Christian Gonzalez health update: Will Patriots star cornerback play against Dolphins?

The New England Patriots They haven’t had the best defensive performance this season as they’ve allowed the 18th most points per game (22.5) and the 20th most yards per game (345.2).

However, second-year defenseman Christian Gonzalez, who missed most of his rookie season due to injury, performed phenomenally. Despite facing some of the most talented wingers in the league every week, Gonzalez has kept most of his matchups in check this year.

According to Pro Football Reference, he completed just 55.4% of the balls thrown his way and gave up just two touchdowns. Opposing quarterbacks have a 75.8 passer rating when targeting him.

Unfortunately for New England, the 22-year-old appeared on the injury report on Friday with a hip injury that limited him during the final training session this week.

Will he play in Week 12 against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium?

Christian Gonzalez health update

On Friday, the Patriots added Gonzalez to the injury report and listed him as questionable for the AFC East game. If a player is truly limited, the team can rule him out the day before the game, but New England did not do that with the cornerback.

Early Sunday morning, – reported Ian Rapoport from NFL Network that Gonzalez is “thought likely to play” in the game.

The former first-round pick may do some work on the field before the matchup to make sure he feels good, but all indications are that he will play.

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