“There’s, like, 70-something guys in the league that have been here that are playing for somebody else.”
Bill Belichick’s rough estimation in his Friday press conference wasn’t that rough at all.
As of Nov. 24, 71 former New England Patriots players reside on 53-man rosters around the rest of the NFL. Another 16 find themselves on practice squads, while 12 more find themselves on injured reserve.
All totaled, that number sits at 99.
“I don't know. Whatever the number is, it's a lot,” said the Patriots head coach. “Seventy to 90, somewhere in there depending on how you want to count the practice squad players and today’s waiver wire versus yesterday's waiver wire.