Week 2 was injury-plagued for the Patriots, who lost several players during the win over the Steelers. Along with right guard Mike Onwenu<\/a>, who\u2019s expected to miss significant time with an ankle injury suffered against Pittsburgh, New England also ruled out linebackers Quintayvious Hutchins (knee) and Dre\u2019Mont Jones (shoulder) before Sunday. Safety Craig Woodson (shoulder) and tight end Eli Raridon (thigh), both listed as questionable, are inactive for Sunday\u2019s trip to Jacksonville.<\/p>\n The Jaguars largely have a clean injury report \u2014 defensive tackle Albert Regis was listed as doubtful before the weekend and is inactive for Sunday.<\/p>\n Kickoff Sunday is set for 1 p.m. in Jacksonville and on CBS. Follow along with play-by-play and analysis from the Globe, with Christopher Price and Nicole Yang in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n Get Point After<\/p>\n Get exclusive analysis and insight on the Patriots and the NFL, delivered to your inbox on weekdays during the season.<\/p>\n Patriots-Jaguars live updates: News, play-by-play<\/p>\n Click here to refresh<\/a> | Read more Patriots stories<\/a><\/p>\n Terrell Williams is back with the Patriots after beating prostate cancer. He has a message for everyone. \u2014 12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n By Christopher L. Gasper<\/p>\n If Terrell Williams possesses a superpower as a football coach, it\u2019s his ability to connect with people from any side of the ball and all walks of life. He talks, people listen.<\/p>\n In a sport defined by tough guys, no one embodies toughness for the Patriots more than their assistant head coach, who is back coaching full time\u00a0after prostate cancer rocked his world and reduced his role last season<\/a>. The message from Coach T, a man adept at delivering them, is one that resonates beyond football and beyond September, prostate cancer awareness month.<\/p>\n The most heroic thing you can do is listen to your body.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n DeMario Douglas hopes to make the Patriots\u2019 trip to Jacksonville a triumphant homecoming \u2014 12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n By Christopher Price<\/p>\n DeMario Douglas\u00a0has a nice problem.<\/p>\n The Patriots receiver, who was born in Jacksonville, is headed back to Florida to play in front of friends and family this Sunday. It\u2019s a group that includes his mother,\u00a0Angie Oxendine, and 82-year-old great-grandmother,\u00a0Glennie James, who rarely gets a chance to see Douglas play in person.<\/p>\n Asked this week how his ticket requests were coming, Douglas shook his head and smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cMy mom is handling all of that,\u201d he said. \u201cGot a lot of people coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s a highly anticipated weekend for Douglas, who grew up rooting for the Jaguars.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n Patriots inactives: who\u2019s out and who New England will turn to \u2014 11:40 a.m.<\/p>\n By Christopher Price<\/p>\n JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Patriots announced that the following players are inactivated for today\u2019s game. Here\u2019s a look at what the moves mean. <\/p>\n Inactives for the Patriots today:<\/p>\n Safety Craig WoodsonEdge Dre\u2019Mont JonesOT Dametrious CrownoverTE Eli RaridonDT Leonard TaylorBehren Morton (emergency QB)<\/p>\n Jones (shoulder) was downgraded on Friday. Without Jones (and Harold Landry), youngster Elijah Ponder and rookie Gabe Jacas figure to get a ton of action on the edges this afternoon. <\/p>\n Tight end Eli Raridon (thigh), who didn\u2019t finish last week\u2019s game against the Steelers, didn\u2019t practice on Thursday and Friday, so it\u2019s not a surprise he\u2019s down this afternoon. Without him in the lineup, the Patriots will likely turn to undrafted rookie Tanner Arkin. <\/p>\n Safety Craig Woodson (shoulder) was listed as questionable on Friday after sustaining an injury against Pittsburgh. While he was at practice later in the week, he\u2019ll miss his first game of the season this afternoon. Mike Brown, who was elevated off the practice squad Saturday, will likely be counted on for depth at the safety position in his place.<\/p>\n Defensive tackle Leonard Taylor is the only healthy scratch today. Defensive tackle Jeremiah Pharms Jr., who was elevated off the practice squad on Saturday, will be an option as a backup along the interior in place of Taylor. <\/p>\n Offensive tackle Walter Rouse, cornerback Karon Prunty, and linebacker Erick Hunter, all of whom were heathy scratches earlier in the season, are good to go today. Rouse will take over as the backup swing tackle in place of Crownover, who has been dealing with a knee issue the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n Behren Morton is the emergency quarterback.<\/p>\n Unconventional Preview<\/p>\n Is this the week the Patriots figure out their identity? \u2014 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n By Chad Finn<\/p>\n Drake Maye is struggling to live up to last season\u2019s excellence<\/a> and this season\u2019s expectations, Christian Gonzalez is locking down receivers like he wants one of those Defensive Player of the Year awards that recent retiree Stephon Gilmore has, and the Patriots, at 1-1, are going to have to survive injury attrition<\/a> while they conduct their ongoing search for their 2026 identity.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll have a little more clarity about who, exactly, this team intends to be when it travels to Jacksonville to take on quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the 1-1 Jaguars, who are coming off a sloppy 20-13 loss to the Broncos in Denver.<\/p>\n Here are three players (not named Maye) I\u2019m watching, plus a prediction.<\/a><\/p>\n How Travis Hunter impressed Mike Vrabel prior to the 2025 NFL Draft \u2014 11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n By Christopher Price<\/p>\n One of the great \u201cwhat ifs\u201d regarding the 2025 NFL Draft was the tantalizing possibility of Travis Hunter in a Patriots uniform<\/a>.<\/p>\n With the Patriots set to pick at No. 4, there was an outside chance the dynamic two-way star out of Colorado might be available<\/a>, especially with the quarterback-hungry Titans eying Cam Ward at No. 1.<\/p>\n During the NFL Combine that year, Patriots coach Mike Vrabel relayed a story about a conversation he had with Hunter.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure Travis doesn\u2019t even know,\u201d said Vrabel, who famously worked as an outside linebacker and part-time tight end in his playing days. \u201cBut we were kind of jawing back and forth as he left [the interview], and I said, \u2018You\u2019re not the only one who played two ways. Like, there were some other guys who did this, too.\u2019 And he kind of like looked at me, and we laughed.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n The Jaguars have a sneaky-tough home-field advantage \u2014 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n By Ben Volin<\/p>\n When the Patriots visit Jacksonville on Sunday, Jaguars coach Liam Coen<\/a> wants to see the fans go nuts one last time before saying goodbye for a month.<\/p>\n With a road game next week in Cincinnati, followed by \u201chome\u201d games Oct. 11 and 18 in London, then a bye, Sunday will be the last chance Jaguars fans have to see their team until Nov. 1. Coen is hoping for a raucous atmosphere, even with a reduced crowd of 41,156 because of stadium renovations taking place the next two years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need a true home-field advantage this week,\u201d Coen said. \u201cDefinitely need the community and fan base to come out and support as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n EverBank Stadium, formerly Alltel Stadium and the Jaguars\u2019 only home since becoming an NFL franchise in 1995, will never be confused with the loudest or most iconic stadiums, such as Lambeau, Arrowhead, or Seattle\u2019s Lumen Field. It\u2019s never mentioned in the conversation of best home-field advantages, with Denver\u2019s altitude, Miami\u2019s sweltering humidity, or Buffalo\u2019s lake-effect winters.<\/p>\n But going to Jacksonville in September can be rough. The Jaguars have a 29-28 home record in September, for a .509 win percentage that ranks 22nd since 1995. Compare that with the team\u2019s 18-35 road record in September, a .340 win percentage that ranks 29th.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n Amin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com<\/a>. Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com<\/a>. Christopher Price can be reached at christopher.price@globe.com<\/a>. Follow him on Bluesky at christopherprice.bsky.social. Nicole Yang can be reached at nicole.yang@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her on X @nicolecyang<\/a>. Chad Finn can be reached at chad.finn@globe.com<\/a>. Ben Volin can be reached at ben.volin@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Everbank](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IEL3NLLZCLN36QDTW32DAZZEOE.jpg\")
Everbank Stadium.Gary McCullough\/AP Photo\/Gary McCullough<\/p>\n