Patriots waive Yodny Cajuste

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Earlier this offseason, the Patriots moved to retain offensive lineman Yodny Cajuste when they tendered him as a restricted free agent.

But now, they’re letting him walk.

New England has waived Cajuste, according to Field Yates of ESPN.

The move clears $2.743 million in cap space for the Patriots this year.

Cajuste, a third-round pick in the 2019 draft, appeared in just 17 games with five starts over his first four seasons. He missed the entirety of his first two seasons due to injury and was also on IR with a thumb injury last year.

Cajuste was on the field for 10 games with three starts in 2022. He played 197 of New England’s offensive snaps and 31 special teams snaps.

11 responses to “Patriots waive Yodny Cajuste

  1. Decent player but that does not matter when you spend most of your time injured.

  2. ktsmn27 says:
    May 18, 2023 at 4:44 pm
    But BB IS THE BEST DRAFTER EVER

    22Rate This

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    Obviously, one of the best. Since 2000, no team has had morr All Pros.

  3. With all the money and time spent on drafting, it is really just rolling the roulette wheel. Pats got lucky with Brady. KC got more than hoped for. Jets wiffed with Wilson. 49ers and Greenbay made career effecting decisions. Several years later and neither have played. Management will be sweating it come the opening coin toss.

  4. With all the money and time spent on drafting, it is really just rolling the roulette wheel.

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    That is how Belichick the garbage built offense : he just threw some cheap slot receivers, old receivers and castoffs to Brady, and let Brady figure out who would be good fit, then the garbage shamelessly took the credits.

  5. wintercoates87 says:
    May 18, 2023 at 4:43 pm
    Decent player but that does not matter when you spend most of your time injured.

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    Not sure what games you watched Cajuste play in but they were as far removed from “decent” as one could possibly get. There’s a reason he never cracked the starting line up. If he wasn’t letting defenders blow past him he was holding them. It was time to move from Cajuste last year. At least the Pats have the depth to do it this year.

  6. For the purists. The cap savings are rarely what they seem. Cajuste will be replaced in the Top 51 and the cap savings will be reduced by the cost of that players contract. In this case $750,000.

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