Welcome back, Christian Barmore. The Patriots defensive tackle is being activated off of the non-football illness list.

However, after returning to practice on Wednesday, the Patriots are reportedly activating Barmore from NFI on Saturday, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

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