Patriots-Falcons practice participation/injury report: Valentine added to list

HOUSTON -- The Patriots completed their second practice of the week without incident, it appears. Rookie defensive lineman Vincent Valentine was added to the team's injury report with a back issue and was listed as a limited participant. Otherwise, the injury report was unchanged from Wednesday.

Valentine dealt with a back issue earlier in the year that forced him to miss Weeks 5, 6 and 7. The tackle out of Nebraska has played 32 percent of the snaps this year, helping to fill in behind fellow big-bodied linemen Alan Branch and Malcom Brown.

On the Falcons side of things, Dwight Freeney did not participate due to a calf injury. Here's Thursday's full practice participation/injury report for Super Bowl LI.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

LIMITED PARTICIPATION
TE Martellus Bennett (knee)
DT Alan Branch (toe)
LB Dont'a Hightower (shoulder)
WR Chris Hogan (thigh)
WR Malcolm Mitchell (knee)
DT Vincent Valentine (back)
DB Nate Ebner (concussion)

ATLANTA FALCONS

DID NOT PARTICIPATE
DE Dwight Freeney (calf)