Almost a full year after last playing in a game, Kendrick Bourne made his comeback on Sunday. The veteran wide receiver, who started the 2024 season on the physically unable to perform list, played 16 of a possible 60 offensive snaps in the New England Patriots’ loss to the Miami Dolphins.
For Bourne, that 27 percent workload was smaller than his normal output. Before tearing his ACL last October, the Patriots’ most reliable pass catcher at the time was on the field for 73 percent of snaps.
Obviously, the circumstances have changed quite a bit over the last 12 months, but Bourne is still expected to eventually return to a starter-level role this year.