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

DE - Ty Warren
OUT - Ankle*

NT - Vince Wilfork
OUT - Foot**

OT - Nick Kaczur
OUT - Shoulder**

RB - Fred Taylor
OUT - Ankle**

OG - Stephen Neal
OUT - Ankle**

DT - Myron Pryor
OUT - Chest**

CB - Terrence Wheatley
-none-

3rd QB - Isaiah Stanback
-none-


And the active players on the injury report:

QUESTIONABLE
WR - Sam Aiken (Shoulder)**
OLB/DE - Tully Banta-Cain (Shoulder)**
WR - Julian Edelman (Forearm)**
DE - Jarvis Green (Knee)**
TE - Benjamin Watson (Knee)*

PROBABLE
CB - Leigh Bodden (Thigh)**
QB - Tom Brady (Right Shoulder/Right Finger/Rib)**
CB - Shawn Springs (Knee)***

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


Today's Expected Depth Chart:

QB - Brady
QB - Hoyer
3rd QB - Stanback

RB - Maroney
RB - Faulk
RB - Morris
RB - Green-Ellis

TE - Watson
TE - Baker

WR - Moss
WR - Welker
WR - Aiken
WR - Edelman
WR/S - Slater

LT - Light
LG - Mankins
C - Koppen
RG - Connolly
RT - Vollmer

OT - LeVoir
OG/C - Ohrnberger

LE - Wright
NT - Brace
RE - Green

DT - Adams

LOLB - Thomas
SILB - Mayo
WILB - Guyton
ROLB - Banta-Cain

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

LCB - Springs
RCB - Bodden
S - Meriweather
S - Sanders

CB - Wilhite
CB - Butler
S - Chung
S - McGowan
CB - Arrington

K - Gostkowski
P - Hanson
LS - Ingram

Pats726

I did think it might be that..but it made sense..5 OUT in the trenches..not good.

crowell33

Wow. You have Adalius Thomas going from a healthy inactive no dress to a starter in one week. I guess we will see in about an hour.

mgteich

The kindergarten punishment is over, or do really think that Ninkovich is the best starter at this point? BTW, I could see Nonkovich starting to continue the punichment, and then Thomas getting more reps than Ninkovich.

PatsWickedPissah

Gonna have a D with lotsa LBs wandering around and safetys playing run support. Should be an interesting challenge for BB.

The wind is the factor in the Pats air attack. I'd like to see ball control O to keep our DL rested.

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pats1

I have no idea. I usually adjust these at the start of the game.

DarrylS

1 d lineman in reserve,that is real thin... maybe it is time to develop the 2-5 defense...

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DaBruinz

My guess is that the Pats will play a 4-3 the entire game. With the 2 DEs being TBC and Burgess... And with Adams and Brace rotating in to spell Wright and Green..

This will be an IRON MAN game for those 4.

mgteich

We're thin. I suppose if Brace isn't counted, we have only one backup. But, then, perhaps it's fair not to count Brace.

3-4 WITHOUT BRACE
Burgeess, Wright, Green
Adams

4-3 WITHOUT BRACE
Burgess, Wright, Green, Banta-Cain
Adams

My bottom line is that we will need to count on either Adams or Brace as our backups. I just hope that neither gets many reps.

pats1

Burgess is not a DE in the 3-4.