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Patriots Release Dan Gronkowski

BOSTON (CBS) - Even with Aaron Hernandez out Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, the New England Patriots released tight end Dan Gronkowski on Friday.

Dan, the brother of Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski , was signed by the Patriots on September 7 and played in the first two games for the Patriots. He did not register any numbers in his two games with New England.

Read: Hernandez Out Against Bills

The Patriots now only have one healthy tight end for Sunday's game in Buffalo.

Read: Levan Reid's Patriots Blog

Tune in to the Patriots-Bills game Sunday at 1:00 pm on 98.5 The Sports Hub and WBZ-TV. Tune in to Patriots Gameday at 11:30am on WBZ-TV and The Sports Hub's pregame coverage, beginning at 10:00 am. After the game tune in to the Postgame show on 98.5, and to Patriots Fifth Quarter on TV38.

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