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Pats claim RB Tyler Gaffney off waivers


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wow.

 

is there a precedent for this?

 

Pats already did this before with Jake Ballard a couple seasons ago.

 

 

 

Because they decided to do so during the offseason, NFL rules required that he be exposed to waiver claims before they could do so. While Ballard and his agent expected that he would clear waivers, New England claimed him off waivers on June 12, 2012. He spent the entire 2012 regular season on the Physically Unable to Perform list.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Ballard#New_England_Patriots

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Patriots claiming of Tyler Gaffney broke unwritten rule, but Panthers GM Dave Gettleman gambled and lost. The pot: Sixth-round pick, $100K.

— Mike Persinger (@mikepersinger)

July 28, 2014

 

Mike Persinger ‏@mikepersinger  2m
Patriots claiming of Tyler Gaffney broke unwritten rule, but Panthers GM Dave Gettleman gambled and lost. The pot: Sixth-round pick, $100K.
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Pats already did this before with Jake Ballard a couple seasons ago.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Ballard#New_England_Patriots

 

I was literally typing the same thing when you posted. Ballard was on the rise and the Pats swooped in. Getts was in the FO at the time, he's 0-2 when trying to "sneak" players through waivers.

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Gettleman really fuged up...he REALLY fuged up.

Yeah Gaffney has great potential.  We already have 5 to 6 RBs active, so why was there a pressing need to waive him to sign Whitaker, who won't make the roster anyway?  Just let him hold a spot until camp ends and IR him.  This was fuging stupid.

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