FOXBORO – Welcome to Gillette Stadium where the Patriots will take on the Tennessee Titans in their AFC Divisional matchup.
The playoffs are here and the Patriots enter January as the AFC’s No. 1 seed. The Pats are massive favorites over the No. 5 seeded Titans, who upset the Kansas City Chiefs to get here on Saturday night. The Patriots haven’t lost in the AFC divisional round since 2010 when they lost to the New York Jets.
The Pats are expected to get [...]
FOXBORO – Welcome to Gillette Stadium where the Patriots will take on the Tennessee Titans in their AFC Divisional matchup.
The playoffs are here and the Patriots enter January as the AFC’s No. 1 seed. The Pats are massive favorites over the No. 5 seeded Titans, who upset the Kansas City Chiefs to get here on Saturday night. The Patriots haven’t lost in the AFC divisional round since 2010 when they lost to the New York Jets.
The Pats are expected to get plenty of help today, but not all of their player will be available. The team didn’t activate Malcolm Mitchell on Friday so the receiver can’t play. The deadline to activate Mitchell is Wednesday at 4 p.m. If that doesn’t happen, the young receiver will stay on the injured reserve for the rest of the season.
According to ESPN, the Patriots also won’t have Rex Burkhead (knee) or Mike Gillislee (knee) against the Titans. Both running backs have been dealing with knee injuries. The team, however, will get James White back, who missed the last two games with an ankle injury.
On offense, Chris Hogan is expected to return. The receiver missed most of the second half of the season with a shoulder injury. Hogan was removed from the injury report on Thursday.
Kyle Van Noy was also removed from the injury report this week. The edge rusher is expected to be back in the defense after missing a handful of games with a calf injury. Alan Branch is also expected to be back after missing time with a knee injury.