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Original England Patriots tight dwell Hunter Henry is reportedly anticipated to miss out on some time with a shoulder shatter.
In accordance to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, a source acknowledged the shatter is “no longer serious” and may per chance excellent assist Henry out for “just a few weeks.”
If that timeline holds simply, it technique Henry can also soundless be healthy in time for the Patriots’ novel-season opener against the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 12.
After spending the first 5 seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Chargers, Henry signed a three-year, $37.5 million contract with the Pats in free agency this offseason.
Original England has gotten almost no manufacturing out of the tight dwell draw the past two seasons following Resolve Gronkowski’s one-year retirement and subsequent switch to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
So as to wrestle that, the Patriots signed no longer excellent Henry, nonetheless also novel Tennessee Titans tight dwell Jonnu Smith, giving head coach Bill Belichick a ambitious one-two punch on the draw.
The 26-year-frail Henry is coming off succor-to-succor 600-yard receiving seasons with the Bolts. Closing season, he place a career high with 60 receptions, and likewise completed with 613 yards and 4 touchdowns in 14 video games.
While Henry is a mammoth-time threat in the passing recreation when healthy, accidents were a first-rate convey for him for the length of his NFL career.
The 2nd-spherical clutch of Arkansas has by no technique looked in all 16 video games in a season, and he missed your complete 2018 marketing campaign with a torn ACL.
While the 6’5″, 250-pound Henry’s durability disorders are already coming into play early in his tenure with the Patriots, the timetable equipped by Schefter is promising by contrivance of him being prepared to play when the video games if truth be told topic.
If the Patriots are going to leap succor from closing season’s 7-9 document and catch succor to contending in the AFC, tight dwell play figures to be a mammoth allotment of it in 2021.
Original England’s broad receiving corps is lacking with Nelson Agholor, Kendrick Bourne, Jakobi Meyers and N’Keal Harry main the procedure in which, plus quarterback Cam Newton struggled mightily closing season getting the ball to his wideouts.
Whether Newton or rookie Mac Jones wins the starting up quarterback job, either of them can also soundless earnings from having security blankets below in the produce of Henry and Smith.
Unless Henry is in a place to return, Smith steadily is the unquestioned No. 1 tight dwell with Devin Asiasi, Troy Fumagalli and Matt LaCosse settling in in the succor of him.
