{"id":7842,"date":"2022-08-16T23:24:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T23:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/nfl-world-reacts-to-patriots-significant-injury-news\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T23:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T23:24:41","slug":"nfl-world-reacts-to-patriots-significant-injury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=7842","title":{"rendered":"NFL World Reacts To Patriots&#8217; Significant Injury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA &#8211; JANUARY 9: Detail of a New England Patriots helmet before the game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on January 09, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida.  (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\" itemprop=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1364025269\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Reaves\/Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New England Patriots have placed veteran cornerback Malcolm Butler on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Butler, 32, has not practiced since Thursday&#8217;s preseason opener.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL world reacted on Twitter to this news.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dang. With other guys coming up to camp I wondered about Butler,&#8221; one fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to watch&#8230; I wanted to see the comeback,&#8221; added another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a tough snap for Butler, but it wasn&#8217;t a lock for the 53. The Patriots CB depth chart is starting to crystallize,&#8221; Pats tight end Chris Mason said.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Bowl XLIX hero started Thursday night in the Patriots&#8217; preseason opener against the New York Giants.  He recorded 23 defensive snaps in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Butler, who played in New England from 2014-2017, rejoined the Patriots after a year out before this offseason, signing a two-year, $5 million contract with his former team .<\/p>\n<p>Details on the injury have not yet been released, but it is considered a season-ending issue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thespun.com\/more\/top-stories\/nfl-world-reacts-to-patriots-significant-injury-news\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA &#8211; JANUARY 9: Detail of a New England Patriots helmet before the game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on January 09, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images) Michael Reaves\/Getty Images The New England Patriots have placed veteran cornerback Malcolm Butler on injured reserve. Butler, 32, has not practiced since Thursday&#8217;s preseason opener. The NFL world reacted on Twitter to this news. &#8220;Dang. With other guys coming up to camp I wondered about Butler,&#8221; one fan wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to watch&#8230; I wanted to see the comeback,&#8221; added another. &#8220;This is&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thespun.com\/.image\/c_limit,cs_srgb,fl_progressive,q_auto:good,w_700\/MTkxNDcwODQ1NzIwMjc0NDY1\/new-england-patriots-v-miami-dolphins.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thespun.com\/.image\/c_limit,cs_srgb,fl_progressive,q_auto:good,w_700\/MTkxNDcwODQ1NzIwMjc0NDY1\/new-england-patriots-v-miami-dolphins.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}