FOXBORO -- LeGarrette Blount is dealing with an illness that kept him off of the practice field Wednesday, according to the Patriots injury report.
Blount -- who led the NFL and set a franchise record with 18 rushing touchdowns this season -- was the only player missing from Wednesday's on-the-field work.
Also notable, Danny Amendola as a full participant in practice. The veteran wideout has not played since suffering an ankle injury in a Week 13 win over the Rams, and he returned to practice last week. The extent of his participation in those practices was not known since the team was not required to release injury reports.
Understanding that Amendola is a full-go in practice presents an interesting conundum for the Patriots, who may have five healthy-enough-to-play receivers on Saturday in a Divisional Round matchup with the Texans. They have not activated five receivers for a game this season. Rookie receiver Malcolm Mitchell was limited in practice with a knee injury and is the only player on the team whose workload was limited Wednesday.
Others on the Patriots injury report included Tom Brady (thigh), Cyrus Jones (knee) and Matthew Slater (foot), all of whom were full participants.
Wednesday's practice participation/injury report for Saturday's Patriots-Texans game:
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
New England Patriots
DID NOT PARTICIPATE
RB LeGarrette Blount (illness)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
WR Malcolm Mitchell (knee)
FULL PARTICIPATION
WR Danny Amendola (ankle)
QB Tom Brady (thigh)
RB Dion Lewis (illness)
CB Cyrus Jones (knee)
WR/SpT Matthew Slater (foot)
HOUSTON TEXANS
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
G Jeff Allen (ankle)
DE Jadeveon Clowney (elbow/wrist)
LB Brian Cushing (ankle)
S Quintin Demps (hamstring)
WR DeAndre Hopkins (knee)
CB Jonathan Joseph (calf)
LB Whitney Marcilus (knee)
LB John Simon (chest)
FULL PARTICIPATION
CB A.J. Bouye (groin)
T Chris Clark (ankle)
TE Ryan Griffin (quadricep)
S Andre Hal (foot)
LB Brian Peters (foot)
QB Tom Savage (concussion)