Patriots Releasing LS Joe Cardona

This comes after the Patriots used a seventh-round pick on Vanderbilt LS Julian Ashby last week. 

Cardona, 33, is a former fifth-round pick of the Patriots back in 2015. He was in the final year of his four-year, $2.48 million contract and set to make a base salary of $705,000 for the 2018 season when the Patriots re-signed him to a four-year extension.

From there, Cardona agreed to a four-year $6.3 million contract with the Patriots in 2023. 

In 2024, Cardona appeared in 6 games for the Patriots and recorded four tackles and a forced fumble.