The longest consecutive games played streak of any current New England Patriots player will come to an end this Saturday. And its owner reportedly will not play again this season.
The Patriots on Thursday ruled out long snapper Joe Cardona for their Week 16 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals at Gillette Stadium. A subsequent report from ESPN’s Mike Reiss indicated the ankle injury Cardona has been dealing with actually is a torn tendon in his foot that will sideline him until 2023.
Cardona, who has played in all 140 regular-season and postseason games since the Patriots drafted him in 2015, initially suffered a partial tear during New England’s Week 14 win over the Arizona Cardinals, per Reiss’ report, and played through it in Sunday’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.