Foxboro, MA - New England Patriots' DeMario Douglas celebrates with Hunter Henry after Henry’s touchdown during the fourth quarter of the game at Gillette Stadium. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Foxboro, MA – New England Patriots’ DeMario Douglas celebrates with Hunter Henry after Henry’s touchdown during the fourth quarter of the game at Gillette Stadium. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
MIAMI GARDENS — The Patriots’ pile of injured offensive players grew even larger on Sunday.
Tight end Hunter Henry suffered a foot injury during the second quarter of New England’s game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium. He briefly visited the sideline medical tent before walking off toward the locker room.
The Patriots announced Henry was questionable to return. He reappeared twice on the sideline — once later in the second quarter, then again at the start of the second half — but retreated to the locker room before playing another snap.
Losing Henry — a team captain and one of quarterback Drake Maye’s most reliable targets — further taxed an already depleted Patriots offense. Wide receivers A.J. Brown, Romeo Doubs and Mack Hollins, running back TreVeyon Henderson, and starting offensive linemen Mike Onwenu and Alijah Vera-Tucker all missed Sunday’s game with injuries.
After Henry’s first-half exit, Maye’s roster of available receivers/tight ends was down to DeMario Douglas, Efton Chism III, Kyle Williams, Ryan Miller, Eli Raridon, Tanner Arkin and Cameron Latu. Of those seven, only Douglas entered Sunday with more than 20 career receptions.
Henry, New England’s second-longest-tenured player behind Onwenu, came into the Week 8 matchup as the Patriots’ leader in catches (26), receiving yards (296) and catch rate (83.9%). He caught all seven of his targets for 71 yards in New England’s Week 7 loss to the Chicago Bears, and his first three targets for 30 yards against Miami before his injury.
Those 30 yards accounted for more than half of Maye’s first-half passing output. He was 4-for-7 for 23 yards on throws to all other players before halftime.
Henry also ranked either first or second on the team in catches in 2023, ’24 and ’25.