Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski will play against Houston Sunday (8:30 p.m., NBC) after suffering a bone bruise and sprain of his right knee two week ago against Denver. The Patriots will be favorites for today’s game but the Texans have home field advantage and the Patriots have suffered a few bad losses of late, meaning anything could happen in today’s big match up.
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HOUSTON (AP) – New England coach Bill Belichick downplayed the return of Rob Gronkowski on Sunday night since he’d only been out for one game. The Texans produced just 189 total yards.
Call it a sight for the sore eyes of New England Patriots fans everywhere. He has missed the team’s past three games but remains the Patriots’ leading receiver this season with 61 catches for 692 yards and seven touchdowns. They tend to slow the thread down and can take a long time to load. But the Texans couldn’t move the ball and turned it over after a failed fourth-down attempt. 20-6 the Patriots would lead with just under 12 minutes left in the third quarter.
The Patriots also have one of the highest net points totals in the league, scoring 375 points compared to allowing 247 points, for 128 net points. We got some good plays out of each group. The Texans would recover making it 4th and 31.
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The teams would trade punts where the Texans would eventually take over deep in their own territory. He sacked his childhood icon Brady twice and now has 4.5 sacks this season. The Patriots could not afford to abandon the run with Blount sidelined, and Bolden ensured that they would not. The Patriots would drive down on their next drive and settle on a field goal. The near future of the defense and running game, however, will depend on the severity of the injuries.
