The Patriots have been resurgent in the past couple of weeks, recording wins over the New York Jets and Los Angeles Chargers. New England’s offense has seemingly found its rhythm while their defense has been water-tight, as it usually has under head coach Bill Belichick. The Patriots are much better than their 4-4 record suggests.

On the flip side, the Panthers are also 4-4 but aren’t the scary proposition everyone made them out to be after Week 3. After starting the season 3-0, the Panthers lost four straight games before finally snapping their dismal streak last week with a narrow win over the Atlanta Falcons. The offense has been toothless with star running back Christian McCaffrey, who is expected to play on Sunday.

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Patriots vs. Panthers injury report

New England Patriots

Carolina Panthers

Patriots vs. Panthers starting lineups

New England Patriots

QB - Mac Jones | RB - Damien Harris | WR - Nelson Agholor, Jakobi Meyers, Kendrick Bourne | TE - Hunter Henry | OL - Isaiah Wynn, Mike Onwenu, David Andrews, Shaq Mason, Justin Herron

DL - Deatrich Wise, Lawrence Guy, Carl Davis | LB - Matt Judon, Dont’a Hightower, Kyle Van Noy | CB - JC Jackson, Jalen Mills, Joejuan Williams | S - Kyle Dugger, Devin McCourty | K - Nick Folk, | P - Jake Bailey

Carolina Panthers

QB - Sam Darnold | RB - Chuba Hubbard | WR - D.J. Moore, Robby Anderson | TE - Tommy Tremble, Ian Thomas | OL - Cameron Erving, Michael Jordan, Matt Paradis, Dennis Daley, Taylor Moton

DL - Brian Burns, Derrick Brown, DaQuan Jones, Morgan Fox | LB - Shaq Thompson (Q), Jermaine Carter Jr., Hasson Reddick | CB - Donte Jackson, A.J. Bouye | S - Jeremy Chinn, Sean Chandler | K - Zane Gonzalez | P - Lachlan Edwards

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