Harper was active in the Patriots’ last two games vs. Buffalo on November 23 and at Denver on November 29.
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The Broncos scored twice more in the fourth quarter before winning in overtime to hand the Patriots their first loss. But they’re the ones with the flags, and they blow [the whistle]. He limped from the training room to the team bus.
Patriots wide receivers Danny Amendola and Julian Edelman were both sidelined against the Broncos, while tight end Rob Gronkowski went down late with a knee injury. Jordan Matthews and Zach Ertz have combined for 1,019 receiving yards and three touchdowns while Brent Celek has 20 receptions. The Broncos are missing the elite quickness from the slot position, and I think Harper is a player that could provide it. Linebacker Dont’a Hightower (knee) left the first half of Sunday night’s loss in Denver and did not return. “We don’t have a choice”.
DOUBTING THOMAS: Thomas had a tough day for the Broncos. The receiver dropped at least three, and finished with one reception – the 36-yarder that got the go-ahead drive underway in the fourth quarter.
This seems like a line that will move once more injury information is available and we’ll continue to track this over the week.
“I was definitely celebrating the great play I made”.
OFF AND RUNNING: One benefit to having Osweiler in the lineup is that it opens up the running lanes because defenses have to respect his mobility and can’t just pinch the backfield at the snap.
This gave the Denver Broncos excellent field position which ultimately lead to a touchdown.
Anderson said he and Ronnie Hillman are “making the right cuts and making the right reads”. But there were a lot of plays last night that just didn’t necessarily end up the way that we would had hoped, and there was a lot of things we could have done better.
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San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers reached 40,000 yards passing in his 159th game for the fourth-fastest rate in National Football League history.
