Eric Rowe misses the final practice of the week

FOXBORO – The Patriots ended their week with one player missing from practice – Eric Rowe. Despite having 11 players limited throughout the week, the overall team health is actually encouraging.

At this point last week, the Pats were already heading to Detroit without Trey Flowers, Patrick Chung and Jacob Hollister. The potential return of Flowers and Chung would be huge for the team’s struggling defense.

Losing Rowe is a slight blow, but the Patriots [...]

FOXBORO – The Patriots ended their week with one player missing from practice – Eric Rowe. Despite having 11 players limited throughout the week, the overall team health is actually encouraging.

At this point last week, the Pats were already heading to Detroit without Trey Flowers, Patrick Chung and Jacob Hollister. The potential return of Flowers and Chung would be huge for the team’s struggling defense.

Losing Rowe is a slight blow, but the Patriots have depth at cornerback. Stephon Gilmore and Jason McCourty will handle the outside duties as Jonathan Jones will play inside. It’ll be interesting to see if the Patriots play rookies J.C. Jackson or Keion Crossen more. Since Miami plays with a lot of fast players, it’s not a terrible idea.