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1fd3814c4cb3d1816165db2274a22bac8ad2b5452a36bf175d03eafdd0ecc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1fd3814c4cb3d1816165db2274a22bac8ad2b5452a36bf175d03eafdd0ecc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrLuu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=8\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player's latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon. - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player's latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon. - NEWS USA","og_description":"A former New England Patriots Pro Bowler turned heads on Sunday night with an Instagram story indicating he's open to a return.","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-08-18T09:02:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrLuu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrLuu","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556","name":"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player's latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon. - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-18T09:02:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-18T09:02:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/301df8231b74387730cd1ed513c32f69"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-1-2.jpg","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79556#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former Patriots Pro Bowler Hints At Desire For Reunion, Sparking Speculation About Potential Return to Foxborough. After a successful stint with the team, the former player&#8217;s latest comments have left fans wondering if a reunion is on the horizon."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/301df8231b74387730cd1ed513c32f69","name":"MrLuu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1fd3814c4cb3d1816165db2274a22bac8ad2b5452a36bf175d03eafdd0ecc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1fd3814c4cb3d1816165db2274a22bac8ad2b5452a36bf175d03eafdd0ecc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrLuu"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=8"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79558,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79556\/revisions\/79558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}