{"id":84664,"date":"2025-08-28T09:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84664"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:32:58","slug":"patriots-sign-former-rams-cb-after-releasing-kendrick-bourne-javon-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84664","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Sign Former Rams CB After Releasing Kendrick Bourne, Javon Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_165,y_223,w_4335,h_2438\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_1440:810,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/49\/01jccprt2zj86srmh2xf.jpg\" alt=\"Patriots made a massive mistake with Kendrick Bourne that cannot continue\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>New England has added a new face to its defense<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Owen Crisafulli 11 Hours Ago3 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2043534\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The New England Patriots made a slew of roster moves on Tuesday to trim their team down to 53 players. That didn\u2019t stop the front office from tweaking its roster again on Wednesday, as the team announced another slew of roster moves.<\/p>\n<p>One of the bigger surprises from the Pats\u2019 initial 53-man roster was that they kept eight wide receivers on their team. That always seemed unsustainable, and sure enough, both Kendrick Bourne and Javon Baker were released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The release of those guys allowed New England to claim former New York Giants quarterback Tommy Devito after he was released on Tuesday. It also led them to former Los Angeles Rams cornerback Charles Woods, as he filled the other roster spot opened up by these moves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New England Patriots announced today that they have released WR Javon Baker and WR Kendrick Bourne. The Patriots also claimed and were awarded QB Tommy DeVito from the New York Giants and CB Charles Woods from the Los Angeles Rams,\u201d the team announced on their official website.<\/p>\n<p>Woods broke into the league as an undrafted free agent with the Rams last season, suiting up in 12 games for them. Playing primarily on special teams, Woods racked up just two tackles on the year.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With New England, Woods will likely fill a depth role on the team, while also factoring into the mix on special teams. Considering how the Pats had a plethora of wide receivers at their disposal, the addition of Woods will help balance out their roster.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>While Bourne is looking for a fresh start, Baker could return to the Patriots as a member of their practice squad, if he doesn\u2019t get scooped up by another team. With their season-opener against the Las Vegas Raiders still over a week away, it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise to see a couple more moves get made as New England gears up for the start of the new season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After releasing Kendrick Bourne and Javon Baker, the Patriots signed former Rams cornerback Charles Woods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":84677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patriots Sign Former Rams CB After Releasing Kendrick Bourne, Javon Baker - 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