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Wednesday Injury Report, Week 12: Patriots WR group is hurting

The first injury report for Week 12 is out and the focus is on the wide receivers.

While the juiciest matchup in Sunday’s big clash between the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots is centered around Kellen Moore’s offense against Bill Belichick’s defense, there’s still plenty of intrigue on the other end of the spectrum.

Dallas’ defense has hardly played up to the lofty expectations placed upon them this season, by both the fanbase and those who reside in building. On the opposite sideline, Tom Brady’s offense has hardly resembled what it has been in years past, especially considering the retirement of tight end Rob Gronkowski. The receivers filling in the gaps haven’t been as fruitful as the club had hoped.

And now, in the first injury report from the week of practice leading up to the Week 12 contest, the receivers the Patriots plan on trotting out are injured. Phillip Dorsett, Mohamed Sanu and Julian Edelman all appeared on the Wednesday injury report and while Belichick always tries to mask the level of hurt, at least two are significant.

Both Dorsett and Sanu missed practice Wednesday.

Dorsett logged 34 snaps in Sunday’s win over Philadelphia before leaving with a concussion. Sanu was acquired via midseason trade with the Atlanta Falcons, played just 55% of the team’s snaps last week and has an ankle injury.

Wednesday practices aren’t the most indicative of whether or not a player will be able to suit up for a game, but it’s something to monitor as the week moves forward.

As for the Cowboys, it was reported earlier that RT La’el Collins (knee) and LB Joe Thomas (illness) were the two who missed Wednesday’s work. Getting Connor Williams and Jeff Heath back in with the first team’s is huge, as is Amari Cooper being a participant this early in the week after being held out last week Wednesday and only taking on a partial workload in the win over the Detroit Lions.

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