FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Second-year New England Patriots running back Sony Michel underwent a scope on his knee earlier this offseason, a source confirms, which explains his absence from mandatory minicamp last week.
The scope was considered precautionary, per sources, and is not expected to affect Michel's availability for the start of training camp in late July.
Michel had missed most of 2018 training camp and the regular-season opener with a knee injury, and later sustained a different knee injury that sidelined him two additional games in the regular season, so this marks the third occurrence of rehabilitation for a knee ailment.