Jones & Keefe: Tom E. Curran says David Andrews still wanted to play as a Patriot

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00:00What was your take on David Andrews' release?

00:03It seems like the Patriots took a really weak spot of their team and made it weaker.

00:08I think a lot of folks are looking at it as a little bit heartless and cold.

00:14The way they did that with a player who has been so good for them and, you know, the guy

00:19who would weakly stand up and take the slings and arrows after disappointing losses.

00:26I kind of looked at it like this, and this might not have been what David wanted to happen.

00:30David, I think, would have been amenable to coming in and saying, I'll earn my spot.

00:35I want to try and come back here and I'm not going to go play someplace else.

00:39But I think the Patriots had in their minds kind of moved on in that position and said,

00:43you know what, we're going to get younger.

00:44We're going to get better at that position.

00:45David's 33 and we're not sure when he's going to be available.

00:50We've got to fix it now.

00:52So instead of leading him on, they moved on.

00:55And I think that there would have been danger in bringing him back unless David was able

00:58to say, look, I'm not asking for a free ride in here.

01:01If I'm playing second team or third team throughout the summer and you move on, then you move on.

01:06So I understand their logic.

01:09If you're going to move on and you know it, then the right thing to do is not to drag

01:14him along through the offseason.

01:16But I can see how it would be surprising or eye-widening for him and painful.

01:22Your understanding is he still wants to play though?

01:25I don't know.

01:26I think he still wants to play for the Patriots, but I don't know if he wants to play anywhere else.

01:30I mean, that's... or still wanted to play for the Patriots.

01:35So I don't know.

01:37He's been pretty mum.