{"id":76311,"date":"2019-11-16T14:32:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=76311"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:22:30","slug":"patrick-chung-damien-harris-out-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/11\/16\/patrick-chung-damien-harris-out-new-england-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Chung, Damien Harris Ruled Out For New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a> have officially ruled out\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/ChunPa99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Chung<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HarrDa06.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damien Harris<\/a><\/strong> for Sunday&#8217;s Week 11 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patriots.com\/news\/week-11-patriots-eagles-injury-report\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England&#8217;s injury report<\/a>, Chung is battling through heel and chest issues while rookie Damien Harris suffered a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DB Patrick Chung &amp; RB Damien Harris have been downgraded to out for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEvsPHI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NEvsPHI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New England Patriots (@Patriots) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/1195781417126551558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 16, 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: Patrick Chung, Damien Harris Out For New England Patriots<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Patrick Chung&#8217;s absence is going to hurt a New England defense going up against a great tight end duo in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GoedDa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Goedert<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/ErtzZa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Ertz<\/a><\/strong>. Despite suffering a serious injury in Super Bowl LIII, Chung returned to the field and has played at his usual high level. Through the first nine games of the season, the former second-round pick recorded 22 tackles and one tackle-for-loss while breaking up two passes for the reigning Super Bowl champions. Pro Football Focus currently gives Chung a solid 61.1 grade for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, meanwhile, probably wouldn&#8217;t have seen much action even if he were healthy. 2019&#8217;s third-round pick currently sits behind\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>, <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>, <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>,\u00a0<\/strong>and\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> on the depth chart and has only appeared in two games. During his limited time on the field, the rookie has recorded four carries for 12 yards.<\/p>\n<p>With Chung out of the picture, look for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HarmDu00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duron Harmon<\/a><\/strong> to see a larger role on defense. While Chung spends most of his time in the box, Harmon is more of a free safety who excels at taking away the deep part of the field. Look for Harmon to continue to serve in that role while\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCoDe99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devin McCourty<\/a><\/strong> spends more time near the line of scrimmage. Additionally, the Patriots could try to use rookie second-round pick\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WillJo13.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joejuan Williams<\/a><\/strong> and his large frame to cover Philadelphia&#8217;s tight end duo of Ertz and Goedert.<\/p>\n<p>The New England Patriots will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia at 4:25 PM, eastern time.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"03gOIhIhSXlUtXWf2g-xng\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1170206888\" 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:'03gOIhIhSXlUtXWf2g-xng',sig:'AMVAz45lx15OfxAASl9DoXBXAg_GNbnCgGITOKsS0ps=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1170206888',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 safety Patrick Chung and running back Damien Harris will not play in Week 11 against the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":76314,"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":[5618,3578,4748,1708,61,955,5120,38,40,32048,1012,1823,3645],"class_list":["post-76311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots","category-injuries","category-nfl-news","tag-brandon-bolden","tag-dallas-goedert","tag-damien-harris","tag-devin-mccourty","tag-football","tag-james-white","tag-joejuan-williams","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-injuries","tag-patrick-chung","tag-rex-burkhead","tag-sony-michel"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76311","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=76311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269785,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76311\/revisions\/269785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}