DaBruinz

It seems that Colvin and K. Brady were both released because they failed their physicals.

It would be great if SMY or Chris Price or some other insider could verify that for people.

DefenseRules

I read about Colvins failed physical at Patriots Insiders but I didn't want to put that out there without proof. I doubt highly that the Pats want this info out there either. Since Reiss et al didn't say anything I just thought that it was a bad rumor. Did you read about this somewhere?

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MrBigglesWorth

are you going to pass a physical with a busted foot???

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DaBruinz

DefenseRules - I provided my source for the information. It was from NFLDraftScout.com. They have it under the Team Needs/ Off-season strategy section for the Patriots.

DaBruinz

Mr. Bigglesworth - You'll have to go ask the Patriots medical staff that question. I couldn't begin to tell you.

Also, Colvin had made statements mentioning that his foot was fine and that he would be ready for TC. I am sure that there is more to the physical than whether or not his foot is fine from an injury sustained while working for the Patriots.

pats1

Pro Football Weekly's Transactions are the "official" NFL transactions and definitely the best source, although it can take a day or two for them to be updated:

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW...m?mode=afceast

They also have Colvin, K. Brady, and Lua failing physicals.

ProFW is 100% reliable here - they usually report the waived/injured details and such that can only come from the NFL and that no other reporters, even the beat reports, get.

So it's 100% safe to say that the official designation the Patriots put on Colvin, Lua, and K. Brady for their releases is "Failed Physical." ProFW doesn't speculate in this regard - it's 100% solid info from the NFL.

dhamz

I'd say their releases still had a lot more to do with production vs salary than the failing of the physicals. It is likely a technical thing the Pats have to disclose. There are plenty of guys who couldn't pass physicals this time of year that the Pats haven't cut. Chad Jackson and Richard Seymour would have failed physicals last year at this time for example.

pats1

By the way, I know for a fact (the NFL Draft Scout webmaster is a friend of mine) that NFL Draft Scout/Sports Xchange (Frank Cooney's, the lone Favre MVP voter, company) uses ProFW's transactions for their news blurbs on players.

MrBigglesWorth

it was probably just a convenient excuse to get awat from the high cap number and big risk coming off an injury

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kurtinelson

If he's healthy, why hasn't he been signed by another team?

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