The New England Patriots’ depth will be in the spotlight at multiple positions on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Besides already missing star receiver A.J. Brown, the team is down multiple other key players in Week 3.
On offense, tight end Eli Raridon is a no-go after hurting his thigh last Sunday versus Pittsburgh. With the nominal TE2 out, the Patriots will have Cameron Latu and Tanner Arkin provide depth behind starter Hunter Henry.
On defense, two starters are out. Outside linebacker
Dre’Mont Jones will miss the game with a shoulder injury also sustained last week, as will safety Craig Woodson — same injury, same game it happened in. As a consequence, New England is down to three players each at the respective positions: Elijah Ponder, Gabe Jacas and Jose Ramirez on the edge, and Kevin Byard, Jaylen Reed and practice squad call-up Mike Brown at safety.
The Patriots’ full game day roster looks as follows.
Patriots game day roster: Week 3 vs. Jaguars
Quarterback (2): Drake Maye (10), Tommy DeVito (16)
Running back (3): Rhamondre Stevenson (38), TreVeyon Henderson (32), Corey Kiner (9)
Fullback (1): Reggie Gilliam (44)
Wide receiver (5): Romeo Doubs (87), DeMario Douglas (3), Mack Hollins (13), Kyle Williams (18 | KR), Efton Chism III (86)
Tight end (3): Hunter Henry (85), Cameron Latu (36), Tanner Arkin (84)
Offensive tackle (3): Will Campbell (66 | LT), Morgan Moses (76 | RT), Caleb Lomu (74)
Interior offensive line (5): Alijah Vera-Tucker (75 | LG), Jared Wilson (55 | C), Greg Van Roten (70 | RG), Ben Brown (77), Walter Rouse (72)
Interior defensive line (6): Milton Williams (97), Christian Barmore (90), Cory Durden (94), Joshua Farmer (92), DaQuan Jones (99), Jeremiah Pharms Jr. (98 | practice squad elevation)
Defensive edge (3): Elijah Ponder (91), Gabe Jacas (50), Jose Ramirez (43)
Linebacker (5): Robert Spillane (14), Christian Elliss (53), Namdi Obiazor (48), Darius Muasau (54), Erick Hunter (49)
Cornerback (6): Christian Gonzalez (0), Carlton Davis III (7), Marcus Jones (25 | PR), Charles Woods (22), Channing Canada (29), Karon Prunty (21)
Safety (3): Kevin Byard (31), Jaylen Reed (23), Mike Brown (33 | practice squad elevation)
Specialists (3): Andy Borregales (8 | K), Mitch Wishnowsky (19 | P/H), Julian Ashby (47 | LS)
While the Patriots’ injury situation is dire — we didn’t even mention OG Mike Onwenu, ED Quintayvious Hutchins or S Dell Pettus, who were all placed on injured reserve this week — it’s not all bad. Starting cornerback Carlton Davis, after all, will be making his comeback after missing last week’s win over the Steelers with a neck injury.
Patriots reserves
Inactives (6): QB3 Behren Morton (15), TE Eli Raridon (82), OT Dametrious Crownover (68), DT Leonard Taylor III (93), ED Dre’Mont Jones (5), S Craig Woodson (4)
Practice squad (15): RB Lan Larison (34), WR Kyle Dixon (83), WR Cameron Dorner (88), WR Chandler Brayboy (81), TE Tanner Conner (80), OT Lorenz Metz (61 | exempt), OL Jake Kubas (63), OL Xavier Newman-Johnson (64), DT Eric Gregory (95), ED Xavier Holmes (58), ED Benton Whitley (42), LB K.J. Britt (35), LB Riley Wilson (51), CB Kindle Vildor (28), S Elliott Davison (27)
Injured reserve (10): RB Myles Montgomery (39 | season-ending), WR A.J. Brown (1), WR Jeremiah Webb (29 | season-ending), TE Julian Hill (80 | season-ending), OT Marcus Bryant (52), RG Mike Onwenu (71), ED Quintayvious Hutchins (45), LB Khalil Jacobs (59), S Dell Pettus (24), P Bryce Baringer (17)
NFI/reserve (1): S Brenden Schooler (41)
PUP/reserve (1): ED Harold Landry III (2)
As noted above, the Patriots’ reserve lists did grow substantially this week with Onwenu, Hutchins and Pettus now all out for the foreseeable future. Again, there are some good news, though: safety Brenden Schooler returned to practice and is therefore eligible to play as early as Week 4.
The Patriots’ Week 3 game at Jacksonville’s EverBank Stadium will be kicked off at 1 p.m. ET.
