Roster Turnover

[Ring 6]

Belichick is rightfully getting mention as executive of the year.
The roster was heavily turned over at all levels resulting in a playoff berth.
One of the anomalies we have seen this year is the awareness, situational play, discipline and mistake making has been uncharacteristic of what we have seen here. It seems that with a lot of new players that would make sense.
So here is a breakdown of roster turnover based upon snaps played.
Offense
Total plays 1106
1106x11= 12166 snaps
5443 by players not here last year = 45% turnover

Defense
Total Plays 1079
1079x11 = 11869 total snaps
4732 by players not here last year = 40% turnover

So basically about 5 of the 11 players on the field every snap are new to the patriots this year.
I don’t have numbers to compare it to but that seems like a huge amount of turnover.

 

[oldrover]

Also, add to that a rookie QB with no opportunity to work with receivers in the offseason... and the bulk of those receivers are new to both Mac AND the system.

 

[Hyped]

Here is a quick list of players that we had on the roster for the final Brady playoff game 3 years ago:

James White - On I/R
Brandon Bolden
N'Keal Harry
Damien Harris
Jarrett Stidham
Jakobi Meyers
Gunner Olszewski
Jakob Johnson
Jake Bailey
Nick Folk
Jamie Collins
Dont'a Hightower
Kyle Van Noy
Lawrence Guy
J.C. Jackson
Chase Winovich
Deatrich Wise, Jr.
Mattew Slater
Justin Bethel
Ja'Whaun Bentley
Joe Cardona
Byron Cowart - PUP?
Jonathan Jones - On I/R.
JoeJuan Williams
David Andrews
Shaq Mason
Ted Karras
Brandon King
Harvey Langi - Not on the team, but here in 2017 then 2019-2021.
Devin McCourty
Isaiah Wynn