Yeah, people forget that Ras-I Dowling started the year as the starter and when he went down, Arrington not Bodden took the starting role. Odds are that Dowling will get back the starting role when healthy and the trio of McCourty, Arrington, and Dowling should be an upgrade over what the Pats had the last 4 weeks with Bodden and no Dowling.
I didn't see the need to cut Bodden even with Dowling's return (although Greg Bedard says he believes Molden and Adams were out performing Bodden in recent weeks), but Bodden isn't the player he was in 2009. He was a slot CB and apparently he wasn't happy with that role.