The New England Patriots might be forced to turn to a pair of practice squad players for their high-stakes matchup against the Buffalo Bills in Week 16. Tre Nixon and Kristian Wilkerson are the next men up in case fellow wide receivers Kendrick Bourne, Nelson Agholor and N’Keal Harry are unable to go on Sunday.
With Bourne, Agholor and Harry no safe bets to participate in the contest, New England’s wide receiver group has been thinned out significantly.
Whereas Bourne was placed on the Covid-19 reserve list earlier this week, both Agholor and Harry departed Saturday’s loss to the Indianapolis Colts due to injury: Agholor hurt his head in the third quarter and was quickly ruled out, while his replacement, Harry, appeared to suffer a similar injury late in the fourth period.