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Patriots minor moves

Email|Link|Comments (8) Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff July 28, 2009 05:26 PM

The Patriots announced that they have signed DB Herana-Daze Jones, and released OL Jermail Porter.

Porter was looking to make the transition from college wrestler (Kent State) to the NFL. He was a longer shot to make the roster and yesterday had been placed on the active/non-football injury list.

Jones (5-11, 206) is a veteran of three NFL seasons. He was originally signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as a rookie free agent out of Indiana in 2005. After spending his first season on the Cincinnati practice squad, Jones led the Bengals in special teams tackles in 2006 (19) and 2007 (18). He appeared in three games with the Bengals in 2008 before being waived and signing with Denver. Jones played in the final two contests of the 2008 season for the Broncos. Jones was released by Denver in June, 2009.

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8 comments so far...

I like Jermail Porter.

Here's hoping this is just the end of the first chapter for'm: that he makes our practice squad, and, in a year or two, our roster, and, thence, our rotation.

The other move worries me: Isn't there a 3 Hyphen Limit, in the NFL?

What if the Jaguars offer us Mojo Drew for a 7th Rounder, and we don't have a roster exemption for'm???

Serious note to the growing legions of hyphenators: Be a Man. Make a decision, for God's sake: Choose a name.

Posted by Fanatical Yankee July 28, 09 06:26 PM

Can somebody help me understand why I suddenly have a Jones for some Haagen-Dazs???

Posted by Fanatical Yankee July 28, 09 06:41 PM

Mike, you trying to say the pickup of HDJ is minor ? Can you imagine the egg on your face if he falls on a ST fumble in the playoffs ? It's gonna bite you.

Posted by farn July 28, 09 08:03 PM

I seriously don't understand this pick up.......seems like a waste to me!!

Posted by Don in Colorado Springs July 28, 09 08:51 PM

What is there to understand?
Every year the team brings in extra bodies for training camp. Why do people flip out every time some camp fodder is brought in?

Posted by hr July 29, 09 08:41 AM

We cannot overlook special teams because we lost Kelley Washington this is a good pick. But besides that there are more pressing issues. How do we go from Mike Vrabel to a bunch of unproven rookies and amateurs like Tully Banta Cain. Adalius needs to have a pro bowl year he has shown glimpses that have brought back memories of Derrick Thomas and LT but this year it needs to be consistent. He is getting payed the pro bowl dollars so it is time he started playing like it.

Posted by Will July 29, 09 11:45 AM

Before we start posting on the guy's name, and how he is just "camp fodder", let's actually see what he can do? I don't think they would cut a potential and bring in a veteran if they weren't going to take him at least semi-seriously. I did a little research and it looks like the guy is a good special teams player.

Posted by Dave July 29, 09 03:20 PM

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