Patriots Rule Out Christian Gonzalez and Christian Barmore for Bills Matchup
Ian Rapoport reported the Patriots will play without standout defenders CB Christian Gonzalez and DT Christian Barmore.
The are heading to this Sunday, and they are doing it without the two guys who actually make their defense watchable.
According to Ian Rapoport, standout cornerback and defensive tackle Christian Barmore have both been officially ruled out for the AFC East clash.
Going into Highmark Stadium is already a nightmare for opposing teams. Doing it without your best cover corner and your most disruptive interior lineman is like showing up to a gunfight with a strongly worded letter.
is fresh off a brutal 35-6 beatdown at the hands of the last week. Now they have to face a team that just handled the 24-16, and they have to do it with a defense missing its foundational pieces.
If you were looking at the total or the spread for this game, the absence of Gonzalez and Barmore completely changes the math. suddenly has a lot more time in the pocket and a lot less resistance on the outside, which is a terrifying prospect for a secondary that is about to get tested deep.
The Patriots are already reeling, and this injury report might just be the final nail in the coffin for Sunday. We will see if can scheme up a miracle with their depth chart, but right now, it looks like a very long afternoon in upstate New York.