The teams have submitted their injury reports. Nothing serious or unexpected for either team. The Falcons aren’t even listing anyone at all.
For the Patriots, they’ve got Chris Hogan, Martellus Bennett and Malcolm Mitchell as questionable, but all of those guys are going to play. That’s just kind of how they list guys in New England.
Earlier in the week I saw mention of the Patriots using two players as Julio Jones in practice – both Michael Floyd and Matthew Slater were in #11 jerseys. I take that as confirmation that there’s no need to worry too much about Floyd being used as their No. 3 receiver this week. Mitchell struggled in the AFC Championship game, but he should continue to fill that role, with Floyd maybe not even active.
So my final projections for this game are similar to what I posted earlier in the week. I will print them two different ways – first for standard scoring, then for PPR.
SUPER BOWL PROJECTIONS (standard scoring) | ||||||||
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Pos | Tm | Player | Pass | Rec | Run | Tot | TD | Pts |
QB | ATL | Matt Ryan | 302 | 0 | 7 | 309 | 2.82 | 27.2 |
QB | NE | Tom Brady | 297 | 0 | 4 | 301 | 2.81 | 26.7 |
RB | ATL | Devonta Freeman | 0 | 38 | 51 | 89 | .84 | 14.0 |
WR | ATL | Julio Jones | 0 | 95 | 0 | 95 | .73 | 13.9 |
WR | NE | Julian Edelman | 0 | 85 | 3 | 88 | .49 | 11.8 |
WR | NE | Chris Hogan | 0 | 74 | 0 | 74 | .69 | 11.6 |
RB | NE | LeGarrette Blount | 0 | 3 | 50 | 53 | .89 | 10.7 |
RB | ATL | Tevin Coleman | 0 | 23 | 44 | 67 | .61 | 10.3 |
PK | NE | Stephen Gostkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.7 |
RB | NE | Dion Lewis | 0 | 19 | 42 | 61 | .40 | 8.5 |
PK | ATL | Matt Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.3 |
WR | ATL | Mohamed Sanu | 0 | 46 | 0 | 46 | .51 | 7.6 |
WR | ATL | Taylor Gabriel | 0 | 41 | 1 | 42 | .46 | 6.9 |
TE | NE | Martellus Bennett | 0 | 36 | 0 | 36 | .53 | 6.8 |
RB | NE | James White | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | .38 | 5.4 |
ST | NE | Patriots D-ST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 5.0 |
WR | NE | Malcolm Mitchell | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | .25 | 4.5 |
ST | ATL | Falcons D-ST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 3.8 |
TE | ATL | Levine Toilolo | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | .20 | 3.1 |
TE | ATL | Austin Hooper | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | .14 | 2.1 |
WR | ATL | Justin Hardy | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | .09 | 1.9 |
WR | NE | Danny Amendola | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .09 | 1.7 |
RB | ATL | Patrick DiMarco | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .12 | 1.5 |
RB | NE | James Develin | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .10 | 1.2 |
WR | ATL | Aldrick Robinson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .07 | 1.1 |
TE | NE | Matt Lengel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .06 | .6 |
TE | ATL | Joshua Perkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .5 |
WR | NE | Michael Floyd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .5 |
QB | ATL | Matt Schaub | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .3 |
QB | NE | Jimmy Garoppolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .3 |
WR | ATL | Nick Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .2 |
RB | NE | Brandon Bolden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .1 |
WR | ATL | Eric Weems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .01 | .1 |
RB | NE | D.J. Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
RB | ATL | Terron Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
TE | ATL | D.J. Tialavea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
WR | NE | Matthew Slater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
SUPER BOWL PROJECTIONS (PPR scoring) | ||||||||
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Pos | Tm | Player | Pass | Rec | Run | Tot | TD | Pts |
QB | ATL | Matt Ryan | 302 | 0 | 7 | 309 | 2.82 | 27.2 |
QB | NE | Tom Brady | 297 | 0 | 4 | 301 | 2.81 | 26.7 |
WR | ATL | Julio Jones | 0 | 95 | 0 | 95 | .73 | 19.9 |
WR | NE | Julian Edelman | 0 | 85 | 3 | 88 | .49 | 19.8 |
RB | ATL | Devonta Freeman | 0 | 38 | 51 | 89 | .84 | 18.9 |
WR | NE | Chris Hogan | 0 | 74 | 0 | 74 | .69 | 16.2 |
RB | ATL | Tevin Coleman | 0 | 23 | 44 | 67 | .61 | 12.7 |
WR | ATL | Mohamed Sanu | 0 | 46 | 0 | 46 | .51 | 11.7 |
RB | NE | LeGarrette Blount | 0 | 3 | 50 | 53 | .89 | 11.2 |
RB | NE | Dion Lewis | 0 | 19 | 42 | 61 | .40 | 11.1 |
TE | NE | Martellus Bennett | 0 | 36 | 0 | 36 | .53 | 9.6 |
WR | ATL | Taylor Gabriel | 0 | 41 | 1 | 42 | .46 | 9.5 |
PK | NE | Stephen Gostkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.7 |
PK | ATL | Matt Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.3 |
RB | NE | James White | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | .38 | 8.3 |
WR | NE | Malcolm Mitchell | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | .25 | 6.9 |
TE | ATL | Levine Toilolo | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | .20 | 4.9 |
TE | ATL | Austin Hooper | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | .14 | 3.2 |
WR | ATL | Justin Hardy | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | .09 | 3.1 |
WR | NE | Danny Amendola | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .09 | 2.8 |
ST | NE | Patriots D-ST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 2.5 |
RB | ATL | Patrick DiMarco | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .12 | 2.4 |
RB | NE | James Develin | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .10 | 2.2 |
WR | ATL | Aldrick Robinson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .07 | 1.6 |
TE | NE | Matt Lengel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .06 | .9 |
TE | ATL | Joshua Perkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .7 |
WR | NE | Michael Floyd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .7 |
ST | ATL | Falcons D-ST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .3 |
WR | ATL | Nick Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .3 |
QB | ATL | Matt Schaub | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .3 |
QB | NE | Jimmy Garoppolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .3 |
RB | NE | Brandon Bolden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .2 |
WR | ATL | Eric Weems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .01 | .1 |
RB | NE | D.J. Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
TE | ATL | D.J. Tialavea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
RB | ATL | Terron Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
WR | NE | Matthew Slater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
—Ian Allan