Marcus Cannon has been a lightning rod for criticism the past few years from Patriots fans and members of the media. The 2016 season won’t be any different.

The Pats signed two more players on Wednesday, guard Jon Halapio and TE Bear Pascoe bringing the roster to the 90 player limit.

Belichick and McDaniel will have to walk a fine line here. Garoppolo must be prepared to take the field against the Cardinals and run the offense smoothly

McCourty is the quarterback of the secondary, a co-captain of the team and the glue that holds everything together on the backend.

Rather than being a weakness, corner became a position of strength in 2015. Butler parlayed his SB heroics into a very solid first season of starting.

With many of the Sox on-hand to include skipper John Farrell, Edelman put on quite the show, blasting several homers over the Green Monster.

The Patriots have two of the best LBs in the business with Jamie Collins and Dont’a Hightower. But each missed time in 2015 and the depth was a problem.

The team is banking heavily on the return of coach Dante Scarnecchia who was retired for two years. The health of this group is a big question mark

Another huge target at 6’6, 273 pounds, Bennett is a big body who can threaten the seams. He’s also another tremendous blocker in the running game.

Among the cognoscenti of national NFL writers, Edelman is considered a “system player”. While we differ with that, no one can argue his worth with the Pats.

He’s always coming out with a competitive edge, his arm always looks strong. His football knowledge, you don’t have to talk about it, it’s second to none.”

Hogan came over as a FA from the Bills this spring and without Edelman and Amendola available this spring, he is stepping into the void extremely quickly.

On Wednesday, we get our first look at the Patriots on the field so it seems like the proper time to do our earliest stab at the 53-man roster.

One of the more intriguing positional battles this year will be at center between Bryan Stork and David Andrews. This will be a competition to monitor.

Arian Foster the FA running back for the Texans set the tongues wagging this week when he was spotted at Logan Airport in Boston at a rental car booth.