New England Patriots
Bengals QB Joe Burrow was listed as a full participant throughout Wednesday’s apply.
The excellent news for the Patriots? After having fun with a “mini bye” weekend after beating the Jets final Thursday evening, a banged-up New England roster was a lot more healthy throughout Wednesday’s apply at Gillette Stadium.
The unhealthy information? New England’s protection is likely to be thrown a curveball on Sunday in Cincinnati, as Bengals franchise QB Joe Burrow is likely to be effectively forward of schedule in his projected return to the gridiron.
On Wednesday’s damage report, the Bengals listed Burrow as a full participant in apply, presenting a doable situation the place the franchise QB is cleared for sport motion for Sunday’s sport in opposition to New England.
Burrow has been sidelined since Week 2 of the 2025 season after struggling a turf toe damage that required surgical procedure.
He was anticipated to be sidelined for 3 months, with NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reporting on Sunday that Burrow had “eyes on a return for both Cincinnati’s Thanksgiving evening sport in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens or extra seemingly the Bengals’ Dec. 7 sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments.”
However, with Cincinnati now 3-7 on the season and their playoff hopes dwindling, Burrow is likely to be accelerating his timeline in an effort to get Cincy again on monitor.
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor was noncommittal talking to reporters on Wednesday afternoon earlier than apply about Burrow’s availability.
“Joe Burrow hasn’t practiced 11-on-11 but,” Taylor said. “So like I mentioned the opposite day, till we get by way of some practices there isn’t any cause for me to even speculate on that.”
Granted, Taylor is likely to be altering his tune on Friday when the following damage report comes out. By being a full participant, Burrow has now been cleared in each 11-on-11s and different full drills.
Whereas Cincinnati must tackle a 9-2 Patriots crew with out prime wideout Ja’Marr Chase, the return of Burrow could be a significant increase for the Bengals. Final season, Burrow accomplished 70.6 p.c of his passes — throwing for 4,918 yards, 43 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions.
As New England awaits to see which QB it’ll match up in opposition to at Paycor Stadium, the state of the Patriots’ depth chart appears to be bettering after a number of days off.
New England had zero non-participants throughout Wednesday’s apply, with three starters who had been sidelined final Thursday in broad receiver Kayshon Boutte, linebacker Christian Elliss, and working again Rhamondre Stevenson all participating in apply.
Boutte and Elliss had been full contributors, whereas Stevenson — sidelined over the previous three weeks with a toe damage — was restricted.
The Patriots have been capable of keep afloat with out Stevenson as a consequence of rookie TreVeyon Henderson’s emergence, with the rookie working again scoring 5 whole touchdowns in New England’s final two video games.
However, the return of Boutte needs to be a welcome sight for Drake Maye and the Patriots offense, with Boutte rising as Maye’s prime deep menace to this point this yr.
Previous to lacking the final two video games with a hamstring damage, Boutte reeled in 5 touchdowns throughout 9 video games — together with his 18.7 yards per reception good for second within the NFL.
“They’ll all work right now, we’ll see how they reply after right now, and sort of hold transferring from there. However no actual replace,” Mike Vrabel mentioned forward of apply on Wednesday in regards to the standing of Boutte, Stevenson, and Elliss. “They haven’t finished something that we’ve pushed by way of aside from that. So, hopefully they’re on the market and they are going to be able to go, after which we’ll see the place they go.”
Right here’s a have a look at the total damage stories for each the Patriots and Bengals on Wednesday night:
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Did Not Take part
None
Restricted Participation
DT Christian Barmore – Not Damage Associated / Different
LB Okay’Lavon Chaisson, Ankle
TE Austin Hooper, Concussion
LB Harold Landry, Knee
OT Morgan Moses, Not Damage Associated / Relaxation
RB Rhamondre Stevenson, Toe
LB Jahlani Tavai, Not Damage Associated / Private
Full Participation
WR Kayshon Boutte, Hamstring
LB Christian Elliss, Hip
DL Joshua Farmer, Ankle
RB Terrell Jennings, Knee
CINCINNATI BENGALS
Did Not Take part
DE Trey Hendrickson, Hip/Pelvis
HB Samaje Perine, Knee
G Jalen Rivers, Knee / Ankle
DE Cam Pattern, Indirect
CB Cam Taylor-Britt, Foot
Restricted Participation
QB Joe Flacco, Proper Shoulder
DE Cedric Johnson, Ankle
Full Participation
Daijahn Anthony, Hamstring
QB Joe Burrow, Toe
WR Jermaine Burton, Sickness
TE Mike Gesicki, Pectoral
DE Joseph Ossai, Ankle
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