Mike Pennel released

He better! I’ve been singing his praises since he became a FA. Plus, he was a top 3-5 run stuffer last season. We could use that.

Brady6 said:

He was one of our notable free agent additions but seems as if Mike Pennel has fallen out of favor, he played 5 snaps yesterday all in the second half and is seeing 3rd string reps in practice.

What are people’s thoughts on him making the roster?

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A number of veterans didn't play or played minimal snaps, i think they know what they have in pennel and want to see what others can do.

Brady6 said:

He was one of our notable free agent additions but seems as if Mike Pennel has fallen out of favor, he played 5 snaps yesterday all in the second half and is seeing 3rd string reps in practice.

What are people’s thoughts on him making the roster?

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Yes

The only thing that gives me pause is the fact that his snaps were in the second half. If we see that in game 4 we know it's really bad.

He would be a $500k cap hit this year and $250k next year if cut.

I don’t see why not. It’s not like the Patriots have a booming surplus of toilet clogging DTs.

Brady6 said:

I’d agree if it was just the game but he is playing 3rd string snaps in practice.

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Is he? I hadn’t heard that before. If that’s the case, sure it would be concerning, but I don’t recall hearing this. Maybe I’m mistaken.

Brady6 said:

I’d agree if it was just the game but he is playing 3rd string snaps in practice.

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Curious where you saw that. I'd seen the opposite -- that he'd been starting next to Guy.

I must be missing all the posts as I only seem to have noticed that he was playing well with Guy and stuffing the run on goal line attempts during practice......I need to wake up.....until I read some of these posts I would have said he makes the team !

If he steps up he may ... perhaps not accepting of the Patriot Way just yet.

It happens .......

Andrew Callahan is trolling. Plain and simple.

Brady6 said:

I saw it a few places but this is the most recent mention.

Patriots-Lions joint practices: Tom Brady should miss preseason opener after sitting out and more observations from Day 3 in Detroit

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I didn't see Michael Bennet's name mentioned at all....perhaps he'll be cut.

It was the walkthrough the day before last night's game....perhaps Pennell was on 3rd string because he was going to get very limited reps. Who the **** knows.

I think so but it's been a week or so now that the media has seen others playing with starters. Maybe they want to see more of others but it seems more than "it was just the first playoff game". It's been a camp thing for a short while too.

Other angle is they wanted to see Shelton in action and if he sucked find someone else to replace him ASAP and/or extend him the courtesy of cutting him early so he could hitch on with another team

Not to belittle the O.P. or his question in any way, but I think this is a question better asked after week 2, or even week 3. I think we call all (or at least most) agree that the player in question getting cut before that would be a big surprise, and that means the the player will have another week or two of evaluation by the team. That's the usual approach with veteran players who've made it to the exhibition games portion of the off season.

There have obviously been exceptions, but I think a position as thin as run stuffing DT is likely safe from that.