In the upcoming weeks I will breakdown the individual positions and the addition and subtractions from those positions.\u00a0 This week I will post the roster as I know it.\u00a0 I stripped all the Unrestricted Free Agents from the roster and will add them back in if they re-sign.\u00a0 I kept the Exclusive Free Agents and Restricted Free Agents they are likely to keep.<\/p>\n
2021 Patriots Off-Season Roster<\/strong><\/p>\n Roster – Total 64\u00a0 – 1\/4\/2021<\/p>\n Offense 31<\/strong><\/p>\n QUARTERBACK (2) <\/strong>Jarrett Stidham, Jake Dolegala<\/p>\n RUNNING BACK (4) <\/strong> JJ Taylor, Sony Michel, Damien Harris, Brandon Bolden<\/p>\n FULLBACK (2<\/strong>) Jakub Johnson (E), Dan Vitale<\/p>\n WIDE RECEIVER (9) <\/strong>Jakobi Myers, N\u2019Keal Harry, Gunner Olszewski, Donte Moncrief, Julian Edelman, Devin Smith, Kristian Wilkerson, Isaiah Zuber, Marquise Lee<\/p>\n TIGHT END (4)<\/strong> Dalton Keene, Devin Asiasi, Ryan Izzo, Matt LaCrosse<\/p>\n OFFENSIVE LINE (10)<\/strong> Defense 28<\/strong><\/p>\n DEFENSIVE TACKLE (5)<\/strong> Byron Cowart, Akeem Spence, Beau Allen, Bill Murray, Nick Thurman,<\/p>\n DEFENSIVE END (4) <\/strong>Chase Winowich, Afernee Jennings, Michael Barnett, Rashod Berry<\/p>\n LINEBACKER (7) <\/strong>\u00a0 Ja\u2019Whaun Bentley, Terez Hall (E), Josh Uche, Brandon King, Cassh Muluia, Donta Hightower, Michael Pinkney<\/p>\n CORNERBACK (8)\u00a0 <\/strong>Stephon Gilmore, JC Jackson (R), Jonathan Jones, Jojuan Williams, Myles Bryant, Dee Virgin, Michael Jackson, DeAngelo Ross,<\/p>\n SAFETY (4) <\/strong>Devin McCourty, Adrian Phillips, Kyle Dugger, Patrick Chung<\/p>\n Special Teams 5<\/strong><\/p>\n K <\/strong>\u00a0(2),\u00a0 Roberto Aguayo Justin Rohrwasser, P<\/strong> Jake Bailey(1), LS <\/strong>Joe Cardona (1), Matthew Slater ST<\/strong> Capt (1)<\/p>\n E \u2013 Exclusive Rights Free Agent<\/p>\n R \u2013 Restricted Rights Free Agent<\/p>\n Mark’s Morsels<\/strong><\/p>\n College All Star Games <\/strong><\/p>\n The college all-star game schedule has been severely shrunk due to COVID-19.\u00a0 The granddaddy of all-star games the East-West Shrine game has been canceled.\u00a0 Last season 98 players from this game played in the NFL.\u00a0 Patriots Michael Owenu and Michael Pinkney played in this game last year.<\/p>\n It’s official the NFLPA Collegiate all-star game is cancelled also.\u00a0 \u00a0TE\/DE Rashod Berry played in the NFLPA Collegiate game last season.<\/p>\n The Senior Bowl will be played on Jan 30th<\/sup> at 2:30 EST and televised by the NFL Network.\u00a0 The real important part is the week of practice leading up to the game.\u00a0 Bill Belichick will be there scouting out prospects.<\/p>\n Three other lesser Bowl games will be played:\u00a0 The Tropical Bowl Jan 17th<\/sup>; Collegiate Gridiron Classic Jan 21st<\/sup> and the Hula Bowl Jan 31st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Pro Football Focus top Offensive Lineman<\/strong><\/p>\n Joe Thuney #6 amongst Left Guards, not tops but pretty good.\u00a0 Not worth the Franchise Tag or highest contract for a guard.\u00a0 Could be interesting how this plays out with a depressed Free Agent market due to lowered Salary Cap.<\/p>\n Michael Owenu was #10 for Right Tackles. Quite the accomplishment for the rookie.<\/p>\n Pro Football Focus Top 100 Unrestricted Free Agents<\/strong><\/p>\n Thuney # 14 but he wasn\u2019t the top OG on the list<\/p>\n Newton # 34\u00a0 Why???<\/p>\n Andrews # 68 PFF projects him to re-sign for 3yrs, $18 M, $5 M fully guaranteed at signing.<\/p>\n White # 84 PFF projects him to resign with Pats, 2yrs, $10M, $5 M guaranteed at signing.<\/p>\n They also project the Pats will sign Ryan Fitzpatrick to a 1 year contract.<\/p>\n Nick Caserio’s Departure:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sad to see Nick Caserio leave the Pats.\u00a0 He did so many things for the Pats from Player Personnel to on-field coaching and being a voice in the coaching box upstairs for the Patriots during the games.\u00a0 \u00a0He received a huge 6 year contract (3rd largest in the league).\u00a0 He was blocked by Bill Belichick and now was the right time for him to move on.\u00a0 Dave Ziegler, the Assistant Pro Personnel director is expected to take his place.\u00a0 However, Ziegler interviewed for the Denver GM position.\u00a0 He is not among the top two for that position.\u00a0 \u00a0If Ziegler were to take the Denver job, old friends Tom Dimitroff and Scott Pioli are available.\u00a0 Dimitroff interviewed for the Detroit Lions GM position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the upcoming weeks I will breakdown the individual positions and the addition and subtractions from those positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nKorey Cunningham, Michael Owenu, Shaq Mason, Justin Herron, Isaiah Wynn, Jodny Cajuste, Caleb Benenoch (E), Ross Reynolds, Marcus Cannon, Najee Toran<\/p>\n