Team news: New England Patriots

Patriots RB TreVeyon Henderson cleared concussion protocol Saturday and will play Sunday against the Jets.

Henderson was listed as questionable for Sunday but is good to go after practicing in full on Friday and officially being cleared Saturday. Even in a split with Rhamondre Stevenson, a healthy Henderson has shown the ability to create explosive plays. He gets a Jets defense that has been historically bad this season. Henderson totaled 93 yards and three touchdowns in Week 11 against the Jets. Henderson could be a league-winner this week.

WR Kayshon Boutte, WR Mack Hollins, OLB Harold Landry, LB Robert Spillane, DT Khyiris Tonga and LG Jared Wilson are all ruled out for Sunday, according to Mike Vrabel.

RB TreVeyon Henderson and WR Pop Douglas are questionable, per Vrabel.

Related Players: Rhamondre Stevenson

This makes things tough for fantasy managers setting lineups ahead of Saturday's games, but it's doubtful we get more information prior to Sunday morning. As it stands, Henderson *should* be a great RB2 play against the Jets, but you have to hedge your bets a little bit if you're in a start/sit conundrum with one of the backs playing Saturday.

If Henderson ends up missing Week 17, Stevenson would be a great RB2 play in his stead.

Marvin Harrison Jr. is once again OUT this week vs. the Texans, per Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon.

Related Players: Michael Wilson, Trey McBride, Jalen Brooks, Trent Sherfield

It's another Michael Wilson week, and managers who picked him off the waiver wire weeks ago are ecstatic. Consider him a fantasy WR2 yet again.

Running back Rhamondre Stevenson and receiver Kayshon Boutte have each missed multiple games due to recent injuries. But after both were listed as limited on Tuesday’s injury report last week, Stevenson and Boutte are set to return to practice tomorrow.

“I would expect them to be out there Wednesday. And then, again, we’ll see, monitor how that goes,” head coach Mike Vrabel said in his Monday news conference. “To me, when you come back, it’s just about the volume and handling what their normal volume would be, can they, obviously, do their job up to what we expect and what they expect it to be, and being able to protect themselves out there.”

Related players: TreVeyon Henderson

Stevenson has been out with a toe injury. He has not played since New England’s Week 8 victory over Cleveland. He’s rushed for 279 yards with three touchdowns and has caught 16 passes for 169 yards in eight games this season. Boutte is second on the team with 431 receiving yards on 23 catches and leads the team with five receiving touchdowns, the story said. The big story is will Stevenson's return cut into Henderson's workload. Henderson has shined as the team's RB1 as of late with Stevenson out of the lineup, so it remains to be seen how the workload is split.

The Patriots ruled out RB Rhamondre Stevenson, WR Kayshon Boutte, and TE Austin Hooper for Thursday night vs. the Jets.

Related Players: TreVeyon Henderson, D'Ernest Johnson, Stefon Diggs, Mack Hollins, Demario Douglas

This will be another RB2 week for Henderson, while Diggs stays in his WR2 role, with Hollins and Douglas operating as desperation FLEX plays.

Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson (knee) was a full participant at Tuesday’s practice.

Related players: Rhamondre Stevenson, Terrell Jennings

Henderson was estimated as a limited participant on Monday. Stevenson (toe) and Jennings (knee) remained limited for a second consecutive day.

The Patriots have ruled out RB Rhamondre Stevenson (toe) and WR Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) for Sunday vs. the Bucs.

Related Players: TreVeyon Henderson, Terrell Jennings, Stefon Diggs, Demario Douglas, Mack Hollins

This locks Henderson back into an RB2 role, while Jennings can be considered a desperation FLEX in the RB4 range.

Diggs should remain a WR2 option, and Douglas is in that same desperation FLEX territroy as a WR4.

WR Kayshon Boutte (hamstring), LB Christian Elliss (hip) and RB Rhamondre Stevenson (toe) aren’t scheduled to practice today, according to Mike Vrabel.

Related Players: TreVeyon Henderson, Terrell Jennings, Stefon Diggs, Demario Douglas, Mack Hollins

It's looking like another week of Henderson's backfield, which would put him in solid RB1 range, while Jennings will handle enough of the short-yardage work to put him in high-RB4 range.

If Boutte misses, we can consider Diggs a WR2 yet again, while Pop Douglas is in FLEX consideration as a WR4.

Patriots HC Mike Vrabel says WR Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) is day-to-day. Vrabel indicated that Boutte likely won't practice early in the week, and that WR Kyle Williams will get more opportunities.

Boutte has been on fire over the last three weeks, before leaving Week 9's game against the Falcons. Boutte, from Weeks 6-8, was averaging only four targets a game, but had turned that into 10 catches for 223 yards and four touchdowns in that three-week span. The day to day tag gives him a shot to play in Week 10, but it sounds like the Pats will ease him back into practice as the week goes on.

Patriots WR Kayshon Boutte left Sunday’s game against the Falcons with a hamstring injury.

Boutte left the game in the first half and was originally ruled questionable to return before later changed to out for the day. Boutte’s absence would leave quite a void in the Patriots’ wide receiver corps.