FOXBORO, MA -- The Patriots released wide receiver T.C. Taylor and
signed receiver Scott McReady to the practice squad.
Head coach Bill Belichick said on Wednesday that the thinking behind
bringing McReady back is because he spent last season with the football
team and has experience with the system.
"I just thought we should make that change now," said Belichick on Wednesday.
"He was with us last year, he's got a little bit of experience in the system,
a little bit more than T.C. does."
"T.C. did some things in training camp, we've taken a look at him for
a few weeks, I don't think we're necessarily moving on from him, but we're
just swapping him out right now. Usually [having guys on the practice squad]
gives you an opportunity to take a look at some different players without
having to activate them on the 53-man roster."
"We just try to monitor guys that have been on the practice squad who
we feel at some point, may have a chance to be on our team. If we could
have a 10-man practice squad we would, so you try to keep as many of them
as possible. I think Scott has a little bit more experience in the system
than T.C. does."
McReady didn't appear in the regular season last year, but that's not
to say that he couldn't be brought up onto the active roster in the event
he's needed.
"Any player that's on the practice squad should be ready to be activated
every week," said Belichick. "We tell that to all the practice squad players,
and it's going happen during the year at some point. A practice squad player,
on Friday or Saturday, is going to be activated up to the roster, and sometimes
you know that on Monday or Tuesday, sometimes you don't and something happens
later in the week, a guys turns his ankle in practice, or he come down
with the flu."
"Whatever it is, and a practice squad player then gets the opportunity
to step up and play."
"The key for him is to be ready at that point whenever that happens,
and again sometimes that's on very short notice. But everybody out
there on the practice squad is, part of their job is to give the other
guys a look, but I think part of their job is always to be ready so that
if something happens on short notice, they're ready to go."
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