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Mike rees
Foxboro, Mass. , new England Patriots Start of corner Christian gonzalaz Will not play in Sunday season opener Las vegas reders Due to hamstring injury, head coach Mike Vrabel said on Friday.
Gonzalez, who was a second team in 2024, kept the injury in practice on July 28, covering the broad receiver. Stephen Digs On a crossing route. He caught behind his left leg, and has not practiced since then.
Patriots entered 2025 with high hopes for 1-2 cornerback combination of Gonzalaz and Experienced Carlton Davis IIIWhich he signed for three years, signed a $ 54 million contract with a guarantee of $ 34.5 million in March. Vrabel jokingly said that Patriots had plans to play “Cat Coverage” with Gonzalaz and Davis – “You found that cat, I found this cat, and we can go to work.”
Now Vrabel says that patriots can change Alex austinWho has to make his way at this point after entering NFL Buffalo bill Oregon state in 2023. 6-Foot-1, 191-Pound Austin, who was waived by bills at the end of the 2023 training camp and then played in three matches for Texas, initially joined Patriots in November 2023.
He has since been played in 17 games (four beginnings) in New England and has recently been working as a top backup for Gonzalez besides playing in the slot. Fourth year Pro Marcus Jones (31 games, 14 begin) and 2024 sixth-draft pickle DJ James (No career game) Vrabel and other options for their employees to consider location of gonzalez.
Gonzalez, the first round of drafts of 2023, will be eligible for contract expansion for the first time after the 2025 season. He was limited to four games as a fraudster after retaining a torn labram and disliked the right shoulder in the week 4 in that season. Despite the injury, he was named NFL Defensive Ruki of the Month for September.
In 2024, Gonzalaz started the first 16 matches of the season, and their personal performance was one of the main attractions of the disappointing 4–13 campaign. He made a total of 59 tackles, 11 pass defends and 2 interception, and a fambal recovery that he covered a distance of 63 yards for a touchdown. According to the team’s injury report, he missed the last game of the year due to a fusion.
Vrabel also said that starting left tackle Will campbellThe first round pick from LSU is suspicious for the game due to ankle injury. Campbell was added to the injury report on Thursday as a limited participant.
