{"id":106596,"date":"2025-10-02T08:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=106596"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:56:15","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-patriots-setback-new-england-hit-with-bad-news-on-their-injured-breakout-starter-coaches-scrambling-for-answers-fans-bracing-for-the-worst-and-the-urgent-question-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=106596","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 PATRIOTS SETBACK: New England hit with bad news on their injured breakout starter \u2014 coaches scrambling for answers, fans bracing for the worst, and the urgent question is\u2026 how much will this blow derail the season?..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234552541-e1759367469355.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234552541-e1759367469355.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234552541-e1759367469355.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234552541-e1759367469355.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bad News for Patriots on Injured Breakout Starter\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>(Photo by Adam Glanzman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS &#8211; SEPTEMBER 07: K&#8217;Lavon Chaisson #44 of the New England Patriots celebrates after a sack during the game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Gillette Stadium on September 07, 2025 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is Year 6 in the NFL for Patriots pass-rusher K\u2019Lavon Chaisson, and it has been, arguably, his best year in the league, at least through his strong training camp and first four games. He has shown some of the ability that once made him a first-round pick out of LSU, posting 2.5 sacks for a team that has shown more faith in him than he\u2019d gotten in either of his past two stops, in Jacksonville and last year with the Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Entering Week 4, Chaisson had played 75.9% of the Patriots\u2018 snaps as a hefty contributor to a much-improved pass-rush. But he has been battling a knee injury and that, combined with a blowout win over the Panthers, nudged New England into reeling in his snap count in Week 4\u2013he played just 49.3% of the snaps in that one, according to Pro Football Reference\u2019s estimate.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Chaisson sat out practice, throwing into question his status for Week 5 in Buffalo, a nationally televised game to be played on Sunday night. He was joined by safety Jaylinn Hawkins, who sat out with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Patriots Set to Get Jahlani Tavai Back<\/h2>\n<p>The Patriots did get some good injury news on Wednesday, though, as Jahlani Tavai returned to practice for the first time since suffering a calf injury during OTAs in June. Tavai had been placed on injured reserve, meaning he could not play or practice with the team for the first four weeks of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots have a 21-day window now to declare Tavai fit to return to the 53-man roster. There is an open spot for him, so he could be up and ready to go this week, though it remains unclear what his role will be no a defense that added linebackers Robert Spillane and Jack Gibbens to the mix offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect him to practice, yes,\u201d coach Mike Vrabel told reporters. \u201cI don\u2019t have an update on the game, but he will return to play and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Week 5 at Bills in Primetime: \u2018You Certainly Better Enjoy It\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s a big week for the Patriots, who have looked like an AFC playoff team at times and have flubbed their way through key stretches at other times. The 42-13 win over the Panthers was as convincing a win as the Patriots have had in nearly three years, but they will face a Bills team that is a perennial Super Bowl contender and sits at 4-0 with a conference-best plus-43 point differential this year.<\/p>\n<p>If this is truly a new-look Patriots team ready to put away the back-to-back 4-13 seasons in 2023 and 2024, a primetime Week 5 game is a good time to show it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if you want to get to where you want to get to, I think you certainly better enjoy it \u2013 better enjoy playing in primetime games,\u201d Vrabel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s something that we\u2019re trying to prepare for right now. And so, I think that certainly it will be a huge challenge. The last time (the Bills) lost at home was 14 games ago. We\u2019re well aware of that and have to do a lot of really good things to give ourselves a chance. They\u2019re, playing good football, they\u2019re playing clean football, they\u2019re not beating themselves and they\u2019re doing a nice job in all phases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sean Deveney is a veteran sports reporter covering the NBA, NFL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has written for Heavy since 2019 and has more than two decades of experience covering the NBA, including 17 years as the lead NBA reporter for the Sporting News. Deveney is the author of 7 nonfiction books, including &#8220;Fun City,&#8221; &#8220;Before Wrigley became Wrigley,&#8221; and &#8220;Facing Michael Jordan.&#8221; More about Sean Deveney<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriots pass-rusher K&#8217;Lavon Chaisson has had his best year in the NFL thus far, but is dealing with a knee injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":106598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8 PATRIOTS SETBACK: New England hit with bad news on their injured breakout starter \u2014 coaches scrambling for answers, fans bracing for the worst, and the urgent question is\u2026 how much will this blow derail the season?..ll - 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