Morton, Poteat among Seven Cut Tuesday

From Patriots.com:

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots released seven players this afternoon. The transactions were made in compliance with the NFL’s 65-man roster limit (not including roster exemptions), which took effect at 4:00 p.m. EDT. On Sunday, September 4, all roster exemptions will expire and the 53-man regular-season roster limit will go into effect.

Below is a list of the transactions made by the Patriots today.

NAME	POS	HT	WT	BORN	YR	COLLEGE	HOMETOWN
Anderson, Jason	WR	6-3	195	06/25/82	R	Wake Forest	Charlotte, N.C.
Gould, Robbie	K	6-1	181	12/06/82	R	Penn State	Lock Haven, Pa.
Krug, Ryan	G	6-4	304	06/07/82	R	Connecticut	Pine Beach, N.J.
Morton, Chad	RB	5-8	203	04/04/77	6	Southern California	South Torrance, Calif.
Pili, Ifo	DL	6-3	340	12/07/79	1	Brigham Young	Orem, Utah
Poteat, Hank	CB	5-10	192	08/30/77	4	Pittsburgh	Harrisburg, Pa.
Thomas, Santonio	DL	6-4	308	07/02/81	R	Miami (Fla.)	Belle Glade, Fla.

Comment on these coming soon.

Pre-emptive Cuts?

Yesterday, the Pats cut Rohan Davey, safety Dexter Reid and running back Cedric Cobbs. Davey was no surprise by any means. What's been obvious to most of us has simply come to fruition. The bottom line is that Davey's past performance didn't match up to Matt Cassel's potential, and Belichick will almost always take potential over a mediocre past. He wants guys who can learn, and Davey hasn't shown enough of that in four years.

Cobbs is a disappointing cut, but with five running backs and two fullbacks, someone had to go, and there's probably more to come from that group. Dexter Reid, same thing. Too many safeties. You just hope you don't run into the injury problems you had last year.

There's a good chance these guys went first to give them an extra edge on landing with another team. Twenty-four hours can some times be the difference between latching onto a life raft with another team and drifting endlessly in the ocean and obscurity.

Welcome Back

Linebacker Mike Vrabel and left tackle Matt Light returned to practice yesterday. Vrabel injured his lower left leg blocking on a kick return in the Patriots first preseason game at Cincinnati. The injury had been described as "not worse than a sprain."

Light had an undisclosed foot injury prior to New England's trip to Green Bay last Friday.