Saturday’s injured reserve situation brought a bit of good news and bad news for the Patriots.
The good news is that Trent Brown’s been activated from IR. However, in order to make room for Brown on the active roster, the Patriots placed linebacker Jamie Collins on IR.
Brown hasn’t played since the opening drive of the Patriots’ Week 1 loss, suffering a calf injury. After weeks of being a limited participant at practice for four weeks and a game-time decision following Week 1, the Patriots placed Brown on IR a day prior to their Week 5 win over the Texans.