The Patriots continued to clean up their injured reserve list by waiving defensive end Tom Hensley and center Jack Peavey. Peavey, out of Troy (Ala. ) State, is a Foxborough native placed on injured reserve with a right hamstring injury Aug. 18. New England has reduced its injured reserve list to 13 from a one-time high of 22 . . . Nose tackle Mike Ruth said the stretched patella tendon in his knee is now “close to 100 percent. ” Ruth played sparingly last week, the first action he had seen since the season opener . http://www.carpaltunnel-cure.com/. . Both Ken Sims and Clayton Weishuhn worked out, but neither is expected to be activated this week. www.carpaltunnel-cure.com/ Sims will likely come off before next week’s game with the Jets . . . Cornerback Rod McSwain, scheduled to be activated tomorrow for this week’s game, worked at cornerback yesterday, while Ronnie Lippett, suffering with a sore heel, watched in sweat clothes carpaltunnel-cure.com/.