With two preseason games in the books, the New England Patriots are slowly but steadily turning their attention toward the upcoming roster cutdown deadline. By August 29, clubs must be under the 53-player limit.
For the New England Patriots, this means cutting almost 40 players from their current squad of 90. While there appear to be quite a few safe bets in either direction of the decision-making process, several players remain on the roster bubble heading into the final week of preseason football.
Among those are five players that have been identified as “dark-horse candidates” to make the cut by patriots.