The Patriots have too many receivers on this 90-man roster. They might only keep six. In this exercise, Polk and Baker make it due to their potential. Bourne is a great locker room presence and a tough cut, but he’s been mostly working with the second team this summer.

The Patriots are entering their third week of training camp. Let’s take another crack at a 53-man roster projection with the Patriots’ first preseason game of the summer on the horizon this week against the Commanders.

The New England Patriots have yet to take their first preseason snap, but they have put together a week of training camp practices to evaluate. There is still plenty of work to be done as the coaches evaluate individual players and ultimately trim the roster down to the 53-man allowance.