Looks like Damien Harris is suiting up tonight and I won't be surprised if he ends up with more carries and touches than Stevenson.
After his big game vs Cleveland last year he went 8, 4, 8 and 5 his next 4 weeks.
The difference this year is obviously he is no longer a Rookie.
Stevenson has had 44 carries and a total of 50 touches over the last 2 weeks, I'm sure they will lighten the load at home tonight.
61 FD via the run allowed by the Bears Defense vs just 34 by the NEP
Both teams are strong at getting pressure on the opposing QB when you add up the QBH, QBKD and sacks they both are about Top 5.
Might be a low scoring affair but the Patriots will run the ball enough to win the game.
Final Score: New England 22...Chicago 9
Weather not much of a factor this evening, 50s with not a lot of wind.
I have no idea what you mean by this. Which guy are you talking about? I assume you mean RS, as Harris didn't play against CLE last year. Assuming you mean RS, do you mean touches after the Cleveland game in 2021? He had 13, 9, 24, and 11 his next 4 weeks. If you mean fantasy points, he had 14.5, 4.6, 7.8, 11, and 22.7 points the month after the Browns game.
IMO, Stevenson sees more snaps, more touches, more receptions, and more YFS than Harris tonight. That's not exactly covering any new ground, as that's how things were trending even before Harris got hurt. However, Harris still gets more goal line work than Stevenson, so they might end up with similar total fantasy points if Harris gets a couple of bunnies at the goal line. I also think RS has a greater chance of breaking off a big run than Harris does.
The other unknown is how much Mac Jones wants to show that he should be the starter in perpetuity. Handing the ball off 35 times doesn't promote that narrative. I suppose they could run a lot of play action and maybe Mac put up an efficient line of 17-20-200-2-0 and the backs run it 30 times.
RS after Cleveland last year...you want to look at those FF totals again?
Redraft-PPR, Weeks 11, 12, 13, Bye and 15...8.4, 4.6, 7.8 and 5...he was a dud for several weeks but I'm glad you point out he continued to touch the football, the production was not outstanding.
Not sure where you are getting your numbers from . . .
2021 Game Logs.
POINTS POINTS POINTS
Week 11...75 total yds and 1 catch equals 8.5 points, now go back and read what i wrote, please.
Thanks
My bad. I was trying to look at the numbers on my phone and confused the TD column.
But now that I am on a desktop, since the Browns game last season, in games when both RS and DH were active and played in the same game (12 games), Harris has averaged 10.9 fantasy ppg (1 PPR) while Stevenson has averaged 10.5 ppg. The difference in total scoring has only been 4.7 points.
We'll have to monitor how the Pats play them moving forward. To start the season, NE was alternating drives with DH getting the first series. Then they switched things up a little bit, with RS getting most of the third down and two-minute work once Ty Montgomery went down. Prior to Harris getting hurt, on a few successful drives, they had Stevenson come out after some heavy usage on that particular drive and inserted Harris in at the goal line. Up until now, they seem to prefer Harris at the goal line . . . and that's worth a lot fantasy wise.
Against the Browns, CLE both stacked the box and ran run blitzes to neutralize Stevenson and dared Zappe to beat them. Bailey did just that. If you watched the game, there were 9 or 10 carries where Stevenson got hit in the backfield and was lucky to get back to the LOS. Not much he could have done. Either one of these backs could rip of a big play if the blocking is executed well. But I think Stevenson can make something out of nothing a lot more than Harris could.
I would guess that Stevenson gets a 60/40 split of touches tonight. Maybe that works out to 15 carries and 4 receptions to 12 carries and 1 catch for Harris. The weather might also be a factor, as it's been raining off-and-on all day (and could continue into the evening). If the field is slick, NE might be leery of having Harris tweak his injury,