The New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons 23-7 in a rematch of Super Bowl LI and the coaching staff deemed six practice players the most helpful in achieving that goal: RB Rex Burkhead, LB Marquis Flowers, DL Geneo Grissom, WR Cody Hollister, LB Trevor Reilly, and CB Jomal Wiltz.
Practice players of the week: LB Trevor Reilly, DL Geneo Grissom, LB Marquis Flowers, CB Jomal Wiltz, WR Cody Hollister & RB Rex Burkhead
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 25, 2017
Each of these players likely played a role of imitating a star player on the Falcons roster.