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Report: Patriots release safety Brandon Meriweather 09.03.11 at 3:15 pm ET
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Brandon Meriweather (AP)

The Patriots have released veteran safety Brandon Meriweather, according to a report from Pro Football Talk.

As the deadline for roster cuts loomed Saturday afternoon, multiple reports indicated the Patriots were attempting to trade the safety. Meriweather, a first-round pick of New England in 2007, had been a lightning rod for controversy over the course of his four-year career, and has moved up and down the depth chart over the last two seasons.

After Thursday’s presesason finale – in which he sat in the first half and started the second half with back-ups – Meriweather admitted he ‘didn’t know his situation’ but was still looking forward to preparing for the season-opener in Miami on Sept. 12.

His playing time has been up and down over the course of the preseason, and saw a significant dip in Thursday’s preseason finale against the Giants, where he was on the field late into the second half with the backups. After the game, he appeared to shrug off any worries.

“Coach always tells us [to] be ready to play for 60 minutes,” he told reporters after the game. “At any point he can put you in or take you out. Coach is going to do whatever he thinks is best for the team, and everybody else just has to live with it.

“I don’t know my situation,” Meriweather added. “I think our coaches do a great job rotating all us in. And playing a lot of guys. Getting a lot of guys a lot of playing time with other people to see how they play together so you know you never know your situation until it’s time.”

In all, the 5-foot-11, 200-pounder played in all 64 games with 40 starts over his first four NFL seasons with the Patriots, and was a two-time Pro Bowler. His best year likely came in 2009, when he earned his first Pro Bowl berth after finishing with career highs with 83 tackles and five interceptions.

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  • mpf

    dumb idea

  • http://Enteryourwebsite... Hiesman hemmer

    Now that the big bang clock is gone belichek can sign his favorite type of player an old washed up veteran way passed his prime I.e. Junior seau. Maybe we can get Rodney Harrison to come back lol.

  • http://Enteryourwebsite... Pussywhipped

    I think it was a dumb idea for your mother to have you. Brandon merriweather being cut brilliant on belichek’s part he sucked he was always doing stupid shit always out of position and head hunting good ridance big bang clown

  • http://CNN/SI M. Golden

    Probably should have kept him, it was his last year under contract so he would have ramped up his play looking for the next contract, we could have taken advantage of that and let him walk as a FA next year. Somehow I just dont see Sharper as being the answer to the hole we just created, looks like Barrett made the team so we’ll have to see what he has, initial reports are that he outplayed BM in preseason so….

  • Chuck Shonta

    As soon as he nicknamed himself the “Party Starter”, his days were numbered.

  • Dean

    I have never seen a safety take worse angles on a ball carrier than Brandon. Too bad man, he had a lot of potential. He can lay the lumber, but that’s about it. Perhaps Bill will abduct Ed Reed like he always wants to do.

  • andy

    Guy was a bogus head hunting d-bag – late to the party – out of position – lousy communicator – I am thrilled that he and sanders are gone. welcome josh barett and anyone off the waiver wire-

  • micky finn

    yeah this old-washed-up-vet thing doesn’t seem to work? how many games have the pats one in the last decade or so? hmmm? oh, and folks learn to spell…it looks stupid when you cannot spell b-e-l-i-c-h-i-c-k!

    when do you think the kraft’s are going to bring you in to judge talent and structure contracts? they aren’t.

  • http://Enteryourwebsite... Chip2Stan

    Don’t spell the past tense of “win” as “one” and then bark at people about learning to spell, you shallow idiot.

    They’ve won thanks to tough but motivational roster moves other owners would be too soft to make.

  • Mike

    Two Pro Bowls and he’s cut instead of traded?

  • Jetsfan

    Thanks Pats the Jets will surely take him!!!!!!

  • Hiesman hemmer is an idiot

    Good move because Meriweather was just not a good team defensive player. Yeah, he made the impressive hit every once in a while but how many times did he miss his angles and let the receiver gain an extra 10-15 yards? His coverage was mediocre at best and Bill even said in camp his coverage “was getting better”. Not sure that was a real vote of confidence.

    The way this defense has given up a ton of yards through the air the last couple of years you knew major changes were in store. I admit keeping him would have been the safe thing to do but if you don’t think he can help in the long run why not make the change now?

  • pmack1101

    Jetsfan: Congratulations with your new horrible player.

    Mike: Who cares? The pro bowls were unwarranted. He was voted for because of his reputation not actually play.

    Chip2stan: That is hilarious.

    Heisman Hemmer: Really? Really? Are you actually trying to say Belichick would rather have a roster full of old washed up veterans over draft selections. I look at the names on the defensive roster (seeing as though we are talking defense), and I see names like McCourtey, Wilfork, Mayo, Chung, Guyton. Where are the “washed up” players Belichick loves so much? At every defensive position, Belichick has a young up and coming player he acquired through the draft.

    Andy: “guy was a bogus head hunting douche bag” I think your going a bit overboard with this comment. Sure he head hunted a few times, mostly because he was out of position. But being bogus? I don’t even know what that means, and douche bag. You sound sour. Meriweather is just not a good player, period. But to say he is a douche bag, to say any player is a douche bag,when you don’t actually know him personally, just articles from information received 3 or 4th hand from reporters, truthfully, makes you sound like a “douche bag.” He wasn’t good. Get over it.

    M. Golden: We should NOT have kept him. He was not going to “ramp” up his play, because it is a contract year. That implies that he has the ability to play at a high caliber at will. He is not good, or he would still be on the team. He can’t stay in position to save his life. His contract year is the same as any other year, horrible. So that theory doesn’t float.

  • cameron

    You’re an idiot! Your punctuation is terrible and your logic is ridiculous! Stop posting comments!

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