After the thrilling conclusion to the Patriots preseason, the only thing standing in the way of the start of real football was the cut-down to a 53 man roster. This year, the mid-preseason cut to 75 was removed, meaning teams would purge more than a third of their roster in a 48 hour span. The Patriots cuts didn’t carry too many shockers (you can see the roster tracker here), but they were very active in the trade market. Let’s take a look at the biggest takeaways from the final roster.
The team wasn’t as high on Austin Carr as the media
Once Julian Edelman was lost for the season, general consensus was that space may have freed up for the preseason fan-favorite from Northwestern.