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Patriots Player Departure 2026 Patriots Roster Cuts Thread

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as has been pointed out, Gainer is a bit of a surprise. I would think that he is #5 EDGE, depending on whether Landry is activated.
Jones, Ponder, Swinson, Landry, Jacas, Gainer.

But that's fine; we should have no problem getting him on the PS.
 
as has been pointed out, Gainer is a bit of a surprise. I would think that he is #5 EDGE, depending on whether Landry is activated.
Jones, Ponder, Swinson, Landry, Jacas, Gainer.

But that's fine; we should have no problem getting him on the PS.
One of the best defensive performers in pre-season, but he was always in at the end of games. I'm not sure the team sees him the same way. My guess is it'll be Luketa to the PS if he doesn't get claimed just because he was starting in pre-season. Swinson v Hutchins is probably the choice for the roster and Swinson might not make it through waivers considering there were teams reportedly interested in taking him off the PS last year. Maybe they designate Landry for return, roster both Swinson and Hutchins and postpone that decision for 4 weeks.

Pure speculation on my part though. Roster management is not one of my strong knowledge areas.
 
Pats should certainly be scouring the market to either trade for some of these deeper teams players or try and get some vets in here. No surprises thus far but they’re in desperate need of depth specifically at linebacker and edge
 
Pats should certainly be scouring the market to either trade for some of these deeper teams players or try and get some vets in here. No surprises thus far but they’re in desperate need of depth specifically at linebacker and edge
Fans keeps saying how desperate they are, especially at these positions. Then they trade draft picks for RB and a safety. I’m not sure these fans have their finger on the pulse of this team.
 
Fans keeps saying how desperate they are, especially at these positions. Then they trade draft picks for RB and a safety. I’m not sure these fans have their finger on the pulse of this team.
For a fan base that saw the corpse of Cam Newton start a season's worth of games, it feels luxurious to be so worried about depth and role players.

Relax, people. Every NFL team has depth concerns. No NFL roster is solid top to bottom.
 
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For a fan base that saw the corpse of Cam Newton start a season's worth of games, it feels luxurious to be so worried about depth and role players.

Relax, people. Every NFL team has depth concerns. No NFL roster is solid top to bottom.
Absolutely agree. I don't think we can Definitively point to any NFL team that can say hey if our Starting QB goes down we'll be ok. It's just not how the NFL works. Starters are Starters and depth guys are such. Teams put thier best 11 on the field not thier best 53.
 
For a fan base that saw the corpse of Cam Newton start a season's worth of games, it feels luxurious to be so worried about depth and role players.

Relax, people. Every NFL team has depth concerns. No NFL roster is solid top to bottom.
Agreed, there is no team in the NFL that is so deep they can’t improve at certain position groups.
 
Agreed, there is no team in the NFL that is so deep they can’t improve at certain position groups.

Agreed, but when the Cleveland Browns walk over your depth, it is a little concerning.
 
Agreed, but when the Cleveland Browns walk over your depth, it is a little concerning.

ADDED: and before we mention that most of the players will be cut, PS depth counts more now as well.
It’s all relative, the Browns probably had more 2nd and 3rd stringers going against Patriot 4th and 5th stringers. 90 man rosters don’t matter as much as the 53 man and practice squad roster.
 
It’s all relative, the Browns probably had more 2nd and 3rd stringers going against Patriot 4th and 5th stringers. 90 man rosters don’t matter as much as the 53 man and practice squad roster.

The Brown started the game with their third string QB.

The exact same number of players sat for both teams.
 
Absolutely agree. I don't think we can Definitively point to any NFL team that can say hey if our Starting QB goes down we'll be ok. It's just not how the NFL works. Starters are Starters and depth guys are such. Teams put thier best 11 on the field not thier best 53.

It kind of reminds me of how we won SB39 with Troy Brown at DB, and in SB46 we had JE11 playing DB as well.

It doesn't always take the shape we think it will take.
 
Well we looked pretty bad at practice.
The Pats starters looked very good against the Eagles starters in joint practices.

Most of the guys you’re worried about will be working as personal trainers or high school coaches next month.
 
Agreed, but when the Cleveland Browns walk over your depth, it is a little concerning.
Cleveland most of the 53 walked over most of our cuts.
 

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