First reported by Ian Rapoport, the Patriots are releasing veteran WR Mohamed Sanu.
A bit of a surprise this one, initially at the beginning of camp, I thought Sanu could be a cut candidate given his poor first season in New England along with his injury issues, but following a fairly strong camp, I had him as a lock, but no more.
The Patriots acquired Sanu in a trade last year with Atlanta, where the team exchanged their 2020 second-round draft pick for his services. On reflection, fans will look back at this being one of the poorer trades of Belichick’s last decade as HC.
The release didn’t make the wire today, so there’s still a chance a team may come in to trade for him, but one thing’s for sure, his time in Foxborough is now over.
Per @patscap the release of Sanu will not inflict a dead cap hit and has created $5.75m in cap space.
Look out for my final 53-man roster projection which is being released tomorrow!
