What a week it has been for tight end Eric Tomlinson.
The veteran was signed by the Patriots last week, he and his wife had their first child, he made his Patriots debut, and then Wednesday it was announced he was released, but then it was stated he in fact wasn't and remains on the team.
Here's what happened.
At 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, the team sent out a press release saying it had traded for Mohamad Sanu and signed special teams player Justin Bethel. The corresponding moves listed were releasing Jordan Richards and Tomlinson.
Then Thursday morning, the team tweeted Tomlinson was in fact not released and is still on the 53-man roster.
TE Eric Tomlinson was not released yesterday and is on the #Patriots 53-man roster.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 24, 2019It seems like once the team placed Josh Gordon on injured reserve, it elected to keep Tomlinson -- even though he was off the roster for a short period of time. He was not spotted at practice or in the locker room.
Tomlinson played 38 snaps in the 33-0 win over the Jets on Monday night.
