Patriots TE Dalton Keene placed on IR, will miss 2021 season

Originally posted on PatsPropaganda | By Tom Shaw-Mellors | Last updated 8/7/21

It’s a bad day for injuries, following the news earlier that Raekwon McMillan had torn his ACL, Dalton Keene has been placed on the injured reserve list following a procedure on his knee to repair an issue he dealt with previously in College.

With TE Dalton Keene being placed on injured reserve at this time on the NFL calendar, it means he is ineligible to play this season (unless he is released with an injury settlement, and later returns, which seems unlikely). https://t.co/aJqcmrN5Kn
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) August 7, 2021

It’s reported that Keene will have plenty of time to recover for the 2022 season, and really, the small silver lining here is that he will be protected for the season on the IR list as he wasn’t a sure-fire lock for the roster due to the arrivals in the TE group this year.

Mike Reiss notes that Keene joins McMillan in being placed on IR, effectively ending their season.

Here’s what the TE room looks like currently:

This article first appeared on PatsPropaganda and was syndicated with permission.

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