The New England Patriots will waive quarterback Bailey Zappe on Tuesday, multiple outlets reported.
Zappe played in 14 games the past two seasons, starting eight, for the Patriots and was 4-4. He completed 63.2 percent of his passes for 2,053 yards with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
While Zappe, 25, relieved an ineffective Mac Jones last season, he was buried in the quarterback room this spring and summer behind veteran Jacoby Brissett and rookies Drake Maye and Joe Milton III. Maye was the No. 3 overall pick of the draft, while Milton was taken in the sixth round.
Zappe was 15-of-25 passing for 137 yards in the preseason.
First-year head coach Jerod Mayo has yet to announce who will start at QB when the Patriots open the season Sept. 8 against the Bengals in Cincinnati.
The deadline for teams to get down to a 53-man roster is 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Other notable cuts, per multiple reports:
–Martavis Bryant’s comeback dreams ended with his release by the Washington Commanders.
Bryant, 32, was attempting to play in the NFL regular season for the first time since he was suspended indefinitely by the league in 2018 following multiple drug violations. The league did not reinstate him until last November.
He spent time late last season on the practice squad of the Dallas Cowboys, who released him on Jan. 4. He caught on with the Commanders two weeks ago after a workout at training camp.
–The Tennessee Titans are cutting former first-round draft pick Caleb Farley after three seasons.
The No. 22 selection in 2021, the defensive back played in just 12 games (two starts) over three seasons because of a variety of injuries, including a torn ACL and back issues.
He had 14 tackles and one pass defensed.
–Running back Frank Gore Jr. was not on the 53-man roster of the Buffalo Bills when the league deadline arrived on Tuesday.
Gore Jr. rushed for 101 yards in the preseason finale and said he was confident he put his “best foot forward” in a preseason bid to follow his father’s footsteps to the NFL.
The Southern Miss product hit waivers despite gaining 212 total yards on 37 touches with Buffalo in August.
–The Houston Texans released wide receiver Noah Brown.
The 28-year-old played five seasons with the Cowboys before signing with the Texans ahead of the 2023 campaign, in which he played in 10 games (seven starts) and made 33 catches for 567 yards with two touchdowns.
In 76 career games (25 starts), he has 115 receptions for 1,547 yards and five TDs.
–The Green Bay Packers cut kicker Anders Carlson, who missed a key field goal attempt in the NFC playoffs last season.
Carlson couldn’t convert a 41-yard attempt in the Packers’ 24-21 divisional-round playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers in January — a field goal that could have given Green Bay a seven-point lead with just over six minutes to play.
He struggled throughout his 2023 rookie season, missing five extra point tries and converting just 81.8 percent (27 of 33) of his field goal attempts in the regular season. The sixth-round draft pick also missed an extra point in the playoffs.
–Field Level Media
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