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kicker is out for Sunday's prime-time game against the at NRG Stadium due to an appendectomy, meaning the team will need to find a replacement kicker for the Week 13 matchup. Ian Rapoport reported on Thursday that the kicker recently had the procedure to Sam Darnold Jersey remove his appendix that will knock him out this week, but he is not expected to mi s any games past Sunday.The Patriots official website following their Thursday afternoon practice. Folk and was listed with an appendix injury. The website also stated John Riggins Jersey that Folk is only slated to mi s "one or two games" and should be back for the Patriots' final three games of the regular season. K Nick Folk recently had an appendectomy that will knock him out this week, but likely not more, source confirms ( on it first). It was done laparoscopically, minimally invasive, which should mean a short recovery time. Still, NE needs a new kicker. Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) Rapoport tweeted that the procedure was "done laparoscopically, minimally invasive, which should mean a short recovery time."Folk should be healed and ready to go for when the Patriots host and the on Dec. 8, but for now, the kicker position in Foxborough is a big question mark.Whoever takes the temporary spot will be Braxton Berrios Jersey the fourth kicker the Patriots have used this regular season. was placed on in October and had for a left hip injury. The team but his inconsistencies lead the team to sign Folk.New England, which in the Brady-Belichick Era has historically seen consistency in Joe Klecko Jersey the kicker position before this season, having only now-Indianapolis Colt from 1996-2005, Gostkowski from 2006-2019 and for eight games in 2010, is in a rare situation.The team is also dealing with a flu bug that has hit the locker room. Veteran safety , "In my 10 years here, this probably the most guys I've seen sick." Eight players mi sed practice due to illne s, according to Carl Lawson Jersey the team's injury report. As the Patriots injury report shows, special teams captain Matthew Slater just said Bill Belichick relayed the importance of staying germ free. Mike Rei s (@MikeRei s) The 10-1 Patriots look to keep their AFC first-place position with a win on Sunday night and the 7-4 Texans aim to pull ahead further in the tight AFC South race.