The former first-round pick played all 53 offensive snaps for New England in his return to the field Saturday, 377 days after suffering a torn patellar tendon last December against the Chiefs.

FOXBORO -- Cole Strange may make his return for the New England Patriots on Saturday, and he'd do so in a new position. With starting center Ben Brown already ruled out for Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Gillette Stadium, Strange will likely be the man snapping the football to Drake Maye in Week 17.

"The position I’m in, is really no different than the position that a lot of guys across the league are in, coming back from injury." The post Cole Strange nearing a return for Patriots … at center? appeared first on Boston.