Does Damien Harris play on Thursday nights? Patriots-Falcons’ 11th Night Football Fantasy Injury Update
Damien Harris (concussion) has been a solid contributor to the fantasy football roster in a key position, but he was absent last week due to a concussion. Ahead of the Patriots-Falcons Thursday Night Football game, the possibility of Harris’ readiness is being questioned. Players are often quickly disqualified because of concussions, but the Patriots were found to list players as “questionable” on injury reports even when they were at little risk of missing the game. Starting the fantasy, their decisions around Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson will balance out while we wait for the latest updates.
We’ll continue to update this article with news on Harris until the official active/inactive report is released on Thursday around 6:50 p.m. ET. For all the latest fantasy updates, follow us on Twitter @SN_Fosystem.
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Does Damien Harris play on Thursday nights?
Harris practiced the third area, but he was still in the league’s concussion protocol. Since the concussion could be unique in each case, we cannot speculate on whether he cleared the protocols and was activated. It’s not as simple as looking up the average recovery time for a sprained ankle or bruised shin. However, even if he deletes the protocol, he could still be listed as “suspicious” due to inactivity in the past two weeks.
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Midfielder | Run back | Wide receiver | Tight ending | VND / ST | Kicker
However, we know concussions are often a complete or no-nonsense type of trauma. He either clears the protocols and gets the full contact or he doesn’t play at all. That makes the fantasy owner’s life easier. If he’s in the lineup, he’s seen as the man to start against the Falcons’ bottom five defense against the fictional RBs. Harris didn’t bring much benefit to the passing game, but Antonio Gibson and Chuba Hubbard both made RB2s last week against the Falcons without catching more than two passes and accumulating more than 12 yards in the air. Simply put, the defenders had a lot of success against Atlanta without an impressive front line.
WEEK 11 PPR ASSESSMENT:
Midfielder | Run back | Wide receiver | Tight ending | VND / ST | Kicker
If Harris is absent, Rhamondre Stevenson is in a similar situation, but he will bring a little less to the reception game. In the first game of his career against Cleveland, Stevenson charged 20 times for 100 yards, hit the ball twice and caught four passes for 14 yards. For those watching, that’s 22 fantasy points in the standard leagues and 27.4 FP in PPR. You could never simply pencil in that kind of production before, but for this Falcons ‘D, it’s definitely a possibility.
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It’s a long-winded way of saying that Harris is a high-end RB2 if he plays, and Stevenson a mid-range RB2 if he doesn’t. Stevenson has potential versatility if Harris is active as well, as the Patriots to run the ton ball and Stevenson created well with Harris back in Week 9.
As a general reminder, make sure to play Harris or Stevenson in one of the RB slots in your lineup. That way, you’ll gain flexibility in your flexion posture should an unforeseen injury or COVID situation occur over the weekend.
