On Wednesday, the Patriots listed 20 players on their injury report.
That number grew to 21 on Thursday, although it wasn’t an addition that should cause much concern leading up to Sunday’s game against the Broncos. Safety Patrick Chung was listed as a full participant in practice with a foot injury after not being listed at all for Wednesday’s practice.
The only other change for the Patriots on Thursday was that special teams captain Matthew Slater was a limited participant with a shin injury. Slater didn’t practice at all on Wednesday and his return means that all 53 players on the active roster took part in Thursday’s session. Fifteen of them were limited and many of those players will likely draw questionable tags on Friday’s final injury report of the week.
All eleven Broncos on Wednesday’s injury report were full participants and that was the case again on Thursday. That number includes cornerback Chris Harris, who General Manager John Elway said will be a game-time decision due to his shoulder injury.
