Injuries have continued to nag at New England Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown throughout this season and it appears that last week’s action may have been a little too much for him to handle.
Brown was listed as limited in Patriots practice on Wednesday with ankle and knee injuries. But on Thursday, reports out of Patriots practice indicated that he was not working out at all.
Per NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the knee injury is giving Brown real problems and his status for Sunday is “up in the air.”
“#Patriots WR AJ Brown, not spotted at practice today, is not practicing because of a knee issue that has flared up, sources say. Brown also was listed on yesterday’s injury report with an ankle. Knee was added, as well, and his status for Sunday is up in the air,” Rapoport wrote on X.
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Assuming Brown rests against the Miami Dolphins this Sunday, he will have played in only two-and-a-half games since joining the Patriots in a blockbuster trade with the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this year.
In his Patriots debut against the Seahawks before sustaining his injury, he had three receptions for 26 yards. Brown returned to action in Week 6 against the New York Jets and had nearly identical numbers, posting three receptions for 27 yards.
Four days later, Brown recorded three receptions for a season-high 48 yards in a loss to the Chicago Bears.
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With four games missed this season, Brown has already tied his own personal mark for most games missed in a season. One more game will be a new record for him, which is not the kind of history the Patriots were hoping he’d make when they pulled the trigger on that deal.
Since 2019, Brown has finished all but one season with at least 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns. That run might end this year unless he gets very healthy, very quickly.
The Patriots are 4-3 on the season and have already matched their regular-season loss total from all of last season.
