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Belichick discusses risk of exposing players to waiver claims

Bill Belichick knows the data. This summer, the Patriots don’t have a mass of easy releases, especially among their rookies and first-year players. “It’s something you take into consideration, it’s a hard thing to predict,” Belichick said when asked about weighing the risk of a released player the Patriots would like to re-sign to their practice squad getting claimed.