This is my best guess for next Sunday’s opener. Obviously there are some questions with Gronk and Easley’s health, but taking an optimistic approach on them here.
Gameday Roster:
QB (2) Brady, Garoppolo
RB (4) Ridley, Vereen, White, Develin
WR (6) Edelman, Dobson, Amendola, LaFell, Thompkins, Slater
TE (3) Gronkowski, Hoomanawanui, Wright
C (1) Wendell
G (2) Connolly, Kline
T (4) Solder, Vollmer, Cannon, Fleming
DE (3) Jones, Ninkovich, Buchanan
DT (4) Wilfork, Vellano, Easley, Siliga
ILB(2) Mayo, White
OLB(3) Hightower, Collins, Fleming
CB (4) Revis, Dennard, Ryan, Arrington
SS (2) Chung, Ebner
FS (2) McCourty, Harmon
ST (3) Gostkowski, Allen, Aiken
Lot of talk about Marcus Cannon and who the best five linemen are and as I’ve said most of the offseason I think Cannon is a tackle who can play guard in a pinch. There will be plenty of opportunities for him to get on the field with the Pats light on tight ends, and let’s not forget about Vollmer’s injury history.
So I continue to think it will be Solder-Kline-Wendell-Connolly-Vollmer with Cannon coming in for jumbo packages.