{"id":100087,"date":"2020-12-19T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=100087"},"modified":"2020-12-19T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T18:01:09","slug":"damien-harris-donte-moncrief-out-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/12\/19\/damien-harris-donte-moncrief-out-new-england-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Damien Harris, Donte Moncrief Ruled Out For New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/nfl-teams2\/patriots\/\" target=\"_self\">New England Patriots<\/a> running back\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HarrDa06.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damien Harris<\/a><\/strong> and wide receiver\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MoncDo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donte Moncrief<\/a><\/strong> will not suit up against the Miami Dolphins. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1340353212646354946?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to<\/a> ESPN&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Adam Schefter<\/strong>, both players have been ruled out thanks to injuries. The Patriots face off against the Miami Dolphins and desperately need a win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patriots downgraded RB Damien Harris to out for Sunday\u2019s game vs. Miami.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1340353212646354946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New England Patriots Injury Update: Damien Harris, Donte Moncrief Ruled Out<\/h2>\n<p>This news comes at a bad time for the Patriots. While Moncrief was nothing more than a depth receiver, Harris was in the midst of a wonderful season. After starting the season on the short-term injured reserve, the 2019 third-round pick proved that he has a home in the NFL. Running behind a solid offensive line, Harris recorded 691 yards and two touchdowns on 137 carries (5.0 yards-per-carry) during his 10 starts. Additionally, the Alabama product added another five receptions for 52 yards on seven targets. According to Pro Football Focus, Harris was the NFL&#8217;s second-best running back at the time of his injury.<\/p>\n<p>With Harris sidelined, former first-round pick\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MichSo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Michel<\/a><\/strong> should see the majority of the early-down work. After a disappointing 2019, the former first-round pick has actually played well when on the field. So far on the season, Michel recorded 230 yards and one touchdown on just 43 carries (5.3 yards-per-carry). While he isn&#8217;t as good as Harris, he&#8217;s a solid runner that should be able to adequately fill in. While Harris is one of New England&#8217;s better players, his absence probably won&#8217;t be the difference between a win and a loss.<\/p>\n<p>Moncrief, meanwhile, joined the team midway through the season. Signed after a series of injuries affected the wide receiver depth, the former Pittsburgh Steeler recorded just one reception for 15 yards during his time in New England. With Moncrief sidelined, looked for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HarrNK00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">N&#8217;Keal Harry<\/a><\/strong> to continue to see an increased workload. New England&#8217;s former first-round pick has played well the past two weeks and has a chance for even more playing time.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"LAtxtUYST0ZmwrExf7Zt8g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1289818667\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LAtxtUYST0ZmwrExf7Zt8g',sig:'72eJP_7CaAroYfZxM6uSb8l_kg66NYuUYlD341z1HUc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1289818667',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New England Patriots running back Damien Harris and wide receiver Donte Moncrief will not suit up against the Miami Dolphins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":100089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4748,594,61,38,40,3645],"class_list":["post-100087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots","tag-damien-harris","tag-donte-moncrief","tag-football","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-sony-michel"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}