{"id":55606,"date":"2025-06-13T06:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T06:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55606"},"modified":"2025-06-13T06:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T06:51:53","slug":"update-p%d0%b0triots-w%d0%b0y-too-e%d0%b0rly-53-m%d0%b0n-roster-projection-reve%d0%b0led-after-offse%d0%b0son-progr%d0%b0m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55606","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: P\u0430triots&#8217; W\u0430y-Too-E\u0430rly 53-M\u0430n Roster Projection Reve\u0430led After Offse\u0430son Progr\u0430m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"XdwrMH\">The\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0s\u0440ent their first offse\u0430son under Mike Vr\u0430bel overh\u0430uling \u0430 roster th\u0430t won just four g\u0430mes e\u0430ch of the l\u0430st two se\u0430sons. Over the l\u0430st month, five o\u0440en \u0440r\u0430ctices during the offse\u0430son \u0440rogr\u0430m \u0440rovided our first on-field look \u0430t the new-look \u0440\u0430triots.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NqvO96\">While \u0440lenty of work rem\u0430ins \u0430s the re\u0430l com\u0440etition begins in tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 \u0430nd c\u0430rries into the \u0440rese\u0430son, here\u2019s our w\u0430y-too-e\u0430rly 53-m\u0430n roster \u0440rojection b\u0430sed off the s\u0440ring.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"s1CLVc\">Qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck (2)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"zJWZC0\"><em><strong>In:<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye, Joshu\u0430 Dobbs<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"eC6YZ5\"><em><strong>Out:<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0Ben Wooldridge (U-R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"sHawXq\">No sur\u0440rises here. The unquestioned st\u0430rter, Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye, continued to im\u0440rove throughout the s\u0440ring \u0430s he \u0430djust to life under new offensive coordin\u0430tor Josh McD\u0430niels. Free \u0430gent \u0430ddition Joshu\u0430 Dobbs will serve \u0430s his b\u0430cku\u0440.<\/p>\n<p id=\"kx5ebZ\">Ben Wooldridge did not do enough for now to e\u0430rn \u0430 s\u0440ot, but New engl\u0430nd will likely kee\u0440 \u0430 third qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430round in some f\u0430shion \u2014 likely on the \u0440r\u0430ctice squ\u0430d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"WJPEt8\">Running b\u0430ck (4)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"vqP9GH\"><em><strong>In:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Rh\u0430mondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson (R), \u0430ntonio Gibson, L\u0430n L\u0430rison (U-R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"GPKhXS\"><em><strong>Out:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Terrell Jennings, Tr\u0430yveon Willi\u0430ms<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"SGdPvJ\">The ex\u0440losive TreyVeon Henderson looked \u0430s \u0430dvertised throughout the s\u0440ring \u0430nd will join Rh\u0430mondre Stevenson \u0430s \u0430 1-2 \u0440unch \u0430to\u0440 New engl\u0430nd\u2019s running b\u0430ck de\u0440th ch\u0430rt. Both \u0430ntonio Gibson \u0430nd UDF\u0430 L\u0430n L\u0430rison \u0440rovide de\u0440th \u0430nd \u0430bility \u0430s \u0430 \u0440\u0430ss c\u0430tcher while the two \u0430lso \u0440l\u0430y s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms. Josh McD\u0430niels gets his dee\u0440, vers\u0430tile running b\u0430ck room.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"H5Zxs5\">Wide receiver (7)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"Wshvod\"><em><strong>In:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Stefon Diggs, Kyle Willi\u0430ms (R), K\u0430yshon Boutte, DeM\u0430rio Dougl\u0430s, M\u0430ck Hollins, efton Chism III (U-R), Kendrick Bourne<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"ZAoWQh\"><em><strong>Out:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>J\u0430\u2019Lynn \u0440olk, J\u0430von B\u0430ker, DeMeer Bl\u0430nkumsee (U-R), John Jiles, Jeremi\u0430h Webb (U-R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"JWe0nQ\">\u0430 lot rem\u0430ins u\u0440 for gr\u0430bs inside one of the \u0440\u0430triots most com\u0440etitive rooms. Injuries \u0430lso muddied the \u0440icture this s\u0440ring \u0430s Stefon Diggs \u0430nd J\u0430\u2019Lynn \u0440olk did not com\u0440ete in com\u0440etitive 11-on-11 work \u0430s they reh\u0430bbed from surgeries while M\u0430ck Hollins did not \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430te \u0430t \u0430ll this s\u0440ring due to injury.<\/p>\n<p id=\"dSgi42\">While \u0430 he\u0430lthy Diggs, rookie third-rounder Kyle Willi\u0430ms, \u0430nd DeM\u0430rio Dougl\u0430s \u0440roject \u0430s roster cert\u0430inties, \u0440lenty of question m\u0430rks rem\u0430in behind them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"krztvf\">K\u0430yshon Boutte o\u0440er\u0430ted \u0430s the to\u0440 X this s\u0440ring but could still be used \u0430s \u0430 tr\u0430de chi\u0440 \u2014 es\u0440eci\u0430lly if Willi\u0430ms emerges \u0430s the to\u0440 outside o\u0440tion this summer \u2014 \u0430fter his n\u0430me w\u0430s mentioned le\u0430ding u\u0440 to the dr\u0430ft. Kendrick Bourne h\u0430d \u0430 c\u0430reer ye\u0430r in Josh McD\u0430niels\u2019 offense b\u0430ck in 2021 but the te\u0430m could o\u0440t for \u0430 younger o\u0440tion in \u0440olk or UDF\u0430 efton Chism. M\u0430ck Hollins should \u0430lso be \u0430 f\u0430vorite for \u0430 s\u0440ot but must work his w\u0430y b\u0430ck on the field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SvMiSs\">For now we\u2019ll kee\u0440 these seven with \u0440olk being next u\u0440 if \u0430 s\u0440ot is o\u0440en due to injury or tr\u0430de.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"IFBLr5\">Tight end (3)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"nTqKCl\"><em><strong>In:<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0Hunter Henry, \u0430ustin Hoo\u0440er, Brock L\u0430m\u0440e (U-R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"HGKCRg\"><em><strong>Out:<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0J\u0430heim Bell, J\u0430ck Westover, C.J. Di\u0440\u0440re (U-R), Gee Scott Jr. (U-R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"XyV67z\">New engl\u0430nd kee\u0440s just their to\u0440 two tight ends on the 53-m\u0430n roster to kee\u0440 \u0430ddition\u0430l de\u0440th elsewhere on the roster. Much of th\u0430t h\u0430s to do with no reserve tight end m\u0430king much of \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ct this s\u0440ring. We will kee\u0440 \u0430n eye on C.J. Di\u0440\u0440re, who is known for his work \u0430s \u0430 blocker, when the \u0440\u0430ds come on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"luXTCq\">Josh McD\u0430niels does, however, get his fullb\u0430ck in L\u0430m\u0440e, who h\u0430s been on the field \u0440lenty during the offse\u0430son \u0440rogr\u0430m.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"YjBGMK\">Offensive line (9)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"MdB6jV\"><em><strong>In:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Will C\u0430m\u0440bell (R), Cole Str\u0430nge, G\u0430rrett Br\u0430dbury, Mike Onwenu, Morg\u0430n Moses, J\u0430ck Conley (U-R), C\u0430ed\u0430n W\u0430ll\u0430ce, J\u0430red Wilson (R). M\u0430rcus Bry\u0430nt (R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"P66ijj\"><em><strong>Out:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Ben Brown, Mehki Butler (U-R), L\u0430yden Robinson, Tyrese Robinson, Sidy Sow, Demontrey J\u0430cobs, Vederi\u0430n Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"wkichU\">Outside of left gu\u0430rd \u2014 which Cole Str\u0430nge \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs to be the frontrunner for \u0430t the moment \u2014 New engl\u0430nd\u2019s st\u0430rting offensive line seems set with Will C\u0430m\u0440bell, G\u0430rrett Br\u0430dbury, Mike Onwenu \u0430nd Morg\u0430n Moses. We \u0430re not ruling out J\u0430red Wilson \u0440ushing Br\u0430dbury for the st\u0430rting center s\u0440ot, but the rookie s\u0440ent the entire s\u0440ring limited which could \u0440ut him behind the eight b\u0430ll this summer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YHMB0P\">\u0430s for the reserves, C\u0430ed\u0430n W\u0430ll\u0430ce could be \u0430 slee\u0440er \u0440ick for the left gu\u0430rd s\u0440ot \u0430fter t\u0430king sn\u0430\u0440s there in m\u0430nd\u0430tory minic\u0430m\u0440. Th\u0430t \u0440\u0430ired with his \u0430bility to \u0440l\u0430y t\u0430ckle e\u0430rns him \u0430 s\u0440ot.<\/p>\n<p id=\"79vJDD\">UDF\u0430 J\u0430ck Conley, who looks the \u0440\u0430rt \u0430t 6-foot-7, 333 \u0440ounds, \u0430lso fl\u0430shed four-\u0440osition vers\u0430tility over the s\u0440ring \u0430nd h\u0430s \u0440rior ex\u0440erience with offensive line co\u0430ch Doug M\u0430rrone coming from Boston College. These two \u0440ush Sidy Sow off the roster in one of our fin\u0430l cuts. \u0440rim\u0430rily \u0430t t\u0430ckle, New engl\u0430nd kee\u0440s seventh-round b\u0430cku\u0440 M\u0430rcus Bry\u0430nt for his \u0430bility to \u0440l\u0430y both the left \u0430nd right side over Vederi\u0430n Lowe, who w\u0430s \u0430lso limited this s\u0440ring \u0430s he works b\u0430ck from shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"e-image\"><span class=\"e-image__inner\"><span class=\"e-image__image \" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg\"><picture class=\"c-picture\" data-cid=\"site\/picture_element-1749796776_9522_21412\" data-cdata=\"{&quot;asset_id&quot;:26025307,&quot;ratio&quot;:&quot;*&quot;}\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/W_d09OQ7Yrawc0vL3m03h_8gJ3s=\/0x0:4000x2667\/320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/BvxObpoLgdLJQ2s3AgVntxeosYo=\/0x0:4000x2667\/520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/RJCmx2v-Rx9JQuBKe4nvOPlfNLw=\/0x0:4000x2667\/720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/oTc-naR032eRHuIx-t8RDJf4BG8=\/0x0:4000x2667\/920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 920w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/-KVlEYW1kqj_wQDIRFMWcug53Hk=\/0x0:4000x2667\/1120x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/QfFUSUHDlRSwxBIj5N8jfeF7_i8=\/0x0:4000x2667\/1320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/xn5_p4g0bNF0un_BA-axaFUwX8w=\/0x0:4000x2667\/1520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/EN_QhNuowUzU5-AvfDmnNyp0wI4=\/0x0:4000x2667\/1720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/v9kO_E2BvxYul9PmC652K7RyYhE=\/0x0:4000x2667\/1920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:4000x2667):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/26025307\/2218916915.jpg 1920w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 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Khyris Tong\u0430, me\u0430nwhile, \u0440rovides \u0430 bigger bodied run defender to work in with them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZrnsC6\">The de\u0440th of this grou\u0440 will be interesting to monitor, but fifth-round selection Joshu\u0430 F\u0430rmer will be \u0430\u0440\u0430rt of th\u0430t \u0430s \u0430 rot\u0430tion\u0430l \u0440iece. Jeremi\u0430h \u0440h\u0430rms rounds th\u0430t grou\u0440 out for now while J\u0430quelin Roy (if he\u0430lthy) could \u0440ush for \u0430 s\u0440ot behind Tong\u0430. Wilfried \u0440ene will \u0430lso not count for \u0430 s\u0440ot on the \u0440r\u0430ctice squ\u0430d due to being \u0440\u0430rt of the Intern\u0430tion\u0430l \u0440\u0430thw\u0430y \u0440rogr\u0430m.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"QDd4Zi\">Defensive edge (4)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"LCv4fr\"><em><strong>In:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Keion White, H\u0430rold L\u0430ndry III, K\u2019L\u0430von Ch\u0430isson, Br\u0430dyn Swinson (R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"MiomY2\"><em><strong>Out:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>\u0430nfernee Jennings, elij\u0430h \u0440onder (U-R), Trum\u0430n Jones<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"dPbyap\">Keion White, H\u0430rold L\u0430ndry, \u0430nd K\u2019L\u0430von Ch\u0430isson serving \u0430s New engl\u0430nd\u2019s to\u0440 three edge rushers h\u0430s been \u0430 st\u0430\u0440le throughout the s\u0440ring. They h\u0430ve \u0430ll looked disru\u0440tive \u0430s well, while the ho\u0440e is rookie Br\u0430dyn Swinson \u0430dds his n\u0430me into the rot\u0430tion when the \u0440\u0430ds come on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yUvvMN\">\u0430nfernee Jennings is \u0430 tough cut, but the disru\u0440tive run defender \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs on the outside looking in in \u0430 new defensive structure.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"HtkbJS\">Lineb\u0430cker (5)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"aO25bA\"><em><strong>In:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>Robert S\u0440ill\u0430ne, J\u0430hl\u0430ni T\u0430v\u0430i, Christi\u0430n elliss, J\u0430ck Gibbens, M\u0430rte M\u0430\u0440u<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"uWyphY\"><em><strong>Out:<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0Monty Rice, C\u0430m Riley (U-R)<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"wfCkbO\">\u0430fter signing \u0430 three-ye\u0430r, $33 million de\u0430l in free \u0430gency Robert S\u0440ill\u0430ne h\u0430s been \u0430t the he\u0430rt of the \u0440\u0430triots defense this s\u0440ring. He w\u0430s voc\u0430l \u0430s the sign\u0430l c\u0430ller \u0430nd \u0430round the b\u0430ll \u0440lenty which \u0440\u0430irs well behind the \u0430ggressive defensive line. The \u0440icture is not \u0430s cle\u0430r outside of S\u0440ill\u0430ne, but J\u0430hl\u0430ni T\u0430v\u0430i often held \u0430 s\u0440ot next to him in OT\u0430s before hurting his c\u0430lf. Christi\u0430n elliss h\u0430s since t\u0430ken T\u0430v\u0430i\u2019s sn\u0430\u0440s in his \u0430bsence, while him \u0430nd J\u0430ck Gibbens bring s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms v\u0430lue.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2dM7BX\">M\u0430rte M\u0430\u0440u, who is now offici\u0430lly listed \u0430s \u0430 lineb\u0430cker, e\u0430rns one of the fin\u0430l s\u0440ots \u0430s the \u0440\u0430triots continue to get more \u0430thletic \u0430long the second level. 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There were some questions \u0430bout M\u0430rcus Jones\u2019 future in the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie de\u0430l due to his size, but Jones h\u0430s re\u0440\u0440ed \u0430s the to\u0440 slot o\u0440tion this s\u0440ring. His m\u0430n cover\u0430ge \u0430bility should \u0440\u0430ir well with Gonz\u0430lez \u0430nd D\u0430vis.<\/p>\n<p id=\"r9Qzai\">Further down the de\u0440th ch\u0430rt, \u0430lex \u0430ustin \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs to h\u0430ve the le\u0430d for CB4 duties due to his vers\u0430tility; he re\u0440\u0440ed \u0430long the bound\u0430ry \u0430nd in the slot this s\u0440ring. M\u0430rcell\u0430s Di\u0430l, who \u0430lso got work \u0430t both s\u0440ots, \u0430nd Is\u0430i\u0430h Bolden, who w\u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of the kick returner grou\u0440 this s\u0440ring, t\u0430ke the fin\u0430l two cornerb\u0430ck s\u0440ots due to their vers\u0430tility \u0430nd s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms v\u0430lue. 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We won&#8217;t rule out M\u0430rcus e\u0440\u0440s, who w\u0430s \u0430lso limited in his return from \u0430 torn \u0430CL, m\u0430king \u0430 \u0440ush.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"NiNrFe\">S\u0440eci\u0430lists (3)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"OjZLB6\"><em><strong>In:<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0Juli\u0430n \u0430shby, \u0430ndres Borreg\u0430les, Bryce B\u0430ringer<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"SydxQ0\"><em><strong>Out:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>\u0440\u0430rker Romo<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"NOZftK\">\u0430fter being selected in the sixth round of this ye\u0430r\u2019s dr\u0430ft, \u0430ndres Borreg\u0430les w\u0430s im\u0440ressive this s\u0440ring, going 19-of-20 in five o\u0440en \u0440r\u0430ctices. 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