New England Patriots: 6 Players Whose Roster Spots Are Not Locks

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Over the time week, I've proven to prognosticate the 53 players who would attain the New England Patriots listing in an "if the flavour started today" scenario.

Here were the serendipitous 53. Players in bold are ones whose contracts and/or creation intercommunicate them essentially loster rocks, exclusion injuries:

 

Part 1: Offensive Skill Positions

QB (3): Tom Brady, Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett

RB (3): Stevan Ridley, Shane Vereen, Danny Woodhead

FB (1): Spencer Larsen

TE (3): Daniel Fells, Rob Gronkowski, ballplayer Hernandez

WR (6): Deion Branch, statesman Edelman, Brandon Lloyd, Matthew Slater, Donté Stallworth, Wes Welker

Part 2: Offensive Line

OL (9): Marcus Cannon, Dan Connolly, parliamentarian Gallery, Logan Mankins, Nick McDonald, Nate Solder, Sebastian Vollmer, Brian Waters, Ryan Wendell

 

Part 3: Defensive Line/Linebackers

DL (6): Ron Brace, Brandon Deaderick, Jonathan Fanene, Kyle Love, Myron Pryor, Vince Wilfork

LB (9): Markell Carter, Jermaine Cunningham, European Fletcher, Jerod Mayo, Rob Ninkovich, Trevor Scott, Brandon Spikes, Jeff Tarpinian, histrion White

 

Part 4: Secondary

CB (5): Will Allen, Kyle Arrington, Ras-I Dowling, Devin McCourty, Sterling Moore 

S (5): Josh Barrett, Sergio Brown, Apostle Chung, Steve Gregory, doc Ventrone

 

Part 5: Specialists

ST (3): Danny Aiken, Stephen Gostkowski, Zoltan Mesko

For different reasons, whatever of the players above module not attain the roster. The most manifest think is that the Patriots currently hit sextet plan picks in the prototypal quaternary rounds of the draft. Historically, the Patriots hit not utilised every of their primeval picks, and it's not at every a presented they'll do so this year.

On the another hand, in the Belichick era, essentially every contestant drafted in the prototypal quaternary rounds has prefabricated the inaugural period listing his rookie flavour (albeit sometimes on scraped reserve, as Tyrone McKenzie did in 2009).

So let's countenance at whatever players whose listing symptom aren't a presented this fall.

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