Despite suffering from the flu, Tom Brady was out at the start of Thursday's practice, just a day after sitting out Wednesday's practice and twice rescheduling his media availability. He was limited in participation but the good news is "flu" is no longer listed next to his name on the injury report, as it had been previously.
The Patriots were without six other players, though: Deion Branch, Aaron Hernandez, Dan Connolly, Tully Banta-Cain, Jermaine Cunningham, and Mike Wright.
The flu, which Hernandez had last week, forced Brady to miss Wednesday's practice and push back his media availability from Wednesday to Thursday and then again to Friday.
The complete Patriots-Bills Thursday's injury report:
| NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (12-2) | ||
| Did Not Participate | ||
| Player | Position | Injury |
| Tully Banta-Cain | LB | Groin |
| Deion Branch | WR | Knee |
| Jermaine Cunningham | LB | Calf |
| Dan Connolly | G | Concussion |
| Aaron Hernandez | TE | Hip |
| Mike Wright | DL | Concussion |
| Limited Participation | ||
| Player | Position | Injury |
| Tom Brady | QB | Right Shoulder/Foot |
| Ron Brace | DL | Concussion |
| Brandon Deaderick | DL | Shoulder |
| Myron Pryor | NT | Back |
| Full Participation | ||
| Player | Position | Injury |
| Kyle Arrington | CB | Elbow |
| BUFFALO BILLS (4-10) | ||
| Limited Participation | ||
| Player | Position | Injury |
| Geoff Hangartner | C | Knee |
| Full Participation | ||
| Player | Position | Injury |
| Demetrius Bell | T | Knee |
| Chris Kelsay | LB | Knee |