Patriots Trim Roster to Final 53

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.

New England PatriotsThey 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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