FOXBORO — One of many Patriots’ finest defenders was conspicuously absent from the primary quarter of Sunday’s 32-13 win over the Browns.
Defensive sort out Christian Barmore, sometimes a starter, stayed on the sideline for your entire first quarter. He didn’t enter the sport till the Browns’ third drive, after which level he performed his typical variety of snaps.
“I needed to decide,” head coach Mike Vrabel stated after the sport about Barmore’s benching. “My job is to guard the workforce, so when there’s actions that I don’t really feel like are (in line) with what we wish to do right here, I’ve acquired to decide, and we transfer on.”
Barmore made an affect upon coming into the competition. PFF charted him with a team-high six pressures in simply 30 snaps.
The Browns scored a landing on their first drive when Barmore was not on the sector. They didn’t rating once more till early within the fourth quarter when the sport was already out of hand.
Barmore has returned to type this season after lacking most of final yr with blood clots. He signed a four-year, $84 million contract final offseason.
The 26-year-old defensive sort out declined to talk to reporters after the sport.
