The New England Patriots release Adalius Thomas

The New England Patriots have released 32-year old OLB Adalius Thomas.  Thomas played in 14 games for the Patriots last season and he finished up with 34 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, he had 3 sacks and he defensed 2 passes.  In his three years with the Patriots, Thomas played in 39 games in which he had 146 tackles, defensed 14 passes, he had 14.5 sacks, forced 2 fumbles and he had 1 interception (which he returned for a TD).  Thomas didn’t really see eye to eye with Coach Belichick lately and his release saves the Patriots a lot of money so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.