The Patriots announced the release of wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell on Monday, but it wasn’t for lack of effort on the part of the 25-year-old.
Beset by injuries, Mitchell’s last game was Super Bowl LI, in which he caught six passes for 70 yards in helping the Patriots to a historic victory over the Falcons. Yet he was unable to play in all of 2017, and struggled to get on the field at training camp this year.
Asked about Mitchell in his morning press conference, Bill Belichick offered sympathetic analysis.
“He did everything he could, did everything he could,” Belichick reiterated.