Kendrick Bourne made the Patriots' 53-man roster on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he reportedly requested to be released by New England.

The team has granted that request, releasing Bourne Wednesday afternoon.

Teams had expressed interested in trading for Bourne, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network , and ESPN's Adam Schefter added that the Vikings inquired about Bourne before working out a deal with the Panthers to bring back Adam Thielen. ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss is also reporting the Patriots kept Bourne with the intentions of trading him, but the trade talks didn't go anywhere and New England opted to release him instead.

The Patriots basically burned a roster spot to try and trade Bourne, who didn't want to remain in New England. Now Bourne will get to pick his next team, while

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