Notes for the Patriots: New England could see its helpless bear team in the 7th week | Patriots of New England

FOXBORO, Mass. – Some notes and nuggets left by the media on Thursday in the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium:

– There was no change in the Patriots injury report on Thursday.

Right tackle Marcus Cannon missed his second consecutive day of training as he recovered from a concussion suffered in Sunday's victory against the Kansas City Chiefs. The same 10 players were limited in practice:

DT Malcom Brown – Knee
WR Julian Edelman – Heel
WR Josh Gordon – Hamstring
DE Geneo Grissom – Ankle
TE Rob Gronkowski – ankle
TE Jacob Hollister – hamstrings
RB Sony Michel – Knee
CB Eric Rowe – Needle
DE John Simon – Shoulder
DE Deatrich Wise Jr. – Ankle / Knee

Meanwhile, the Chicago Bears, the next opponent of New England, face injuries to leading players in attack and defense.

Khalil Mack, one of the NFL's top rushers, has yet to play this week after suffering an ankle injury Sunday in an overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins. Bear coach Matt Nagy on Wednesday described Mack's status as "day-to-day" and said the team would take a cautious approach to recovery.

Probably embarrassed by his injury, Mack was held without a sack Sunday, for the first time in five games this season.

Chicago wide receiver Allen Robinson also missed the practice session on Thursday due to a groin injury that limited him during Wednesday's session. Robinson, who has spent the past four seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has 24 assists on 38 goals for 281 yards and two touchdowns this season, placing second in two assists and receiving yards behind compatriot Taylor Gabriel. .

– The Patriots allowed an alarming number of big games – 67-yard touchdown, 75-yard touchdown, 97-yard throw return – in the second half of their Chiefs win, almost costing them the match .

They can not afford a similar performance against the Bears, who snatched 17 games over 20 yards in their last two games, including four over 40.

"We can not do one thing or another, or it will lead to the big game," said safety Devin McCourty. "I think that's usually what matters. It's either a place where we did not bring a guy where we needed to take a guy or a stay, or a missed tackle. So, I think we're always trying to look at them and fix them, and that offense is the same thing. They kill you with a big game, it's going to hurt and they have a lot of guys who can do that. We must do the same thing in our mindset and not give up these big games.

"We did it for half a week last. We have to do it for 60 minutes. "

Defensive Trey Flowers also said the defense was focused on limiting big games. He thinks, however, that it is impossible to eliminate them completely.

"It's still worrying, but it's the NFL," Flowers said. "You are dealing with high-powered offenses that have great skills on the other side. So when you give up on great games like this – you obviously do not want to do it – you sometimes have to pay tribute to them.

"But you want to limit these games as much as possible with the help of techniques, basics and things like that. You do not want to give anything to them. But if they just play, they make an excellent game. "

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