FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots traded rookie running back Patrick Cobbs to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for an undisclosed draft choice and released 10 players today. The players who were released are listed below.
Player Traded by the Patriots Today
| Name | Pos | HT | WT | Born | YR | COLLEGE | H.S. HOMETOWN |
| Cobbs, Patrick | RB | 5-9 | 210 | 01/31/83 | R | North Texas | Tecumseh, Okla. |
Players Released by the Patriots Today
| Name | Pos | HT | WT | Born | YR | COLLEGE | H.S. HOMETOWN |
| Beisel, Monty | LB | 6-3 | 240 | 08/20/78 | 6 | Kansas State | Douglass, Kan. |
| Berlin, Eddie | WR | 5-11 | 195 | 01/14/78 | R | Northern Iowa | Urbandale, Iowa |
| Bramlet, Corey | QB | 6-4 | 220 | 01/17/83 | R | Wyoming | Wheatland, Wyo. |
| Brown, Chad | LB | 6-2 | 245 | 07/12/70 | 14 | Colorado | Altadena, Calif |
| Brown, Vernell | CB | 5-8 | 165 | 12/10/82 | R | Florida | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Freeman, Eddie | DL | 6-5 | 315 | 01/04/78 | 3 | Ala.-Birmingham | Mobile, Ala. |
| Luzar, Chris | TE | 6-7 | 262 | 02/12/79 | 3 | Virginia | Williamsburg, Va. |
| Mincey, Jeremy | LB | 6-3 | 260 | 12/14/83 | R | Florida | Statesboro, Ga. |
| Stone, John | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 07/07/79 | 2 | Wake Forest | Somers Point, N.J. |
| Warfield, Eric | CB | 6-0 | 200 | 03/03/76 | 9 | Nebraska | Vicksburg, Miss. |
