{"id":244012,"date":"2025-07-29T00:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/244012\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:21:09","slug":"patriots-cb-christian-gonzalez-exits-1st-padded-practice-of-training-camp-with-lower-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/244012\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez exits 1st padded practice of training camp with lower body injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Cornerback Christian Gonzalez left the Patriots\u2019 first full-pads practice of training camp on Monday with a lower body injury.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/07\/28\/sports\/christian-gonzalez-patriots-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:limped off the field;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">limped off the field<\/a> following a play during 11-on-11 drills in which he had been matched up with receiver Stefon Diggs. Gonzalez left the field under his own power, but was attended to by the training staff in an area adjacent to the field. He then exited the field in the direction of the locker room and didn\u2019t return.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez earned second-team All-Pro honors last season. He had two interceptions, 59 tackles and 11 pass breakups in 16 games.<\/p>\n<p>A first-round draft pick in 2023, Gonzalez appeared in only four games as a rookie before suffering a shoulder injury that required season-ending surgery.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. <\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE Boston 25 News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch Boston 25 News NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Cornerback Christian Gonzalez left the Patriots\u2019 first full-pads practice of training camp on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[6032,7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,5027,531,8896],"class_list":{"0":"post-244012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-christian-gonzalez","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-new-england","11":"tag-new-england-patriots","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots","16":"tag-shoulder-injury","17":"tag-stefon-diggs","18":"tag-training-camp"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114933667120349950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}