Shane Vereen and Aqib Talib are active, Brandon Bolden out

As expected the Patriots get Shane Vereen and Aqib Talib back tonight. Two huge boosts to an offense that's largely struggled this year, and a defense that's struggled the past few weeks.

Talib and Vereen are officially active.

— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) November 19, 2013

Pats inactives: Bolden, Beeauharnais, Bequette, Barker, Dennard, Gregory, Washington.

— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) November 19, 2013

Vereen was placed on the temporary IR after injuring his wrist in week 1. Tonight will be the first time the Patriots have all of their weapons one the field at the same time, as both Rob Gronkowski and Danny Amendola have missed significant time due to injury.

Aqib Talib was the Patriots MVP through those first six games he played, regularly shutting down team's best receivers in lockdown coverage. Can he do the same against Steve Smith tonight?