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\nOL Jamil Douglas
\nOL James Ferentz
\nRB D.J. Foster
\nLB Jonathan Freeny
\nDL Geneo Grissom
\nDL Woodrow Hamilton
\nOL Ted Karras
\nDL Darius Kilgo
\nTE James O’Shaugnessy
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Thoughts\/Reactions:\u00a0<\/strong>The obvious surprise here is Bolden, who has been a special teams standout and also looked about as good as he ever had running the football this preseason. \u00a0His role as a running back has always been to give them depth and the bad news for Bolden is that this is the year the team is stacked at running back and their needs put him in a numbers game that forced him out. \u00a0According to reports, the team hasn’t closed the door on him yet and the possibility still remains for him to return.<\/p>\n Other surprises are Hamilton, Karras and Foster. \u00a0Hamilton had some good moments during the preseason and showed some toughness after he got banged up in the final match-up against the Giants and flashed at times, but it just wasn’t quite enough for him to stick.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Karras had seemingly been a top back-up on the interior offensive line, which now leaves them a little thin heading into this season. \u00a0Clearly the team has other areas where they needed a roster spot, and Karras simply seemingly fell victim to that. \u00a0Should he clear waivers, one would believe they would immediately count their blessings and bring him back to the practice squad.<\/p>\n As for Foster, with Cyrus Jones’ injury, it seemed like he could have been a contender in the return game after he handled those duties in the final game. \u00a0But it appears the Patriots have other plans and it apparently left him far enough down the depth chart where there just wasn’t a spot for him. \u00a0Foster finished tied with four other players in the NFL for the second-most receptions during the preseason with 13, as well as a touchdown. \u00a0He’s also a possibility to return should he clear waivers.<\/p>\n The Rest:<\/strong><\/p>\n LB Trevor Bates The team also announced they’ve placed DL Keionta Davis and OL Andrew Jelks, on the non-football injury\/reserve list, while 2017 third round pick OL\u00a0Antonio Garcia was placed on the reserve\/non-football illness list.<\/p>\n Thoughts\/Reactions:\u00a0<\/strong>Carr’s departure is arguably the most disappointing, but his arrival coincided with one of the few years where the Patriots just have too much talent to keep him. \u00a0Carr finished tied with New Orleans’ Tommylee Lewis as the NFL’s \u00a0reception leader in the preseason with 14, as well as the 9th leading receiver in yardage with 153-yards along with two touchdowns. \u00a0The trade of Jacoby Brissett for receiver Phillip Dorsett worsened Carr’s chances, and it appears that anyone who might have been a fan of Carr probably won’t see him back in New England. \u00a0Carr would have to clear waivers to end up on the practice squad and it will be interesting to see how that turns out.<\/p>\n Glenn Gronkowski’s departure wasn’t a surprise given that the team obviously has James Develin at fullback, who can fill in at tight end as well as an emergency snapper. But Gronkowski’s fumble the other night probably didn’t help his chances and as a result, for now, the team will start 2017 with only one Gronk on the roster.<\/p>\n Offensive lineman Conor McDermott’s departure was a bit of a surprise as the 2017 sixth round draft pick seemed like a player who might be able to contribute, but the team obviously felt otherwise.<\/p>\n While Devin Lucien not making it wasn’t a shock, he’s a player who you can definitely see has shown an incredible amount of growth since being drafted. It would have been fun to see things work out for him, but he’s here at a time where the team is just too loaded at the position. \u00a0He looked great during the preseason, finishing 7th in the AFC in yards per catch at 15.1 after hauling in 9 passes for 136 yards. According to Mike Reiss, the team reportedly gave him an injury designation when he was waived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Patriots got down to the 53-man roster limit on Saturday, but there were certainly some names let go who were surprising to see listed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1524,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2017-patriots-preseason","category-patriots-news"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
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D.J. Foster couldn’t quite break onto the roster. (USA TODAY Images)<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nWR Devin Lucien
\nK.J. Maye
\nDL Josh Augusta
\nDL Michael Bart
\nWR Austin Carr
\nTE Sam Cotton
\nRB LeShun Daniels Jr.
\nLB Brooks Ellis
\nWR Cody Hollister
\nDB David Jones
\nD.J. Killings
\nOL Jason King
\nDB Will Likely
\nOL Conor McDermott
\nDB Kenny Moore II
\nOL Max Rich
\nDB Jason Thompson
\nDB Damarius Travis
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Carr’s departure was disappointing. (USA TODAY Images)<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n