Related: 80 thoughts on the Patriots’ 80-man roster with cutdown day looming
One of the NFL’s busiest weekends is upon us: by Saturday, 4 pm ET, every one of the league’s 32 franchises will have cut its roster from 80 down to 53 men. This means that hundreds of players are about to hit waivers and the open market over the next few hours. There will not only be plenty of releases, however, but also a lot of other transactions ranging from trades, to waiver wire pickups, to free agency signings.
To not get lost in all the craziness, make sure to bookmark and regularly visit our New England Patriots cutdown tracker: we will compile all the latest news, rumors, and instant analysis here, and also count down to how many more men will have to go in order for the team to bring its squad under the 53-man regular season threshold. All in all, the team will have to move 27 players — and there are multiple ways of doing that:
Release
Releasing players is the most common option on cutdown weekend to reduce the number of players under contract. A player’s deal is terminated and he either hits open market if he has more than four accrued seasons on his résumé, or the waiver wire if he is less experienced than that. Because of their playoff departure on wild card weekend in January, the Patriots have the 23rd spot on the waiver wire priority list.
Reserve list
To reduce the number of men under contract, teams can also place players on one of the various reserve lists. Injured reserve is the most common one: players that have suffered an injury and will be out for an extended period of time can get placed there. If they are moved to IR before 4 pm on Saturday, they will be out for the season; if moved there later, they can be brought back via one of three return spots available to each club.
The Patriots already have one player on injured reserve — wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo — and one other appears to be candidates to join him, at least temporarily: defensive tackle Beau Allen has yet to participate in a full-team practice this summer. He could therefore be moved to IR following Saturday’s cutdowns before possibly returning at a later point.
Trade
New England has made plenty of trades around the roster cutdown deadline over the last few years. In 2017, two players were moved off the team, three others were acquired; in 2018, Jordan Richards was traded to the Atlanta Falcons; in 2019, the team again traded two players away while bringing three others on board. More swaps are imminent.
Patriots releases/departures/etc.
DT Michael Barnett: Waived/Injured
WR Mohamed Sanu: Released
Patriots acquisitions
None so far.
Patriots cut-down tracker
September 4
- No moves so far, New England’s roster stands at 77.
September 3
- The Patriots parted ways with cornerback Michael Jackson and defensive tackle Michael Barnett. Both men were brought on board relatively late in the process, therefore facing an uphill climb to make the team to begin with. Jackson’s release means that the team will likely not have to send a conditional seventh-round pick to the Detroit Lions. Barnett’s, meanwhile, was done with an injury designation: he will revert to injured reserve if unclaimed on waivers. [Patriots roster: 77 players]
- After news already broke one day before, the New England officially released wide receiver Mohamed Sanu on Thursday not even one year after using a second-round draft pick to trade for him. Sanu had a comparatively quiet training camp relative to his $6.5 million salary cap hit. [Patriots roster: 79 players]
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