The football season hasn’t even arrived yet, but the madness, particularly from a personnel perspective, has already started for the New England Patriots.
On Tuesday, the team had to beat the deadline for trimming their 80-man roster down to 53 players, and then Wednesday was the deadline to get in waiver claims for practice squad players.
Cut days are never easy with even coach Bill Belichick himself admitting the process weighed heavily on him emotionally. However, now that all of that ugly business is in the rearview, Belichick and the team can finally shift focus to their season-opener against the Miami Dolphins in South Beach on September 11.
Here are four takeaways for the Patriots now that their roster is finally settled.