Mike Reiss | ESPNBoston.com
A suggestion from Twitter follower
@kearseofjevon was to list the Patriots' numerical roster for those watching tonight's preseason opener.
"Lot of turnover,"
he tweeted.
Great idea, so here it is:
3 -- K Stephen Gostkowski
5 -- QB Tim Tebow
6 -- P Ryan Allen
10 -- WR Michael Jenkins (inactive)
11 -- WR Julian Edelman
12 -- QB Tom Brady
13 -- WR Mark Harrison (inactive)
14 -- P Zoltan Mesko
15 -- QB Ryan Mallett
16 -- WR Kamar Aiken
17 -- WR Aaron Dobson
18 -- WR Matthew Slater
21 -- CB Ras-I Dowling (inactive)
22 -- RB Stevan Ridley
23 -- CB/S Marquice Cole
24 -- S Adrian Wilson
25 -- CB Kyle Arrington
26 -- CB Logan Ryan
27 -- S Tavon Wilson
28 -- S Steve Gregory
29 -- RB LeGarrette Blount
30 -- S Duron Harmon
31 -- CB Aqib Talib
32 -- C/CB Devin McCourty (non-contact jersey; likely inactive)
33 -- RB Leon Washington
34 -- RB Shane Vereen
35 -- RB George Winn
36 -- CB Brandon Jones
37 -- CB Alfonzo Dennard (likely inactive)
38 -- RB Brandon Bolden
39 -- FB Ben Bartholomew
41 -- CB Justin Green
43 -- S Nate Ebner (inactive)
44* -- S Kanorris Davis
44* -- TE Zach Sudfeld
45 -- LB Steve Beauharnais
46 -- FB James Develin
47 -- TE Michael Hoomanawanui
48 -- LS Danny Aiken
49* -- TE Brandon Ford (inactive)
49* -- LB A.J. Edds
50 -- DE Rob Ninkovich
51 -- LB Jerod Mayo
52 -- LB Dane Fletcher
53 -- LB Jeff Tarpinian
54 -- LB Dont'a Hightower
55 -- LB Brandon Spikes
58 -- DE Marcus Benard
59 -- LB Mike Rivera
60 -- OT Brice Schwab
61 -- G/T Marcus Cannon (inactive)
62 -- C Ryan Wendell
63 -- G Dan Connolly (inactive)
64* -- G Chris McDonald
64* -- DT Joe Vellano
65 -- C/G Luke Patterson
66 -- G/T Markus Zusevics (inactive)
67* -- C Josh Kline
67* -- DT Cory Grissom
68* -- G Tyronne Green (inactive)
68* -- DE Jason Vega
69 -- DT Anthony Rashad White
70 -- G Logan Mankins
71 -- OT R.J. Mattes
72 -- OT Kevin Haslam (inactive)
74 -- T/G Will Svitek
75 -- DT Vince Wilfork
76 -- OT Sebastian Vollmer
77 -- OT Nate Solder
80 -- WR Danny Amendola
82 -- WR Josh Boyce
83 -- WR Johnathan Haggerty
84 -- WR Quentin Sims
85 -- WR Kenbrell Thompkins
86 -- TE Daniel Fells
87 -- TE Rob Gronkowski (inactive)
88 -- TE Jake Ballard
90 -- LB Niko Koutouvides
91 -- LB Jamie Collins
92 -- DE Jake Bequette
93 -- DT Tommy Kelly
94 -- DE Justin Francis
95 -- DE Chandler Jones
96 -- DE Jermaine Cunningham (inactive)
97 -- DT Armond Armstead (inactive)
98 -- DT Marcus Forston
99 -- DE Michael Buchanan
* Players wear the same numbers because there are 90 players on the roster and thus not enough numbers available in certain cases.