Trent Brown has not played since Week 1 due to a calf injury. The Patriots’ right tackle starter is now guaranteed to miss at least three more games; the team placed Brown on IR Saturday, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets.
Since his first stint with the Patriots ended, Brown has been unable to stay healthy. He did make the 2019 Pro Bowl, becoming the rare right tackle invitee that year, but played in just 11 games. Last year, a calf injury in Week 1 sidelined him before multiple stints on the Raiders’ reserve/COVID-19 list wrecked his season.
The Patriots reacquired Brown for a Day 3 pick but have not been able to deploy him much. As part of a redone contract, Brown is only signed through the end of this season. The 6-foot-8 blocker’s value has taken a major hit since the Raiders gave him a four-year, $66MM deal early in free agency two years ago.
In addition to Brown’s extended absence, the Patriots are set to be without three other offensive line starters against the Texans. Left tackle Isaiah Wynn and guards Shaq Mason and Michael Onwenu are out. Mason is injured but not on IR; Wynn and Onwenu are on the team’s coronavirus list. This will leave center David Andrews as New England’s lone first-string O-lineman available Sunday in Houston.
You’ve got to be kidding.
Good thing they’re playing the Texans.
True. But you don’t think that the Texans – who have the same record as the Pats BTW – aren’t sitting there thinking “they have a rookie QB, are missing 4 starters on the OL, their secondary is a mess, they can’t run the ball, and our receivers are much better than theirs. We have a GREAT chance tomorrow!!”?
Glad he doesn’t just steal $$$ from the Raiders
USELESS
Maybe they could convert a D lineman who has played both O and D line in HS or College to block. Or keep a Tight End in to block. Oh well the Pat’s Draft Saga continues. Dante is smart staying away.
This will be this weeks excuse for losing to the Texans.
There’s always an excuse since Brady is gone.