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The Rookie Camp has ended, and the team is in the middle of Organized Team Activities (OTAs), with the remaining OTA running through June 7th. Mandatory team Mini Camp is June 11th- 13th. After the Mini Camp is the dead period before Training Camp starts. I am estimating the Training Camp will start on Wednesday, July 23rd.<\/p>\n

The turnover on this team is remarkable.\u00a0 Going into Rookie Mini Camp there are 39 new names on the 90-man roster.\u00a0 That is close to a 50% turnover.\u00a0 On my projection I have 25 new players with 29 holdovers. This accounts for Stephon Diggs starting the season on PUP rather than the 53-man roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

Injuries, retirements, trades and signing additional players after the June 1<\/span>st<\/span> roster trimming by teams for salary cap purposes will obviously affect this projection.<\/span><\/p>\n

2025 Patriots Roster Projection<\/b><\/h3>\n

Offense (24)<\/b><\/p>\n

QB<\/b>( 2) Drake Maye, Josh Dobbs<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think they will keep three QBs.\u00a0 Woolridge is a project.<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Ben Woolridge was Top 10 in passing proficiency (89%) by PFF of the eligible QBs in this draft.<\/span><\/p>\n

RB<\/b> (4) Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson (r), Antonio Gibson, Lan Larison (r) (u) \u2013 Stevenson is on the hot seat because of his fumbling issue.\u00a0 Henderson doesn\u2019t fumble.\u00a0 Larison is being compared to Rex Burkhead with tremendous pass catching ability (62 last season).\u00a0 He also played Wildcat QB at UC Davis and will serve as the emergency QB.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Trayveon Williams\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

TE<\/b> (2) Hunter Henry, CJ Dippre (r)(u)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am cutting Austin Hooper because he is 32 and we can\u2019t keep two 32 yo TEs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Gee Scott, Jaheim Bell\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

FB<\/b> (1) Brock Lampe (r)(u) \u2013 In order to keep a FB you can\u2019t keep a 3<\/span>rd<\/span> TE.\u00a0 McDaniels has always had a FB.<\/span><\/p>\n

WR <\/b>(6) Kyle William (r), Mack Hollins, Pop Douglas, Ja\u2019lynn Polk, Kayshon Boutte, Efton Chism II (r) (u)<\/span><\/p>\n

If Diggs is ready to go he would take Boutte\u2019s spot.\u00a0 Polk and Boutte are in a dogfight to retain their spots on the team.\u00a0 A trade of Bourne, Baker or Boutte is a possibility.\u00a0 I suspect that Chism wouldn\u2019t make it through waivers to the PS.\u00a0 He had 6 \u201c30 visits\u201d and the Patriots outbid teams to sign him to a 3-year contract worth $2.965M, of which $234,000 is guaranteed and a $25,000 Signing Bonus.\u00a0 The $234K guarantee won\u2019t guarantee him a spot but that is a significant amount.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PS John Jiles\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PUP Stephon Diggs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

OL<\/b> (9) Will Campbell (r), Garett Bradbury, Michael Onwenu, Morgan Moses, Cole Strange, Jared Wilson (r), Vederian Lowe, Caeden Wallace, Wes Schweitzer<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Tyrese Robinson, Marcus Bryant, Jack Conley, Demontrey Jacobs<\/span><\/p>\n

Cut Lester Cotton, Sidy Sow, Layden Robinson.\u00a0 Robinson doesn\u2019t fit the type of offense that McDaniels wants to play.\u00a0 Cole Strange has been running with the 1<\/span>st<\/span> team and has been receiving praise from Mike Vrabel.\u00a0 Also Strange had a 9.96 Relative Athletic Score from the combine, the 7<\/span>th<\/span> highest all-time amongst 1700 Guards tested.\u00a0 Watch the Left Guard battle in training camp and the joint practices.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Defense <\/b>(25)<\/span><\/p>\n

EDGE<\/b> (4), Keion White, Anfernee Jennings, Bradyn Swinson (r) K\u2019Lavon Chaisson\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ponder could surprise and push Chaisson or Jennings<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Elijah Ponder\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

IDL<\/b> (5) Milt Williams, Christian Barmore, Joshua Farmer (r), Jeremiah Pharms, Khyiris Tonga<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonga is kept because of short yardage situations<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Wilfried Penne *, Jaquelin Roy<\/span><\/p>\n

LB<\/b> (6) Robert Spillane, Christian Ellis, Jack Gibbens, Harold Landry, Marte Mapu, Kyle Dugger<\/span><\/p>\n

I move Mapu and Dugger to LB.\u00a0 The Patriots may keep Monty Rice, a former Vrabel player in Tennessee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cut Jahlani Tavai (He recently suffered a reported calf injury<\/strong><\/a>, which could affect his availability heading into training camp).<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Cam Riley<\/span><\/p>\n

CB<\/b> (6) Christian Gonzalez, Carlton Davis, Alex Austin, Isaiah Bolden, Marcus Jones, Marcellus Dial<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin has been working at Slot Corner and will be critical in the secondary because Carlton Davis averages 4 missed games a year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Kobee Minor, Brandon Crossley<\/span><\/p>\n

SS<\/b> (2) Jabrill Peppers, Dell Pettus<\/span><\/p>\n

Vrabel will likes Peppers intimidation factor.\u00a0 Dugger and Mapu can also play SS.<\/span><\/p>\n

PS John Minkins<\/span><\/p>\n

FS<\/b> (2) Marcus Epps, Craig Woodson (r)<\/span><\/p>\n

Woodson could be the starter and Epps is coming off ACL surgery and should be monitored throughout Training Camp.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cut Jaylin Hawkins<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Teams (4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brenden Schooler – Gunner<\/span><\/p>\n

Julian Ashby \u2013 LS<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryce Barringer \u2013 P<\/span><\/p>\n

Andre Borregales \u2013 K\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PS John Parker-Romo<\/span><\/p>\n

PS WR Jeremiah Webb and OL Mekhi Butler are fighting for that last PS spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\"Len<\/p>\n

(PHOTO: Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

10-Year Patriots Veteran \u201cBoston Strong Boy\u201d Len St. Jean Passes Away<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Patriots announced that longtime Patriots offensive lineman Len St. Jean has passed away.\u00a0 St. Jean from Newbury Michigan played college ball at Northern Michigan and was drafted by both the Green Bay Packers (17<\/span>th<\/span> round #237) and the upstart Boston Patriots (9<\/span>th<\/span> round #68) in 1964. In the 10 years he played between 1964 and 1973, St. Jean played in 140 games and had 112 starts. Originally a defensive lineman, he switched to Offense in the 1966 season and never looked back. <\/span><\/p>\n

An AFL All-Star in his first season, he became a mainstay at right guard over the next eight years. Fans voted for him to be a member of the Patriots All-60\u2019s Team in 1971.\u00a0 In the off-season St. Jean worked as a lumberjack in his family-owned logging camp.\u00a0 He got the nickname the \u201cBoston Strong Boy\u201d by being able to carry 600-pound logs.<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember St. Jean from the Coca-Cola bottle cap promotion the Patriots conducted.\u00a0 If you collected all the bottle caps, you won a football.\u00a0 I had a lot of Len St Jean bottlecaps.\u00a0 St. Jean was very active in the Patriots alumni group and would often be seen at Patriots Hall of Fame inductions.\u00a0 That is where I last saw St. Jean at Tedy Bruschi\u2019s Patriots Hall of Fame induction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Changes starting Amongst the Scouting Staff<\/b><\/h3>\n

Josh Hinch an Area Scout for the Southeast Region has departed from the Patriots Scouting Department.\u00a0 I do not know if Hinch was let go, or if he left on his own accord. Hinch had been with the Patriots since 2021.\u00a0 The life of a scout is difficult, especially if they have a family.\u00a0 It\u2019s many days on the road interviewing people and gathering information on thousands of players.\u00a0 I found it refreshing that Eliot Wolf went out of his way to thank the scouts first, before he said anything about the draft.\u00a0 In the video the Patriots released, Wolf addressed the scouts before the Draft started and thanked them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrick Stewart, Pro Scouting Director left the team to take a Football Operations position at Nebraska.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This article was started three weeks ago and what I wrote was \u201cThe Titans released three scouts, Corey Cooper, Mical Johnson and AJ Highsmith.\u00a0 Highsmith is the son of Patriots Senior Personnel Executive Alonzo Highsmith. This is the time of year that changes are made to the team\u2019s scouting staffs.\u00a0 Look for additional movement there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wolf criticized his team\u2019s\u00a0free agency research\u00a0in 2024, claiming that \u201csome of the information that we got on some of the players wasn\u2019t as thorough as it needed to be.\u201d The hope will be that adding Highsmith helps address that particular issue\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots announced they have in fact brought in Highsmith to replace Stewart as Pro Scouting Director.\u00a0 On the surface it looks like nepotism because of the relationship with his father.\u00a0 That is the only connection as he was not a scout in Tennessee when Vrabel was there.\u00a0 AJ Highsmith has been in NFL scouting for 11 years already with increasing responsibilities working for Buffalo under Brandon Beane, in San Francisco under John Lynch and in Tennessee under Ran Carthon.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dolphins traded up to #37 to get ahead of the Patriots<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The player that Eliot Wolf alluded to was picked ahead of the Patriots was Jonah Saivanea an OG from Arizona.\u00a0 This is according to Mike Reiss.\u00a0 Doubling down on Offensive linemen was an interesting Draft Strategy and one that I presented in my 3<\/span>rd<\/span> Mock Draft.\u00a0 Days before the draft Nick Cattles also projected this in his one and only Mock Draft.\u00a0 My question is would you be as happy about this draft if they had selected another offensive lineman at #38?\u00a0 I wanted TE Mason Taylor at #38.\u00a0 He went just 4 picks later to the NY Jets at #42.\u00a0 I was not unhappy with the selection of TreVeyon Henderson, but due to the outstanding depth in the RB Draft Class I would have waited until a later round to take a RB and selected Taylor at #38.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pounding the Table for Issac TeSlaa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

He was my draft binkie.\u00a0 I was right about him too!\u00a0 He was selected in the 3<\/span>rd<\/span> Round #70.\u00a0 TeSlaa was selected right after Kyle Williams by the Detroit Lions.\u00a0 That was much higher than even I predicted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Patriots UnDrafted Free Agent FB Brock Lampe played as a 3<\/span>rd<\/span> TE at NIU and was often put in motion from that position.\u00a0 He was also a Team Captain and 3x All-Academic Team in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).\u00a0 Another tidbit is that he excels on Special Teams and can play linebacker.\u00a0 He had 316 career tackles at linebacker in High School, where he was All-Conference three years in a row and All-State (Wisconsin) his Senior year. He played against BC and Massachusetts last year. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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