The New England Patriots like the other 31 NFL teams are in cut down mode.  They have to have their roster paired to the 53-man regular season limit by today’s 6 p.m. deadline.

They started on Friday afternoon by letting 8 players go, they were:

• LB Ricky Brown
• OL Jonathan Compas
• DL Darryl Richard
• TE Carson Butler
• WR Buddy Farnham
• OL Mike Berry
• RB Richard Medlin
• OL Corey Woods

That brought the roster from 80 to 72, with 19 more to come today.   Players receiving the bad news today were:

• S Brandon Meriweather
• WR Brandon Tate
• RB Sammy Morris
• TE Lee Smith
• DE Markell Carter
• DE Aaron Lavarias
• DE Eric Moore
• WR Tiquan Underwood
• DE Alex Silvestro
• DL Landon Cohen
• LB Niko Koutouvides
• RB Eric Kettani
• OL Thomas Austin
• DB Ross Ventrone
• TE Will Yeatman

Three players were placed on the Reserve/PUP list.  They are ineligible for games until Week 7, which for the Patriots is their bye week.  They are:

• RB Kevin Faulk
• DL Brandon Deadrick
• DL Ron Brace

Place on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list was:

• OL Marcus Cannon

Placed on the season ending Injured Reserve was:

• OL Rich Ohrnberger

Remember these names because teams can establish their practice quads tomorrow and as many as 8 of these players could return as part of that squad.

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