Having missed much of the season after being diagnosed with blood clots over the summer, Patriots defensive tackle Christian Barmore returned to the field on Sunday for his first game action of the year in New England’s loss to the Rams.
Barmore made three tackles while anchoring the interior of New England’s defensive line, where he had been making his name as one of the league’s most disruptive forces before the diagnosis put his career on hold.
“The blood clots are no joke,” he said Sunday. “I had real bad shortness of breath, and it messed with me a lot.