Yahoo! Sports · Aug 22, 2025
Patriots Roster Projection: Final Prediction Before Cutdown Day
The New England Patriots will soon cut their roster down to 53.
New England spent months acquiring players, coaching them up, tinkering with a depth chart and competing in some extremely lopsided preseason matchups, all to slash their numbers in half this weekend and start preparing for a matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 1.
Who will stay? Who will go?
I’ll take a stab at guessing:
QB: (2)
IN: Drake Maye, Joshua Dobbs
OUT: Ben Wooldridge (PS)
Ben Wooldridge largely the better player during preseason contests, and likely earned himself a few more paychecks byway of the practice squad, but Josh Dobbs’ veteran experience will reign supreme in the backup quarterback competition.
