Patriots Beat: team looks to fill void of suspended WR Julian Edelman

The New England Patriots have a significant void to fill with receiver Julian Edelman’s four-game suspension for violating the league's PED policy to open the 2018 season, and the first five practices of training camp have provided an early snapshot of how it might unfold.

The biggest winners? Receiver Phillip Dorsett, tight end Jacob Hollister, and running back Rex Burkhead.

Fantasy Impact: 

Things can always change, the story said, and they probably will in some form, but what the initial stretch of training camp reinforced is that the Patriots are going to tap into all positions to account for the loss of Edelman. The story said the Pats were also using sets with two RBs on the field and it mentioned more two-TE sets could be in store, which may put Hollister on the fantasy radar.

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