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. 86 A.J. Derby, and a few days before him it was No. 87 Rob Gronkowski. Because today marks 85 days until the New England Patriots open 2014, we are profiling No. 85, defensive end turned tight end Jake Bequette.
Note that Bequette is pictured above wearing No. 92, his defensive end number. Now that he’s a tight end, Bequette has switched to No.