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The New England Patriots are expected to release offensive tackle Sebastian Vollmer, according to Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald and Tom Pelissero of USA Today.
Vollmer would have been a free agent this offseason but spent the entire 2016 on the physically-unable-to-perform list, so the final year of his contract rolls over to 2017, as Pelissero noted.
Howe added that retirement is a possibility for Vollmer, whose "hip is in bad shape." Ian Rapoport of NFL.