{"id":17460,"date":"2000-02-09T14:25:20","date_gmt":"2000-02-09T19:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=17460"},"modified":"2024-02-26T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:25:35","slug":"patriots-cut-te-coates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2000\/02\/09\/patriots-cut-te-coates\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Cut TE Coates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOXBORO, MA &#8212; The Patriots have cut veteran tight end Ben Coates.<\/p>\n<p>With the signing of Lawyer Milloy nearing and the squeeze of the salary cap, New England needed to free up some of its cap money.  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