Pats Pulpit
The New England Patriots continued preparations for the Atlanta Falcons without Rhamondre Stevenson.
The starting running back remained a non-participant on Thursday. He has now been sidelined for back-to-back practices due to a toe injury. But elsewhere on offense, veteran right tackle Morgan Moses returned after resting to begin the week.
Here’s the second injury report leading up to Sunday’s 1 p.m. ET kickoff at Gillette Stadium.
Stevenson stands with 99 touches, 448 yards and three touchdowns from scrimmage this fall. The backfield starter played a season-high 50 offensive snaps last weekend. Since then, however, the Patriots have promoted Terrell Jennings to the 53-man roster and signed fellow rushers Jonathan Ward, Rushawn Baker and D’Ernest Johnson to the practice squad.
A trio of Falcons joined the limited participants after sitting out Wednesday’s practice. A dozen altogether went in that capacity in Flowery Branch, including the team’s No. 1 quarterback and No. 1 wide receiver, who both recently landed among the inactives. But there would be no partial listings in Foxborough. Instead, there would be a handful of veterans upgraded to full-go.
Diggs, Bradbury, Barmore and Tonga all got the green light. The wide receiver’s ankle injury and the center’s toe injury marked the new additions to the injury report at the start of the week. The latter March signing has played every offensive snap since the September opener, while the former has caught a team-high 42 passes for 470 yards and just scored his first touchdown as a Patriot. And for the Falcons, one full participant on Wednesday became two full participants on Thursday.
