FOXBORO — It was 4 weeks to the day Monday that Patriots corrnerback Christian Gonzalez landed in a full-team interval at observe and walked off the sphere with a left leg damage.
So, how is Gonzalez progressing?
“He’s working exhausting to get wholesome, and I feel that’s what I attempt to remind (media) on a regular basis: that’ll be my stance on accidents,” Patriots coach Mike Vrabel stated earlier than observe. “That I’m assured that the participant is working exhausting and that they’re doing what they’re requested to do, and as soon as they, let’s say, get better from one thing that they’re working by way of, particularly if it’s been in a coaching camp, for those who have a look at this particular scenario, there may be some conditioning that’s concerned.
Vrabel continued: “I feel that’s in all probability completely different for every man. In my very own private expertise, you may solely trip the bike so lengthy or do the stair climb or one thing, you even have to come back out right here, put pads on, run and get into soccer conditioning. So, no matter that takes, that takes, and I’ve stated that to each participant that’s not on the market with us proper now.”
Inside two days of injuring his left leg, Gonzalez was again on the sphere watching observe in road garments. Initially, he wore a compression sleeve on his left leg, which he hasn’t worn now for 3 weeks. Gonzalez additionally traveled to joint practices in Minnesota and for the Patriots’ preseason finale towards the Giants final week.
Reportedly, Gonzalez ought to be out there for Week 1, although the Patriots have lower than two weeks to observe and put together for his or her season opener towards the Raiders on Sept. 7. In his place, the Patriots have rotated younger corners Alex Austin and DJ James in practices reverse veteran free-agent addition Carlton Davis.
