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.
Does the trade deadline matter? In recent years, it absolutely has.
Here’s a fascinating nugget from John Todd, a researcher at NFL Media: “An in-season acquisition has scored a touchdown in each of the last 5 Super Bowls, the last 3 via trade.”
Per Todd, a grand total of zero in-season acquisitions scored a touchdown in any of the Super Bowls from the 1997 through 2018 seasons.
The touchdown scorers in the past five Super Bowls were Chiefs receiver DeAndre Hopkins in Super Bowl LIX, Chiefs receiver Mecole Hardman in Super Bowl LVIII, Chiefs receiver Kadarius Toney in Super Bowl LVII, Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in Super Bowl LVI, and Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown in Super Bowl LV.
The most significant touchdown of the five came in Super Bowl LVIII, when Hardman caught the overtime game-winner.
So, yes, a trade that happens today could yield a very specific benefit when Super Bowl LX is played, in little more than three months.
But the benefits are decidedly short term. Of the five players who scored touchdowns after a mid-season arrival, only one of them is still in the NFL.
The Buccaneers are getting healthier as they come out of their bye.
Tampa Bay announced the club has opened the 21-day practice window for right tackle Luke Goedeke.
Goedeke has been sidelined since aggravating a foot injury he tried to play through in Week 2.
A second-round pick in 2022, Goedeke signed a four-year, $90 million contract extension before the start of this season.
Tampa Bay will have 21 days to activate Goedeke to the team’s 53-man roster.
Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte’s status will be something to watch heading into the team’s Week 10 game against the Buccaneers.
Boutte left Sunday’s 24-23 win over the Falcons with a hamstring injury that limited him to 18 offensive snaps. On Monday, head coach Mike Vrabel said at a press conference that he expects Boutte to miss practice time but he hasn’t been ruled out for the Tampa game at this point.
“I think Kayshon’s going to be day-to-day, but I don’t see him practicing early in the week,” Vrabel said, via a transcript from the team.
Boutte has 23 catches for 431 yards and five touchdowns this season. Kyle Williams saw an uptick in playing time after his injury on Sunday.
