New England Patriots Report

Defensive starters for Patriots

August, 20, 2012

8/20/12

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By Mike Rodak | ESPNBoston.com

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Defensive starters for the Patriots:

LDE -- Jermaine Cunningham
LDT -- Ron Brace
RDT -- Kyle Love
RDE -- Chandler Jones
SLB -- Dont'a Hightower
MLB -- Brandon Spikes
WLB -- Bobby Carpenter
LCB -- Sterling Moore
RCB -- Ras-I Dowling
S -- Patrick Chung
S -- Steve Gregory

Mike Rodak

Patriots reporter, ESPNBoston.com

Mike Rodak began covering the Patriots for ESPNBoston.com in July 2010.

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