By A. Sherrod Blakely
CSNNE.com Celtics Insider
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With additions and subtractions coming and going among the New England Patriots, figuring out who will stick can be well, a lot stickier than usual.
The Patriots released 11 players on Monday, with at least a couple more moves on the way in the coming days.
Every year, coaches across the NFL will talk about how difficult cuts are as you get closer and closer to finalizing the 53-man roster.
But even at this point, where the roster has to be down to 80, it's no walk in the park.
Complicating matters to some degree has been the late start due to NFL lockout.
And with one preseason game left -- the Patriots play Thursday against the New York Giants -- many of the roster moves NFL teams will be making in the coming days won't be nearly as informed as such moves in past years.
"The more information, probably the better," Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said on his weekly teleconference Monday afternoon. "We're certainly working with less this year than we normally do, without the workouts in the spring. Everybody's dealing with the same thing there, so that's nothing unique to our team. That's the way it is."
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The Pats still have a couple dozen players to get rid of between now and the start of the regular season, with the weeding out process only becoming tougher as time goes on.
"You'd like to have as many looks as possible," Belichick said. "But in the end, you have to do the best you can with the information you have. That's what we're going to try and do."
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