Patriots place Romeo Doubs on injured reserve after shoulder injury
The receiver must miss at least four games after hurting his shoulder while catching a touchdown pass on Sunday. New England also made several roster moves.
The New England Patriots placed wide receiver Romeo Doubs on injured reserve Monday, October 19, after he hurt his shoulder during Sunday's game against the New York Jets in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The move requires him to miss at least four games and leaves New England with four wide receivers on its 53-man roster.
How Doubs injured his shoulder
Doubs hurt his shoulder while catching a 42-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Drake Maye, the Boston Herald reported. Boston 25 News and theScore identified the opponent as the Jets; both said Doubs left the game after the catch. The touchdown came in the first quarter, according to theScore.
Doubs had caught 14 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns through six weeks, according to the Herald. He joined the Patriots in free agency this offseason on a four-year, $68 million contract, the newspaper reported. His absence takes one of the team's touchdown scorers out of an active receiver group that is already short of players.
Patriots' receiver depth and roster moves
The Herald listed A.J. Brown, Efton Chism, DeMario Douglas and Kyle Williams as the wide receivers remaining on New England's 53-man roster. It said Doubs is the third Patriots wide receiver placed on injured reserve this season. Brown returned to the field Sunday but caught three of 10 targets for 27 yards and had multiple drops, according to the newspaper.
New England used Doubs's open roster spot to sign defensive back Elliott Davison from its practice squad, the Herald reported. The team also signed wide receiver Ryan Miller and offensive linemen Jacob Rizy and Andrew Rupcich to the practice squad and released cornerback D'Shawn Jamison from it. Miller's addition gives New England another practice-squad receiver while Doubs is unavailable.
The Herald expects Brown to be New England's top receiving target, with Chism and Douglas likely to take the other starting receiver roles Thursday against the Bears. Its account puts Doubs's earliest possible return after the Patriots' Week 11 bye. The injured-reserve rule sets a minimum absence of four games; it does not establish when his shoulder will be ready for a return.
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Sources and context
- Patriots place wide receiver Romeo Doubs on injured reserveBoston 25 News (WFXT), republished by Yahoo Sports
- Patriots place WR Romeo Doubs on injured reserve in series of transactionsThe Boston Herald
- Patriots place Doubs on IR with shoulder injurytheScore
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