Wednesday often marks the start of official injury updates across the NFL . The New England Patriots center around one of the more prominent question marks to start the season.

Christian Gonzalez last practiced in the early days of training camp in late July. Now, his status remains up in the air for the season opener Sunday afternoon against the Las Vegas Raiders. As of Wednesday, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel declined to rule out the star defender, though "it didn't sound like" he would practice.

"He's continuing to work, he'll do some stuff on the side," Vrabel told reporters, per team-provided video . "I'm not going to rule anybody out. We'll continue to work and treat and make sure we're doing everything we can to help him. He's doing everything he can to get back out on the f

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