FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — We made it! It’s officially Game Week across the NFL as all 32 teams will play a regular season football game this coming weekend.
As for the Patriots, they’re set to head to Cincinnati for a 1 p.m. kickoff versus the Bengals on Sunday.
The #Patriots have named their 2024 captains:
C David Andrews
S Jabrill Peppers
LB Ja'Whaun Bentley
QB Jacoby Brissett
LS Joe Cardona
DL Deatrich Wise Jr.They'll rock the "C" on their jerseys for the first time in franchise history. pic.twitter.com/ARxtERYum0
— Mike Kadlick (@mikekadlick) September 2, 2024
In between that are four practices. Here’s what stood out from their first session of the week:
Attendance:
Absent:
— OL Sidy Sow
Non-participants:
— OL Vederian Lowe
PUP:
— WR Kendrick Bourne
— LB Sione Takitaki
— OL Cole Strange
IR/NFI:
— S Marte Mapu
— DL Christian Barmore
Notes:
— The Patriots named their 2024 team captains on Monday morning: C David Andrews, S Jabrill Peppers, LB Ja’Whaun Bentley, QB Jacoby Brissett, LS Joe Cardona, DL Deatrich Wise Jr.
— WR Javon Baker, who is subject to team penalty after an incident on Instagram live following being pulled over Mass. police this weekend, was at practice. He briefly left to the upper field before returning.
Javon Baker. pic.twitter.com/qRGawPYfmr
— Mike Kadlick (@mikekadlick) September 2, 2024
— LB Christian Elliss (head) returned to practice.
— Michael Jordan got some looks with the Patriots’ top offensive line today. He rotated in with Nick Leverett.
Michael Jordan got some looks at LG with the #Patriots top offensive line today. Rotated in with Nick Leverett. pic.twitter.com/QIscGII2ZX
— Mike Kadlick (@mikekadlick) September 2, 2024
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