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Five reasons why Bennett could help the Patriots right away

DENVER -- If it's physically possible for Martellus Bennett to use his injured shoulder, the Patriots could use him as early as Sunday night against the Broncos.

That may seem like asking a lot of the 6-foot-6, 275-pounder. He was recently making plans to have his shoulder surgically prepared. Then he was waived. Then he ended up in New England, where he quickly went from wanting to go under the knife to "[bleep] it."

But, according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, there's a "good chance" Bennett will play tonight:

This story keeps getting more interesting.