{"id":66632,"date":"2026-05-06T04:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=66632"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:12:25","slug":"morse-way-too-early-53-man-roster-projection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2026\/05\/06\/morse-way-too-early-53-man-roster-projection\/","title":{"rendered":"MORSE: Way Too Early 53-man Roster Projection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Patriots 53 Man Roster Projection 5\/6\/26<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>QB (3)<\/strong> \u2013 Drake Maye, Tommy Devito, Behren Morton<\/p>\n<p>No discussion here.\u00a0 Morton has been given the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> QB job.\u00a0 This may end up as 2 QBs with Morton on the PS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RB (4)<\/strong> \u2013 Rhamondre Stevenson, Treyveon Henderson, Lan Larison, Robert Gilliam (FB)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not impressed with Jam Miller, even if he did play at 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