Patriots Player Departure 2026 Patriots Roster Cuts Thread

[n1997y]

But those are my favorite chips....sooooo

Salt and vinegar? Barbecue? Sea salt? What’s your preference anyway?

 

[n1997y]

I don’t believe that’s the case:

“The Emergency Third Quarterback must be on the club's 53-player roster; the player cannot be an elevated Practice Squad player.”
NFL emergency third-quarterback rule: Questions and answers

Right. So they could have the third QB on the PS and elevate him for three games, but he would not have the emergency QB exemption and would count against the 48 active player limit. If he is on the 53 man roster and designated as the emergency QB he doesn’t count against the 48 active player limit.

 

[Uptown]

Chainning Canada is lucky he's a Patriot or the President would change his name to America.

 

[stcjones]

Kind of surprised they kept Woods over Vildor. Vildor had a great camp and with the exception of his play against Browns, played well I thought in preseason…..not sure what to make of woods but he was abysmal against Browns

 

[stcjones]

Canada I get… Woods making this roster is an abomination. He obviously is someone’s nephew or something, because he gets beat like a drum every time he’s out there.

Could not agree more….i liked Vildor much more than Woods….Woods seems to be a liability out there

 

[trailbird62]

Kind of surprised they kept Woods over Vildor. Vildor had a great camp and with the exception of his play against Browns, played well I thought in preseason…..not sure what to make of woods but he was abysmal against Browns

Maybe the effort he showed on the goal line tackle wasn't the only time they have seen that and sealed his fate,as well as sending a message to the rest of the team.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

We have Landry's open spot as an EDGE rusher on the roster. Your belief is that there is no free agent who you'd rather be starting for the patriots rather that Jacas or Hutchins, presuming the one of the starters were to be injured.

My memory does fail me from time to time. However, I don't recall any time when the value of players was more overvalued.

I was the guy pushing for Clowney going back to before the draft. I’ve always thought we should add a vet.
Now that vet list is a bag of leftover bones.
I’m not interested in adding a vet just to add a vet.
I don’t see a name on that list that’s worth it to me.
Just my opinion.

 

[Huckleberry1]

How could we answer that when we don't know what Jacas/Hutch will be?
I am not interested in a single name on that list, they are all junk.

Edge rushers are like the speed WR's, when they are done they are done. They lose their burst and it's all she wrote.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Maybe the effort he showed on the goal line tackle wasn't the only time they have seen that and sealed his fate,as well as sending a message to the rest of the team.

" Great camp" to us and great camp to the coaching staff are 2 completely different things. We may see them make a few plays in pre season games against their fellow scrubs, the coaching staff sees everything they do, from the weight room and how they practice, to watching film of them extensively. And I think how fast and completely they are picking teaching up plays a big role in their final determinations. They can see whether they are picking up the coaching and improving on a daily basis, and they can see if a guy has plateaus and is unlikely to get much better. We have extremely limited exposure to most of what they are doing, so it's not surprising that we are often surprised by final cuts.

 

[n1997y]

Maybe the effort he showed on the goal line tackle wasn't the only time they have seen that and sealed his fate,as well as sending a message to the rest of the team.

I was thinking that having a bad game after his head coach had called the team out for not having good depth really compounded his failure to rise to the challenge. That attempt at a tackle would fit that idea.

 

[Family]

I was thinking that having a bad game after his head coach had called the team out for not having good depth really compounded his failure to rise to the challenge. That attempt at a tackle would fit that idea.

I get the coaching moment, but Woods is so bad.

 

[Ross12]

Just want to point out that the team carried Caedan Wallace, Bradyn Swinson and CJ Dippre on the 53 man roster much of last season, particularly the back half, to protect them from being signed away and to develop them, only to dump them all before week 1 this year. While Swinson and Dippre could come back on the PS, I have to imagine they were hoping for more there.

 

[Clonamery]

Just want to point out that the team carried Caedan Wallace, Bradyn Swinson and CJ Dippre on the 53 man roster much of last season, particularly the back half, to protect them from being signed away and to develop them, only to dump them all before week 1 this year. While Swinson and Dippre could come back on the PS, I have to imagine they were hoping for more there.

Everyone has a ceiling and a floor.

 

[p8ryts]

Occasionally a team needs to use cap money for a rent-a-player for the current season or for 2 seasons.

Unless we think that Ponder is a solid starter AND Landry will be strong soon, we need to sign an EDGE rusher. The bar is very, very low. We are talking about moving ahead of Jacas or Hutchins in the depth chart,

Which of these players is NOT an upgrade to Hutchins and/or Jacas for this season?

• Kyle Van Noy
• Haason Reddick
• Preston Smith
• Leonard Floyd
• Brandon Graham
• Tyquan Lewis
• Yetur Gross-Matos
• Denico Autry
• Josh Paschal
• Dawuane Smoot
• DeMarvin Leal
• Ta'Quon Graham

Some of them probably are, especially the top 5, but we are apparently working on anticipated growth. Both players give high effort so maybe with coaching and experience they will be okay.

 

[p8ryts]

How could we answer that when we don't know what Jacas/Hutch will be?
I am not interested in a single name on that list, they are all junk.

Likely 2 or 3 of the current 53 will be replaced during the week, with Hutchins a strong candidate to be 1 of the 2.

 

[p8ryts]

Just want to point out that the team carried Caedan Wallace, Bradyn Swinson and CJ Dippre on the 53 man roster much of last season, particularly the back half, to protect them from being signed away and to develop them, only to dump them all before week 1 this year. While Swinson and Dippre could come back on the PS, I have to imagine they were hoping for more there.

Hopefully the train has left the station on Swinson. Undecided on Dippre.

 

[Wozzy]

Just want to point out that the team carried Caedan Wallace, Bradyn Swinson and CJ Dippre on the 53 man roster much of last season, particularly the back half, to protect them from being signed away and to develop them, only to dump them all before week 1 this year. While Swinson and Dippre could come back on the PS, I have to imagine they were hoping for more there.

Dippre missed most of camp so he was trying to play catch up, Arkin just made an impression with his tough blocking and can do attitude in the meantime.

Swinson just plays small and is slow to react, he has talent, so a light switch might come on at some point, but he needed to get stronger as a rookie and I question his commitment considering he came to camp last year fatter than he was in college.

You can’t coach desire, toughness or heart.

 

[mike_usagisan]

Just want to point out that the team carried Caedan Wallace, Bradyn Swinson and CJ Dippre on the 53 man roster much of last season, particularly the back half, to protect them from being signed away and to develop them, only to dump them all before week 1 this year. While Swinson and Dippre could come back on the PS, I have to imagine they were hoping for more there.

Again, feels like they were prioritizing their draft picks, probably when they shouldn't have.

 

[patchick]

Again, feels like they were prioritizing their draft picks, probably when they shouldn't have.

I don’t really see that trend, certainly not from the examples of Wallace, Swinson and Dippre. Wallace was drafted by the previous regime, Dippre wasn’t drafted at all, and Dippre and Swinson were both cut last season.

 

[moosekill]

Again, feels like they were prioritizing their draft picks, probably when they shouldn't have.

I doubt this very much. I think the bottom of the roster has a bunch of similar players who probably are never going to amount to much and are interchangeable. I think fans latch onto them as binkies then are shocked when they aren't kept. I don't think many/any of our cuts are going to be picked up but we will see. That is from a team in the superbowl.