Reinforcements could be on the way for the New England Patriots’ injury-depleted backfield.
Two days after losing James White to a hip injury, the Patriots hosted four running backs — Ryquell Armstead, Dontrell Hilliard, Ito Smith and Artavis Pierce — for free agent workouts, according to the NFL transaction wire.
Armstead (5-foot-11, 220 pounds) spent the last two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, though he missed the entire 2020 campaign due to complications from a bout with COVID-19 that resulted in multiple hospitalizations. The 2019 fifth-round draft pick was claimed off waivers by Joe Judge’s New York Giants in May but cut in July because “the Giants didn?