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Patriots 53-man roster projection: Receiver reinforcements spelling doom for Smith-Schuster, Thornton?

With the New England Patriots’ training camp right around the corner, now is a perfect time to try to predict their initial 53-man roster — if for no other reason than to laugh at myself when it happens.

A reminder that players can now start on injured reserve before the cutdown deadline and still come off, which adds a little flexibility for the team, even though it won’t have any impact on this prediction. Let’s get into it.

Quarterback (3)

In: Jacoby Brissett, Drake Maye, Joe Milton III

Out: Bailey Zappe

This is a pretty obvious one.