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53-Man Roster Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had 48 of the 50 players I named, make the final 53.\u00a0 The big surprise was RB Kevin Harris getting cut. I can see that he is redundant to Stevenson and Gibson as all three are big backs.\u00a0 Harris lacks breakaway speed.\u00a0 His pass catching ability is greatly improved as evident by his TD catch and run against Washington, but that was not enough to save him.<\/p>\n

The other one I got wrong was Edge William Bradley-King getting cut.\u00a0 I thought he showed enough to make the team.<\/p>\n

I am surprised that CB Marcellas Dial made the team, as it must be on his Special Teams value as a gunner on the Punt coverage team.\u00a0 The Patriots were the #1 rated Special Teams group in the Pre-season.<\/p>\n

Michael Jordan was kept probably as insurance with the Sidy Sow injury.\u00a0 Sow\u2019s status still should be monitored.<\/p>\n

They also kept 7 Wide Receivers including Kashon Boutte, KJ Osborn and Jalen Reagor.\u00a0 \u00a0Reagor has Special Teams Kick Off value and they may be rewarding Osborn as a free agent that chose to come here and signed with the team.\u00a0 Boutte didn\u2019t play at all on Sunday but I still had him making the team.<\/p>\n

Calvin Anderson and Armon Watts were put on IR.\u00a0 Christian Barmore and Marte Mapu were put on IR and are Designated For Return.\u00a0 The question remains if Barmore is designated as a Non-Football Injury or straight IR.\u00a0 If it is NFI, the team does not have to pay him.<\/p>\n

We will see how the roster shakes out after the waiver claims are announced tomorrow at noon.<\/p>\n

We will see how the roster shakes out after the waiver claims are announced tomorrow at noon.\u00a0 Here are some names of players the team may be interested in:<\/p>\n

OL Ja\u2019Tyre Carter (G\/T)<\/p>\n

DT Albert Huggins<\/p>\n

TE Shane Zylstra<\/p>\n

TE CJ Uzomah<\/p>\n

NT Marguan McCall<\/p>\n

TE EJ Jackson<\/p>\n

Unrestricted Free Agents<\/strong><\/p>\n

WR Donovan Peoples \u2013 Jones<\/p>\n

WR Tim Patrick<\/p>\n

WR Terrance Marshall<\/p>\n

Morse\u2019s Morsels<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brandon Thorn of Trench Warfare has Patriots Layden Robinson rated as the #5 Rookie Offensive Lineman in the Pre-season.\u00a0 Upon further review after a tough start in the Commanders game, Robinson was dominant.\u00a0 He led all rookies with 10 pancake blocks.\u00a0 Also need to give props to Caeden Wallace who played the entire 2nd<\/sup> half against the Commander and gave up only one hurry.<\/p>\n

CBS Sports is hyping a possible trade between the Patriots and Cowboys that will send Jon Jones to fill in for DaRon Bland while he is out for at least half the season.\u00a0 No mention of what the compensation would be, but sites Jones age (30) and that he is a Free Agent next year as the reasons for the trade.<\/p>\n

Bill Belichick was on the Pat McAfee show this week and called Massachusetts \u201cTaxachusetts\u201d as another contributing factor as why Free Agents won\u2019t sign here.\u00a0 The Millionaires Tax of 4% needs to be factored into the offers they are making.\u00a0 They have to make the offers the norm as a \u201cSuck Tax\u201d because of their unsure QB situation, 1st<\/sup> year Head Coach, 1st<\/sup> Year Offensive Coordinator, 1st<\/sup> Year Offensive Line coach and the uncertainty surrounding the O-line as a whole.\u00a0 The agents are adding that 4% Tax into their calculations when deciding on which offer to take.\u00a0 Do you really want a player to come here that is only coming only because of the money?<\/p>\n

Jerod Mayo has still not named a starting QB yet.\u00a0 I hope that it is Brissett, even though he has not looked good in any of the Pre-season games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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