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Patriots TE Hunter Henry played 2021 season with serious shoulder injury, needed surgery

On Monday morning, Bill Belichick lauded Hunter Henry for being physically stronger this season.

There’s a good reason for that: Henry isn’t hurt.

On a Zoom call Monday afternoon, the tight end revealed that throughout the 2021 season he was battling a shoulder injury severe enough to warrant a procedure in the winter.

“I feel good. It’s something people might not know, but I kinda played through a shoulder injury all last year and then had surgery after the season actually,” Henry said. “So a healthy shoulder feels good. Just trying to work through that this offseason too, work through that through training camp, get comfortable with it.