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To no one’s surprise, the New England Patriots are back in the Super Bowl, where they’ll square off with the high-flying Atlanta Falcons. The Pats were here two years ago, and won their fourth Super Bowl title in a thrilling game over the Seattle Seahawks, but were bounced by the eventual champion Denver Broncos in last year’s AFC Championship game. This season New England seemingly breezed through their schedule, including the first four games without quarterback Tom Brady because of his nonsensical suspension from the never ending bullshit saga that is Deflategate. They still managed to go 14-2 despite the controversy.
How do the Patriots do it every year? Well for starters, they’ve had the best quarterback and coach of all time for the past 16 years with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick respectively. They also have a great front office led by owner Robert Kraft. Let’s take a look at the rest of the Patriots roster from this year’s team.
Super Bowl 51 Viewing Details
Date: Sunday, February 5, 2017
Kickoff Time: 6:30 p.m. EST
Location: NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas
TV Channel: FOX
Stream: FOX Sports GO
Spread: Patriots -3
Announcers: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, and Chris Myers
Halftime Show: Lady Gaga
New England Patriots Depth Chart
Pos No. Player 1 – No. Player 2 – No. Player 3 – No. Player 4 – No. Player 5
OFFENSE
- WR – #15 Chris Hogan, #80 Danny Amendola, #18 Matthew Slater
- WR – #11 Julian Edelman, #19 Malcolm Mitchell, #14 Michael Floyd
- LT – #77 Nate Solder, #68 LaAdrian Waddle
- LG – #62 Joey Thuney, #69 Shaq Mason
- C – #60 David Andrews, #75 Ted Karras
- RG – #69 Shaq Mason, #75 Ted Karras
- RT – #61 Marcus Cannon, #71 Cameron Flemming
- TE – #88 Martellus Bennett, #82Matt Lengel
- RB – #28 James White, #33 Dion Lewis, James Develin
- RB – #29 LeGarrette Blount, Brandon Bolden, #27 D.J. Foster
- QB – #12 Tom Brady, #10 Jimmy Garoppolo, #7 Jacoby Brissett
DEFENSE
- DE – #95 Chris Long, #92 Geneo Grisson
- DT – #97 Alan Branch, #99 Vincent Valentine
- DT – #90 Malcolm Brown, #99 Vincent Valentine
- DE – #98 Trey Flowers, #93 Jabaal Sheard
- LB – #58 Shea McClellin, #51 Barkevious Mingo, Elandon Roberts
- LB – #54 Dont’a Hightower, #53 Kyle Van Noy
- LB – #50 Rob Ninkovich, #58 Shea McClellin
- CB – #26 Logan Ryan, #25 Eric Rowe, #24 Cyrus Jones
- CB – #21 Malcolm Butler, #22 Justin Coleman, #22 Jonathan Jones
- S – #23 Patrick Chung, #30 Duron Harmon, #37 Jordan Richards
- S – #32 Devin McCourty, #43 Nate Ebner, #36 Brandon King
SPECIAL TEAMS
- K – #3 Stephen Gostkowski
- P – #6 Ryan Allen
- H – #6 Ryan Allen
- PR – #80 Danny Amendola, #24 Cyrus Jones, #11 Julian Edelman
- KR – #24 Cyrus Jones, #80 Danny Amendola, #18 Matthew Slater, #27 D.J. Foster
- LS – #49 Joe Cardona
