Report: Patriots to put A.J. Brown on injured reserve

The Patriots are going to have to bounce back from their season-opening loss to the Seahawks without the help of wide receiver A.J. Brown.

Brown suffered a high-ankle sprain in his Patriots debut on Wednesday night and Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the team is going to place him on their injured reserve list. Brown will miss at least the next four games before he will be eligible to return to action for New England.

The Patriots will host the Steelers in Week 2 and then head on the road for games against the Jaguars and Bills. Week 5