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Ex-Husky corner Myles Bryant Makes NFL Debut in Patriots' loss to Buffalo

Always the underdog, the former University of Washington defensive back makes another career breakthrough.

Dan Raley

The stumbling New England Patriots lost for the fifth time in seven games on Sunday, falling to the Buffalo Bills 24-21, uncharacteristic failure for the once-proud NFL franchise. 

While all the post-game headlines pointed to Cam Newton's failure to maintain the quarterback standard that Tom Brady once established, a smaller development largely went unnoticed amid the Patriots' despair.

Myles Bryant finally made his NFL debut. 

He didn't register any stats, either tackles or pass deflections, but he played for the first time just the same. He's in the league record book now.

Activated again to New England's53-player roster during the week, the former University of Washington cornerback got on the field this time after previously suiting up and watching. 

Bryant took the roster spot of veteran corner Stephon Gilmore, who sat out against the Bills with a knee injury. 

Originally a UW walk-on without a scholarship, the 5-foot-9, 185-pound Bryant from Pasadena, California, went undrafted, joined the Patriots for training camp, didn't survive the final cutdown, but he was signed to the practice squad in late September. 

Linebacker Josh Uche, another midweek roster addition for New England, joined Bryant in receiving his first career NFL game action against Buffalo. 

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DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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