The Patriots have placed CB Leigh Bodden, S Bret Lockett, S Josh Barrett and DE Darryl Richard on the Injured Reserve List ending their seasons.  Leigh Bodden is the only big loss of this bunch.  He played in 15 games (14 starts) for the Patriots last season and he had 55 tackles, he forced a fumble, defensed 18 passes and he had 5 interceptions (one of which he returned for a TD).  Bret Lockett played in 10 games as a rookie last season for the Patriots and he had 7 tackles and 1 forced fumble.  Josh Barrett was just claimed off waivers from the Broncos a couple of weeks ago despite him needing shoulder surgery.  He played in 14 games for the Broncos last season and he had 10 tackles.  DE Darryl Richard didn’t play in any games as a rookie for the Patriots last year.  He had 4 tackles this pre-season for the Patriots. 

31-year old G/T Nick Kaczur of the Patriots has underwent back surgery to repair a bulging disk putting his 2010 season in jeopardy.  He played in 14 games (13 starts) for the Patriots last season and they had him penciled in to start at LG in the place of Logan Mankins who is holding out.  This is a big blow to the Patriots who are seeing their O-Line starting  to crumble for 2010.

The Patriots have placed WR Torry Holt on the Injured Reserve List with a knee injury ending his 2010 season before it even began.  He didn’t catch any passes in the pre-season opener for the Patriots.  The Patriots will likely depend on Julian Edelman as the #3 WR with his main competition out of action. 

UPDATE:  (8/20/2010) - The Patriots have bought out Holt with a injury settlement making him a free agent.

The Patriots have placed 29-year old starting left DE Ty Warren on the Injured Reserve List with a labral tear in his hip.  He will have surgery on Monday.  Ty Warren played in 13 games for the Patriots last season and he had 46 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle for a loss and 1 pass defensed.  Warren’s job was actually to tie up blockers against the running game and let the linebackers make the plays and he was very good at that.  32-year old Gerard Warren will get the first shot to replace him in the starting lineup.  I view this as a odd choice as G.Warren is 6′4″, 325 pounds.  G.Warren played in 16 games for the Raiders last season and he had 35 tackles, 2 sacks and he defensed 1 pass.  This will be a loss to monitor for the Patriots as Ty Warren was one of their keys to the defense.

The Patriots have claimed 25-year old safety Josh Barrett off waivers from the Broncos.  Barrett played in 14 games for the Broncos last season and he made 10 tackles.  He has now played in 20 games in his two years in the NFL and he has 32 tackles, 4 passes defensed and 1 interception.  Barrett will need shoulder surgery which will cause him to miss the 2010 season so he will be placed on I.R.  This was a move made with the future in mind according to Bill Belichick.  But you know he likes to stick it to his old coaches and Denver’s Josh McDaniels is one of them.