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Here's how the inactives were listed on the injury report:

OT - Matt Light
OUT - Knee*

RB - Fred Taylor
OUT - Ankle*

RB - Sammy Morris
OUT - Knee*

WR - Julian Edelman
OUT - Forearm*

OG - Kendall Simmons
-none-

DT - Ron Brace
-none-

CB - Terrence Wheatley
-none-

OG/C - Rich Ohrnberger
-none-


And the active players on the injury report:

QUESTIONABLE
CB - Darius Butler (Ankle)**
OG/C - Dan Connolly (Knee)**
CB - Shawn Springs (Knee)**

PROBABLE
QB - Tom Brady (Right Shoulder)***
S - Brandon Meriweather (Foot)**
WR - Randy Moss (Shoulder)***
S - James Sanders (Shoulder)**

* = did not participate in practice
** = limited participation in practice
*** = full participation in practice


Today's Expected Depth Chart:

QB - Brady
QB - Hoyer

RB - Maroney
RB - Faulk
RB - Green-Ellis

TE - Baker
TE - Watson

WR - Moss
WR - Welker
WR - Aiken
WR - Tate

LT - Vollmer
LG - Mankins
C - Koppen
RG - Neal
RT - Kaczur

OT - LeVoir
OG/C - Connolly

LE - Warren
NT - Wilfork
RE - Green

DT - Wright
DE - Banta-Cain
DT - Pryor

LOLB - Burgess
SILB - Mayo
WILB - Guyton
ROLB - Thomas

OLB - Woods
ILB - Seau
OLB - Ninkovich
ILB - Alexander

LCB - Wilhite
RCB - Bodden
S - Meriweather
S - McGowan

S - Sanders
CB - Springs
CB - Butler
S - Chung
S - Slater
S - Lockett

K - Gostkowski
P - Hanson
LS - Ingram

Tippecanoe

no surprises

Patriot_in_NY

Nice to see Thomas on there. It'll be interesting to see what effect last week will have on his play today.

Pats726

No surprise at all...Great to see AD back..it's a big game for him...also good to see Sanders back in action..Tate..he's the man who could make a BIG impact!

wdkantro2

Excited to see what kind of run Tate gets.
And man, the Pats really value depth on defense don't they. There are barely backups on the offensive side, yet they play 7 deep on the DL.

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wdkantro2

Also, I think having Sanders back is big. I know he's a favorite whipping boy, but having him enables McGowan to play that hybrid role where he was phenomenal earlier in the year.

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mgteich

no surprises

Apparently, Brace, Orhnberger and Wheatley are developmental players who will hear from next year.

blackglass3

It's a shame Wheatley isn't getting any playing time. I had high hopes for him after he seemed to be coming along nicely before his injury last year.

FreeTedWilliams

Of all of last year's draft class, I thought that Brace would make the biggest impact. But he has been clearly beaten out by both Pryor and Wright, and could not make the 45 man roster when they were playing a 4-3. As much as I have been pleasantly suprized by this draft class, Brace not being able to crack the 45 man roster, is a real head scratcher.

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Palm Beach Pats Fan

nice observation

An in-game injury on offense means your change your plan of attack. An in-game injury on defense makes the opponent attack it mercilessly, so you need that defensive depth more.

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