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Week 17 Matchup: Miami at New England

New England

Player Injury
Status
YTD Average
Fantasy Pts
Quarterbacks
Average 21.7ppg and MIA Allows 17.2ppg ( -21%)
Tom Brady Pro 21.8
Running Backs
Average 26.6ppg and MIA Allows 17.3ppg ( -35%)
Stevan Ridley Pro 12.8
Shane Vereen   5.8
Brandon Bolden   5.1
LeGarrette Blount   2.7
Leon Washington   1.5
Wide Receivers
Average 23.8ppg and MIA Allows 21.0ppg ( -12%)
Danny Amendola   7.8
Julian Edelman IR 7.0
Donald Jones IR 5.7
Michael Jenkins   3.6
Lavelle Hawkins   0.9
Matt Slater   0.3
Tight Ends
Average 15.3ppg and MIA Allows 7.2ppg ( -53%)
Rob Gronkowski IR 13.2
Aaron Hernandez   7.9
Michael Hoomanawanui   1.8
Daniel Fells   1.4
Kickers
Average 9.6ppg and MIA Allows 7.7ppg ( -20%)
Stephen Gostkowski   9.6
Defensive Linemen
Average 13.5ppg and MIA Allows 17.8ppg (+ 32%)
Rob Ninkovich   6.4
Chandler Jones   5.0
Vince Wilfork   4.5
Justin Francis   4.1
Tommy Kelly   3.0
Jermaine Cunningham   2.8
Linebackers
Average 28.1ppg and MIA Allows 19.6ppg ( -30%)
Jerod Mayo   9.0
Brandon Spikes   6.3
Dont'a Hightower   5.6
Jeff Tarpinian   1.0
Defensive Backs
Average 31.4ppg and MIA Allows 28.0ppg ( -11%)
Devin McCourty   7.0
Aqib Talib Pro 6.9
Steve Gregory   6.2
Alfonzo Dennard   6.2
Kyle Arrington   4.8
Adrian Wilson   4.3
Tavon Wilson   4.2
Ras-I Dowling IR 1.8
Nate Ebner   1.0

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Miami

Player Injury
Status
YTD Average
Fantasy Pts
Quarterbacks
Average 13.0ppg and NE Allows 19.9ppg (+ 54%)
Ryan Tannehill   12.4
Matt Moore   4.5
Running Backs
Average 22.6ppg and NE Allows 16.7ppg ( -26%)
Daniel Thomas IR 6.0
Lamar Miller   3.9
Jorvorskie Lane   2.0
Marcus Thigpen   1.2
Wide Receivers
Average 15.5ppg and NE Allows 23.7ppg (+ 53%)
Mike Wallace IR 8.8
Brian Hartline   7.6
Brandon Gibson   6.6
Armon Binns   4.2
Rishard Matthews   2.5
Tight Ends
Average 4.0ppg and NE Allows 9.0ppg (+128%)
Dustin Keller   5.5
Charles Clay IR 2.6
Kickers
Average 6.1ppg and NE Allows 6.3ppg (+ 3%)
Dan Carpenter IR 6.6
Defensive Linemen
Average 17.4ppg and NE Allows 14.3ppg ( -18%)
Cameron Wake   6.0
Randy Starks   3.2
Jared Odrick   3.0
Olivier Vernon   2.5
Paul Soliai   2.5
Vaughn Martin IR 2.3
Kheeston Randall   1.2
Derrick Shelby   1.1
Linebackers
Average 20.6ppg and NE Allows 21.6ppg (+ 5%)
Philip Wheeler   7.3
Dannell Ellerbe   7.3
Koa Misi   5.0
Jason Trusnik   2.0
Austin Spitler   2.0
Defensive Backs
Average 28.6ppg and NE Allows 31.8ppg (+ 11%)
Reshad Jones   7.7
Richard Marshall IR 6.5
Chris Clemons   6.1
Brent Grimes IR 6.0
Bryan McCann   4.7
Nolan Carroll   4.2

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