The Patriots have added measurement to their defensive entrance by claiming nostril sort out Marquan McCall off waivers from the Carolina Panthers.
The Patriots waived/injured huge receiver Tre Nixon to make room for McCall. Nixon suffered an harm throughout Saturday’s preseason sport with the Green Bay Packers. He’ll revert to injured reserve if he clears waivers.
McCall, who’s listed at 6-foot-3, 345 kilos, was a shock reduce by the Panthers. He was beginning for Carolina’s protection earlier this summer season.
“Those are tough decisions — we appreciate his contribution,” Reich informed reporters in Carolina. “Honestly, we’re doing it now because we think he’s going to be on a roster somewhere. It just comes down to two things: It comes down to a fit for us and what we’re trying do, and then we’ve had a couple of guys at that position who have really looked good. So, wish Marquan the best and appreciate his contribution.”
McCall, who signed with the Panthers as an undrafted free agent out of Kentucky final spring, performed 16 video games final season and recorded 15 tackles with two tackles for loss and one QB hit.
He joins Davon Godchaux, Christian Barmore, Lawrence Guy, Daniel Ekuale, Carl Davis, Sam Roberts, Jeremiah Pharms and Justus Tavai on the Patriots’ defensive sort out depth chart. He has only one week to point out the Patriots he deserves a roster spot. The Pats play the Tennessee Titans of their closing preseason sport Friday. They should trim their roster from 90 gamers all the way down to 53 on Aug. 29.
Godchaux, Barmore, Guy, Ekuale and Davis all had been vital contributors for the Patriots on protection final season. The Pats additionally added 6-foot-5, 290-pound edge defender Keion White within the second spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Nixon was chosen within the seventh spherical of the 2021 NFL Draft out of UCF. He’s spent the final two seasons on the Patriots’ observe squad. He appeared to injure his shoulder throughout a goal from backup quarterback Bailey Zappe and instantly went into the pop-up blue medical tent after being tended to by trainers. Nixon didn’t re-enter Saturday’s sport.
JuJu Smith-Schuster, DeVante Parker, Kendrick Bourne, Demario Douglas, Tyquan Thornton, Kayshon Boutte, Raleigh Webb, Thyrick Pitts and Malik Cunningham stay at huge receiver on the Patriots’ roster. Nixon was considered as a protracted shot for the 53-man roster previous to his harm. Smith-Schuster, Parker, Bourne, Douglas, Thornton and Boutte have been essentially the most aggressive huge receivers by almost 4 weeks of Patriots coaching camp.
Source: www.bostonherald.com