Candidates for IR include wide receivers Kendrick Bourne and Efton Chism III and linebacker Jahlani Tavai. For a second straight year, teams can place up to two players on injured reserve during cutdown day with a designation to return midseason. Others placed on injured reserve before 4 p.m. will be out for the year.

The New England Patriots and every other team in the NFL have until 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon to trim their rosters to 53 players.

The New England Patriots may have gotten an early start on their roster reduction process, but they still have a long way to go. Heading into Tuesday’s cutdown day, they still need to make 23 transactions to get below the NFL-mandated 53-man roster limit.