Updated: Martellus Bennett has torn rotator cuff, practices with team ... now what?

Update: Despite not practicing for two weeks with the Packers and being released with an injury designation, Martellus Bennett was on the practice field with the Patriots today, meaning his passed his physical with the team.

Wouldn't put on your old Marty Bennett Patriots jersey quite yet.

That injury that forced his release from Green Bay with a "failure to disclose" designation? Turns out it was a torn rotator cuff, according to NFL Network.

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This isn't exactly the biggest surprise. Bennett played through shoulder issues all last season for the Patriots, but gutted it out.

What's this all mean for his return to the Patriots?

BSJ analysis

Basically, it depends on how bad the tear is once the Patriots put him through a physical. It's believed that he played through the injury last season. He could do the same thing if it's, say, half torn. If it's fully torn, I have a hard time seeing him play with it and the Patriots would likely place him on injured reserve.

If the rotator cuff isn't fully torn, it's a pain management-type situation and painkillers could help him make it through the rest of the season, if that's what Bennett wants to do.

The rotator cuff is fairly important at the tight end position because it's used a lot in blocking, and also extending to make catches.

As much as the Patriots could use Bennett, this is really a no-harm, no-foul situation. I mean, they didn't have him and were dangerously thin at tight end before the no-risk move, and they'd be in the same spot if he has to be placed on injured reserve.