{"id":73902,"date":"2019-09-29T07:41:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T11:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=73902"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:22:33","slug":"rex-burkhead-game-time-decision-julian-edelman-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/09\/29\/rex-burkhead-game-time-decision-julian-edelman-injury-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Burkhead A Game-Time Decision, Julian Edelman Expected to Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a> head into Buffalo with a few of their key players battling injury. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/EdelJu00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julian Edelman<\/a><\/strong> suffered a rib injury midway through Week 3\u2019s contest and couldn\u2019t finish the game. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BurkRe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rex Burkhead<\/a><\/strong>, meanwhile, suffered a foot injury during the game but stayed on the field throughout the contest. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1178220617692266496?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to NFL Network\u2019s <strong>Ian Rapoport<\/strong><\/a>, Edelman should be good to go for Week 4 while Rex Burkhead is a game-time decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Patriots<\/a> WR Julian Edelman (chest) will play vs. the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bills<\/a>, source said, but his snaps will hinge on how he feels. He may take less than his full allotment. Meanwhile, RB Rex Burkhead (foot) is a game-time decision.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1178220617692266496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Injury Update: Rex Burkhead A Game-Time Decision, Julian Edelman Will Play<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Rex Burkhead appeared ready to star in New England\u2019s backfield prior to the foot injury. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MichSo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Michel<\/a><\/strong> has struggled through the first three weeks of the season, recording just 108 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 45 attempts. While he\u2019s fallen victim to poor blocking, he\u2019s not the type of player capable of making guys miss in open space. Burkhead is far more elusive and figured to be the primary starter now that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DeveJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Develin<\/a><\/strong> isn\u2019t around to open up rushing lanes. Burkhead should still see a sizable portion of the carries if he plays, but this obviously isn\u2019t Burkhead\u2019s first time battling an injury.<\/p>\n<p>If Burkhead misses time, don\u2019t be surprised if <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=WhitJa02,WhitJa20&amp;search=James+White&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James White<\/a><\/strong> sees a larger share of the running work. Sony Michel is only as good as his blocking, and the blocking isn\u2019t going to be good in Week 4. James Develin, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AndrDa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Andrews<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WynnIs00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Wynn<\/a><\/strong> are all going to miss Week 4, and the Bills have one of the best defensive fronts in the league. Neither Michel nor White offer much upside in the running game, but White at least offers a reliable set of hands out of the backfield.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Brady<\/a><\/strong>, nobody matters more to New England\u2019s offense than Julian Edelman. Edelman has Brady\u2019s unconditional trust and should see a huge workload against Buffalo\u2019s impressive defense. The Super Bowl MVP might be hurting, but he\u2019s one of the toughest players in the league. If he\u2019s on the field, look for him to get a full workload and be the primary option in the passing game.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"H4SDeoYbQx1C-vO0DxqPTg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1174848756\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'H4SDeoYbQx1C-vO0DxqPTg',sig:'qMxaMkU5YKzdINQyZrV4TlidlcFf6F-PuK2lN_SJLFQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1174848756',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rex Burkhead (foot) is a game-time decision for Week 4&#8217;s matchup while Julian Edelman (chest) is expected to play against the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":73904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,34308,36],"tags":[3379,61,3623,4078,955,666,38,40,32048,1823,3645,331],"class_list":["post-73902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots","category-injuries","category-nfl-news","tag-david-andrews","tag-football","tag-isaiah-wynn","tag-james-develin","tag-james-white","tag-julian-edelman","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-injuries","tag-rex-burkhead","tag-sony-michel","tag-tom-brady"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269790,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73902\/revisions\/269790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}