Week 5 Patriots-Broncos Injury Report

I'll get right to it, the Broncos (2-2) come to Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon (4:25 p.m., CBS) to meet the Patriots (2-2) but only one team really did anything with their injury report this afternoon. Haha care to guess which one?

New England had two players out-safety Steve Gregory (hip) and wide receiver Julian Edelman (hand)-while listing an absurd 12 players as questionable. Denver on the other hand simply said five guys were probable, that's it.

The most intriguing names that are questionable for the Pats include tight end Aaron Hernandez (ankle) who hasn't played in three weeks, linebacker Dont'a Hightower (hamstring) and running back Brandon Bolden (knee). Haha you know Bolden has made it when he's getting the questionable treatment, that's usually reserved for some of the best players on the team. I'm willing to bet New England wouldn't have bothered if he hadn't played so well last Sunday in Buffalo.

The rest of the guys that are questionable: defensive end Brandon Deaderick (ankle), defensive tackle Justin Francis (ankle), tight end Rob Gronkowski (hip), tight end Michael Hoomanawanui (concussion), guard Logan Mankins (calf), center Nick McDonald (shoulder), cornerback Sterling Moore (knee), running back Shane Vereen (foot) and offensive tackle Sebastian Vollmer (back).

I won't worry about Gronk, Mankins or Vollmer since they were all on the injury report last week with the same stuff and each managed to make it on the field against the Bills. The rest of the guys that I didn't specifically point out at the beginning or now aren't too important either way (Deaderick, Francis) or too injury-prone to expect anything from (Vereen) at the moment.

In other Patriots news, Brandon Spikes was hit with a $21,000 fine for unnecessary roughness against the Bills. That came on the play where he leveled Buffalo tight end Scott Chandler up high after one of Devin McCourty's interception returns.

Stay tuned tomorrow and Sunday as I update this with the latest news.

UPDATE 10/7: Inactives for the Patriots include Hernandez, center Matt Tennant, Hightower, Hoomanawanui and defensive end Jake Bequette. The only notable Bronco that's inactive is running back Knowshon Moreno. I haven't heard of any of the other bums that will be out, sorry guys.

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