Smith-Schuster has not played since catching four passes for a season-high 90 yards against his former Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 7. The Super Bowl LVII champion was a limited participant on Wednesday before sitting out back-to-back practices to conclude the week. Eleven appearances into his stay in Foxborough, he stands with seven starts and one touchdown for the wide receiver room.
Eight out of New England's nine questionable practiced in a partial capacity on Friday. The lone exception would be Dugger. The starting safety, absent because of an illness, ranks atop the defense with 97.7 percent of the snaps played in the final year of his rookie contract. Elsewhere, Henry, Peppers and Slater had all been inactive on Christmas Eve against the Denver Broncos. For the tight end and the defensive back, dealing with respective knee and hamstring injuries, the 26-23 win at Mile High marked their first missed game since arriving as free agents one March apart.
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