Patriots cancel joint practices with Titans after preseason scare
The New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans will no longer be getting together for joint practices this week. New England called off the practices early Sunday morning after a scary injury landed cornerback Isaiah Bolden in the hospital on Saturday night. Bolden has since been released from the hospital and will travel with the team, […]
The New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans will no longer be getting together for joint practices this week.
New England called off the practices early Sunday morning after a scary injury landed cornerback Isaiah Bolden in the hospital on Saturday night. Bolden has since been released from the hospital and will travel with the team, but after Saturday's events, the Patriots will be returning home to Foxborough instead of flying into Nashville.
Here's the statement released by the Patriots on Sunday morning:
"After undergoing a series of evaluations and being held for overnight observations, Patriots cornerback Isaiah Bolden has been released from the Aurora Bay Medical Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he was transported to after sustaining an on-field injury in the fourth quarter of Saturday night's preseason game between the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers. Isaiah will travel with the team today. We thank the medical staff at Aurora Bay Medical Center for their overnight evaluations, as well as the Patriots and Packers medical staffs for their immediate on-field response and care in transporting Isaiah to a nearby hospital. Due to the circumstances surrounding the abrupt and unexpected ending to last night's game, the Patriots will return to Foxborough today. The joint practices that were scheduled with the Tennessee Titans on Tuesday and Wednesday are cancelled. The team will train in Foxborough this week and fly to Nashville on Thursday for Friday night's game."
While the Titans will have to unfortunately miss some very formative days of joint practices, the Patriots will still be in town for their final preseason game on Friday night.
It will be interesting to see how Mike Vrabel and the Titans' coaching staff handle the game with New England now that there are no joint practices this week. Is it possible we see some in-game reps for Tennessee's starters?
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