Patriots 9/3 53-man roster cuts thread

[BobDigital]

Ouch just when I smugly relish that JJ is staying, one of

5 TE's REALLY seems like a stretch

Well no way the Pats keep 5. 4 tops. I think they keep 3 though and get to 52 then sign a WR.

 

[patfanken]

Looking as if 4 might not be, though

Midget CB's, Midget WR's (except for Hogan). It looks like BB is going with his TE's as his "size" receivers.
.....and its not a bad concept.

 

[BobDigital]

Grissom AND Johnson? With all the impending FA's next year? Wow.

Neither has shown enough to make the 53. No point keeping a substandard player. We will work it out next year.

 

[Bill Lee]

5 TE's REALLY seems like a stretch

Well, there's this play in one of Steve Belichick's dusty old notebooks that Bill has really wanted to try out for a long time now, so... Hopefully against the Ratbirtds, LOL!

 

[Deus Irae]

Pats are down to 55 players. Bryce Williams and Joe Vellano are the two longest long shots still on the team (that we know of).

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Grissom stunk that was an awful third round pick.


Not many O line cuts that's good news should have good depth

 

[RobertWeathers]

Grissom stunk that was an awful third round pick.


Not many O line cuts that's good news should have good depth

Thats the lesson learned from last year.

Have plenty of o-lineman and special teams players.

 

[Wheelman]

Mark Daniels?@MarkDanielsPJ
Patriots have released Geneo Grissom, per source

Damn! I was really hoping they'd give him one more season! I really hope he can make the PS wtih Rufus Johnson.

 

[PP2]

The two surprise cuts for me so far are Hill and Martin. Kind of thin on the WR front now, especially with Amendola's health uncertain.

I expect we'll use a lot of 12 personnel.

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Guarantee we make a big trade for a good established young WR this is the year I'm predicting I can't wait

 

[Deus Irae]

A little bit of clarity:

Danny Amendola was not placed on PUP, according to the team release.

 

[Deus Irae]

The Patriots cut DT Joe Vellano and TE Bryce Williams.

And then there were 53...

 

[PP2]

Turk's done for the year.

 

[Deus Irae]

So it's a 4TE roster, at least for the moment

 

[PatriotReign]

I'm not a fan of losing Roberts, Leblanc, and especially Hill who can be much better than that molasses Jordan Richards.

 

[Marqui]

What happened to the BIG SURPRISE Martellus Bennett cut?

 

[BradyFTW!]

Yikes on Grissom. Cutting a third round pick before his second season is pretty bad. Looks like this is one of those cases where Belichick would have been well-suited not to zag when everyone else is zigging.

Also a bummer to see Darryl Roberts get cut. I was irrationally on board with him.

Hopefully Gaffney makes it to the PS, I liked what he did this preseason, and I dunno who's going to be grinding for the tough yards on this team. Doubly so if Blount goes down.

 

[Deus Irae]

What happened to the BIG SURPRISE Martellus Bennett cut?

Surprise!

 

[ashley]

Mike Reiss ?@MikeReiss 37s37 seconds ago
CB Jonathan Jones (Auburn), who had highest guaranteed money among Patriots' undrafted FAs, gets spot on initial 53-man roster

 

[BobDigital]

We might get down before 52 to make a pick up for a RB. It would not surprise me.