Whom should you start? Whom should you sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and avoid starting an offensive player who won’t be in the lineup, we’ll post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their official inactives lists. Any rankings cited in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy staff ranks.
Official Sunday inactives should begin coming in approximately 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff times: around 11:30 a.m. ET for the early games and 2:30 p.m. ET for the late-afternoon games.
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4 p.m. ET games
Curtis Samuel, WR, BUF: Ribs — Questionable
Impact: Limited all week and, quite frankly, limited in terms of fantasy impact all season.
Tyreek Hill, WR, MIA: Wrist — Questionable
Impact: There’s some concern here that Malik Washington might have to be called upon to be the No. 1 Miami WR, so Hill is looking likely to be active.
Jaylen Waddle, WR, MIA: Knee — Doubtful
Impact: Tua Tagovailoa (hip) will play, but who can we trust to be around for him to throw to?
Isaac Guerendo, RB, SF: Foot — OUT
Impact: Patrick Taylor Jr. and, to a lesser extent, Israel Abanikanda will be involved in the ground game.
Sunday night game
Cade Otton, TE, TB: Knee — OUT
Impact: Either Payne Durham or Ko Kieft will be called upon to fill in.
Kameron Johnson, WR, TB: Ankle — OUT/IR
Impact: Sterling Shepard (foot) was removed from the injury report and should see action in 3-WR sets.
1 p.m. ET games
Matt Prater, K, ARI: Knee — OUT/IR
Impact: Prater is not yet ready to return. Chad Ryland takes center stage again.
Trey Benson, RB, ARI: Ankle — OUT
Impact: James Conner is the only fully healthy RB option on the Cardinals.
DeeJay Dallas, RB, ARI: Illness — Active
Impact: He might see some carries. Michael Carter was elevated from the practice squad and might also get some snaps.
Drake London, WR, ATL: Knee — Active
Impact: He was always expected to play, but the late-week add to the injury report does add some small risk to starting him.
Younghoe Koo, K, ATL: Hip — OUT/IR
Impact: Riley Patterson will step into Koo’s kicking shoes.
Xavier Legette, WR, CAR: Hip — OUT
Impact: Adam Thielen will be the clear-cut WR1 for the Panthers.
Jalen Coker, WR, CAR: Quad — Active
Impact: David Moore (concussion) is also active after being questionable. There’s not a ton of WR depth on this team, so both will try to play through their injuries.
Travis Homer, RB, CHI: Hamstring — Inactive
Impact: Roschon Johnson (concussion) was removed from the injury report and will back up D’Andre Swift.
Charlie Jones, WR, CIN: Groin — Inactive
Impact: Tee Higgins (knee), on the other hand, is “good to go.”
Jameis Winston, QB, CLE: Shoulder — Inactive
Impact: Dorian Thompson-Robinson will start for the Browns. Winston is the emergency No. 3.
David Njoku, TE, CLE: Hamstring — Active
Impact: He practiced only once this week but will still take the field.
Cedric Tillman, WR, CLE: Concussion — OUT
Impact: Jerry Jeudy and Elijah Moore will lead the Browns’ WR corps.
David Montgomery, RB, DET: Knee — OUT
Impact: Jahmyr Gibbs will see the majority of RB touches as Montgomery endeavors to return sometime in the NFL playoffs.
Matt Gay, K, IND: Neck — Active
Impact: He will play as the team made no “just in case” roster moves.
Alec Pierce, WR, IND: Concussion — OUT
Impact: Adonai Mitchell gets a huge uptick in fantasy value. Ashton Dulin (ankle) is also active.
Tyrone Tracy Jr., RB, NYG: Ankle — Active
Impact: Devin Singletary will almost assuredly eat into Tracy’s fantasy value, even though Tracy will play.
Braelon Allen, RB, NYJ: Back — Active
Impact: Breece Hall is expected to start. Allen may see some touches, but Isaiah Davis (back) will also be in the backup mix.
Nick Folk, K, TEN: Abdomen — Inactive
Impact: Brayden Narveson will kick since Folk can’t play.
Will Levis, QB, TEN: Shoulder — Active
Impact: Injury issues or not for Levis, Mason Rudolph has been named the starter for this week.
Tony Pollard, RB, TEN: Ankle — Active
Impact: Tyjae Spears may still see significant touches.
Zach Ertz, TE, WAS: Concussion — Active
Impact: It looks like John Bates will not have to get the call after all.