With the agreement between the NFL and the Players Association to limit the training camp roster to just 80 players, the Patriots released 10 players over the weekend.
On Saturday, they released cornerback Lenzy Pipkins. On Sunday, UDFAs quarterbacks J’Mar Smith and Brian Lewerke, receivers Isaiah Zuber, Sean Riley, and Will Hastings, linebacker Kyahva Tezino and defensive tackle Courtney Wallace, as well as 2nd-year safeties Malik Gant and Adarius Pickett were released. The Globe’s Jim McBride was the first to report the news.
Under the agreement with the NFL and the NFLPA, the Patriots could have remained at 90 players had they wished to have split-squad workouts but they opted to cut down to the 80-man limit and having the entire team together during what will be a very different training camp schedule for 2020.