Brandon Spikes and Logan Mankins highlighted a list of 16 New England Patriots players who will not play in the team's preseason opener against the New Orleans Saints at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA. View the complete list of Patriots' inactives below.
New England Patriots -- Inactives (via WEEI)
- Alfonzo Dennard
- Spencer Larsen
- Brandon Spikes
- Tracy White
- Markus Zusevics
- Matt Kopa
- Logan Mankins
- Sebastian Vollmer
- Visanthe Shiancoe
- Deion Branch
- Daniel Fells
- Jake Ballard
- Myron Pryor
- Gerard Warren
- Ron Brace
- Jonathan Fanene
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