Even though they still have one preseason game left to play, the New England Patriots are already in the process of turning the page towards the early regular season. Their training camp is officially in the books — it ended on Thursday with the final joint practice with the New York Giants — and the season opener versus the Miami Dolphins is only 15 days away.
Before the team will open its 2021 campaign against its AFC East rivals, however, it will have to trim its roster: while currently 80 players are under contract, only 53 of them will be able to survive cutdown day on August 31st.