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The Patriots aren’t any more forthcoming about injured players during the offseason than they are during the regular season, so they aren’t likely to offer any updates about why Chandler Jones is rehabbing at the team’s facility.

According to Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com, though, Jones is recovering from surgery that happened after the team won the Super Bowl. Per Reiss, Jones has been walking with the help of crutches recently.

There’s no specific reason given for Jones’s operation, although he did miss six games last season with a hip injury and the presence of crutches suggests that the two things could be related. The lack of information about Jones’s status extends to his outlook for offseason work, as is the case for defensive tackle Sealver Siliga, although Reiss reports that there’s no sense of long-term concerns about his availability.

Jones had six sacks and two forced fumbles in the regular season and added a sack in the Super Bowl as one of the team’s leading pass rushers.