Welcome to another installment in Musket Fire’s annual jersey number-dictated New England Patriots kick-off countdown series. For the duration of the summer, we will be profiling the player whose jersey number corresponds with the number of days left until the New England Patriots open the season against the Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 11. Since today marks 84 days until the Sunday Night Football opener, we are profiling No. 84, veteran wide receiver Nate Washington.
Size: 6-foot-1, 177 pounds
College: Tiffin University
2015 stats: 47 receptions, 658 yards, four touchdowns
NFL experience: 10 seasons
Hometown: Toledo, OH
Over the offseason, the Patriots handed Washington what is quite clearly a roster bubble contract, indicating that the 11th-year veteran will have to display his value early and often in training camp to keep his head above the water in the NFL as a 32-year-old wideout.