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Bruce Ellington - WR

New England Patriots

Ellington's one-year, $895,000 deal with the Patriots includes $25,000 guaranteed, Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports.

Added Mar 20 12:41 pm (EST)

Once the Patriots were outbid for slot man Adam Humphries, they turned to lower-cost fliers on Ellington and Maurice Harris ($90,000 guaranteed). Ellington hauled in 31 passes for 224 yards and a score in seven games in 2018, suiting up in four contests with the Lions and three with the Texans. If Ellington can stay healthy, he can push for a slot role behind Julian Edelman, as well as potentially help out in the return game. Given the terms of his new deal, Ellington isn't a lock to make the Patriots' season-opening roster, but his experience playing under a pair of coaches with previous ties to New England in Bill O'Brien (Houston) and Matt Patricia (Detroit) should give the 27-year-old a bit of a leg up in terms of familiarity with his new team's system.

Added Mar 20 12:41 pm (EST)

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TEAM Ranks

OFFENSE

Overall
6
Passing
9
Rushing
5

DEFENSE / ST

Overall
18
Passing
20
Rushing
12

AFC East Standings

W	L	PF	PA
11	5	436	325
7	9	319	433
6	10	269	374
4	12	333	441

Schedule / Results

Week	Date	Time	Opp	D Rank	Pass D Rk	Rush D Rk	Result	Record
1	Sun, 9/9	1:00 pm		13	28	3	W, 27-20	1-0
2	Sun, 9/16	4:25 pm	at	4	2	19	L, 20-31	1-1
3	Sun, 9/23	8:20 pm	at	9	8	10	L, 10-26	1-2
4	Sun, 9/30	1:00 pm		29	19	31	W, 38-7	2-2
5	Thu, 10/4	8:20 pm		10	12	9	W, 38-24	3-2
6	Sun, 10/14	8:20 pm		32	32	27	W, 43-40	4-2
7	Sun, 10/21	1:00 pm	at	3	7	1	W, 38-31	5-2
8	Mon, 10/29	8:15 pm	at	1	1	16	W, 25-6	6-2
9	Sun, 11/4	8:20 pm		19	15	22	W, 31-17	7-2
10	Sun, 11/11	1:00 pm	at	7	6	18	L, 10-34	7-3
11	Bye Week
12	Sun, 11/25	1:00 pm	at	27	24	26	W, 27-13	8-3
13	Sun, 12/2	4:25 pm		5	3	15	W, 24-10	9-3
14	Sun, 12/9	1:00 pm	at	29	19	31	L, 33-34	9-4
15	Sun, 12/16	4:25 pm	at	8	13	6	L, 10-17	9-5
16	Sun, 12/23	1:00 pm		1	1	16	W, 24-12	10-5
17	Sun, 12/30	1:00 pm		27	24	26	W, 38-3	11-5

DEPTH CHART NE

Right WR

Slot WR

Left WR

J. Edelman

C. Hogan

P. Dorsett

M. Slater

B. Ellington

P. Dorsett

C. Hogan

J. Gordon

T. Brady

B. Hoyer

S. Michel

J. White

R. Burkhead

R. Gronkowski

D. Allen

J. Hollister

C. Hogan

P. Dorsett

J. Gordon

2018 PROJECTIONS

Quarterback

Player	Tm	Pos	Att	Comp	Comp%	Yds	TD	Int	RuYd	RuTD
Tom Brady	NE	QB	696	462	66	5321	33	14	40	2
Brian Hoyer	NE	QB	3	2	50	12	0	0	-7	0

Running back

Player	Tm	Pos	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	ReYd	ReTD
James White	NE	RB	105	469	5	112	943	7
Sony Michel	NE	RB	280	1248	12	9	67	0
Rex Burkhead	NE	RB	79	260	3	22	178	1
James Develin	NE	RB	9	16	4	13	71	0
Jeremy Hill	NE	RB	4	25	0	1	6	0
Brandon Bolden	NE	RB	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wide Receiver

Player	Tm	Pos	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	RuAtt	RuYds
Julian Edelman	NE	WR	96	1163	6	6	117
Josh Gordon	NE	WR	41	737	4	4	0
Chris Hogan	NE	WR	46	630	3	3	0
Phillip Dorsett	NE	WR	40	393	5	5	30
Maurice Harris	NE	WR	28	304	0	0	10
Bruce Ellington	NE	WR	31	224	1	1	2
Matthew Slater	NE	WR	0	1	0	0	0
Riley McCarron	NE	WR	0	0	0	0	0

Tight End

Player	Tm	Pos	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	RuAtt
Rob Gronkowski	NE	TE	58	840	3	3
Matt LaCosse	NE	TE	24	250	1	1
Jacob Hollister	NE	TE	4	52	0	0
Stephen Anderson	NE	TE	0	0	0	0

Kicker

Player	Tm	Pos	FGA	FGM	FG20-29	FG30-39	FG40-49	FG50+	XP
Stephen Gostkowski	NE	K	37	31	13	11	5	2	62

2018 STATS

Quarterback

Player	Tm	Snaps	Comp	Att	Yds	Yds>40	Yds>20	TD	Int	RuYd	RuTD
Tom Brady	NE	1028	375	570	4355	8	48	29	11	35	2
Brian Hoyer	NE	23	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	-8	0

Running back

Player	Tm	Snaps	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Yds/C	Ru>40	Ru>20	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD
James White	NE	573	94	425	5	4.5	0	4	123	87	751	7
Sony Michel	NE	295	209	931	6	4.5	0	4	11	7	50	0
Rex Burkhead	NE	133	57	186	0	3.3	0	0	20	14	131	1
Brandon Bolden	NE	17	8	91	2	11.4	1	1	3	3	13	1
James Develin	NE	327	6	8	4	1.3	0	0	17	12	61	0

Wide Receiver

Player	Tm	Snaps	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	Rec>20	Rec>40	RuAtt	RuYds
Julian Edelman	NE	689	108	74	850	6	12	0	9	107
Chris Hogan	NE	677	55	35	532	3	10	2	0	0
Phillip Dorsett	NE	327	42	32	290	3	1	0	4	29
Maurice Harris	NE	453	47	28	304	0	3	1	2	10
Bruce Ellington	NE	121	12	8	92	1	1	0	0	0
Josh Gordon	NE	69	3	1	17	1	0	0	0	0
Riley McCarron	NE	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tight End

Player	Tm	Snaps	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	Rec>20	Rec>40
Rob Gronkowski	NE	783	72	47	682	3	7	2
Matt LaCosse	NE	415	37	24	250	1	1	1
Jacob Hollister	NE	36	5	4	52	0	1	0

Kicker

Player	Tm	FGA	FGM	FGM10-19	FGM20-29	FGM30-39	FGM40-49	FGM50+	XP
Stephen Gostkowski	NE	32	27	0	11	10	4	2	49

Linebacker

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def	DST TDs
Kyle Van Noy	NE	67	22	4	1	2	2	1
Elandon Roberts	NE	43	20	1	0	0	4	0
Dont'a Hightower	NE	36	12	1	0	1	1	0
Ja'Whaun Bentley	NE	9	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ramon Humber	NE	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albert McClellan	NE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ufomba Kamalu	NE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Back

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def	DST TDs
Devin McCourty	NE	62	15	0	1	2	4	1
Patrick Chung	NE	61	20	1	0	1	3	0
Jason McCourty	NE	58	10	0	1	0	10	0
Jonathan Jones	NE	45	5	2	1	0	7	0
Stephon Gilmore	NE	43	2	1	2	1	20	0
Duron Harmon	NE	36	2	0	0	1	4	0
J.C. Jackson	NE	23	1	0	0	0	6	0
Keion Crossen	NE	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terrence Brooks	NE	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Obi Melifonwu	NE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Line

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	Pass Def
Lawrence Guy	NE	46	13	1	1	0
Michael Bennett	NE	26	8	9	2	1
Deatrich Wise	NE	22	8	5	0	0
Mike Pennel	NE	21	6	0	0	1
Danny Shelton	NE	17	4	0	0	0
John Simon	NE	12	5	2	0	0
Adam Butler	NE	12	5	3	1	2
Adrian Clayborn	NE	9	2	3	1	0
Keionta Davis	NE	5	1	0	0	0
David Parry	NE	3	1	1	0	0
Derek Rivers	NE	2	0	1	0	0