With running back LeGarrette Blount activated from the suspension list, the Patriots created room on the 53-man roster by unloading one of their seven edge rushers.
Linebacker Eric Martin was waived yesterday to fit Blount on the roster.
The Patriots are heavy on the edge with Chandler Jones, Rob Ninkovich, Jabaal Sheard, Trey Flowers, Geneo Grissom and Rufus Johnson.
Flowers missed Thursday’s season opener after being listed on the injury report all week with a knee ailment. Johnson was a healthy scratch, but the Patriots likely figured he wouldn’t clear waivers to stash him on the practice squad, which made Martin more expendable.