FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- After a flurry of moves Friday, the New England Patriots still have 12 transactions to make Saturday by 4 p.m. ET to be in compliance with the NFL's roster limit. It's possible they could practice today with more than 53 players and then make decisions after the workout.
Here's a breakdown from this viewpoint of the locks, those who appear to be safe, and those on the bubble:
LOCKS (38)
QB: Tom Brady, Jimmy Garoppolo
RB: LeGarrette Blount (doesn't count against initial 53-man roster), Jonas Gray, Brandon Bolden
OL: Nate Solder, Sebastian Vollmer, Marcus Cannon, Bryan Stork, Tre' Jackson, Shaq Mason, Ryan Wendell
TE: Rob Gronkowski, Scott Chandler
WR: Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, Brandon LaFell (PUP candidate)
DE: Chandler Jones, Rob Ninkovich, Jabaal Sheard, Trey Flowers, Geneo Grissom
DT: Sealver Siliga, Dominique Easley, Malcom Brown
LB: Jerod Mayo, Jamie Collins, Dont'a Hightower
CB: Malcolm Butler, Tarell Brown
S: Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung, Duron Harmon, Jordan Richards
P: Ryan Allen
LS: Joe Cardona
Specialist: Matthew Slater
APPEAR TO BE SAFE (11)
RB: Dion Lewis, James White
OT: Cameron Fleming
WR: Reggie Wayne
TE: Michael Hoomanawanui, Michael Williams
CB: Bradley Fletcher, Logan Ryan
DT: Alan Branch
LB: Jonathan Freeny
S: Nate Ebner
ON THE BUBBLE (17)
RB: Travaris Cadet
OL: David Andrews, Josh Kline
WR: Aaron Dobson, Chris Harper, Jalen Saunders
TE: Asante Cleveland
DT: Zach Moore
DE: Rufus Johnson
LB: Darius Fleming, Eric Martin, Xzavier Dickson
CB: Robert McClain, Dax Swanson, Justin Coleman
