Patriots’ latest roster move sparks jokes

The jokes are writing themselves with the New England Patriots right now.

New England announced on Tuesday that they have released guard Michael Jordan. The move is to make room for fellow guard Lester Cotton, whom the Patriots just claimed off waivers from the Miami Dolphins.

Naturally, the roster move led to some great jokes on social media. Many X users started referencing the (slightly more popular) guard Michael Jordan of basketball fame. Take a look at some of the wisecracks that resulted.

For the football-playing Jordan to be released is actually somewhat of a surprise. The former fourth-round pick had started 11 of 12 games for the Patriots at left guard this season while Cotton still has yet to make a single start in 2024.

But the 3-9 Patriots have decided to make a change regardless. That means these will be the last Air Jordan jokes in New England for a while to come (though there have been plenty of other jokes to get off about the Patriots this season).