The Patriots are relatively healthy entering Sunday’s Week 2 matchup against the Steelers. They still have a handful of players though who are listed as questionable for the game.
Safety Adrian Phillips was among them. Phillips suffered a ribs injury late in the first half of the Patriots’ Week 1 loss to the Dolphins and didn’t return. He was limited in practice all week, but he flew with the team down to Pittsburgh on Saturday, a good sign that he might play.
Phillips’s departure from Sunday’s game might have been one of the key turning points of the Patriots’ loss.