The Patriots have announced the release of DB Tim Mixon and LB T.J. Slaughter.

The veteran Slaughter had spent the 2007 season out of football, and was signed by New England earlier this year.
Mixon spent much of last year on the Pats' practice squad. The college teammate of Ryan O'Callaghan at Cal, he was a practice player of the week on a couple of ocassions.