Live: Vince Wilfork sheds walking boot

Logan Mankins started at left tackle in pregame warmups. Josh Kline was at left guard, so the rookie appears to be ready to make his first career start. Assuming the pregame formation holds true, Mankins would start at left tackle for the second time in his career (Week 16, 2011).

Vince Wilfork sheds walking boot

Vince Wilfork is again with the team here on a road trip, and he has shed the walking boot that he's been wearing since Achilles surgery.

Aaron Dobson returns, Dane Fletcher ruled out

Dane Fletcher has been ruled out after trying to give it a go with a pregame warmup. The groin injury will force him out of his first game of the season.

The Pats' seven inactives are Fletcher, Nate Solder (concussion), Kenbrell Thompkins (hip), Josh Boyce (ankle), Isaac Sopoaga, D.J. Williams and Jake Bequette. The last three are healthy scratches.

Solder is out for the first time in his career. Thompkins is out for the third straight game and fourth overall. Boyce is out for the first time with the ankle and the fifth time this season. Sopoaga is inactive for the first time since he was traded to the Patriots at the deadline. Williams is inactive for the second straight week. Bequette is inactive for the eighth consecutive week and ninth time this season.

Aaron Dobson returns after missing three games with a stress fracture in his left foot. Steve Beauharnais is active after being a healthy scratch for the last seven games and 11 times overall. Chris Barker is back after being a healthy scratch last week for the ninth time. Buchanan is back after being a healthy scratch last week for the first time.

Alfonzo Dennard, Dane Fletcher are game-time decisions

Alfonzo Dennard (knee) is running through a pregame routine with Dr. Tom Gill, strength and conditioning coordinator Harold Nash and head trainer Jim Whalen, so he is a game-time decision. The knee has already kept him out of two games this season.

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Live: Vince Wilfork sheds walking boot