Priority now is getting bennett healthy

[Mack Herron]

Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald was on the 98.5 Patriots Pregame show this morning and reported that Bennett’s ankle injury was more of a result of a career’s worth of damage than an acute injury. Bennett sustained what I thought looked like a high ankle sprain in week 5 against the Browns and appeared to re-injure the same foot against the Jets two weeks ago. Howe said this morning that his impression was that it was not a high ankle sprain and more of a chronic nagging issue. I am concerned by this. If Martellus is continuing to play in pain that can certainly impact his ability to get quick separation to help fill the void left by Gronk on the receiving end. Also, if his injury is more of a chronic ankle issue, it may not be something we should expect to improve as the season grinds on.

Gronk’s family not being unreasonable, Slater injury update, Bennett dealing with long-term ankle issue