Without Tom Brady en el Gillette Stadium, los Patriots has made the running game his strength (in 2020 they added 2,346 yards, the fourth-highest in the NFL). With just three games played in the 2021 campaign New England has already lost one of its most versatile elements in the backfield.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, el club de Massachusetts he will not have James White for the remainder of the season.
White, 29, suffered a hip injury during the commitment against the Saints And although it was originally thought that the condition would allow him to return later in the calendar, recent studies revealed that it was a subluxation.
That encounter against New Orleans at Gillette may have been the last of Wisconsin’s product in New England. In the off season, White signed a one-year, $ 2.46 million contract extension.
Despite not being New England’s main running back, White had a good start to the season. In three games he registered 10 carries, 38 yards and a touchdown; what’s more, by air, his biggest contribution in eight years with the Patriots, she had 94 yards on 12 receptions.
Backfield without stars
Without White in the running back corps, Bill Belichick’s options for the campaign are Damien Harris, rookie Rhamondre Stevenson, JJ Taylor, and Brandon Bolden.
Another possibility is that the Patriots look in the market. This Tuesday New England already met with Ryquell Armstead, Dontrell Hilliard, Artavis Pierce and Ito Smith. Other options available and proven in the NFL are Todd Gurley, Duke Johnson, Kerryon Johnson, TJ Yeldon or Adrian Peterson.
