which means that they will head Womens Julian Edelman Jersey into the second half of the season with the same core of players they already used from weeks one through seven. That being said, NFL rosters are obviously flexible constructs with injuries in particular impacting how a team builds and maintains its 53-man team and 10-man practice squad over the course of a season.New players are added to those teams on a regular basis, and with the season already in full swing need to be brought up to speed as quickly as possible. “The position coach will take the lead on that,” explained Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels during a conference call on Tuesday when asked about the challenges of signing new players during the season. “Our job is to begin that new process with that new player.”McDaniels’ unit saw plenty of additions this year. Not only did the team draft five offensive guys – of which only one, running back Sony Michel, is still on the active roster –, it also added numerous outside free agents between March and now. The latest of which is former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who joined the team via trade in mid-September and has since grown into one of the Patriots’ top-two wide receivers.His development from comparatively low-cost acquisition to starting receiver on one of the NFL’s best offenses would not have been possible without the coaching staff’s support. “It’s not to get him to know everything that Julian [Edelman] or Tom [Brady] knows by the end of this week,” acknowledged McDaniels yesterday when talking about the team’s process. “If there’s a player that comes in new, we try to put one foot in front of the next and try to make progress each day and each meeting that we have with the player.”“If that player is eventually going to play for us this week or down the road Authentic Ja'Whaun Bentley Jersey , then whatever that player can do to help us, those are the things we’re going to ask of them,” McDaniels continued. “It doesn’t really make much sense to ask more than that because if we’re going to put him in a position to do something he doesn’t know how to do yet or isn’t comfortable doing, then we’re just putting the team at risk.”In the case of Gordon and the aforementioned Michel, the circumstances of them joining the team were different but the approach and the positive results so far were the same. And according to McDaniels, the lower-level position coaches have to receive much of the credit for this. “[They] do a tremendous job of splitting their time when those things happen,” the 42-year old said about his colleagues.“Some of our younger quality control guys certainly do a great job of trying to help us caught up there — Jerry [Schuplinski] and Cole [Popovich] and Atif [Austin] and Nick Caley when he was doing that,” noted New England’s offensive coordinator. “Those guys have all spent extra time with [newly added players] to try to get them caught up in terms of our system and the terminology and all that.”While this process does not always yield the desired results, the Patriots’ staff — arguably more so than any other in the NFL — regularly succeeds in putting its in-season signings in a position to quickly contribute. And according to McDaniels, the coaches themselves also benefit from being part of this process. “It kind of takes you back to when you start your foundational teaching with rookies and new players Authentic Trey Flowers Jersey ,” he said. “Our staff does a great job when it occurs, and if it happens again at any point in time, we’ll look forward to doing that with the next guy.”2018 Patriots roster cuts: New England places wide receiver Braxton Berrios on injured reserve The New England Patriots will have to cut their roster down to 53 men by 4:00 p.m. ET today, and there are multiple way of doing that. One is putting players on the injured reserve list, something the Patriots already did twice today: offensive tackle Ulrick John and tight end Ryan Izzo will all spend the 2018 season on the sidelines. Now, a third player joins them in rookie wide receiver Braxton Berrios.According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, New England has placed Berrios on injured reserve:The sixth-round draft selection appeared in the first of New England’s preseason contests – playing 11 offensive snaps and registering one catch for three yards while also serving as a punt and kickoff returner –, but has been a no-show ever since. It now looks as if he suffered some previously unreported injury along the way that will keep him out this year.Berrios was not guaranteed a spot on the Patriots’ roster, but still spend the entire 2018 season in New England by getting placed on injured reserve. His rookie campaign could therefore be seen as a redshirt season.