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The New England Patriots placed offensive midfielder Rex Burkhead on the injured list on Wednesday. (Photo by Barry Chin / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
This could be Sony Michel's pre-season, but the rookie New England Patriots will have to learn on the job.
The role of lead carrier is now his.
Rex Burkhead, who signed a $ 9.75 million three-year deal with a $ 5.5 million guarantee in March, was injured Wednesday in the first game against the Houston Texans. The Detroit Lions with what the team has described as a neck injury.
Burkhead had entered the 2018 campaign with the alleged reins while Michel, 31st in the spring, was replaced by James White and veteran Jeremy Hill. Although the calendar ended in October, Burkhead joins Hill, who tore his ACL in week 1 on New England.
Burkhead, 28, had 264 rushing yards and 254 receiving yards in his first 10-game season at Foxborough, with eight touchdowns in his 94 offensive touchdowns. Burkhead battled knee and rib injuries, but also took into account special teams, playing 102 clicks and blocking a kick. Although what was planned for the second season with the Patriots is over, for at least the next eight, if not the duration, after just 24 runs for 86 yards and three catches for 31 yards.
And that opens the door even more to Michel for his first season.
In New England's 26-10 loss to the Detroit Lions last Sunday, Michel rushed 14 times for 50 yards and earned a pass on three targets. (AP Photo / Paul Sancya)
"He works hard," said Patriotic coach Bill Belichick at his press conference Wednesday. "He's getting better every day – he still has a long way to go, but he's working hard and he's getting better."
Georgia's first-round pick was not pre-season for New England after undergoing knee surgery to drain fluid from his knee. He was not active either for the first week of the regular season. Since then, when number 26 found himself in the circle, he was the one with football.
He has made 26 of the 36 losses he has seen in the last two games of the Patriots, totaling 90 yards with a 15-year-old. He has been targeted by quarterback Tom Brady three times, but to no avail.
The Patriots, who left for the first time since 2012, will have to change frequency to avoid Michel becoming a defender. The offensive line will have to do a better job at the point of attack to make these routes possible. And Michel, who had 13 of his 24 points in less than two yards on the ground, with just six goals in the first run, will have to be more efficient when it opens.
The Bulldogs 5-foot-11 and 215-pound product has already been used.
Michel had 3,638 rushing yards for 33 of 591 touchdowns in a career in the SEC that played 47 games. He eclipsed the 100-yard mark at 11 of them and reached an average of 7.9 yards per race as a senior. Outside of the league in which he split with Nick Chubb, now Cleveland Brown, Michel racked up 621 receiving yards for six more touchdowns on 64 catches.
In a corresponding championship move on Wednesday, New England announced the resumption of his return, Kenjon Barner, who was released last week. Ralph Webb, Vanderbilt's unreleased rookie, is also part of the Patriots team.
But most of the weight will lie on the shoulders of Michel, 23, in Sunday's match against AFC East against the Miami Dolphins. Of the nine project selections made by the patriots" War room in April, he is one of only two remaining on the list of 53 men for this. And a total of six, with fifth-round linebacker Ja"Whaun Bentley, the last, went to the injured reserve.
"He's doing a good job trying to do things right," said New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels at a conference call on Monday. "He learns from his mistakes. And again, I think the best thing to do is try to take the things we do well and learn from them, and take things that we make mistakes on and to try to draw lessons. do not repeat them. I think he has a very good attitude about it. We are also doing and we will try to progress each week in advance this season. "
Michel and White, a Patriots captain for the first time, who has collected 14 receptions for 125 yards and a TD pair so far, will be the main ground-to-air tandem.
But the future will have to hit earlier than expected.
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The New England Patriots placed offensive midfielder Rex Burkhead on the injured list on Wednesday. (Photo by Barry Chin / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
This could be Sony Michel's pre-season, but the rookie New England Patriots will have to learn on the job.
The role of lead carrier is now his.
Rex Burkhead, who signed a $ 9.75 million three-year deal with a $ 5.5 million guarantee in March, was injured Wednesday in the first game against the Houston Texans. The Detroit Lions with what the team has described as a neck injury.
Burkhead had entered the 2018 campaign with the alleged reins while Michel, 31st in the spring, was replaced by James White and veteran Jeremy Hill. Although the calendar ended in October, Burkhead joins Hill, who tore his ACL in week 1 on New England.
Burkhead, 28, had 264 rushing yards and 254 receiving yards in his first 10-game season at Foxborough, with eight touchdowns in his 94 offensive touchdowns. Burkhead battled knee and rib injuries, but also took into account special teams, playing 102 clicks and blocking a kick. Although what was planned for the second season with the Patriots is over, for at least the next eight, if not the duration, after just 24 runs for 86 yards and three catches for 31 yards.
And that opens the door even more to Michel for his first season.
In New England's 26-10 loss to the Detroit Lions last Sunday, Michel rushed 14 times on 50 yards and caught one pass on three targets. (AP Photo / Paul Sancya)
"He works hard," said Patriotic coach Bill Belichick at his press conference Wednesday. "He's getting better every day – he still has a long way to go, but he's working hard and he's getting better."
Georgia's first-round pick was not pre-season for New England after undergoing knee surgery to drain fluid from his knee. He was not active either for the first week of the regular season. Since then, when number 26 found himself in the circle, he was the one with football.
He has made 26 of the 36 losses he has seen in the last two games of the Patriots, totaling 90 yards with a 15-year-old. He has been targeted by quarterback Tom Brady three times, but to no avail.
The Patriots, who left for the first time since 2012, will have to change frequency to avoid Michel becoming a defender. The offensive line will have to do a better job at the point of attack to make these routes possible. And Michel, who had 13 of his 24 points in less than two yards on the ground, with just six goals in the first run, will have to be more efficient when it opens.
The Bulldogs 5-foot-11 and 215-pound product has already been used.
Michel had 3,638 rushing yards for 33 of 591 touchdowns in a career in the SEC that played 47 games. He eclipsed the 100-yard mark at 11 of them and reached an average of 7.9 yards per race as a senior. Outside of the league in which he split with Nick Chubb, now Cleveland Brown, Michel racked up 621 receiving yards for six more touchdowns on 64 catches.
In a corresponding championship move on Wednesday, New England announced the resumption of his return, Kenjon Barner, who was released last week. Ralph Webb, Vanderbilt's unreleased rookie, is also part of the Patriots team.
But most of the weight will lie on the shoulders of Michel, 23, in Sunday's match against AFC East against the Miami Dolphins. Of the nine project selections made by the patriots" War room in April, he is one of only two remaining on the list of 53 men for this. And a total of six, with fifth-round linebacker Ja"Whaun Bentley, the last, went to the injured reserve.
"He's doing a good job trying to do things right," said New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels at a conference call on Monday. "He learns from his mistakes. And again, I think the best thing to do is try to take the things we do well and learn from them, and take things that we make mistakes on and to try to draw lessons. do not repeat them. I think he has a very good attitude about it. We are also doing and we will try to progress each week in advance this season. "
Michel and White, a Patriots captain for the first time, who has collected 14 receptions for 125 yards and a TD pair so far, will be the main ground-to-air tandem.
But the future will have to hit earlier than expected.
