{"id":593945,"date":"2025-12-12T04:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/593945\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T04:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:55:13","slug":"jahlani-tavais-wife-reveals-tragic-reason-for-star-lbs-week-12-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/593945\/","title":{"rendered":"Jahlani Tavai&#8217;s Wife Reveals Tragic Reason For Star LB&#8217;s Week 12 Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time we saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/12\/patriots-injury-situation-to-force-uncomfortable-decision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> in action, they picked up a 33-15 victory over the New York Giants on Monday Night Football in Week 13. There was a lot to like about this win for the Pats, with one of the more overlooked aspects of this game being the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/11\/patriots-veteran-to-miss-bengals-matchup-for-personal-reasons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">star linebacker Jahlani Tavai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the team\u2019s Week 12 contest against the Cincinnati Bengals, Tavai was abruptly ruled out for the game due to personal reasons. While no exact reason for his absence was given, the way folks around the team talked about the situation made it seem like he was dealing with something serious.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the team\u2019s next game, Tavai\u2019s wife, Kalei, revealed that the talented defender missed the team\u2019s win over Cincy because she got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSGfMuBjq-w\/?img_index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rare blood infection<\/a> that landed her in the hospital. Kalei, who was pregnant at the time, was placed in a medically induced coma for six days, and unfortunately, their baby, Ka ua, passed away in her womb.<\/p>\n<p>There are many things more important than football, and the health of Kalei was certainly more important for Jahlani. Thankfully, she appears to be doing much better, but the situation was understandably taxing for the Tavai family as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Tavai didn\u2019t skip a beat when he returned to the field in Week 13, as he picked up a pair of tackles in what was part of a vicious display from New England\u2019s defense. While he hasn\u2019t had as big a role as he had in seasons past, Tavai is still a crucial piece of the puzzle for the Pats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It will be all hands on deck for New England in Week 15, as it has a rematch with the Buffalo Bills on its schedule. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon, and if the Patriots win this game, they will have officially clinched the AFC East division.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last time we saw the New England Patriots in action, they picked up a 33-15 victory over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,6304,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-593945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jahlani-tavai","10":"tag-new-england","11":"tag-new-england-patriots","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115704818812193656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593945","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=593945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}