Let's try this another way.
Rather than relying on the specific number of players at each position, totaling 40 players overall, how about placing players in to four categories:
- Locks: nearly 100% chance of making the roster, based on either past performance, financial considerations, recent draft status, or other expectations.
- Probable: Not locks, but will likely make the roster
- 50-50: self explanatory
- Outside looking in: Facing an uphill battle; unlikely to make the roster, though a couple from this group always make it
- No shot: self explanatory
Offense
Locks:
QB - Brady,
RB - Ridley, Vereen,
WR - Amendola, Dobson, Boyce
TE - Gronkowki, Hernandez
OT - Solder, Vollmer
G/C - Mankins, Wendell
Probable:
QB - Mallett
RB - Washington
WR - Edelman, Jones
TE - Ballard
OT -
G/C - Cannon, Connolly
50-50:
QB -
RB - Bolden, Blount
WR - Moe, Jenkins
TE - Hoomanawanui, Fells
OT - Zusevics, Svitek
G/C - N McDonald, Klein, C McDonald
Outside Looking In:
QB -
RB - Hines, Develin, Bartholomew
WR - Thompkins, Holmes, Aiken
TE - Ford, Sudfeld
OT - Fisher
G/C - Stankiewitch
No Shot:
QB - Kafka, Osiecki
Defense
Locks:
DT - Wilfork
DE - Jones, Ninkovich
LB - Mayo, Collins, Hightower, Spikes
CB - Talib, Dennard, Arrington, Logan
S - McCourty, A Wilson, T Wilson, Harmon
Probable:
DT - Love, Armstead, Kelly, Deaderick
DE - Francis, Buchanan, Bequette
LB - Beauharnais
CB -
S -
50-50:
DT - Forston
DE - Cunningham, Vega
LB - Fletcher, Koutouvides
CB - Dowling, Cole
S - Gregory, Ebner
Outside Looking In:
DL - Grissom, Cherrington, Vellano
LB - Rivera, Tarpinian
CB - Jones
S - Davis
No Shot:
DE - Benard
LB -
CB - Morris
S -
Special Teams
Lock: Slater, ST Ace; Gostkowski, K
Probable: Mesko, P; Aiken, LS
Outside Looking In: Allen, P; Zupancic, LS