The New England Patriots releasing recent starters is newsworthy, sure, but it’s hardly shocking at this point. Even if the player in question this time plays a hard-to-fill position — center — and is still in his prime at 25.
Bryan Stork, who was the starting center as a rookie for most of the Patriots’ season, has been released. He now will be subject to waivers and almost certainly will be claimed.
The team getting Stork will be getting a one-position player with an extremely tough and surly disposition, but also a player who has been beset by injuries in his brief career.