Patriots Release Tyrone McKenzie

…I can only hope he clears and can make it to the practice squad. A major knee injury can take over a year to get %100, and I had hoped they were going to give him that time. I didn’t see the game, but by all accounts he played very well in the final preseason game. I guess it wasn’t enough. Some team thin at linebacker is probably gonna scoop him up, and I get the feeling he is going to develop very well. I can only hope now that the season can get going and we play well and start winning some games and get this bummer of a preseason out of my mind.

Seriously you drop a high character guy with decent upside coming off an injury so will get better, for a (Brady quote) ‘fat cow’ who couldn’t stick with the only other team that has had a look at him?

I know Bill was pizzed they couldn’t punch in the ball against the G-men but what can Maneri do that Gronkowski can’t?

Way to go on thinking long term BB

what about idea that BB waited till other teams made their move to gauge the demand for ILB and decrease likelihood he will be claimed

  If the choice was between him and Fletcher, I would think it would be much easier for Fletcher to clear waivers and make the PS. Unless they just like Fletcher that much better. I still feel that Mckenzie has a great shot at developing into a stud.
     As mentioned here, they may have delayed his release to give other teams less chances to take him for the PS, but I doubt every team, or even most teams have their PS set yet. We’ll see.

….seems to show that just about every team has open spots on their Practice squad, about 3-4 on average, so I don’t know if I can but the rationalization that the delay has bought the Pats any advantage here.

…what is the waiver claim period? 24 hours?

Waivers

1. When a team cuts a player with less than four years’ service in the NFL, which includes any player who could be assigned to a practice squad, that player doesn’t immediately become a free agent. He must go through the NFL’s waiver system, in which every other team gets a chance to “claim” him, assume his contract and add him to its 53-man roster. If no team claims the player, he becomes a free agent and is able to sign with any team. If another team does claim him, his original team has the right to pull him off waivers and keep him on the roster. So, to demote a player to the practice squad, a team must put him on waivers, then hope that he clears waivers, and then sign him to a practice-squad contract.

Will he be claimed