FOXBORO — Patriots left guard Sidy Sow was the only player absent at Wednesday’s padded practice, the team’s first of the week.

Sow remains out with an ankle injury he suffered in the Pats’ preseason finale at Washington on Aug. 25. He has not played or practiced since. Before the injury, Sow started at left guard in every training camp practice and all three preseason games.

The team replaced Sow with practice-squad veteran Michael Jordan at practice and in last weekend’s win at Cincinnati. Jordan played every offensive snap after getting promoted the day before the game. A fourth-round pick of the Bengals in 2019, he started his first two seasons in Cincinnati, then was released and spent another two years in Carolina before joining the Packers’ practice squad in 2023.

The Patriots signed Jordan last January to a futures contract, and released him a day after cutdown day to make room for four outside players they claimed off of waivers.

The Patriots will practice twice more this week and release their first injury report on Wednesday evening.