Staying on top of injuries throughout the week, and especially on Sunday mornings, is one of the easiest ways to maintain an edge in fantasy football. Outside of, you know, just making sure you don’t have inactive players in your starting lineup, it’s important to understand how one injury can greatly impact the fantasy potential of other skill position players within a game.
Lucky for you, this weekly series is here to help. Rather than just frantically refreshing each team’s injury report, I’ll do the heavy lifting each Saturday night and update injuries and provide analysis once inactives are released and early game-time decisions finalized on Sunday mornings.
Early Inactives
John Brown, WR, Arizona Cardinals (toe) – Out
Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Buffalo Bills (knee) – Out
Sammie Coates, WR, Cleveland Browns (knee/ankle) – Out
Ty Montgomery, RB, Green Bay Packers (wrist) – Out
Will Fuller, WR, Houston Texans (ribs) – Out
Allen Hurns, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars (ankle) – Out
Charcandrick West, RB, Kansas City Chiefs (personal) – Out
Nick Novak, K, Los Angeles Chargers (back) – Out
Mike Williams, WR, Los Angeles Chargers (knee) – Out
Robert Woods, WR, Los Angeles Rams (shoulder) – Out
Damien Williams, RB, Miami Dolphins (shoulder) – Out
Martellus Bennett, TE, New England Patriots (shoulder) – Out
Chris Hogan, WR, New England Patriots (shoulder) – Out
Coby Fleener, TE, New Orleans Saints (concussion) – Out
Michael Crabtree, WR, Oakland Raiders (suspended) – Out
Amari Cooper, WR, Oakland Raiders (concussion) – Out
Doug Martin, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (concussion) – Out
Questionable
Adrian Peterson, RB, Arizona Cardinals (neck) – Questionable (likely)
Drew Stanton, QB, Arizona Cardinals (knee) – Questionable (unlikely)
Alex Collins, RB, Baltimore Ravens (calf) – Questionable (likely)
Terrance West, RB, Baltimore Ravens (calf) – Questionable (likely)
Jordan Matthews, WR, Buffalo Bills (knee) – Questionable (likely)
Charles Clay, TE, Buffalo Bills (knee) – Questionable (likely)
Nick O’Leary, TE, Buffalo Bills (back) – Questionable (likely)
Jordan Matthews, WR, Buffalo Bills (knee) – Questionable (likely)
Christian McCaffrey, RB, Carolina Panthers (shoulder) – Questionable (likely)
Greg Olsen, TE, Carolina Panthers (foot) – Game-time decision
Tyler Kroft, TE, Cincinnati Bengals (wrist) – Questionable (likely)
Jeff Heuerman, TE, Denver Broncos (knee) – Game-time decision
Ameer Abdullah, RB, Detroit Lions (neck) – Questionable (likely)
Aaron Jones, RB, Green Bay Packers (knee) – Questionable (likely)
Alfred Blue, RB, Houston Texans (hamstring) – Questionable (likely)
Donte Moncrief, WR, Indianapolis Colts (groin) – Questionable (likely)
Malcolm Brown, RB, Los Angeles Rams (knee) – Questionable (likely)
Lance Dunbar, RB, Los Angeles Rams (knee) – Questionable (likely)
Jimmy Graham, TE, Seattle Seahawks (ankle) – Questionable (likely)
Mike Davis, RB, Seattle Seahawks (groin) – Questionable (likely)
George Kittle, TE, San Francisco 49ers (ankle) – Questionable (likely)
Cameron Brate, TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (hip) – Questionable (likely)
DeSean Jackson, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (foot) – Questionable (likely)
Rishard Matthews, WR, Tennessee Titans (hamstring) – Game-time decision
Updates/Analysis
Ameer Abdullah, RB, Detroit Lions – Inactive – With Abdullah out, Theo Riddick jumps up to the high-end RB2-range in PPR leagues. Last season, in games Abdullah was absent, Riddick averaged 9.3 carries per game, 7.1 targets per game, and 15.4 fantasy points per game. For perspective, 15.4 PPR fantasy points per game would rank 10th-best at the position this season.
Rishard Matthews, WR, Tennessee Titans – Inactive – Matthews is inactive for the second straight week, leaving behind a 6.6-target-per-game average. Still, the Titans are going to continue to spread the ball around more than we’d like. Delanie Walker was the team's most heavily targeted receiver last week, with just five targets. All receivers get a very slight boost in my rankings.
Aaron Jones, RB, Green Bay Packers – Active – Jones is active today, but per Adam Schefter, Jamaal Williams is “still expected to get most of the work.” For this reason, I’m only bumping down Williams slightly, to a low-end RB2.
Adrian Peterson, RB, Arizona Cardinals – GTD – Adam Schefter confirmed Peterson will be a game-time decision, but added that “the team was pessimistic.” I’d go ahead and bench Peterson if I had a 1 p.m. player I felt good about.
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