The New England Patriots entered Saturday with 77 players on their active roster, but after a series of cuts have now made it below the league-mandated 53-man threshold. The initial roster is of course a flexible one — players will continue to get added and subtracted.
For the time being, however, the roster is light at some positions based on the talent currently under contract. If the Patriots were to make a trade or scan waivers for additional help, those would be the spots that could be targeted. Also, the undrafted rookie streak that was established back in 2003 has come to an end with rookie players having found themselves in a difficult situation this summer without preseason football.