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The departure of Patriots icons Richard Seymour, Tedy Bruschi, and Rodney Harrison got me thinking about hardware. I'm not talking screwdrivers and hammers. I'm talking Super Bowl rings. The list seems to get shorter and shorter every season. So here we go.
| Player | Year Acquired | Rings |
| Tom Brady | 6th, 2000 | 3 |
| Matt Light | 2nd, 2001 | 3 |
| Stephen Neal | FA, 2001 | 3 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2nd, 1999 | 3 |
| Jarvis Green | 4th, 2002 | 2 |
| Dan Koppen | 5th, 2003 | 2 |
| Ty Warren | 1st, 2003 | 2 |
| *Tully Banta-Cain | FA, 2009 | 2 |
| Benjamin Watson | 1st, 04 | 1 |
| Vince Wilfork | 1st, 04 | 1 |
*Tully Banta-Cain returns to us after a 2 year stint with San Francisco.