Patriots wide receivers Demario Douglas, DeVante Parker return to face Chiefs

Updated Dec. 17, 2023 12:41 p.m. ET

Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Receivers Demario Douglas and DeVante Parker returned to the field for the New England Patriots on Sunday.

Douglas missed the past two games while going through the concussion protocol. Parker sat out three of the previous five games with a knee injury. JuJu Smith-Schuster (ankle) was inactive against his former team a week after his best game of the season, when he caught six passes for 90 yards against the Steelers, another former team.

The Chiefs will be without running back Isiah Pacheco, who had surgery on his injured shoulder this week. Kansas City also listed as inactive: CB Joshua Williams, DE B.J. Thompson, OT Donovan Smith, DT Neil Farrell, DT Matt Dickerson and DE Malik Herring.

The Patriots also listed as inactive: RB Rhamondre Stevenson, OT Trent Brown, CB Shaun Wade, DE Sam Roberts and WR Kayshon Boutte.

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