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The NFL offseason roster limit is 90 players. However, a player from the International Player Pathway Program is allowed a roster exemption. Since the New England Patriots signed UDFA Jothan Russell (Australia) they currently have 91 players on their 90-man roster. A view at the team as it looks today:
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The NFL will release its 2024 regular season and preseason schedules on Wednesday night. Here are all the news and rumors leading up to the event.
The New England Patriots’ opponents for the upcoming season are already set, now it is time to find out when they will square off against them: at 8 p.m. ET on May 15, the NFL will announce its full regular season schedule.
Before taking a look at all the latest news and rumors, a reminder who will be on the Patriots’ 2024 schedule:
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Schooler enters his third-year in the NFL.
For the first two years of his NFL career, specialist Brenden Schooler watched Matthew Slater’s every move. With Slater now retired (and holding an advisor role with the team), Schooler is ready to take what he learned from the 10-time Pro Bowler to help fill his shoes.
That starts off-the-field, where the 26-year old has taken a larger leadership role through the early stages of the New England Patriots offseason program.
“Being one of those guys that has a lot of game experience, especially when you’re talking about special teams and that core...
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Brenden Schooler is facing quite the adjustment period entering his third season with the Patriots, in more ways than one.
Schooler has been a tremendous special teamer throughout his time in New England, leading the unit in tackles last season. He also led the unit in penalties, though, so as he looks to expand his responsibilities following Matthew Slater’s retirement this offseason, he’ll have to strike the right balance — with some help from the future Hall of Famer.
“I love this game and wear my emotions on my sleeve,” Schooler said Tuesday, per ESPN’s Mike Reiss. “… That’s something...
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FOXBORO, Mass. — Caedan Wallace is exceedingly confident he will be able to fill one of the New England Patriots most glaringly needs.
Wallace, who said he could play left tackle immediately after he was selected in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft, doubled and tripled down after two practices with the Patriots. Wallace lined up at left tackle during rookie minicamp at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, a session that was open to the media.
“Honestly, just little things,” Wallace said when asked the differences from the right edge to the left. “I don’t find it all too...
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The New England Patriots promoted a pair of internal candidates as they backfilled the wide-ranging role of Bill Belichick this offseason.
But was that the correct way to go about it?
New England on Saturday officially named Eliot Wolf as its executive vice president of player personnel. Wolf, who previously served as New England’s director of scouting, was widely viewed as the favorite to land the job since he was the team’s de facto general manager since Belichick’s departure.
Wolf’s promotion concluded the Patriots hiring carousel four months after Jerod Mayo was named as the successor to Belichick’s head coaching...
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The Patriots’ offseason program is underway, but there still is an opportunity for New England to upgrade the roster.
June 1 is a key deadline on the NFL calendar as it’s when teams that have designated players as post-June 1 releases can benefit from the salary cap space.
New England doesn’t need that benefit since it still has enough cap space to sign players, but there will be multiple veterans signed after that deadline, so it could be the last chance for Eliot Wolf to make a move after he received the title of executive vice president of player personnel....
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The New England Patriots released veteran running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn yesterday. They signed four undrafted free agents as well, following their rookie minicamp. Following the transactions, the only open 90-man roster spots on the 90-man roster are for the five draft selections yet to sign
Ke’Shawn Vaughn was a third-round selection by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2020 NFL Draft. This followed consecutive 1,000-yard campaigns at Vanderbilt to finish his college career. He remained with the Buccaneers until being waived on Dec. 15, 2023.
During his four seasons in Tampa Bay, Vaughn appeared in 43 games. He totaled 103...
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New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye and wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk hit the practice fields outside of Gillette Stadium for the first time this past weekend at rookie minicamp.
But their time wasn’t completely filled with football.
Maye and Polk also attended Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers on Sunday night at TD Garden. The duo took in the action from the front row while donning custom Bruins jerseys with their names on the back.
Maye and Polk were mic’d up for the experience and it provided some worthwhile moments, including them...
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The New England Patriots got started on grooming No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye this past weekend at rookie minicamp.
First-year head coach Jerod Mayo and the Patriots are making sure there aren’t too many cooks in the kitchen when it comes to Maye’s development. To prevent that, they are handing the brunt of the responsibility of coaching up Maye to new offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt.
That’s a decision former Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe is fully on board with.
Bledsoe got to know Van Pelt during their time playing together with the Buffalo Bills and Bledsoe believes Maye is...
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A look at how the draft is impacting the Patriots’ 90-man roster.
The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books, and the New England Patriots were quite busy. Originally entering with 71 players on the roster — leaving 19 spots open for draft selections as well as rookie free agents — the team filled eight of those through the draft.
Substantial change was coming from the first round on Thursday night on. In order not to get lost, and to find out where the new players fit onto the roster, please make sure to regularly revisit this regularly updated Patriots...
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