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Chief Thoughts: Musings on the Patriots’ 53-man roster and the start of the regular season

Although the New England Patriots may be making some minor subtractions and additions throughout the week, the general shape of their 53-man roster has been cemented. Last week, we outlined the broad strokes of the roster. This week we are going to look a little deeper at the Patriots’ roster-building strategies, remark on a few issues, and discuss their season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

“The second round is where you gamble,” — Bill Bellichick

This was an interesting nugget from Tom E. Curran’s podcast. It came from a book called The War Room by Michael Holley.