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Injury report
No practice report yet. The first comes Wednesday afternoon. Until then, the latest from ESPN, Saturday 3:41 AM.
Patriots
Brown and Davis on ESPN's list; no practice report yet. 6 listed, 14 on injured reserve
Key players, 2
Ben Brown, center. Knee.
Carlton Davis the third, cornerback. Neck.
On ESPN's list, 4 players
Behren Morton, quarterback. Coach's decision.
Channing Canada, cornerback. Hamstring.
Joshua Farmer, defensive tackle. Coach's decision.
Karon Prunty, cornerback. Hamstring.
Statuses: the NFL's official report. Body parts and updates: ESPN.
No game in the week ahead.
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Patriots news
Top story. ESPN, Thursday at 11:32 PM: Caleb Williams throws two touchdown passes as Bears beat Patriots 30-24.
- ESPN, yesterday at 4:49 PM: Bears tight end Cole Kmet out for rest of 2026 season with right knee injury.
- Yahoo Sports, yesterday at 4:37 PM: Patriots revert Xavier Newman-Johnson and Benton Whitley to practice squad after Week 7.
- musketfire.com, yesterday at 3 PM: Patriots should let Drake Maye throw deep more often during their mini-bye, columnist argues.
- Yahoo Sports, yesterday at 11 AM: Patriots' A.J. Brown still short of WR1 production after two games back from injury.
- Yahoo Sports, yesterday at 9 AM: A.J. Brown says he is not frustrated despite his low production with the Patriots.
- Post from Andrew Callahan, @_AndrewCallahan, of Boston Herald, Thursday at 11:46 PM: Drake Maye shares the play Rhamondre Stevenson scored on before halftime is one the #Patriots have been practicing since OTAs.
- Post from Andrew Callahan, @_AndrewCallahan, of Boston Herald, Thursday at 11:34 PM: The #Patriots asked to lose tonight. Plain and simple. Plus, Drake Maye found a rhythm getting to backyard ball, A.J. Brown needs to step up, a fundamental problem on D and more. Column from Chicago: https://t.co/1vxCX4er2M.
- Post from Chad Graff, @ChadGraff, of The Athletic, Thursday at 11:23 PM: Final: Bears 30, Patriots 24 The Pats fall to 4-3. Drake Maye was good but the defense missed too many tackles and needs help at CB. And Patriots WRs didn’t do much.
- Post from Chad Graff, @ChadGraff, of The Athletic, Thursday at 11:21 PM: The Patriots need more from their WRs. Tonight: Drake Maye when targeting WRs: 7-for-12 for 87 yards, 0 TDs Drake Maye when targeting RBs and TEs: 17-for-18 for 234 yards and 2 TDs.
- Post from @Patriots, Thursday at 11:12 PM, with a video: Christian Barmore sack drives em back. 📺 Prime Video.
- Post from Chad Graff, @ChadGraff, of The Athletic, Thursday at 10:24 PM: Drake Maye when throwing to his WRs tonight: 4-of-7 for 49 yards Drake Maye when throwing to RBs and TEs: 14-of-15 for 204 yards, 2 TDs.
- Post from @Patriots, Thursday at 10:21 PM, with a video: Drake Maye DIME to Eli Raridon 🪙 📺 Prime Video.
- Post from @Patriots, Thursday at 9:47 PM, with a video: Crazy things happening 🤯 @budlight | 📺 Prime Video.
- Post from @Patriots, Thursday at 9:46 PM, with a video: RHAMONDRE STEVENSON‼️ 📺 Prime Video.
- Post from Andrew Callahan, @_AndrewCallahan, of Boston Herald, Thursday at 9:44 PM: More than half of the #Patriots defense was instantly out of position on that screen TD, and the Bears had 5 blockers out in front for Burden. Bad, bad, bad.
- New England Patriots (official), Thursday at 6:47 PM: Patriots and Bears announce inactive players for Week 7 game.
- Yahoo Sports, Thursday at 6:20 PM: Patriots say cornerback Christian Gonzalez is questionable for Bears game with illness.
- ESPN, Wednesday at 4:11 PM: Patriots will be without both starting guards Vera-Tucker and Brown for Thursday's game at Bears.
- Sports Illustrated, Wednesday at 3:42 PM: Patriots Rule Out Guards Brown and Vera-Tucker for Thursday; Davis Misses Third Straight Game.
