Final Patriots Roster Projection

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Mystic Merlin said:
The player has to be medically cleared to come off the NFI list, and if a player remains on the NFI list after the 53-man cutdown he is out the first four games.
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This is key. If Anderson is healthy, it is best to get him practicing so he can at least be in the conversation for Week 2 duties if not Week 1. Onwenu has been practicing for a week now so he will probably be ready for the Eagles game. So hopefully their recoveries can address one of the noticeable preseason weaknesses.
 
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Eh. He missed four FG under 50 yards last year, tied for the most in the league, and they rarely attempted kicks over 50. Sure he made most of his FG, but that’s true of pretty much every kicker in the league - and his inability to kick off (9% touchbacks! Most kickers were well above 50%) was a massive problem. Glad they finally moved on.
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Kickers last year were a combined 502/527 from inside 40 yards, or 95.2%. Folk being literally perfect on FGs under 40 yards (60 total kicks) over the last few years was useful, and while he was limited in a way that really no other kicker was from long distance, he was still 12/17 from 50+ yards, (70.6%), basically league average (kickers were 154/224 from 50+, or 68.8%). I'm sure the average 50+ yard kick was from farther away than Folk's average 50+ yard kick, but let's not act like Folk was completely useless on longer kicks. If the team was good enough for it to matter, his reliability may have been appreciated more (or his inability to boom kickoffs or reliably hit deep field goals may have killed them, who knows). He was our best offensive player the last few years, which says more about those around him than it does the man himself, but still.

The one odd note for him was that he was just 116/127 (91.3%) on extra points. Those fall well within his 40 yard range and below the league average of 94.6%.
 
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Justthetippett said:
Was going to say the same thing. Never count out BB for a surprise. They said, I bet Zappe comes back. I don't see him getting scooped up.
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Agree. If he ends up on the practice squad, wouldn't that be a way of keeping all three QBs while only having 2 (Jones, Cunningham) take up spots on the active roster?
 
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As a Zappe skeptic, I can’t say I’m floored. I just wasn’t sure if they’d be able to bring in an alternative backup at this stage, but someone like McCoy makes sense.
 
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My guess is they think Zappe clears and are using the roster spot for someone make the 53 then head to IR?

Seems a little dicey given Zappe showed some level of competence in real games last year
 
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Zappe looked like crap in preseason and reportedly struggled in practice, but he had familiarity with the team and played well when called upon last year. As a fourth round pick I'm kinda stunned by this. But I guess it never made much sense to have two young guys at the spot and a veteran presence might be better for Mac.
 
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All I can do is read into the statement someone made this week that Tom Brady would be back at Foxboro more than one week this year and wonder…

…what if?
 
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Odds seem reasonably strong to me that both Cunningham and Zappe clear waivers. Feels like at least one ends up back or on the practice squad. McCoy does seem like a decent fit to back up.
 
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rodderick said:
Zapper looked like crap in preseason and reportedly struggled in practice, but he had familiarity with the team and played well when called upon last year. As a fourth round pick I'm kinda stunned by this. But I guess it never made much sense to have two young guys at the spot and a veteran presence might be better for Mac.
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His accuracy stinks, he had a bad summer and it sure looks like BoB isn't a fan of his. I didn't find it shocking he was cut.
 
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Zappe was only a surprise because of the lack of other options on the roster, he's not good at all and doesn't have the physical tools to ever be even a top tier backup.
 
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They sat Mac at one point last year for the guy they just cut. Crazy. So they briefly were more confident in Zappe last year, and now they’re so down on him after a poor camp they’d rather just have one QB?

My guess is they think at least one of Zappe or Cunningham clears waivers? Who knows.

And now I see JJ’s gone too.

Could some kind of major trade be in the works?
 
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