{"id":3468,"date":"2015-12-09T09:08:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2015-12-09T09:08:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T14:08:28","slug":"patriots-release-rashaan-melvin-joseph-fauria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2015\/12\/09\/patriots-release-rashaan-melvin-joseph-fauria\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Release Rashaan Melvin and Joseph Fauria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As first reported by NESN&#8217;s Doug Kyed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\" title=\"New England Patriots at PatsFans.com\"><strong>New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> released cornerback\u00a0Rashaan Melvin and tight end\u00a0Joseph Fauria.<\/p>\n<p>Melvin was the third cornerback on the Patriots depth chart and according to Kyed, &#8220;played just 67 total defensive snaps for the Patriots in eight games&#8221; after moving up a spot following the\u00a0hand injury to rookie Justin Coleman.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it appears the Fauria Patriots family connection was short lived as Joseph Fauria, the nephew of former Patriots tight end Christian (2002-2005) had his practice squad contract terminated.<\/p>\n<p>The waive of Melvin and termination of Fauria\u00a0opens up one spot on the 53-Man active roster and practice squad and leaves the Patriots with only three cornerbacks on the roster. (Butler, Ryan and Coleman)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Patriots cut TE Joseph Fauria from their practice squad today, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougKyed\/status\/674353340361363456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Patriots waived CB Rashaan Melvin today, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougKyed\/status\/674353213123010560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: According to ESPN&#8217;s Mike Reiss, Coleman return appears 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