FOXBOROUGH -- The Patriots have yet another injury to deal with early in the season.
According to the team, fullback James Develin has been placed on injured reserve.
Two players are allowed to return during the season and the team already has three on IR -- Develin, N'Keal Harry and Isaiah Wynn.
The Patriots clearly missed Develin on Sunday against the Jets when they finished with only 68 rushing yards on 27 attempts.
"I have never had a better teammate in 12 years of football," special teams captain Matthew Slater said Monday. "He's the best teammate I have ever been around barring none. He's a tremendous human being, but he's always been about putting this team first and always been about sacrificing for the better good. When you talk about everything that this organization hopes to stand for, nobody embodies it better than James."
It's likely rookie Jakob Johnson, will be asked to do a lot more moving forward. He was active for his first NFL game on Sunday.
