Leading up to their 2023 training camp, the New England Patriots placed offensive tackle Calvin Anderson on the non-football illness list. It was a standard-procedure transaction at that point in their preparation, but still raised concerns about the offseason acquisition and his outlook both in the short and the long term.
Even after he returned to the field in late August, uncertainty remained: What was the mystery illness that sidelined Anderson? And why was he forced to eventually leave the team again after just five games?
A new must-read story by Christopher Price of the Boston Globe finally answers those questions.