On Sunday, the New England Patriots hit the field in Germany for a game against the Detroit Lions. Things got off to a bad start right off the bat for New England when quarterback Drake Maye suffered an ankle injury that caused him to be ruled out for the rest of the game.
Later in the contest, with the Patriots already trailing by a huge deficit, the team saw another key player go down with an injury.
“A.J. Brown just walked over to the sideline, shook his head and sat on the bench. He reached for his left knee. He's going to the medical tent,” reported Patriots insider Andrew Callahan of the Boston Herald on X, formerly Twitter.
Callahan later reported that Brown was questionable to return to the game with a hamstring injury, although Tom Pellisserro of The Ringer then confirmed that he had been ruled out.
Brown has already missed time this year with various ailments, most notably suffering an ankle injury in the team's first game of the season vs the Seattle Seahawks that caused him to miss multiple weeks.
The star wide receiver was questionable to play in this game vs the Lions due to an ongoing knee issue, but ended up making the trip to Munich and suiting up, only to go down with a different injury during the game.
Meanwhile, the Patriots found themselves down by 25 points in the fourth quarter by the time Brown went out, only adding insult to the unfortunate injury.
In any case, the Patriots will next hit the field on November 29 vs the Los Angeles Chargers.