We are only a quarter of the way through the regular season and the New England Patriots already have four key players on the injured reserve list: James Develin (fullback), N’Keal Harry (receiver), Isaiah Wynn (left tackle), and Stephen Gostkowski (kicker).
Gostkowski was added to the IR earlier this week after a rough start to the season. Since then, the Patriots signed veteran kicker Mike Nugent to take over the kicking duties, but there is still a difficult decision to be made for head coach Bill Belichick down the road. Each team can only bring back two players from the injured reserve list once they are eligible, and with 12 weeks left in the season, there is a chance that more players will be added to this list.