Given that this week is pretty boring in terms of stuff to talk about, I wanted to get a look of what the Patriots will be like in 2018 and what roster building they have to do. Contract numbers are per Spotrac and Miguel and I gave details on the ramifications of dead money if traded or released on guys that aren't on rookie contracts except the QBs because they aren't going anywhere. The team will carry almost $1 million in dead money from previous releases or trades. I may have some figures that don't include LTBE or NLTBE so I apologize but this is a rough overview of what the roster looks like going into free agency/draft.
Players Under Contract(by position) and Cap Hits
QB Tom Brady $22 million
QB Brian Hoyer $915,000
RB James White $2,437,500(dead money on '18 and '19 cap so he stays)
RB Mike Gillislee $2,181,250(no dead money on cap if traded or released)
FB James Develin $1.275 million
WR Brandin Cooks $8,459,000(no dead money on cap if traded or released)
WR Julian Edelman $4,666,666($2 million dead money if released. $0 if traded)
WR Chris Hogan $3.5 million (no dead money on cap if traded or released)
WR Phillip Dorsett $1,544,573( 2 years left on contract with no dead money)
WR Kenny Britt $1,468,750(no dead money)
WR Malcolm Mitchell $774,498
TE Rob Gronkowski $11 million(not going anywhere)
TE Martellus Bennett $6,187,500(no dead money on 18/19 caps if traded or released)
TE Dwayne Allen $5 million(no dead money on 18/19 caps if traded or released)
TE Jacob Hollister $555,000
T Marcus Cannon $6.05 million (too much dead money to release or trade)
T Antonio Garcia $781,538
T Cole Croston $557,000
T Andrew Jelks $555,000
G Joe Thuney $858, 357
G Shaq Mason $815,882
C David Andrews $1.65 million
DT Alan Branch $4.55 million(club option and $1 million in dead money if not picked up)
DT Malcolm Brown $2,422,392
DT Vincent Valentine $806,355
DT Adam Butler $556,656
DT/DE Lawrence Guy $3.10 million(too much dead money on 18/19 caps to cut or trade)
DE Trey Flowers $844,733
DE Geneo Grissom $705,000
DE Deatrich Wise $698,970
DE Keionta Davis $555,000
DE Eric Lee $555,000
ILB Kyle Van Noy $4,166,666($5 million in dead money if cut or traded)
ILB David Harris $2.75 million($625,000 in dead money if cut or traded)
ILB Elandon Roberts $655,089
ILB Nicholas Grigsby $630,000
OLB Dont'a Hightower $8,523,435(over $20 million in dead cap space over 18-20 caps if cut or traded)
OLB Shea McClellin $3.583 million(less than a million in dead money if cut or traded)
OLB Derek Rivers $783,724
CB Stephon Gilmore $12,506,250(not going anywhere)
CB Eric Rowe $1,100,435
CB Cyrus Jones $1,092,737
CB Jonathan Jones $633,334
S Devin McCourty $11,935,000(not going anywhere)
S Duron Harmon $3.5 million($3.75 million in dead money on 18-19 caps if cut or traded)
S Patrick Chung $3.8 million($800k in dead money)
S Jordan Richards $1,180,948
P Ryan Allen $2 million
K Stephen Gostkowski $5 million($1.5 million in dead money)
LS Joe Cardona $730,000
Key Free Agents
LT Nate Solder
CB Malcolm Butler
ST Matthew Slater
RB Dion Lewis
WR Danny Amendola
RB Rex Burkhead
ST Nate Ebner
RB/ST Brandon Bolden
LB Marquis Flowers
T Cam Fleming
T LaAdrian Waddle
Biggest Draft Needs
RB, LB, CB QB, OL, DL
Players I'd like to see Pats target
RB Royce Freeman, Oregon
CB Isaiah Oliver, Colorado
DE/OLB Ben Banogu, TCU
QB Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma St.
ATH Jaylen Samuels, NC State
DE Harold Landry, BC
LB Malik Jefferson, Texas
Players Under Contract(by position) and Cap Hits
QB Tom Brady $22 million
QB Brian Hoyer $915,000
RB James White $2,437,500(dead money on '18 and '19 cap so he stays)
RB Mike Gillislee $2,181,250(no dead money on cap if traded or released)
FB James Develin $1.275 million
WR Brandin Cooks $8,459,000(no dead money on cap if traded or released)
WR Julian Edelman $4,666,666($2 million dead money if released. $0 if traded)
WR Chris Hogan $3.5 million (no dead money on cap if traded or released)
WR Phillip Dorsett $1,544,573( 2 years left on contract with no dead money)
WR Kenny Britt $1,468,750(no dead money)
WR Malcolm Mitchell $774,498
TE Rob Gronkowski $11 million(not going anywhere)
TE Martellus Bennett $6,187,500(no dead money on 18/19 caps if traded or released)
TE Dwayne Allen $5 million(no dead money on 18/19 caps if traded or released)
TE Jacob Hollister $555,000
T Marcus Cannon $6.05 million (too much dead money to release or trade)
T Antonio Garcia $781,538
T Cole Croston $557,000
T Andrew Jelks $555,000
G Joe Thuney $858, 357
G Shaq Mason $815,882
C David Andrews $1.65 million
DT Alan Branch $4.55 million(club option and $1 million in dead money if not picked up)
DT Malcolm Brown $2,422,392
DT Vincent Valentine $806,355
DT Adam Butler $556,656
DT/DE Lawrence Guy $3.10 million(too much dead money on 18/19 caps to cut or trade)
DE Trey Flowers $844,733
DE Geneo Grissom $705,000
DE Deatrich Wise $698,970
DE Keionta Davis $555,000
DE Eric Lee $555,000
ILB Kyle Van Noy $4,166,666($5 million in dead money if cut or traded)
ILB David Harris $2.75 million($625,000 in dead money if cut or traded)
ILB Elandon Roberts $655,089
ILB Nicholas Grigsby $630,000
OLB Dont'a Hightower $8,523,435(over $20 million in dead cap space over 18-20 caps if cut or traded)
OLB Shea McClellin $3.583 million(less than a million in dead money if cut or traded)
OLB Derek Rivers $783,724
CB Stephon Gilmore $12,506,250(not going anywhere)
CB Eric Rowe $1,100,435
CB Cyrus Jones $1,092,737
CB Jonathan Jones $633,334
S Devin McCourty $11,935,000(not going anywhere)
S Duron Harmon $3.5 million($3.75 million in dead money on 18-19 caps if cut or traded)
S Patrick Chung $3.8 million($800k in dead money)
S Jordan Richards $1,180,948
P Ryan Allen $2 million
K Stephen Gostkowski $5 million($1.5 million in dead money)
LS Joe Cardona $730,000
Key Free Agents
LT Nate Solder
CB Malcolm Butler
ST Matthew Slater
RB Dion Lewis
WR Danny Amendola
RB Rex Burkhead
ST Nate Ebner
RB/ST Brandon Bolden
LB Marquis Flowers
T Cam Fleming
T LaAdrian Waddle
Biggest Draft Needs
RB, LB, CB QB, OL, DL
Players I'd like to see Pats target
RB Royce Freeman, Oregon
CB Isaiah Oliver, Colorado
DE/OLB Ben Banogu, TCU
QB Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma St.
ATH Jaylen Samuels, NC State
DE Harold Landry, BC
LB Malik Jefferson, Texas