NFL Week 17 Fantasy Football Recap: New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins

• Raheem Mostert: 9 carries, 29 yards, 8 receptions, 62 receiving yards, 1 touchdown

• Jakobi Meyers: 6 receptions, 48 yards, 1 touchdown

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ARZ@ATL | MIA@NE | NO@PHI | IND@NYG | CAR@TB
DEN@KC | CHI@DET | CLE@WSH | JAX@HOU
SF@LVR | NYJ@SEA | MIN@GB | LAR@LAC | PIT@BAL

Damien Harris’ return: Harris returned to the Patriots’ lineup after last playing in Week 12.

• The Patriots' backs took on similar roles to previous weeks when Harris was healthy, rotating by drive.
• Typically, Harris would start the game, but this week it was Rhamondre Stevenson who took the first drive.
• Harris took the last drive of the first half as well as the first drive of the second half, which contributed to their snaps totals being tighter than usual.
• They were also more willing to rotate running backs within the same drive than they had been at other points in the season.
• Stevenson was the primary receiving back, as he’s been all season long.
• Stevenson will likely be a borderline first-round fantasy pick in August, especially if Harris leaves in free agency as expected.

Monitor Teddy Bridgewater’s health: Bridgewater suffered a finger injury on his right hand late in the third quarter and didn’t return.

• Bridgewater was having a fine performance, completing 12 of 19 passes for 161 yards with a touchdown and an interception in the first three quarters.
• Rookie Skylar Thompson took over. He also completed 12 passes with a touchdown and an interception but tallied only 104 yards.
• Tua Tagovailoa missed this game after suffering another concussion. The Dolphins' playoff lives will be on the line next week, and any one of the three signal-callers could start.

Jeff Wilson Jr. re-emerges as the Dolphins' lead running back: Wilson led the backfield in offensive snaps and touches this week.

• Miami has gone back and forth between Wilson and Raheem Mostert as their top running back since trading for Wilson.
• The two seemed close to 50-50 last week.
• Wilson took a clear majority of snaps both on early downs and third downs.
• Mostert had the better fantasy performance, as he was the one to score a touchdown.
• Both players are hitting unrestricted free agency this offseason. Miami could be a prime contender to upgrade at running back either in the draft or free agency.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.

• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.

• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.