{"id":697692,"date":"2026-01-23T01:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/697692\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:17:15","slug":"patriots-vs-broncos-thursday-injury-report-starting-center-joins-the-sidelined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/697692\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots vs. Broncos Thursday injury report: Starting center joins the sidelined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New England Patriots ramped up work on the Denver Broncos without Garrett Bradbury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The starting center, who has amassed 1,191 offensive snaps from September into January, did not practice on Thursday due to an illness. Outside linebacker Harold Landry III and inside linebacker Marte Mapu also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-news\/119953\/patriots-vs-broncos-wednesday-injury-report-harold-landry-iii-marte-mapu-sidelined-carlton-davis-iii-limited\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">remained sidelined<\/a> as the AFC Championship Game closes in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here\u2019s the second injury report ahead of Sunday\u2019s 3 p.m. ET kickoff at Empower Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bradbury, who saw every down in the wild card as well as the divisional round, held ironman status until the final two games of the regular season. As for the absences across the ball in Foxborough, both linebackers have missed back-to-back practices leading up to the visit to Mile High. A lingering knee issue has kept Landry on the injury report since late in the fall. New England\u2019s sack leader went from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-news\/119403\/patriots-vs-texans-friday-injury-report-christian-gonzalez-harold-landry-terrell-jennings-questionable-divisional-round\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">questionable to active<\/a> last weekend before playing just 11 out of 75 defensive snaps off the edges. A hip issue, meanwhile, has kept Mapu off the field during Broncos prep after logging 58 percent of the workload on special teams in the sendoff at Gillette Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Patriots opened Hollins\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-news\/120106\/patriots-mack-hollins-practices-designated-return-injured-reserve-afc-championship-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">activation window<\/a> on Thursday. The veteran wide receiver, who landed on injured reserve in December because of an abdomen injury, missed four starts before joining the limited in a red non-contact jersey. His return made it six partial participants for the AFC East champions. Count Davis among the others. The starting cornerback has been available for consecutive practices after entering the NFL\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-injuries\/119708\/carlton-davis-injury-update-texans-nfl-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">concussion protocol<\/a> in the final minutes of the divisional round. Two interceptions, two pass breakups and four tackles, including one for loss, were tallied before No. 7 headed to the locker room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New England\u2019s full participants on Wednesday went unchanged on Thursday. Two of whom recently had their 21-day practice windows open. On injured reserve since sustaining a concussion on the first night of December, Jennings awaits a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-news\/119213\/patriots-open-terrell-jennings-practice-window-injured-reserve-nfl-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">potential return<\/a> to the active running back room. And at defensive tackle, the rookie Farmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-news\/119966\/patriots-open-joshua-farmer-21-day-practice-window-injured-reserve-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">missed four games<\/a> with a hamstring injury. Like Hollins, both are eligible to return to a 53-man roster that currently stands at capacity. The deadline for moves ahead of the AFC Championship Game is set for Saturday at 4 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots ramped up work on the Denver Broncos without Garrett Bradbury. The starting center, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,91604,12136,726,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-697692","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-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-playoffs","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-injuries","13":"tag-new-england-patriots-news","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115941778818484411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697692","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=697692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}