Robert Spillane

New England Patriots

Pos LB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

83.5 MODEL

2022

75.0

2023

85.8

2024

96.0

2025

75.5

2026

83.5

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Tier 2 (#14) 2024 Raiders peak plus tier 5 (#34) 2025 Patriots finish puts Spillane in the volatile journeyman class with structural team-fit ceiling. The Western Michigan MAC UDFA origin plus eight years of NFL survival give him real journeyman veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Spillane returns to tier 3 territory or whether the structural tier 5 finish becomes the stable baseline.

Spillane came out of Western Michigan as a 2018 undrafted free agent signed by the Tennessee Titans and bounced through the Titans, Steelers, Raiders, and now Patriots across eight NFL seasons. He delivered a tier 2 (#14) breakout in 2024 with the Raiders. His STTM career runs tier 5 (#37) in 2023, tier 2 (#14) peak in 2024, and tier 5 (#34) in 2025.

Strengths

2024 tier 2 (#14) Raiders peak as a 2018 UDFA confirms a structural top-15 LB ceiling exists in the right team-fit.
Eight years of NFL survival across four teams gives him real journeyman veteran market value.

Concerns

20-spot regression from tier 2 (#14) in 2024 to tier 5 (#34) in 2025 confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
Patriots' broader defensive identity transition compresses the structural support around Spillane's late-career role.

What to watch: Whether Spillane returns to tier 3 (top 25) in 2026 with the Patriots, the threshold for confirming the 2024 ceiling can be recaptured.