Patriots place LB Josh Uche on injured reserve, activate Chase Winovich

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FOXBORO MA - November 14: Kyle Van Noy #53 of the New England Patriots and Josh Uche #55 of the New England Patriots celebrate their sack during the second half of the NFL game against the Cleveland Browns at Gillette Stadium on November 14, 2021 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

The Patriots placed outside linebacker Josh Uche on injured reserve Wednesday and activated fellow linebacker Chase Winovich off IR to the 53-man roster.

Uche suffered an ankle injury in last weekend’s win over the Browns. He will miss at least three games, after being limited in Tuesday’s walkthrough and listed as a non-participant on Monday’s projected practice report. In eight games this season, Uche’s recorded three sacks, four QB hits and 10 tackles as a rotational edge rusher.

His playing time had waned the past two weeks. Uche has yet to play half of the team’s defensive snaps in a game this season.

Before hurting his hamstring last month, Winovich totaled seven tackles and one QB hit in six games. It’s likely he will take Uche’s place as a rotational rusher Thursday night against the Falcons. Winovich returned to practice last week.

The Patriots also waived wide receiver Malcolm Perry off injured reserve Wednesday. The second-year wideout never played a down in New England, where he arrived after the Dolphins waived him on cutdown day. Perry entered the league as a 2020 seventh-round pick out of Navy.

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