Morgan Moses showed up on the Patriots’ first injury report of the week with at least a chance to play Thursday night in Chicago, and that counts as something on a roster that looks like it could be running thin fast.
New England opened its abbreviated week Monday with a walkthrough and a heavy injury list ahead of its primetime matchup with the Bears at Soldier Field. The Patriots are preparing for a road game against a Chicago team that sits at 4-2, and the early report suggests they may have to do it shorthanded.
Here’s how the Patriots’ injury report looked after Monday’s walkthrough:
Did not participate
K Andy Borregales - Personal
OL Ben Brown - Knee
CB Carlton Davis III - Neck
DT Joshua Farmer - Personal
G Alijah Vera-Tucker - Hamstring
Limited participation
WR A.J. Brown - Ankle
CB Channing Canada - Hamstring
T Morgan Moses - Foot
CB Karon Prunty - Hamstring
Full participation
T Marcus Bryant - Ankle
S Kevin Byard III - Chest
T Will Campbell - Knee
LB Christian Elliss - Chest
RB TreVeyon Henderson - Ankle
LB Dre’Mont Jones - Shoulder
QB Drake Maye - Right Shoulder
S Craig Woodson - Shoulder
The report was hardly a surprise after Sunday’s 26-19 win over the Jets, a game that left New England dealing with more injury issues than it solved. The Patriots avoided long-term trouble for players like Will Campbell and also got long-awaited help back from A.J. Brown and Christian Gonzalez, but the postgame damage still piled up.
Romeo Doubs’ shoulder injury led to an injured reserve move earlier Monday, and the offensive line took the biggest hit in the Jets game. Morgan Moses, Ben Brown, and Alijah Vera-Tucker all left with injuries, leaving the Patriots with a fresh round of questions heading into a short week.
Coach Mike Vrabel didn’t sound especially optimistic after the game, and he made it clear the turnaround would be a challenge.
“It’s a short week,” Vrabel said. “So whether they can make it back or not, I don’t know.
They don’t finish the game. We’ll have to see.
But I don’t know [anything] other than that. And we’ll just have to figure out who we have available and find 48 [players] to put out there.
So it’s just hard to say, but it’s a short week. And if you don’t finish the game, that’s a quick turnaround.”
That’s what makes Moses’ status worth watching. The fact that he was listed as limited on Monday doesn’t guarantee anything, but it at least gives the Patriots a sliver of hope for Thursday.
If Moses is able to go, New England would have some flexibility up front, with the option to move Lomu inside to guard if Vera-Tucker and Brown can’t make it back in time.
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