The Patriots have cut defensive lineman Jonathan Fanene roughly 5 months after giving him 3 year, 12 million dollar deal with a 3.85 million dollar bonus. Fanene played pretty well as an inside/outside defensive lineman for the Bengals last season, with 7 sacks, 7 quarterback hits, and 15 quarterback pressures on 332 pass rush snaps, a 8.7% rate, and he also played the run well. With the Patriots, he was supposed to be a versatile rotational defensive lineman, playing defensive end in their 3-4 and defensive tackle and defensive end in their 4-3.

However, Fanene missed a lot of Training Camp with knee problems and will need surgery, which is why the Patriots cut him. Ordinarily, the Patriots would have to eat that 3.85 million dollar bonus, but they released him under a “failure to disclose physical condition” designation, suggesting that Fanene had a condition that he didn’t notify the Patriots about. If that is, in fact, the case, they’ll be entitled to get back at least a large chunk of that signing bonus. As for Fanene, the Bengals are thin at defensive end and might welcome him back, but he’ll miss 1-2 months after knee surgery first.

If you’re interested in doing a fantasy football league with me, here’s the link (no draft date set yet, currently standard, with the option to become PPR with group vote). http://msn.foxsports.com/fantasy/football/commissioner/Registration/Private.aspx?league=55086&password=FanSpot2

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