In The Red Zone

On Tuesday afternoon the New England Patriots released TE Dan Gronkowski, brother of another Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski.

Dan Gronkowski was released by New England earlier this year prior to Week 3 only to be brought back a few weeks later.  He saw limited playing time in New England.

In addition to Denver and New England, Gronkowski spent 2009 with Detroit prior to being traded to the Broncos prior to the start of the 2010 season.

His spot on the 53-man roster has been taken by WR Tiquan Underwood who was with the team in training camp, he was signed August 30th played the final preseason game and was released in the final cuts.  Underwood played his college ball at Rutgers.

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