Don't count on those trades. Lots of teams have tough cuts and why would a team trade for someone who can't make the cut? Maybe a guy like Bourne could have value, but for the most part, if they have value to other teams they have value to us.
Part of the process, I think we all maintain this is not a one-year process, but year one of the process is off to a great start. Trades could be tricky b/c all teams know we and any other team have to make roster cuts. They will wait until a player is cut then move in.
Vrabel can take 90 players into full training camp. He can carry all of them until after the 2nd preseason game when he has to cut to 73. Then he has two weeks to trim down to 58. Plus 17 on the Practice Squad if other teams don't poach.
Unless there is a known market and the team in question is further back in the claim pecking order.
Was not aware, that's interesting.
As of 2023, all cuts are made after final preseason game.
That's right.....I totally forgot that rule change. F*ckin' Brutal!!!
Hoping he's a diamond in the rough. Going to be tough for him to break into that crowded WR room.Patriots’ new free agent signing is their next Rex Burkhead at running back | Sporting News
New England might've found a sleeper.www.sportingnews.com
I am wondering if he could make the team as a ST player then be used as needed situationally
After this off season and draft whatever Mike and company do, I'm on board.
Well I want to agree we use to say in BB we trust and that didn't end up so good. But I am more than pleased with how this team is progressing.
BB never really earned the team. He had the right players early on and they won. He had issues with key players like Law and Malloy. TB really was the glue that allowed the BB way to assimilate into the Patriot way. Without TB that glue was gone, as well as the winning. I don't discount BB's impact, but he needed the TB pressence.
But getting into the RB room should be a lot easier...
 Javon Baker | 6 | WR | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | 2 CUT/Practice Squad | |
 Kendrick Bourne | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | 9 TRADE/CUT | |
 Kayshon Boutte | 9 | WR | 5-11 | 197 | 22 | 3 #4 | |
 Stefon Diggs | 8 | WR | 6-0 | 191 | 31 | 11 #1 | |
 DeMario Douglas | 3 | WR | 5-8 | 192 | 24 | 3 #2 | |
 Mack Hollins | 13 | WR | 6-4 | 221 | 31 | 9 #2 | |
 John Jiles | 83 | WR | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | 1 #3 | |
 Ja'Lynn Polk | 1 | WR | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | 2 CUT/Practice Squad | |
 Kyle Williams | - | WR | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | R #3 |
I don't think he can make it in the WR room.
"While the 6-foot, 215-pound runner has a strong track record for production, Larison also has some traits that could fit in right at home with Vrabel. Outside of an elite mustache, the Idaho native was the top high school steer wrestler in the United States, adding some extra toughness to the Patriots backfield."
I think Chism will be PS. No way he leapfrogs Boutte.Williams was a 3rd round pick, and he's guaranteed a spot.
UDFA WR Efton Chism clocked a 4.71 in the 40 and projects as a fringe slot receiver. He totaled more than 2,200 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns over the past two seasons.
He was actually much more productive than Polk or Baker in college. That and he gets separation in almost every one on one situation.
Both of the 2024 picks will either be cuts or Practice Squad. There is no love for either. They both mess their pants last year and will have to be ten times better or they'll be noithing more than a memory.
6 WR 6-1 202 23 2 CUT/Practice Squad 84 WR 6-1 205 29 9 TRADE/CUT 9 WR 5-11 197 22 3 #4 8 WR 6-0 191 31 11 #1 3 WR 5-8 192 24 3 #2 13 WR 6-4 221 31 9 #2 83 WR 6-3 220 24 1 #3 1 WR 6-1 203 24 2 CUT/Practice Squad - WR 5-10 190 22 R #3
Efrom Chism WR 5-11 198 22 R #3
