DT Anthony Johnson released

Surprising news. Thought the kid was playing pretty well.

robertweathers said:

Surprising news. Thought the kid was playing pretty well.

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He was. Must be something off the field.

Marqui said:

How about you start with the guys that haven't contributed anything like Roberts/Harbor.

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Harbor has been getting playtime due to Gronk injury. He is important imo. I'd cut Roberts though before Johnson. Idk why man.

If losing Johnson is the difference between winning/losing, NE is in a world of hurt. Luckily, pretty sure the Patriots will be just fine.

robertweathers said:

Rowe is not going anywhere.

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I think he will if he doesn't get out the tub soon. Isn't he still injured and yet to even play?

So, who's coming up from the practice squad?

Marqui said:

He was. Must be something off the field.

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Has to be. According to SportingCharts he was playing about 22% of the snaps.

That doesn't make sense. We have a week before we need to make room for Brady or Nink.

From the outside this is surprising as he played a lot more snaps than some on the team-I'm looking at you Derby-and it seems to be a position of need.

My guess is maybe something we don't know, but maybe it is a imple as his play.

If it is to make room than either a quarterback (Yates) or getting Shankey onto the squad to protect him or possibly they feel Grissom can play the roll better.

I read it too quickly, I thought Ian had released Andy Johnson

Deus Irae said:

So, who's coming up from the practice squad?

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Would be nice from a Buffalo game prognosis if this were the case. But the fear is that it's an external free agent QB signing because Garappolo and Brissett may be too injured to play this week.

QB would be the assumption but it could be as simple as a team coming after one of our PS guys and us promoting him to keep him. We'll see.

Edit : Just for fun - maybe with Vereen hurt, the NYG wanted Sankey ? Have to figure someone will come after him soon enough.

"Johnson had a terrific preseason with two half sacks, five pressures, one fumble recovery, one pass breakup and one run stuff in the last three games. However, his 43 defensive snaps in the regular season were the 18th most on the roster, and he was a healthy scratch in Week 2 against the Dolphins. Johnson has only registered one quarterback hit as a pass-rushing interior presence in the regular season."

Relax People

Deus Irae said:

So, who's coming up from the practice squad?

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Bishop Sankey? I'd like to see him get some game action. Take a bit of the load off Blount (if he's capable).

Or this :

Field Yates ‏@FieldYates 35s36 seconds ago
Source: the Patriots are signing former Browns DL John Hughes.

deters said:

I think he will if he doesn't get out the tub soon. Isn't he still injured and yet to even play?

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He got here a few days before the first game and got an ankle injury in practice the second week and missed threes practices before returning.

So cut a guy that missed 3 practices? Insane hyperbole by you..

BelichickFan said:

Or this :

Field Yates ‏@FieldYates 35s36 seconds ago
Source: the Patriots are signing former Browns DL John Hughes.

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They must really like him to get rid of Johnson for him.

BelichickFan said:

Or this :

Field Yates ‏@FieldYates 35s36 seconds ago
Source: the Patriots are signing former Browns DL John Hughes.

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One week tryout

BelichickFan said:

Or this :

Field Yates ‏@FieldYates 35s36 seconds ago
Source: the Patriots are signing former Browns DL John Hughes.

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The guy who directed all those 80's high school movies?

Mack Herron said:

No Yates sighting yet from my folks at Logan.

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Does anyone know what Yates even looks like?