The New England Patriots may have resurrected their season in Week 4. New England stunned Buffalo last week in a game where they finally looked like a team that made the Super Bowl last season. The Patriots should have a few key players available for their Week 5 matchup against the Raiders.

The Patriots are expecting both Rhamondre Stevenson (knee) and Christian Barmore (shoulder) to play on Sunday, per NFL insider Ian Rapoport.

Stevenson told reporters that he would play this week during an interview on Friday. He explained that his injury late in the fourth quarter last week was nothing serious.

“I just got rolled up on,” Stevenson said. “It was just a little scare I had. Just really making sure I was good, honestly… I've just been recovering. Got on the field, I ran. Ran around yesterday, and I was full go today.”

Stevenson was a limited participant at practice throughout the week.

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Meanwhile, Barmore was a limited participant at practice on both Wednesday and Thursday. He was a full participant at practice on Friday.

More on this story to come.