In not even 90 minutes, the New England Patriots will play their third game of this year’s regular season, trying to improve to 2-1: the reigning AFC East champions will square off against a Las Vegas Raiders team that is heading into the contest with a perfect 2-0 record. Before getting ahead of ourselves, however, let’s take a look at the players on both sides who have been declared inactive and will therefore not participate in today’s contest:
Patriots inactives
CB Myles Bryant
OT Korey Cunningham
LB Anfernee Jennings
TE Dalton Keene
QB Jarrett Stidham
RB James White
After moving center David Andrews and linebacker Josh Uche to injured reserve because of hand and foot ailments, respectively, New England decided to deactivate six healthy players for today’s game: Korey Cunningham, Dalton Keene and Jarrett Stidham will miss their third straight game, while Myles Bryant and James White will be out for a second week in a row. Anfernee Jennings, meanwhile, joins the list after having played a combined 11 defensive snaps in Weeks 1 and 2.
White is of course the biggest name on the list, and the only one who was declared out on Friday’s injury report. The veteran running back is still away from the team after his father was killed in a car crash last Sunday.
The five players listed as questionable heading into the weekend, meanwhile, are all good to go. Wide receivers Julian Edelman (knee) and N’Keal Harry (ankle), offensive tackle Isaiah Wynn (calf), defensive tackle Adam Butler (shoulder) and safety Kyle Dugger (ankle) are all on the game day roster.
Raiders inactives
OT Trent Brown
CB Madre Harper
LB Nick Kwiatkoski
CB Amik Robertson
WR Henry Ruggs III
DE Kendal Vickers
OT Sam Young
The biggest takeaway from the Raiders’ list of inactive players is that tight end Darren Waller (knee) and running back Josh Jacobs (hip) are both active after being listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report.