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  • Patriots' Thayer Munford: Active for wild-card round

    Munford (knee) is active for Sunday night's wild-card matchup against the Chargers.

    Munford will be good to go for the beginning of the postseason after being considered questionable to play with a knee injury. The 26-year-old will operate as a top reserve option behind starters Will Campbell and Morgan Moses at offensive tackle versus Los Angeles.

  • Chargers' Del'Shawn Phillips: Ready to go for wild-card round

    Phillips (hamstring) is active for Sunday night's wild-card contest against the Patriots.

    Phillips will be good to go for the first round of the playoffs after opening the week on the sidelines at practice with a hamstring injury. The 29-year-old has developed into a rather substantial asset on special teams, and he'll look to make a splash play versus New England.

  • Austin Deculus OT | LAC

    Chargers' Austin Deculus: Unavailable for wild-card round

    Deculus (oblique) is inactive for Sunday night's wild-card contest against the Patriots, Daniel Popper of The Athletic reports.

    Deculus is dealing with an apparent oblique injury, and he'll now be forced to miss the opening round of the postseason. In his absence, the Chargers' depth will be a little thin behind starting offensive tackles Jamaree Salyer and Trey Pipkins versus New England.

  • Tommy DeVito QB | NE

    Patriots' Tommy DeVito: Emergency QB in wild-card round

    DeVito (coach's decision) is inactive but serving as the Patriots' emergency third quarterback in Sunday night's wild-card matchup against the Chargers.

    DeVito will be operating in his familiar role as the team's No. 3 option at QB as the postseason gets underway. The quarterback will only be able to enter the game if both starter Drake Maye and backup Joshua Dobbs are forced out of the contest versus Los Angeles.

  • Patriots' Harold Landry: Ready to go for wild-card round

    Landry (knee) is active for Sunday night's wild-card matchup with the Chargers.

    Landry will make his return to action after missing the team's last two regular-season contests while nursing a knee injury. The 29-year-old registered 11 total tackles (eight solo), including 3.0 sacks, in his final four appearances of the regular season, and he'll look to keep it up versus Los Angeles.

  • Elijah Molden CB | LAC

    Chargers' Elijah Molden: Active for wild-card round

    Molden (hamstring) is active for Sunday night's wild-card matchup against New England.

    Molden will be good to go for the opening round of the postseason, ultimately being given the green light to play after logging a week's worth of limited practices with a hamstring injury. The 26-year-old will operate in his starting role alongside Derwin James at safety versus the Patriots.

  • Patriots' Kayshon Boutte: Active versus Chargers

    Boutte (hamstring) is listed as active for Sunday night's playoff opener against the Chargers.

    Boutte was added to the Patriots' wild-card-round injury report Thursday after being limited in practice by a hamstring injury, a level of participation that the wideout maintained Friday before being listed as questionable for Sunday's contest. With Boutte available versus Los Angeles, he'll be in a position to maintain his key role in a New England corps that also includes Stefon Diggs, Kyle Williams, DeMario Douglas and Efton Chism. During the regular season, Boutte caught 33 of his 46 targets for 551 yards and six TDs in 14 contests, but QB Drake Maye's tendency to spread the ball around has made the 2023 sixth-rounder a hit-or-miss fantasy option of late.

  • Chargers' Omarion Hampton: Active versus New England

    Hampton (ankle) is listed as active for Sunday's night's playoff opener against the Patriots, Eric Smith of the Chargers' official site reports.

    After being listed as a non-participant both Wednesday and Thursday, Hampton -- who was sidelined in Week 18 -- was able to return to a limited practice Friday while sporting a brace on his right ankle, per Kris Rhim of ESPN.com. Though officially listed as questionable on Los Angles' final injury report, the running back subsequently noted that he planned to play Sunday. With the 2025 first-rounder's active status versus the Patriots now confirmed, Rhim previously indicated that the Chargers are expected to split their backfield workload between Hampton and Kimani Vidal, with Hassan Haskins and Jaret Patterson available in reserve.

  • Tucker Fisk TE | LAC

    Chargers' Tucker Fisk: Good to go for wild-card round

    Fisk (ankle) is active for Sunday's wild-card contest against the Patriots.

    Fisk will make his return to action after missing the team's last five regular-season contests with an ankle injury. The tight end will return to his role as the top reserve option behind starter Oronde Gadsden versus New England.

  • Bud Dupree OLB | LAC

    Chargers' Bud Dupree: Unavailable for wild-card round

    Dupree (hamstring) is inactive for Sunday night's matchup with the Patriots in the wild-card round.

    Dupree will be forced to sit out the team's first postseason contest after being hampered by a hamstring injury at practice throughout the week. In his absence, Odafe Oweh is a top candidate to see an increase in workload at linebacker behind Khalil Mack and Tuli Tuipulotu against New England.

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