{"id":74974,"date":"2019-10-20T14:29:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T18:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=74974"},"modified":"2021-05-31T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T21:24:28","slug":"rex-burkhead-out-monday-night-football-new-england-patriots-new-york-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/10\/20\/rex-burkhead-out-monday-night-football-new-england-patriots-new-york-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Burkhead Declared Out for Monday Night Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a> are going to be without yet another one of their skill position players on Monday Night. According to the team&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/1185981814013333505?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Twitter account<\/a>, running back\u00a0<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> didn&#8217;t make the trip to New York and won&#8217;t play on Monday Night Football. In addition to Burkehad, the Patriots also ruled out wide receiver\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GordJo02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Gordon<\/a><\/strong> and tight ends\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/I\/IzzoRy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Izzo<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LaCoMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt LaCosse<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RB Rex Burkhead has been downgraded to out for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEvsNYJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NEvsNYJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New England Patriots (@Patriots) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/1185981814013333505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>New England Patriots Running Back Rex Burkhead Ruled Out for Monday Night Football<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Burkhead initially suffered his foot injury following Week 4&#8217;s matchup against the Buffalo Bills. During that game, Burkhead recorded 47 rushing yards and a touchdown to go along with six receptions for 22 yards while splitting carries with\u00a0<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> and\u00a0<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>. However, Burkhead missed each of the following two games. Despite being a gime-time decision for Week 6&#8217;s matchup for the New York Giants, Burkhead will need at least one more week before he&#8217;s ready to take the field.<\/p>\n<p>Burkhead is one of several skill position players who will miss Monday&#8217;s matchup. Josh Gordon suffered a knee injury in Week 6 and won&#8217;t suit up against the division rivals. Additionally, Ryan Izzo and Matt LaCosse are going to miss the contest, while\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WatsBe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Watson<\/a><\/strong> makes his season debut as the sole tight end on the roster. Additionally, wide receiver\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DorsPh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phillip Dorsett<\/a><\/strong> is questionable after missing the majority of the past two games with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>With Burkhead sidelined, Sony Michel figures to see a larger role in New England&#8217;s passing game. The former first-round pick hasn&#8217;t been efficient or effective this season, but the coaching staff clearly believes he still deserves playing time.\u00a0James White is going to see his usual share of the action, while\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BoldBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Bolden<\/a><\/strong> should see some time as a rotational member of the backfield.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"R-LaFK54RixBo3r2U34iHg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1181528943\" 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:'R-LaFK54RixBo3r2U34iHg',sig:'YwsHaWVo8Ccj27wFIzmdhz9xcI1h1i2IUE37npVu5TI=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'1181528943',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>New England Patriots running back Rex Burkhead will not play on Monday Night Football against the New York Jets, according to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":74976,"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":[5,36],"tags":[4076,5618,61,955,507,38,40,2014,1823,5351,3645],"class_list":["post-74974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots","category-nfl-news","tag-ben-watson","tag-brandon-bolden","tag-football","tag-james-white","tag-josh-gordon","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-phillip-dorsett","tag-rex-burkhead","tag-ryan-izzo","tag-sony-michel"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74974","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=74974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}