Patriots Officially Cut 27 Players

The New England Patriots have officially cut their roster down to 53 players ahead of today’s deadline. 

Roster Cuts:

1. TE Stephen Anderson
2. TE Andrew Beck
3. WR Braxton Berrios
4. RB Nick Brossette
5. T Cole Croston
6. WR Ryan Davis
7. C James Ferentz
8. C Tyler Gauthier
9. LB Terez Hall
10. DE Trent Harris
11. DB A.J. Howard
12. QB Brian Hoyer
13. T Martez Ivey
14. RB Jakob Johnson
15. LB Ufomba Kamalu
16. T Cedrick Lang
17. LB Calvin Munson
18. DT David Parry
19. WR Damoun Patterson
20. LB Christian Sam
21. TE Eric Saubert
22. T Dan Skipper
23. T Tyree St. Louis
24. WR Demaryius Thomas
25. DE Nick Thurman
26. DB Ken Webster
27. LB Scooby Wright

Other Roster Moves:

• Patriots placed C David Andrews, G Hjalte Froholdt, DB Malik Gant, and DE Derek Rivers on injured reserve
• Patriots placed TE Ben Watson and TE Lance Kendricks on the suspended list
• Patriots placed WR Cameron Meredith on the PUP list
• Patriots placed OT Yodny Cajuste on the NFI list

Hoyer, 33, originally signed on with the Patriots as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State back in 2009. He spent three years in New England before bouncing around with a number of teams including the Steelers, Cardinals, Browns, Texans and Bears.

Hoyer signed a two-year, $12 million contract that included $10 million guaranteed with the 49ers in March of 2017. He was set to make base salaries of $2.95 million and $3.95 million when San Francisco recently released him.

The Patriots signed him to a three-year deal shortly after being cut by San Francisco. He was entering the final year of his contract and set to earn a base salary of $1.5 million this season.

In 2018, Hoyer was active for five games for the Patriots and recorded one completion on two pass attempts for seven yards.

Beck, 23 was a priority free-agent signing for New England out of Texas after the draft. He received $100,000 in guarantees but won’t make the final roster as a rookie.