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Ben Watson reveals he played with a torn Achilles this past season

The 2019 season wasn’t a healthy one for the Patriots’ wide receivers and tight ends.

Ben Watson said on Friday that he played this past season with a torn Achilles.

“Tore my ‘good’ Achilles this season,” Watson said in an Instagram post with a picture of him at a TB12 facility, “but @jfkoudelka2 (TB12 Body Coach Joseph Koudelka) kept me on the field!”

Ben Watson says he played through a torn Achilles this season. pic.twitter.com/npitQnIKfF

— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) January 17, 2020

Watson’s injury did not show up on the injury report once during the season.