Posted by Mike Florio on October 19, 2009 5:52 PM ET
A day after the Patriots created a widespread case of head scratching by deactivating linebacker Adalius Thomas, the Pats have sent fingers back to scalps throughout the football-watching world by cutting linebacker Tully Banta-Cain.
Per a league source, the Pats cuts the veteran defender on Monday.
"New England cutting him doesn't make sense," the source said. "He was playing pretty well for them."
Banta-Cain was drafted by the Patriots in 2003. He signed with the 49ers in 2007. San Fran cut him in February 2009, and he re-signed a week later with the Patriots.
He appeared in all six regular-season games, starting twice.
Because the trade deadline has not passed, Banta-Cain will not pass through waivers. However, he'll be entitled to collect the remainder of his $620,000 base salary as termination pay, even if he signs with another team.
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[ Edited by GEEK on Oct 20, 2009 at 11:41 AM ]
