New England releases a cornerback and a punter The NFL’s cutdown deadline is not even an hour away and the New England Patriots still have plenty of moves to make. Two of the team’s latest involved releasing two players who found themselves near the bottom of the roster all training camp and offseason long (via The Athletic’s Jeff Howe and ESPN’s Mike Reiss
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