Report: Patriots gain significant cap space with Antonio Brown, Aaron Hernandez grievances

The Patriots cleared up a significant amount of salary-cap space on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss and Field Yates.The team settled compensation grievances with Aaron Hernandez ($2.55 million) and Antonio Brown ($4 million).The Patriots went from less than $500 thousand in cap space earlier this week to $7.79 million. Bill Belichick can use this financial freedom to make moves throughout the season and better manage the roster

The Patriots cleared up a significant amount of salary-cap space on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss and Field Yates.The team settled compensation grievances with Aaron Hernandez ($2.55 million) and Antonio Brown ($4 million).The Patriots went from less than $500 thousand in cap space earlier this week to $7.79 million. Bill Belichick can use this financial freedom to make moves throughout the season and better manage the roster