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James Develin and Joe Cardona get paid
June 14, 2019:
After being traded to the Patriots, tight end Michael Roberts was reverted to the Lions roster, per trade conditions.
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The Patriots' trade with the Lions for tight end Michael Roberts has been voided.
On Friday, the Lions announced Roberts was reverted back to their roster, per trade conditions. They subsequently waived the 25-year-old.
"The Detroit Lions announced today that TE Michael Roberts reverted back to the team's roster, per trade conditions.
"Subsequently, the Lions announced that they have waived Roberts."
This likely means Roberts failed his physical, though that has yet to be confirmed.
The Patriots will keep their seventh-round conditional selection in 2020 that originally was included in the trade for Roberts.
Matt LaCosse remains the No. 1 tight end on New England's depth chart with Ben Watson suspended for the first four games of the season.
June 14, 2018:
Pro Bowl fullback James Develin reportedly reaches terms on a two-year contract extension with the team. Long snapper Joe Cardona reportedly comes to terms on a four-year extension with the Pats.
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Looks like the blue collar guy from Brown will be sticking around Gillette Stadium.
Same goes for the Navy man.
Jeff Howe of “The Athletic” was first to report on Thursday that the Patriots had finalized a two-year, $3.8-million contract extension (which includes a $600,000 signing bonus) that will tie Pro Bowl fullback James Develin to the team through the 2020 season.
Thursday night, ESPN's Mike Reiss reported that the team had reached terms with long snapper Joe Cardona on an extension through 2022.
As for Develin?
“Whenever you see James you see him working,” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said after his Pro Bowl selection was announced last December. “You see him doing extras in the weight room. You see him doing extras on the practice field. You see him in early or late looking at film, going over things.
“He’s got a role. He’s very good at it. It’s a very important role, so it’s great to see him recognized for it.”
He’s got a role, and while it is far from glamorous – he’s most often slamming his 255 pounds into an opponent to help clear a path for a running back or blocking for quarterback Tom Brady – he does it well enough to have become the first Patriots fullback since Sam Cunningham in 1978 to earn a Pro Bowl berth. Develin also plays on special teams.
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Develin’s story is one of the best in New England. A former defensive tackle at Brown University, he went undrafted in 2010 and played for the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of the Arena Football League. Then he suited up for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. There, in the UFL, he made the transition to fullback.
After spending time on the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad, from 2010-2012, Develin signed with the Patriots practice squad. Develin appeared in one game with the Patriots in 2012. He’s been the starting fullback over the past five years. He’s appeared in every game, every season, expect for in 2015 when he broke his tibia in the preseason.
A two-time Super Bowl champion, Develin was named as a Pro Bowler last year for the first time. On Thursday, he was rewarded for his efforts.
Cardona also comes to the Patriots with an interesting back-story. Drafted in the fifth round in 2015, the 26-year-old is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. In his rookie season, he worked at the Naval Academy Preparatory School full-time while also playing for the Patriots.
Over the last three years, Cardona has been a rock solid long snapper for the Patriots. Signing him locks up one of three main special teamers. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski and punter Ryan Allen are also in the final years of their deals.
Looking at QB
The Patriots already have three quarterbacks in the fold, but that hasn’t stopped them from checking other options.
On Thursday, the Patriots brought in 2016 second-round pick Christian Hackenberg for a visit to Gillette Stadium. The 23-year-old, who was drafted 51st overall by the N.Y. Jets, was released by the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday. He cleared waivers and is now a free agent.
June 14, 2013:
The Patriots release Notre Dame kicker David Ruffer.
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The New England Patriots announced that they have released rookie free agent kicker David Ruffer.
Ruffer, 24, originally signed with the Patriots on May 20, 2013. The 6-foot-1, 193-pounder, transferred from to Notre Dame from William & Mary in 2008. He connected on his first 23 career field goal attempts at Notre Dame to set a school record. After appearing in seven games in 2009 as an injury replacement, he was the full-time kicker in 2010 and 2011. Ruffer finished his college career making 33-of- 44 field goals and 93-of-97 extra point attempts.
The Patriots have three open spots on their 90-man roster. With the organized team activity/minicamp portion of the offseason program complete, it's a good time to re-set the roster with a quick-hit thought at each position.
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Place-kicker Stephen Gostkowski matched the career high (or low, depending upon how you look at it) he set as a rookie in 2006 by missing six field goals, including what would have been a game winner from 42 yards with one second left in a Week 2 loss to Arizona.
Clearly, the Patriots still trust Gostkowski’s toe, which, while inaccurate at times, remained strong enough to produce 52 touchbacks in 111 kickoffs.
With David Ruffer’s release in mid-June, less than a month after he was signed as a rookie free agent out of Notre Dame, Gostkowski will be the only place-kicker in training camp when it kicks off with the full squad due in at Gillette Stadium on Thursday.
June 14, 2012:
New England now has six of seven drafts picks under contract.
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The Patriots and third-round draft pick Jake Bequette have agreed to a four-year contract, a league source confirms.
Bequette was the 90th overall player taken in the draft, and the fourth of seven players selected by New England.
The 6-foot-5 inch, 271-pound defensive lineman from Arkansas appeared in 48 games with 42 starts and recorded 126 total tackles, 23.5 sacks and 35 quarterback pressures. After spending his redshirt year as a tight end, Bequette made the switch to the defensive line and became a full-time starter as a junior in 2010. Last season, he led the SEC and tied for third in the nation with 10 sacks.
With Bequette signed, that leaves just one member of the Pats’ draft class of 2012 unsigned: LB Dont’a Hightower.
June 14, 2004:
The Patriots signed first-year defensive tackle Ryan Atoe to a one-year contract, according to documents filed with the NFL Players Association.
The 6-foot-1, 315-pound Atoe attended the team's mandatory mini-camp June 10-13 on a tryout and signed his deal June 14. The team has yet to officially announce the move.
Atoe was in training camp with the Cardinals last year, suffering a high ankle sprain in the team's final preseason game. The injury kept him out for the season, but he recovered to play for Cologne in NFL Europe this spring.
Atoe, who played one season of Division I football at the University of Idaho, projects to be a developmental nose tackle.
June 14, 2002:
In a move that had been expected for some time, the NFL world champion New England Patriots Friday released veteran linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer.
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In a move that had been expected for some time, the NFL world champion New England Patriots Friday released veteran linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer.
After a promising rookie season in 1999, his career was derailed by neck and back injuries that caused him to miss all of last season and half of the 2000 campaign. Taken with the 28th overall pick of the 1999 draft out of Ohio State, Katzenmoyer started 14 of the 24 games he played for New England.
FOXBORO — In the annals of unfulfilled promise, Andy Katzenmoyer may rank right at the top of the Patriots' list, alongside fellow linebacker Clayton Weishuhn.
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In the annals of unfulfilled promise, Andy Katzenmoyer may rank right at the top of the Patriots' list, alongside fellow linebacker Clayton Weishuhn.
The latter, a third-round draft choice from Angelo State who played for the Patriots from 1982-86, earned the nickname “Little Nellie” soon after his arrival because the quality of his play matched his physical resemblance to All-Pro middle linebacker Steve Nelson.
But a succession of knee injuries eventually forced Weishuhn into retirement well before his time, after only 30 games as a pro.
Katzenmoyer lasted six fewer games.
Originally drafted out of Ohio State in the first round of the 1999 NFL draft, 28th overall, Katzenmoyer was released Friday after missing all of the offseason conditioning program and the mandatory minicamp that concluded a week ago today.
Presumably, Katzenmoyer's absence was connected to a neck injury suffered in his rookie year — one that flared up during his second season, was supposedly corrected by surgery before the 2001 preseason, then was re-aggravated during the first week of last year's training camp.
Katzenmoyer had a second surgical procedure to fuse two vertebrae in his neck, but stayed out of contact with the Patriots' medical staff until he arrived in town late in the recent minicamp for an examination and discussions with coach Bill Belichick.
Belichick did not offer a statement about Katzenmoyer's release, which wiped the slate clean of still-active players who were drafted by the Patriots with the four compensation picks from the New York Jets in return for allowing Bill Parcells to become their coach in 1997.
Katzenmoyer was the last legacy of that landmark decision by NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, as running back Sedrick Shaw and offensive tackle Damon Denson stuck only briefly after being drafted in 1997 and wide receiver Tony Simmons departed early last season.
Katzenmoyer, who became a controversial figure at Ohio State following a Sports Illustrated article that revealed his cavalier approach to academic responsibilities, started 11 of 16 games as a rookie and recorded 107 tackles, including 3½ sacks.
Andy Katzenmoyer's neck problems ended his career in New England, and could possibly end his career altogether, Len Pasquarelli writes.
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He joined the New England Patriots in 1999 as an exclamation point, one of the premier defenders of the past 20 years from the college ranks, a middle linebacker around whom a team was supposed to have been able to build a solid unit.
But when Andy Katzenmoyer exited the Patriots on Friday afternoon, a move that came as a surprise to no one, he left surrounded by question marks.
June 14, 1993:
The Patriots waive C
Gene Chilton and G/C
Dean Caliguire
Chilton, 29, was a third round pick out of Texas by the St Louis Cardinals in 1986 and was named to the NFL All-Rookie team. He was signed by KC as a free agent in March of 1989, then claimed off waivers by the Patriots on September 4, 1990. Chilton played in four games with three starts before a knee injury on October 7 versus Seattle landed him on IR for the rest of the 1990 season. He started all 16 games in '91 and '92 for **** MacPherson. New head coach
Bill Parcells elected to shake up the roster and brought in veterans
Mike Arthur and
Bill Lewis to take over the center position in 1993.
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Caliguire, 26, had attended Pitt and was a fourth round pick by San Francisco in 1990. He spent that season on PUP and was released by the 49ers in1991. The 6'2, 277-pound Caliguire wassigned by the Steelers in '91 and was activated for the last nine games of the season. He was released by the Steelers in the '92 training camp, re-signed in September and released agian in November.
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