Jones, Hightower, Collins Questionable For Patriots; Burfict Doubtful For Bengals
BOSTON (CBS) -- Five Patriots are listed as questionable for Sunday night's game against the Bengals, and Chandler Jones, Dont'a Hightower and Jamie Collins are chief among them.
Jones (shoulder), Hightower (knee) and Collins (thigh) were limited in their participation in practice all week, and they were officially listed as questionable for Sunday's game. Also on the questionable list are Alfonzo Dennard (shoulder) and Dominique Easley (knee), who was added to the list on Friday after he fully participated in Wednesday's and Thursday's practice session.
Nate Ebner (finger) and Cameron Fleming (finger) were both listed as out.
For the Bengals, defensive tackle Brandon Thompson is listed as out, while three players were listed as doubtful. Linebacker Vontaze Burfict (concussion) returned to the practice field on Friday in a limited capacity after missing the past two days, and he's listed as doubtful, along with receiver Marvin Jones (ankle) and lineman Kevin Zeitler (calf).
For the Patriots, Rob Gronkowski (knee) is listed as probable, while seven Bengals (Robert Geathers, Rex Burkhead, A.J. Green, George Iloka, Emmanuel Lamur, Mike Pollak, Sean Porter) are listed as probable.
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