Kendrick Bourne suffers knee injury in Miami, has MRI scheduled for Monday
BOSTON -- Bright spots have been hard to come by in the Patriots' offense this year. Kendrick Bourne, though, has been one of them.
So it had to have been particularly disheartening for the Patriots to see Bourne go down early in the fourth quarter Sunday while grabbing his right knee after getting tackled along the sideline.
The veteran receiver remained down on the turf and removed his helmet while awaiting attention from the Patriots' training staff, following the third-down tackle by Eli Apple.
Bourne eventually was able to walk to the Patriots' sideline, but he was ruled out shortly thereafter with a knee injury.
After the game, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport said an MRI is scheduled for Monday.
#Patriots WR Kendrick Bourne, who has really impressed this season, has an MRI tomorrow to evaluate his knee injury. Based on the initial diagnosis, the hope is it’s an MCL injury. But the MRI will tell all.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 29, 2023
At the time of the injury, Bourne had just caught his third pass of the game, and he finished the game as a the team leader with 36 receiving yards. He also had the Patriots' lone touchdown of the day.
He entered Sunday with a massive team lead in receiving yards with 370. Hunter Henry entered Sunday ranked second, with 210 yards, while rookie Demario Douglas was the second-ranked wide receiver with 197 receiving yards.
Bourne's injury came one drive after wide receiver DeVante Parker left the game after sustaining a head injury on a helmet-to-helmet hit over the middle of the field.
The Dolphins went on to win, 31-17.