Offensive Starters That Will Make The Roster
QB Tom Brady
RB Leonard Fournette
WR Mike Evans
WR Chris Godwin
TE Rob Gronkowski
TE O.J. Howard
LT Donovan Smith
LG Ali Marpet
C Ryan Jensen
RG Alex Cappa
RT Tristan Wirfs
Offensive Reserves That Will Make The Roster
RB Ronald Jones II
RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn
TE Cameron Brate
WR Scotty Miller
WR Tyler Johnson
OT Josh Wells
G Aaron Stinnie
Defensive Starters That Will Make The Roster
OLB Shaquil Barrett
DT Ndamukong Suh
NT Vita Vea
DE Will Gholston
OLB Jason Pierre-Paul
ILB Devin White
ILB Lavonte David
CB Carlton Davis III
CB Jamel Dean
NCB Sean Murphy-Bunting
FS Antoine Winfield, Jr.
SS Jordan Whitehead
Defensive Reserves That Will Make The Roster
OLB Anthony Nelson
DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches
DL Patrick O’Connor
ILB Kevin Minter
CB Herb Miller
FS Mike Edwards
Special Teams Starters That Will Make The Roster
K Ryan Succop
P Bradley Pinion
LS Zach Triner
So with 39-42 players already assured of roster spots – depending on the fates of Gabbert, Brown and Cockrell – that means that there are only 14-17 roster spots available for the defending Super Bowl champions in 2021. I can’t remember when such few roster spots were open heading into a season.
