A year after trade to Falcons, Patriots bring back Jordan Richards for second stint

The Patriots have signed free agent safety Jordan Richards, according to Field Yates of ESPN.com. The Patriots confirmed the move. New England should be quite familiar with Richards, as Bill Belichick and Co. drafted the former Stanford standout in the second round of the 2015 draft. Despite his draft pedigree, Richards never became much more than a special teams ace during his time with the Patriots, as his season-high in defensive snaps was 272 (2017). Richards saw much more defensive action after New England traded him to Atlanta prior to the 2018 campaign in a deal that netted the Patriots a 2020 seventh-round pick. After the Falcons were decimated by injuries to their defensive unit, Richards made 12 starts and played on 42 percent of the club’s defensive snaps, posting 39 tackles and three passes defensed in the process. The Patriots are well-stocked in their defensive backfield, with Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung and Duron Harmon seeing the majority of the snaps. Richards will slot in as a special tea

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