The Patriots will not have three of their key players when they take on the Buccaneers this weekend.
New England head coach Mike Vrabel told reporters in his Friday press conference that receiver Kayshon Boutte, running back Rhamondre Stevenson, and linebacker Christian Elliss are out for Week 10.
Boutte has a hamstring injury and did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday. Stevenson has a toe injury and Elliss has a hip injury.
Boutte has 23 receptions for 431 yards and leads the club with five receiving touchdowns. Stevenson is No. 2 on the team with 279 rushing yards and leads the club with three rushing touchdowns. He also has 16 receptions for 169 yards.
Everyone else on the Patriots’ roster should be available to play on Sunday.
Months after an arrest warrant for attempted murder was issued, former NFL receiver Antonio Brown has finally been successfully apprehended.
Via NBCNews.com, Miami Police Department spokesperson Mike Vega said that Brown has been taken into custody.
“Miami Police confirm that U.S. Marshals have apprehended Antonio Brown and that he has been extradited to the U.S.,” Vega said. “No date has been set for his transfer to Miami-Dade County.”
In May, Brown allegedly fired into a crowd following an altercation at a Miami boxing event. After the warrant was issued, Brown left the country.
TMZ reports that Brown was in Dubai, and that he already has been returned to New York. He is charged with one count of attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
Brown claimed he had been jumped and attacked. No arrests were made at the time of the incident, which was captured on video and made a stir on social media. Following an investigation, it was determined that Brown ran toward the alleged victim and fired shots after the initial fight had been broken up.
Brown spent 12 years in the NFL, with the Steelers, Raiders, Patriots, and Buccaneers. His playing career includes seven Pro Bowls, four straight first-team All-Pro designations, 928 catches, 12,291 receiving yards, and 83 touchdowns.
The Buccaneers are back from their bye week, but neither wide receiver Chris Godwin nor running back Bucky Irving are back on the field ahead of their Week 10 game against the Patriots.
Godwin has missed the last three games with a fibula injury and he did not take part in practice on Wednesday. Irving joined him on the sidelines and he’s missed four straight games with foot and shoulder injuries.
Edge rushers Haason Reddick (ankle, knee) and Markees Watts (hand) were also out of practice. Tackle Luke Goedeke (foot) was limited as he works his way back from injured reserve.
Linebacker Lavonte David (knee, rip), guard Luke Haggard (shoulder), quarterback Baker Mayfield (knee, oblique), cornerback Zyon McCollum (thumb), and cornerback Jacob Parrish (oblique) were all full participants.
As expected, the Patriots will not have one of their top receivers as they begin their practice week.
Head coach Mike Vrabel told reporters in his Wednesday press conference that Kayshon Boutte will not participate in Wednesday’s session after suffering a hamstring injury during Sunday’s win over the Falcons.
Boutte leads the team with five receiving touchdowns, having caught 23 passes for 431 yards.
Vrabel noted earlier this week that Boutte is day-to-day.
Running back Rhamondre Stevenson (toe) and linebacker Christian Elliss (hip) also will not practice for New England on Wednesday.
The first full participation report of Week 10 for New England will be released later in the day.
Keith Browner Sr., a linebacker who is remembered by football fans both for playing in the NFL and for having three brothers and a son who played in the NFL as well, has died at the age of 63.
His son Keith Browner Jr. confirmed the death to TMZ.com, which reported that the cause appears to be a heart attack.
Browner was a star at USC and was selected by the Buccaneers with the 30th overall pick in the 1984 NFL draft. After three years with the Buccaneers he had brief stints with the Raiders, 49ers and Chargers.
Keith Sr. may be remembered as much for being one of the all-time great football families as he is for his individual accomplishments. Keith was the fifth of six boys, and all six brothers played major college football. Four played in the NFL.
Oldest brother Ross Browner played for the Bengals from 1978 to 1986 and the Packers in 1987.
The next brother, Jimmie Browner, played for the Bengals in 1979 and 1980.
The third brother, Willard Browner, played at Notre Dame.
The fourth brother, Joey Browner, was the Vikings’ first-round pick in 1983. He played nine seasons in Minnesota and one in Tampa Bay.
The youngest brother, Gerald Browner, played college football at Georgia.
Son Keith Browner Jr. played for the Texans from 2012 to 2014. Ross Browner’s son Rylan Browner played at Arizona. Ross Browner was also the biological father of Max Starks, who played for the Steelers from 2004 to 2012. Ross Browner did not learn about Starks until Starks was 17, but they eventually developed a close relationship.
Keith Sr. credited his parents for setting their six boys up for success, his father for working to provide for the family and his mother for her love and support at home.
“With him working the graveyard shift, he never got to see any of us play sports,” Keith Sr. told the Dayton Daily News about his father. “He’d just hear about the three older boys — Ross, Jimmie, and Willard — on the radio. He passed [at age 49 from cancer] when I was 14.”
Keith Sr. added about his mother, “She’s the one who always urged us to play and sometimes she’d be right out there with us in the yard when we were having pick-up games.”
Keith Sr. said that at one point, producers were talking about making a movie that told the story of the Browner family, one of the great families the sport of football has ever known.
