Remember yesterday when I dove into the All-22 and came away with one headline silver lining which was Ja’whaun Bentley looked really good in places, including his interception where he ran like we haven’t seen a linebacker run since the days of Jamie Collins. Welp, today Bentley along with Rex Burkhead were sent to IR.
It appears that Bentley was injured on the final play of the Lions game, adding another level of gut-punch to a season that has been not much fun for the past two weeks.
With @globejimmcbride reporting that Patriots are placing LB Ja’Whaun Bentley on IR, a look at Bentley’s final play Sunday night: Guard T.J. Lang lands on him as he charges downhill to try to tackle Kerryon Johnson. pic.twitter.com/kTKnNIE6vf
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 26, 2018
With the lack of speed already glaring in the middle of the field, losing Bentley like this is devastating. Putting more pressure on Hightower, Roberts and Van Noy, a trio that doesn’t need more pressure put on them. Of every defensive player, I’m not sure there’s a player I’d want to lose less. Maybe Trey Flowers but just about anyone else, including Hightower, would be less depressing, which I’d never thought I’d write as recently as 10 days ago but here we are.
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