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TE Marcus Pollard released

Email|Link|Comments (2) Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff August 19, 2008 11:39 AM

FOXBOROUGH -- Patriots coach Bill Belichick is holding his daily press conference (11:30 a.m.) at Gillette Stadium and he commented on the team's roster move this morning -- releasing tight end Marcus Pollard:

"We just felt like, with Marcus, that it wasn't really going to work out here the way that we had hoped and that he had hoped. But at the same time, there is still a couple of preseason games left. There is some time before the opener, and I think there are some other teams that are looking for tight ends and maybe there is a better opportunity for him somewhere else; that's for him to determine. Rather than to do it on the last cut, where his options would be more limited, we felt like in fairness to him and out of respect to him, that he deserved that."

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I'm not as worried about Cassel as I am about the blocking on the offensive line.

They look terrible both in pass protection and in run blocking.

Posted by gooby August 19, 08 02:32 PM

This was inevitable...now lets get rid of Cassel, CJackson....

Posted by Raj7 August 20, 08 04:19 AM

DO NOT HIT THE SUBMIT BUTTON MORE THAN ONCE!

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