FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots took a financial risk when they claimed then-rookie running back Tyler Gaffney on waivers from the Carolina Panthers in 2014.
That risk, which was moderate but not insignificant, didn't pay off.
That sums up Monday's news that the Patriots have waived Gaffney, the Stanford alum who has been snakebitten by injuries in his first two NFL seasons.
Originally selected by the Panthers in the sixth round, Gaffney sustained a knee injury early in 2014 training camp and to place him on season-ending injured reserve, Carolina first had to waive him and make him available to 31 other clubs because of NFL rules at the 90-man roster limit.