The New England Patriots are releasing defensive end Kony Ealy, the Patriots announced on Saturday.
Mike Garafolo of NFL.com first reported the news.
Garafolo added that the Patriots "tried him in their scheme" but Kony wasn't "a similar style to [Rob] Ninkovich so it didn't work out."
The news follows a report from Tom Pelissero of NFL.com on Friday that the Patriots had "gauged trade market for him." Apparently, the Patriots received little interest in the 25-year-old defensive end and decided to simply cut him instead.