The most depressing date on the NFL calendar is upon us. Cut-down day marks the deadline where 80-man preseason rosters have to be trimmed to 53. While teams will angle and swap out back-end players with waiver wire additions in the week that follows, no single moment matches the sheer, job-losing carnage of Tuesday’s 3 p.m. deadline.
Several notable names have already been cut, including former New England Patriot starters like Josh Gordon, Malcolm Butler and Sony Michel. But it may be a pair of fairly anonymous Pats that illustrate the struggles Bill Belichick is facing in 2022.
