Opening day countdowns are great. So are player profiles. Here at Musket Fire, we decided to combine them and create a Week 1 countdown-oriented, jersey number-dictated player profile series. Yesterday we looked at No. 53 Eric Martin, and the day before that it was No. 54 Dont’a Hightower. Because today marks 52 days until the New England Patriots open 2015, we are profiling No. 52, linebacker No. 52 Dane Fletcher.
Signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2010, Fletcher is a veteran of five NFL seasons (though his third season was wiped out by injury).