{"id":70969,"date":"2019-08-18T17:06:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T21:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=70969"},"modified":"2019-08-18T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T21:28:12","slug":"dontrelle-inman-released-josh-gordon-new-england-patriots-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/08\/18\/dontrelle-inman-released-josh-gordon-new-england-patriots-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Dontrelle Inman Released, Josh Gordon Added to New England Patriots Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/I\/InmaDo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dontrelle Inman<\/a><\/strong> Era is officially over. According to <em>The Athletic<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>Nick Underhill<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a> released the former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver. Inman&#8217;s agent requested the release following the arrival of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GordJo02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Gordon<\/a><\/strong>. Gordon, meanwhile, was placed on the Non-Football Injury list upon his reinstatement<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Patriots are parting ways with Dontrelle Inman, per source<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nick_underhill\/status\/1163191594847260673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was at the request of Dontrelle Inman\u2019s agent following the Josh Gordon news. The team was amicable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SjSYSXCIwW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/SjSYSXCIwW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1163196615743725573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>New England Patriots Release Dontrelle Inman, Activate Josh Gordon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Inman appeared in both of New England&#8217;s preseason games but struggled to separate himself from the pack. During his time on the field, the five-year NFL veteran recorded three receptions for 40 yards while mostly playing with the second- and third-string offenses. This early release should allow him an opportunity to catch on with another team before the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Inman initially joined the NFL as an undrafted free agent. Signed by the San Diego Chargers, Inman recorded 12 receptions for 158 yards as a rookie. He spent parts of four seasons with the Chargers organization, recording a grand total of 107 receptions for 1,463 yards and seven touchdowns. Additionally, Inman spent a portion of 2017 with the Chicago Bears and a portion of 2018 with the Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<p>In a corresponding move, the Patriots officially added Josh Gordon back onto the 90-man roster. Gordon was facing an indefinite suspension for violating the NFL&#8217;s substance-abuse policy but was reinstated earlier in the week. He played 11 games for New England last year, recording 40 receptions for 720 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon initially joined the NFL as a second-round pick in the 2012 Supplemental Draft. Selected by the Cleveland Browns, Gordon appeared in all 16 games as a rookie, recording 50 receptions for 805 yards and five touchdowns. He set the league on fire in 2013 when he recorded 87 receptions for a league-leading 1,646 yards and nine touchdowns in just 14 games. Throughout the course of his career, Gordon has recorded 220 receptions for 3,826 yards and 19 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"1AQUhG8VTe5oXVkiSg3BeA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1159256494\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1AQUhG8VTe5oXVkiSg3BeA',sig:'hiT5FtmksmdUtXdmT9v16IDNax9qsPdSsKThGj93E3E=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1159256494',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots have parted ways with wide receiver Dontrelle Inman in order to make room for wide receiver Josh Gordon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":70972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,5],"tags":[505,61,507,38,40,331],"class_list":["post-70969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-patriots","tag-dontrelle-inman","tag-football","tag-josh-gordon","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}