PSA: This is the Pats roster as of 3/10/2017 at 11:42pm

[slam]

If you're like me your head is spinning with everyone coming, going, and picks flying everywhere. So as a public service, this is what I believe to be the Pats roster as of 3/10/2017 at 11:42pm, EST.

QB
Tom Brady / Jimmy Garoppolo / Jacoby Brissett

T
Nate Solder / Marcus Cannon / Cameron Fleming (RFA) / LaAdrian Waddle / Chase Farris

G
Shaq Mason / Joe Thuney / Tre' Jackson / Ted Karras / Chris Barker / Jamil Douglas

C
David Andrews

WR
Julian Edelman / Brandin Cooks / Chris Hogan / Danny Amendola / Malcolm Mitchell / Matthew Slater / Devin Lucien

RB
Dion Lewis / James White / D.J. Foster / Tyler Gaffney

FB
James Develin / Glenn Gronkowski

TE
Rob Gronkowski / Dwayne Allen / Matt Lengel / Michael Williams / Rob Housler

CB
Malcolm Butler (RFA) / Stephon Gilmore / Eric Rowe / Cyrus Jones / Justin Coleman / Jonathan Jones

S
Devin McCourty / Pat Chung / Duron Harmon / Nate Ebner / Brandon King / Jordan Richards

DE
Trey Flowers / Rob Ninkovich / Kony Ealy / Geneo Grissom

DT
Alan Branch / Malcom Brown / Vincent Valentine / Woodrow Hamilton / Darius Kilgo

LB
Kyle Van Noy / Elandon Roberts / Shea McClellin / Jonathan Freeny / Trevor Bates

K
Stephen Gostkowski

P
Ryan Allen

LS
Joe Cardona

Unrestricted Free Agents

LB Don’t’a Hightower, RB LaGarrette Blount, RB Brandon Bolden, DE Chris Long, WR Michael Floyd, TE Greg Scruggs

This is according to Rotoworld and Patriots.com. I could be missing something.

 

[slam]

And from this thread, this is the current state of our draft board.

3rd round, #72 - from Panthers (Ealy)
3rd round, #96
4th round, #137
5th round, #163 - from Broncos (AJ Derby)
5th round, #183 - compensatory pick
6th round, #200 - from Colts (Dwayne Allen)
7th round, #239 - from Lions (Van Noy trade)

 

[FourierSeries]

 

[Brick27]

If that remains somewhat in tact and Hightower/Butler stay...

 

[Gwedd]

I got no problems with this list. Be nice if Hightower returns, and Blount as well.

But yeah, so far so good.

 

[ausbacker]

I got no problems with this list. Be nice if Hightower returns, and Blount as well.

But yeah, so far so good.

Belichick's a greedy bastard. He's not finished yet... and I like it.

 

[ViperGTS]

From earlier tonight when the Cooks news broke..

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Belichick's a greedy bastard. He's not finished yet... and I like it.

What is the Springsteen lyric," poor man want to be rich, rich man want to be king. King ain't satisfied til he owns everything.".............

 

[slam]

Taking a look at the list, the only spots which could be seen as needs:

LB until hopefully Hightower returns. Still could use another after that.
RB. Still need the bruiser type.
1 interior OL to start or depth
1 DT. Maybe 1 DE.
A third OT
Trading Butler would create a need at CB.
Trading Jimmy doesn't necessarily create a need at QB depending on how you feel about Brissette.

 

[long distance]

If you're like me your head is spinning with everyone coming, going, and picks flying everywhere. So as a public service, this is what I believe to be the Pats roster as of 3/10/2017 at 11:42pm, EST.

QB
Tom Brady / Jimmy Garoppolo / Jacoby Brissett

T
Nate Solder / Marcus Cannon / Cameron Fleming (RFA) / LaAdrian Waddle / Chase Farris

G
Shaq Mason / Joe Thuney / Tre' Jackson / Ted Karras / Chris Barker / Jamil Douglas

C
David Andrews

WR
Julian Edelman / Brandin Cooks / Chris Hogan / Danny Amendola / Malcolm Mitchell / Matthew Slater / Devin Lucien

RB
Dion Lewis / James White / D.J. Foster / Tyler Gaffney

FB
James Develin / Glenn Gronkowski

TE
Rob Gronkowski / Dwayne Allen / Matt Lengel / Michael Williams / Rob Housler

CB
Malcolm Butler (RFA) / Stephon Gilmore / Eric Rowe / Cyrus Jones / Justin Coleman / Jonathan Jones

S
Devin McCourty / Pat Chung / Duron Harmon / Nate Ebner / Brandon King / Jordan Richards

DE
Trey Flowers / Rob Ninkovich / Kony Ealy / Geneo Grissom

DT
Alan Branch / Malcom Brown / Vincent Valentine / Woodrow Hamilton / Darius Kilgo

LB
Kyle Van Noy / Elandon Roberts / Shea McClellin / Jonathan Freeny / Trevor Bates

K
Stephen Gostkowski

P
Ryan Allen

LS
Joe Cardona

Unrestricted Free Agents

LB Don’t’a Hightower, RB LaGarrette Blount, RB Brandon Bolden, DE Chris Long, WR Michael Floyd, TE Greg Scruggs

This is according to Rotoworld and Patriots.com. I could be missing something.

Good job.
One Q: Are you sure about King? Didn't catch the news of him beeing tenderd/re-signed..

 

[Mac&Barmore FTW]

What is the Springsteen lyric," poor man want to be rich, rich man want to be king. King ain't satisfied til he owns everything.".............

Hell yeah! Badlands was the first song I ever heard by him. Classic
Also it's "rules everything", but close enough.

 

[long distance]

To add to insane roster/cap situation before new additions:


Curr. projected 2018 comp picks: 3 -- Sheard (4th), Bennett (4/5th), Mingo (7th)

approx Cap remaining: 40M+
(guessing Branch & Williams cap hits + Amendola restructure(hopefully)/release)

Note: Pats were awarded a good 1M in adjusted cap yesterday.

61 signed .. 29 to go
___

Hightower's projected cap -- around 10M
Money for current Draft picks -- less than 1M (top 51 contracts rule)

/projected cap hit for #72 is 0.7M so around 3y vet minimum - so by the current draft capital - their cap hits might not even count against cap by 51 top contracts rules or will just slightly above/

Money for in-season transactions, incentives etc. 5-10M

so even after signing of Hightower Pats will have 20-25M to spend (or carry over).

 

[slam]

Not sure. I just went off those links I posted. If they're wrong I'm wrong.

Good job.
One Q: Are you sure about King? Didn't catch the news of him beeing tenderd/re-signed..

 

[Richard Camembert]

Who's the backup C/first world problems

 

[BTTA]

Good work slam.
Here's another take. The number in parenthesis is the number of starter quality players the Pats' need to play their schemes.
QB could be argued forever, of course, and TE is really unique here because of Gronk's potential vulnerability. I'm trying to be realistic about the talent on other NFL rosters vs. the Pats, i.e. not be a homer.

Strong starters, strong depth – 1 starter goes down = still can win title

QB (1)
Tom Brady / Jimmy Garoppolo / Jacoby Brissett

WR (3)
Julian Edelman / Brandin Cooks / Malcolm Mitchell / Chris Hogan / Danny Amendola / Devin Lucien

CB (3)
Malcolm Butler (RFA) / Stephon Gilmore / Eric Rowe / Cyrus Jones / Justin Coleman / Jonathan Jones

DT (2)
Alan Branch / Malcom Brown / Vincent Valentine / Woodrow Hamilton / Darius Kilgo

S (2)
Devin McCourty / Pat Chung / Duron Harmon

TE (1)
Rob Gronkowski / Dwayne Allen / Matt Lengel / Michael Williams / Rob Housler

Special Teams Aces (2/3)
Matthew Slater / Brandon King / Jordan Richards/ Nate Ebner /Jones’s

Strong starters, weak depth – 1 starter goes down = trouble

T (2)
Nate Solder / Marcus Cannon / Cameron Fleming (RFA) / LaAdrian Waddle / Chase Farris

RB (2)
James White / Dion Lewis / D.J. Foster / Tyler Gaffney

FB (1)
James Develin / Glenn Gronkowski

TE (2)
Rob Gronkowski / Dwayne Allen / Matt Lengel / Michael Williams / Rob Housler

Average NFL Talent From Starters Through Depth

DE (2)
Trey Flowers / Kony Ealy / Rob Ninkovich / Geneo Grissom

G (2)
Shaq Mason / Joe Thuney / Tre' Jackson / Ted Karras / Chris Barker / Jamil Douglas

C (1)
David Andrews

Weak starters

LB (2)
Kyle Van Noy / Elandon Roberts / Shea McClellin / Jonathan Freeny / Trevor Bates

If you're like me your head is spinning with everyone coming, going, and picks flying everywhere. So as a public service, this is what I believe to be the Pats roster as of 3/10/2017 at 11:42pm, EST.

QB
Tom Brady / Jimmy Garoppolo / Jacoby Brissett

T
Nate Solder / Marcus Cannon / Cameron Fleming (RFA) / LaAdrian Waddle / Chase Farris

G
Shaq Mason / Joe Thuney / Tre' Jackson / Ted Karras / Chris Barker / Jamil Douglas

C
David Andrews

WR
Julian Edelman / Brandin Cooks / Chris Hogan / Danny Amendola / Malcolm Mitchell / Matthew Slater / Devin Lucien

RB
Dion Lewis / James White / D.J. Foster / Tyler Gaffney

FB
James Develin / Glenn Gronkowski

TE
Rob Gronkowski / Dwayne Allen / Matt Lengel / Michael Williams / Rob Housler

CB
Malcolm Butler (RFA) / Stephon Gilmore / Eric Rowe / Cyrus Jones / Justin Coleman / Jonathan Jones

S
Devin McCourty / Pat Chung / Duron Harmon / Nate Ebner / Brandon King / Jordan Richards

DE
Trey Flowers / Rob Ninkovich / Kony Ealy / Geneo Grissom

DT
Alan Branch / Malcom Brown / Vincent Valentine / Woodrow Hamilton / Darius Kilgo

LB
Kyle Van Noy / Elandon Roberts / Shea McClellin / Jonathan Freeny / Trevor Bates

K
Stephen Gostkowski

P
Ryan Allen

LS
Joe Cardona

Unrestricted Free Agents

LB Don’t’a Hightower, RB LaGarrette Blount, RB Brandon Bolden, DE Chris Long, WR Michael Floyd, TE Greg Scruggs

This is according to Rotoworld and Patriots.com. I could be missing something.

 

[slam]

Alright, just for the hell of it, I split the Patriots' roster into two roughly (very roughly) equal strength squads. I assumed that we'd resign all of our free agents, then filled in starter or key sub caliber gaps with currently unsigned free agents (in all caps). I didn't think too hard on the signing of the FAs. Just wanted to fill roster gaps.

Would not both of these squads be favored to finish 1-2 in the AFC East?

Patriots "A" Squad
QB
Tom Brady / JOSH McCOWN

T
Marcus Cannon / RYAN CLADY / Cameron Fleming

G
Joe Thuney / Tre' Jackson / Jamil Douglas / Chris Barker

C
David Andrews

WR
Julian Edelman / Danny Amendola / Malcolm Mitchell / Devin Lucien

RB
Dion Lewis / Brandon Bolden / Tyler Gaffney

FB
James Develin

TE
Dwayne Allen / Matt Lengel / Greg Scruggs

CB
Malcolm Butler / Cyrus Jones / Justin Coleman

S
Pat Chung / Duron Harmon / Brandon King / Jordan Richards

DE
Trey Flowers / Chris Long / CONNOR BARWIN

DT
Malcom Brown / Vincent Valentine / Darius Kilgo

LB
D’ante Hightower/ Shea McClellin / Jonathan Freeny

K
Stephen Gostkowski

P
Best FA Available

LS
Joe Cardona

Patriots "B" Squad
QB
Jimmy Garoppolo / Jacoby Brissett

T
Nate Solder / LaAdrian Waddle / Chase Farris

G
Shaq Mason / TJ LANG / Ted Karras

C
NICK MANGOLD

WR
Brandin Cooks / Chris Hogan / Michael Floyd / Matthew Slater

RB
LeGarrett Blount / James White / D.J. Foster

FB
Glenn Gronkowski

TE
Rob Gronkowski / Michael Williams / Rob Housler

CB
Stephon Gilmore / Eric Rowe / Jonathan Jones

S
Devin McCourty / LARDARIUS WEBB / Nate Ebner

DE
Rob Ninkovich / Kony Ealy / Geneo Grissom

DT
Alan Branch / Lawrence Guy / Woodrow Hamilton

LB
Elandon Roberts / Kyle Van Noy / JARVIS JONES / Trevor Bates

K
DAN CARPENTER

P
Ryan Allen

LS
Best FA Available