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Patriots released WR Donte' Stallworth.
Stallworth's straight-line speed isn't enough. Now 31, he nearing the end of his career after bouncing between three different teams in the last three seasons. The Patriots are going to roll with Deion Branch and Jabar Gaffney as the primary backups to Brandon Lloyd and Wes Welker. Julian Edelman and Matt Slater also project to make the final roster as special teams assets.
Branch showed a bit more than Stallworth in the preseason games, so not a surprise.
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Not much of a surprise since he was mediocre playing with the 2s and 3s. Also, his best shot to make the club was by contributing on special teams and Demps has made him expendable there.
Looks like "the vet gets a chance to hook on somewhere else", cut so he must have comported himself well.
Guess it was a showcase between him and Branch. You realistically can only throw to so many guys and we have lots of different weapons, special teams considerations, etc.
Too bad. I can't say I disagree in terms of a purely football decision.
On a locker room and personal level, I admire him. There but for the Grace of God go any of us when it comes to the automobile accident in which a young father was killed. How Donte' Stallworth responded at the scene of the accident, how he took responsibility, did his time, settled with the family to provide for the guy's daughter and how he's taken the message to all the young guys in the league is the definition of maturity and responsibility.
The Sunday Globe story from 8-19-2012 detailing the accident in Florida and his taking full responsibility was well deserved and if you haven't seen it, please do.
Good luck Donte'. Maybe we'll see you again in a Patriots uniform down the road, maybe not. There's a deep well of affection and admiration around these parts.
Sorry to see this happen. I'd rather have him that Gaffney, but Brady likes Gaffney so there's that, I guess.
Best of luck, Donte!
Why would you rather have him than Gaffney? Yes, Gaffney has been injured this preseason, but he ended up beating out Stallworth to be the #3 WR by the end of 2007. Stallworth has been on the decline the last few years and Gaffney had his best season ever last year. Gaffney seems like the better decision all the way.
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