"In its Sunday Blitz column, National Football Post reports that a source believes the Patriots will cut Chad Ochocinco and/or Albert Haynesworth before the season starts.

From the column:

Chad Ochocinco and Albert Haynesworth might not be long for New England. One day before this story came out by my guy Mike Reiss, one NFL executive familiar with the Patriots ways told me he believes one or both of the big name acquisitions will be cut before the season starts. The front office man thinks coach Bill Belichick will use the controversial players to help control and send a message to his locker room.

As far as the "this story" to which NFP's Dan Pompei refers above: Here's the link to that from ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss from the middle of last week. And here's an excerpt:

The restructured contracts signed by defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco present a low-risk, high-reward scenario from a team perspective.

In addition to Chad's $1 million salary for 2011, he also earned a $4.5 million signing bonus, meaning his total pay this year is approximately $5.5 million."