Patriots Cuts: Boyce, Bequette, Worthy, Beauharnais...

i dont think the final cut is a starter...the bigger the name i feel like the faster we would have found out...

eric5577x said:

2 things bother me about this team.
1- Safety. We are keeping 5 because we are not sure if anyone besides DMC can play. Not good. I said it before and I will say it again. We should have taken Harrison over Hightower. We could have drafted another LB instead.
2- Trading your LG for a TE because you failed to do anything about in the past 2yrs. Now we are talking about moving are RT to LG because we traded Mankins away. Sure it might have been about money, but unless you sign Revis to a contract extension now, what was the point?

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Not sure I read it the way you've laid it out...

(1) Safety. We are keeping 5 because they are the core to our ST unit. Wilson, Ebner and Chung will be the core ST unit. Their ST play also explains why we have fewer nominal LB and TE on the depth chart, who would otherwise be competing for snaps in the kicking game.

(2) Trading your LG to free cap space to extend one of the finest cornerbacks of his generation, and leverage the bench strength at OT that can flex inside. Fans are talking about RT, RG and LG because they're still shell shocked that BB is willing to trade a team captain without leaking the idea to the media beforehand. The guys who the Pats probably see as likely successors are players we're used to seeing listed as Inactive or Practice Squad. But my guess is that BB had zero interest in Boone, Incognito or any of the other random names that are swirling; that's just us.

BritPat said:

It's Mallet!

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5 respected media sources (I know, oxymoron.....) have all confirmed he's safe.

patchick said:

Wendell ... Think he'd qualify as a "surprise"?

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yes

patchick said:

Wendell makes a ton of sense. Think he'd qualify as a "surprise"?

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I think at this point, anything is a surprise!

BTW, SCREW this Doug Kyed guy for playing cutesy wootsy with his "I know who it is and it is a slight surprise" crap.

shmessy said:

5 respected media sources (I know, oxymoron.....) have all confirmed he's safe.

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Damn you quoted that quick, I edited it within 10 seconds.

Brian Tyms ‏@Tyms2Times
#blessed

Locking in my guess as Lafell or the He who shall not be named.

NFL.com just tweeted that only 20 teams have all their cuts in.

Mike Loyko ‏@NEPD_Loyko 2m
Barker situation has to be a rare one. Stay on active roster all 16 games, play ZERO snaps in 2013, grade as worst OL in 2014, make team

jefmblrd said:

NFL.com just tweeted that only 20 teams have all their cuts in.

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Huh. Can't be much of a punishment in place, then?

I'm sure they are all in to the league office, but... maybe the fax machine is backed up... we could ask Elvis Dumervil to help out.

BritPat said:

Damn you quoted that quick, I edited it within 10 seconds.

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Things are moving quickly right now!!!

patsinthesnow said:

Brian Tyms ‏@Tyms2Times
#blessed

Locking in my guess as Lafell or the He who shall not be named.

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Tyms is suspended right now. So he makes the 53 anyway really. Does not affect other WRs now.

Pats released Danny Aiken.

Mike Reiss ✔ @MikeReiss
Long snapper Danny Aiken among 19 players released today.

Danny Aiken is the surprise......

Fail.

Whoever makes the team now, can only exhale for 24 hours, and then 4 weeks from now when they are going to need at least one mabe two more roster spots.

Danny Aiken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!