Report: Patriots Rule Out Three Defensive Starters For Monday Night Jets Game

The Patriots have ruled out three defensive starters for their Monday night match up with the Jets. The Patriots are looking to get back on track after several weeks of disappointing play. Cam Newton and the offense has struggled to do much of anything lately.

The COVID situation definitely took a toll on the team. Bill Belichick talked about this recently. Take a look at what he had to say.

“Today’s an important day in our preparation for the Broncos,” Belichick said. “We’ve had several days now of virtual meetings between the staff members and from the staff to the players. We’ve been able to cover a lot of things, but we haven’t spent any time together, so today’s our opportunity to do that. We look forward to that. One thing that we’ve learned this year repeatedly has been we have to be ready to adjust and adapt to changes and modifications and the way we do things and, in some cases, decisions that really come down to a very short amount of time that we have to be ready to adjust to.

“So we’re certainly taking things day by day — probably hour by hour would be more accurate. We’ll just see how we progress and then as we find out more on our end, or if there are other things externally that we can’t control that, then we’ll deal with those as they come. That’s the way it’s been all year. I think our team and our players have done a good job of handling those adjustments, and we’ll continue to do that.”

Report: Patriots Rule Out Three Defensive Starters For Monday Night Jets Game

Now the defensive might run into some problems. Three defensive starters are out for Monday night’s game.

Corner Stephon Gilmore (knee), linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley (groin) and D-tackle Lawrence Guy (shoulder, elbow and knee) are officially out for tonight’s game.

Gilmore, Bentley and Guy are 3 of the the 17 Patriots players listed as questionable for Monday’s AFC East matchup. The others were:

OLB Shilique Calhoun (knee)
DT Carl Davis (concussion)
S Cody Davis (calf)
S Kyle Dugger (ankle)
K Nick Folk (back)
RB Damien Harris (ankle)
TE Ryan Izzo (hamstring)
CB J.C. Jackson (knee)
TE Dalton Keene (knee)
G Shaq Mason (calf)
OLB John Simon (elbow)
G Joe Thuney (ankle)
DE Deatrich Wise (knee, hand)
OT Isaiah Wynn (ankle)

This is substantial. What do you think about the impact this will have on the team is?