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. 63 Tre’ Jackson, and the day before that it was No. 64 Chris Barker. Because today marks 62 days until the New England Patriots open 2015, we are profiling No. 62, offensive lineman Ryan Wendell.
Wendell came to New England in 2008 as an undrafted free agent, making him one of the longer-tenured players on the Patriots’ roster these days.