After a very scary moment during the New England Patriots’ preseason Week 2 game versus the Green Bay Packers, the team has canceled its joint practices with the Tennessee Titans this week.
The decision came after Saturday’s game was called off early in the fourth quarter following a neck injury to Patriots cornerback Isaiah Bolden.
The Pats released this statement, which most importantly gave the update that Bolden is doing OK and has been released from the hospital after undergoing a series of tests during an overnight stay:
“After undergoing a series of evaluations and being held for overnight observations, Patriots cornerback Isaiah Bolden has been released from the Aurora Bay Medical Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he was transported to after sustaining an on-field injury in the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s preseason game between the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers. Isaiah will travel with the team today. We thank the medical staff at Aurora Bay Medical Center for their overnight evaluations, as well as the Patriots and Packers medical staffs for their immediate on-field response and care in transporting Isaiah to a nearby hospital. Due to the circumstances surrounding the abrupt and unexpected ending to last night’s game, the Patriots will return to Foxborough today. The joint practices that were scheduled with the Tennessee Titans on Tuesday and Wednesday are cancelled. The team will train in Foxborough this week and fly to Nashville on Thursday for Friday night’s game.”
The Titans and Pats are slated to face off in the final preseason game on Friday night, with kickoff set for 7:15 p.m. CT.
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