Patriots Initial 53-Man Roster After Final Cuts
The New England Patriots had to make a lot of cuts to shrink the active roster to 53 players. The team has released the full list of cuts, and from what we can see, 24 players didn’t survive Saturday’s cuts. New England lost wide receivers Jeff Thomas, Devin Ross, Isaiah Zuber, and Andre Baccellia; running backs Lamar Miller and J.J. Taylor; tight ends Jake Burt, Paul Butler, and Paul Quessenberry; outside linebackers Rashod Berry and Tashawn Bower; quarterback Brian Lewerke; defensive tackles Nick Thurman, Xavier Williams and Bill Murray; offensive linemen Tyler Gauthier and Ben Braden; cornerbacks Myles Bryant and D’Angelo Ross; and linebackers Terez Hall, Cassh Maluia and Scoota Harris; and kickers Justin Rohrwasser and Nick Folk.
Head coach Bill Belichick selected Rohrwasser and Maluia in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Mohamed Sanu is also out. The team released him earlier in the week. Cornerback Michael Jackson and defensive tackle Michael Barnett are no longer playing with the team.
New England Patriots to change the roster ahead of Week 1
The Patriots’ initial roster doesn’t have an undrafted rookie for the first time in 17 years. This roster will see a lot of changes before Game 1 against the Miami Dolphins. New England always adds players through trades, waiver claims or free agency.
Some of the cuts will be able to rejoin the team if the Pats move any members of the active roster to IR. Players can be added to IR and return at some point of th eseason only if they belong to the initial 53-man roster.
New England doesn’t have a kicker at the moment, and Folk may be among the first players to return.
Players can return from IR in three weeks and NFL teams are allowed to return an unlimited number of players.
Beau Allen and Damien Harris will probably end up on the IR list.
NFL teams can carry up to six names with unlimited NFL experience on the practice unit. Miller and players like him can use this rule. He showed up at Patriots practice Monday after spending significant time on PUP list.
The full roster doesn’t come as a surprise
Here’s the initial 53-man roster:
QUARTERBACKS
Brian Hoyer
Cam Newton
Jarrett Stidham
RUNNING BACKS
Rex Burkhead
Damien Harris
Sony Michel
James White
FULLBACK
Jakob Johnson
TIGHT ENDS
Devin Asiasi
Dalton Keene
Ryan Izzo
WIDE RECEIVERS
Damiere Byrd
N’Keal Harry
Julian Edelman
Jakobi Meyers
Gunner Olszewski
OFFENSIVE LINE
David Andrews
Yodny Cajuste
Korey Cunningham
Jermaine Eluemunor
Justin Herron
Hjalte Froholdt
Shaq Mason
Michael Onwenu
Joe Thuney
Isaiah Wynn
DEFENSIVE LINE
Beau Allen
Adam Butler
Byron Cowart
Lawrence Guy
Deatrich Wise
LINEBACKER
Ja’Whaun Bentley
Shilique Calhoun
Brandon Copeland
Anfernee Jennings
Derek Rivers
John Simon
Josh Uche
Chase Winovich
CORNERBACK
Justin Bethel
Stephon Gilmore
J.C. Jackson
Jonathan Jones
Jason McCourty
SAFETY
Terrence Brooks
Cody Davis
Kyle Dugger
Devin McCourty
Adrian Phillips
Joejuan Williams
SPECIALISTS
P Jake Bailey
LS Joe Cardona
ST Matthew Slater