Alright, here it is. We’ll see how we did tomorrow…
Locks
- Tom Brady
- Brian Hoyer
- Kevin Faulk
- Sammie Morris
- Laurence Maroney
- Fred Taylor
- Randy Moss
- Wes Welker
- Brandon Tate
- Julian Edelman
- Tyler Price
- Alge Crumpler
- Rob Gronkowski
- Aaron Hernandez
- Matt Light
- Dan Connolly
- Dan Koppen
- Stephen Neal
- Sebastian Vollmer
- Gerard Warren
- Vince Wilfork
- Mike Wright
- Myron Pryor
- Ron Brace
- Tully Banta-Cain
- Derrick Burgess
- Jerod Mayo
- Gary Guyton
- Brandon Spikes
- Darius Butler
- Devin McCourty
- Jonathan Wilhite
- Brandon Meriweather
- Patrick Chung
- Stephen Gostkowski
- Zoltan Mesko
- Jake Ingram
That covers basically the starters. Now we have the guys who the core of special teams:
- Sam Aiken
- Rob Ninkovich
- Eric Alexander
- Kyle Arrington
- Sergio Brown
- Pierre Woods
- Brandon McGowan
That leaves 9 spots.
- James Sanders
- Ryan Wendell
- Quinn Ojinnaka
- Mark Levoir
- Eric Alexander
- Jermaine Cunningham
- Brandon Deaderick
- Kyle Love
- Terrence Wheatley
For our 8-man practice squad priorities are:
- Developmental DL to be acquired.
- Dane Fletcher
- Tyrone McKenzie
- Thomas Welch – T
- Ted Larsen – OL
- George Bussey – OL
- Rich Ohrnberger – G/C
- Darnell Jenkins – WR
Significant Cuts:
Benjarvus Green-Ellis: we’ve seen his ceiling, Morris the better fullback, not powering in last night on 4th down had to hurt.
Marques Murrell: Pierre Woods is a better run stopper/special teams contributor and Rob Ninkovich is a better pass rusher.
Matthew Slater: Jack of all trades, master of none.
Comments/Concerns:
Ojinaka, Levoir and Wendell are unproven depth backing up an offensive line known that is well capable of getting dinged up.
Brace, Deaderick and Love are young prospects who will see time.
Fletcher might be better than McKenzie but is more under the radar. He could be a surprise to make the 53. He’s fast, and reacts quickly and also has pass rush skills that we haven’t seen yet.
Chung might find himself playing slot coverage a little more now with Bodden gone and McCourty having to slip outside. Sanders and Meriweather make a solid back end in passing situations.
Lots of O-lineman on the practice squad.