FOXBOROUGH — Patriots held a closed walkthrough today (they'll have another on Tuesday after a padded session Monday), so it's another good time to check in on where the roster stands.
A couple of quick notes from practice:
• Christian Gonzalez and Christian Barmore were not present, which will probably put their availability for the Eagles joint practices (Wednesday, Thursday open to the public) in jeopardy. If they aren't healthy enough for a walkthrough...
• As we reported, Dre'Mont Jones was back on the field in his starting spot after leaving practice on Saturday. He's expected to be in pads on Monday.
• The Patriots took the unusual step of running the first-team offense and scout defense into the bubble during practice, away from the media. The starting defense and scout team offense stayed on the field. I’m told it was not to work on top-secret stuff (the everlasting gobstopper?!). From the blaring metal music, my guess is they were doing Seattle noise prep.
As far as my new 53-man roster, I don't have a whole lot of major changes, but we did welcome four new players to the 53.
I'm still trading Kayshon Boutte, but that could change.
I'm still going with two quarterbacks, but that could change if Behren Morton keeps turning in good performances.
On to our fourth version of the Patriots' projected 53-man roster: