New England’s Blount, Freeny leave game with injuries

Edelman had been the top target at wide receiver for Brady this season, putting up 61 catches for 692 yards and seven touchdowns before getting injured. New England will likely turn to Brandon Bolden and James White to fill the void that Blount leaves. Ball holds the NCAA record for most career touchdowns (83) as well as the most touchdowns in a single season (39).

Blount suffered the injury in Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans, becoming New England’s latest prominent player to go down with a season-ending injury. In 21 regular-season games with the Broncos, Ball tallied 731 yards and five touchdowns on 175 carries. Also interesting, he has 29 receptions for 207 yards. He was elated to have Gronkowski back in the fold. The Patriots worked out rookie Alonzo Harris, who made the Green Bay Packers’ roster as an undrafted free agent and was cut earlier this month, on Tuesday. The Patriots took advantage of exceptional field position as the half closed covering just 41 yards in eight plays to extend their lead to 17-6 with 14 seconds remaining in the half.

As a result of the Patriots’ success running the ball, the Texans weren’t able to key-in on Tom Brady. For the first time since the win over the Washington Redskins back in October, the backfield passed the 100-yard mark. ‘Now we need to work on controlling next Sunday. “We’ll try to certainly do the best thing we can here going forward in terms of how we use him among the rest of our backs”.