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TEAM
TALK
- Roster Moves: Pats released 21 players, placed 2 on IR to reach 53-man roster limit.
- Evan Lazar analyzes the initial 53-man roster, breaking it down position-by-position.
- Mike Dussault reports the Patriots will have an abbreviated week of preparation as the initial 53-man roster comes together and the focus turns to Week 1.
- Transcripts: Mike Vrabel – Drake Maye.
- Community: Mike Vrabel and Rob Gronkowski help welcome Morgan Wallen to debut shows at Gillette Stadium.
- Patriots Unfiltered: 53-man roster and cutdown day reports/analysis. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Pats Pulpit‘s Patriots practice squad tracker 2025: News, rumors, waiver wire pickups, analysis.
- Alex Barth looks at which positions New England will add depth to before Week 1.
- Doug Kyed takes a first look at the initial 53-man roster: 2 draft picks out, 8 wide receivers in.
- Karen Guregian lists the Pats keeping 8 receivers as one of biggest roster surprises.
- Mike D’Abate gives out five key takeaways from the initial 53-man roster. 1. Victors, by circumstance: There’s value in maintaining a veteran presence on a young, rebuilding team. But how long will they stay? 2. Offensive line still under review. More!
- Andrew Callahan explains how NFL cutdown day reminds us the Patriots are rebuilding.
- Mike Reiss reports Cole Strange, 2022 1st-round pick, was among yesterday’s roster cuts. The Pats project to start 2025 third-round pick Jared Wilson, of the University of Georgia, at left guard, with four-year veteran Ben Brown a top backup.
- Jake Seymour says LB Anfernee Jennings survived being cut after weeks of drama.
- Alex Barth reports rookie Andy Borregales won the kicker competition with Parker Romo being released.
- Jake Seymour explains why the Pats didn’t trade Kyle Dugger. A report surfaced that the Pats decided to keep Dugger after shopping him, receiving offers but failing to land a trade.
- Doug Kyed notes the Patriots granted veteran safety Marcus Epps’ request to be released on Tuesday, according to a source. Epps believed he was not a fit with the Patriots.
- Karen Guregian points out there’s a lot riding on the Drake Maye-Stefon Diggs connection: Will Maye be able to feed Diggs enough?
- Doug Kyed finds Drake Maye has a plan to get over his early-game jitters.
- Ethan Hurwitz points out nearly 50 former Patriots earn NFL roster spots.
- Pats Propaganda podcast: Clare and Chudders wrap up the Pats preseason and offseason. (44 min.)
- Pats Chat podcast: Doug Kyed & Michael Hurley break down the initial 53-man roster. (76 min.)
- The Patriots Report podcast: Chris Price and Chris Hogan discuss decisions that go into the cutdown process, who survived, why the Pats kept eight WRs, and Javon Baker the new Matthew Slater? (34 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Grant Gordon (NFL.com) Patriots cut 2022 first-round pick Cole Strange after three seasons.
- Dan Graziano (ESPN) 2025 NFL bold predictions: Potential surprises for 32 teams. Patriots: Don’t be surprised if … rookie TreVeyon Henderson is the team’s No. 1 running back all season.
- Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) Grading every team’s preseason. Patriots: B-. ‘… What brings New England’s grade down, however, was the play from its quarterbacks, specifically Drake Maye. It was a sneaky poor showing … completed 58.3% of his passes in brief appearances during the first two exhibitions with no passing touchdowns’.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) NFL preseason winners and losers: Rookies break out, Cowboys’ Jerry Jones looks silly and more. Winner: TreVeyon Henderson.
- Staff (Yahoo! Sports) Biggest names trimmed from rosters after cutdown day.
- Eric Edholm (NFL.com) 2025 NFL roster cuts: Seven biggest takeaways from 53-man deadline.
- Jared Dubin & Zachary Pereles (CBS Sports) The most surprising roster cuts. Cole Strange included.
- Mike Jones, et al (The Athletic) Steelers, Dolphins stuck in NFL purgatory, and they aren’t alone. /Freebie.
- Mark Maske (Washington Post) NFL primer: The chain gang is benched this year in favor of Hawk-Eye.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Report: NFL adjusts the Tom Brady broadcast rules.
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