After a brief scare on Friday, the Patriots will have one of their top players available for Sunday’s season-opening matchup against the Eagles.
Rhamondre Stevenson had a stomach bug that forced him to miss Friday’s practice, but he should be good to go for Week 1, MassLive’s Karen Guregian reported. The running back’s absence from Friday’s practice was a surprise as he wasn’t on the injury report in the prior two days, indicating that he was a full participant.
In the event that Stevenson’s stomach bug gets worse and causes him to miss Sunday’s game, the Patriots would likely turn to Ezekiel Elliott to shoulder the burden out of the backfield.