{"id":717536,"date":"2026-01-30T22:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717536\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T22:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:06:16","slug":"two-key-patriots-defenders-miss-fridays-practice-week-before-super-bowl-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717536\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Key Patriots Defenders Miss Friday&#8217;s Practice Week Before Super Bowl LX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With so much <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/patriots-mike-vrabel-provides-drake-maye-injury-update-after-practice-absence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attention devoted <\/a>to Drake Maye\u2019s health, the New England Patriots must also worry about two defensive mainstays before Super Bowl LX.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Vrabel confirmed that Robert Spillane and Harold Landry both missed Friday\u2019s practice. The head coach offered a vague response when asked if he expects them to play next Sunday, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yaboiTCfresh\/status\/2017317886667219150\" rel=\"nofollow\">WEEI\u2019s Tom Carroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I can tell you is that they didn\u2019t practice today,\u201d Vrabel said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t know what\u2019s gonna happen nine days from now, or however many days that is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spillane missed the final four games of the regular season with an ankle injury before returning to collect six tackles and a pass defense in each of New England\u2019s playoff wins over the Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans. However, the 30-year-old hasn\u2019t practiced <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/patriots-captain-exits-broncos-game-with-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since leaving<\/a> an AFC Championship Game victory over the Denver Broncos with an ankle issue after playing just 13 snaps.<\/p>\n<p>Landry <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/patriots-captains-status-in-doubt-for-afc-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">missed the AFC Championship Game<\/a> with a knee injury after returning from a two-game hiatus to play 37 combined snaps in a pair of playoff victories. One of New England\u2019s many impactful offseason additions amassed 8.5 sacks and 19 quarterback hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The former Tennessee Titans teammates have both played an incremental role in New England\u2019s defensive transformation after reuniting with Vrabel in 2025. While the Patriots have allowed a microscopic 26 points this postseason, they\u2019ll want all hands on deck to combat a sizzling Seattle Seahawks offense that\u2019s stockpiled 72 points in two victories.<\/p>\n<p>On the bright side, Spillane and Landry have more than a week to prepare for Super Bowl LX on Sunday, Feb. 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With so much attention devoted to Drake Maye\u2019s health, the New England Patriots must also worry about two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,287,838,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,9591],"class_list":["post-717536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-new-england-patriots","tag-football","tag-harold-landry","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots","tag-robert-spillane"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115986326166451758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717536","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=717536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}