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Walk-through\u00a0attendance may give a glimpse on early cuts to the roster<\/em><\/p>\n

The Patriots had a walk-through practice at the Gillette practice fields this morning and Bill Belichick at his morning press conference spoke about how the team was working hard at the first round of roster cuts.<\/p>\n

But with a glimpse of who was, and more importantly who wasn\u2019t there, that may indicate\u00a0who might be getting\u00a0released by Tuesday. Belichick did state that some cuts may come as early as today. It was reported earlier\u00a0that TE Jimmay Mundine was released.<\/p>\n

During his presser, Belichick referenced Troy Brown and his comments last week where he stated that Brown\u00a0was a roster long-shot\u00a0and that he tried every day to make Coach Bill Parcells’ job harder, doing things to\u00a0give him reasons not to cut him.<\/p>\n

Belichick stated, \u201cwe\u2019ve had a bunch of players giving us a harder job this training camp in determining who gets cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belichick spoke in glowing terms about CB Malcolm Butler and Mike Lombardi at this morning’s press conference. When asked if Butler\u00a0looks like the same player as last season, he said, \u201cNo, he\u2019s much improved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belichick said Butler was not the same player as in 2014, that\u00a0he\u2019s made a big second year jump in play.<\/p>\n

Belichick also spoke about Mike Lombardi and said that he\u2019s been a big help to Belichick personally. He mentioned that some of the former Browns players on the roster including Dion Lewis and\u00a0Rufus Johnson, were players that Lombardi knew very well and was able to impart a lot of knowledge to the team. Both have been standout players this preseason.<\/p>\n

Belichick mentioned his own experience in leaving the Browns in 1995 and that some players such as former Patriots punter Tom Tupa and defensive lineman Chad Eaton,\u00a0brought in due to his knowledge about them<\/p>\n

Also not visible at the walk-through \u00a0were CB Darryl Roberts, WR Brandon LaFell, LB Dekoda Watson, DT Chris Jones, Joe Vellano and WR Josh Boyce. \u00a0Also absent, of course, was Tom Brady, who was in NYC this morning at his appeal hearing, which lasted all of four minutes.<\/p>\n

Jones and LaFell are still on PUP and good candidates to start the season there. Roberts, as well as James Develin, could wind up on IR or IR with the designation to return later in the season. Watson and Boyce could be on the chopping block.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to PatsFans.com and we\u2019ll hopefully have more information after practice is over and the locker room is opened up.<\/p>\n

Follow me on Twitter\u00a0<\/em>@SteveB7SFG<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or email me at\u00a0<\/em>stevebpatsfans@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to our\u00a0<\/em>Patriots 4th<\/sup>\u00a0and 2<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast on blog talk radio as the writers Russ Goldman, Derek Havens and I from\u00a0<\/em>PatsFans.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0discuss the latest Patriots news Wednesdays at 12 noon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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