Well, the New England Patriots have released their first depth chart of the season.
This is a big post so it will all be after the jump!
OFFENSE
WR:1. Randy Moss
2. Wes Welker
3. Julian Edelman
4. Brandon Tate
5. Matthew Slater
6. Darnell Jenkins
7. Taylor Price
LT:
1. Matt Light
2. Sebastian Vollmer
LG:1. Logan Mankins
2. Dan Connolly
C:1. Dan Koppen
2. Dan Connolly
RG:1. Stephen Neal
2. Rich Ohrnberger
RT:1. Nick Kaczur
2. Sebastian Vollmer
TE:1. Alge Crumpler
2. Rob Gronkowski
3. Rob Myers
QB:1. Tom Brady
2. Brian Hoyer
RB:1. Laurence Maroney
2. Fred Taylor
Passing Down RB:1. Kevin Faulk
2. Sammy Morris
DEFENSE
LDE:1. Ty Warren
2. Myron Pryor
NT:1. Vince Wilfork
2. Ron Brace
RDE:1. Mike Wright
2. Gerard Warren
3. Brandon Deaderick
ROLB:1. Tully Banta-Cain
2. Pierre Woods
ILB:1. Jerod Mayo
2. Gary Guyton
3. Eric Alexander
4. Brandon Spikes
LOLB:1. Rob Ninkovich
2. Dane Fletcher
CB:1. Leigh Bodden
2. Darius Butler
3. Jonathan Wilhite
4. Terrence Wheatley
SS:1. Brandon Meriweather
2. Pat Chung
FS:1. James Sanders
2. Brandon McGowan
SPECIALISTS
K:1. Stephen Gostkowski
2. Zoltan Mesko
P:1. Zoltan Mesko
2. Stephen Gostkowski
H:
1. Zoltan Mesko
2. Brian Hoyer
PR:1. Kevin Faulk
2. Terrence Wheatley
KR:1. Matthew Slater
2. Laurence Maroney
LS:1. Jake Ingram
So what are we left with? Nothing much. Don't look too much into this depth chart.
Here's some things that stick out:
1) Some draft picks are omitted (Devin McCourty, Jermaine Cunningham, Aaron Hernandez).
2) James Sanders is listed as a starter at safety, but Brandon Meriweather is still listed as SS, when he has a better nose for a FS.
3) The running backs (Maroney and Taylor) are separated from the backs who catch out of the back field (Faulk and Morris). BJGE is nowhere to be seen.
4) No Torry Holt. But there is a Ron Brace.
5) Logan Mankins is still starting left guard.
6) Vollmer is slotted behind Kaczur (not going to happen due to the injury and because Vollmer is better).
7) Wheatley's been tapped for punt returns, but Edelman isn't listed.
8) Welker makes the chart.
9) No Tyrone McKenzie.
10) This is as bare bones as the roster will ever be. While it's fun to see where people are placed, most of this really means nothing. At all.