The four remaining teams have released their injury reports. No big changes relative to yesterday. It’s the Packers with the biggest question marks entering Sunday.
Green Bay lists three of its top 4 wide receivers as questionable: Jordy Nelson (ribs), Davante Adams (ankle) and Geronimo Allison (hamstring). Nelson put in limited practices Wednesday and Thursday, while Adams and Allison haven’t practiced at all. All look like game-time decisions.
With it being an all-hands-on-deck situation, there’s a chance all will be available, but tough to count on any of them being anywhere near as effective and productive as usual. Adams at least says this ankle injury isn’t as severe as the one he played with last year.
With this injuries, I think you can count on Randall Cobb and Jared Cook being very involved in the passing game on Sunday. But with the Packers running short on weapons, I think it’s also worth pondering whether Aaron Rodgers can continue to put up the insane numbers he’s been posting recently (including over 350 passing yards in both of his playoff games).
The Packers list James Starks (concussion) as out, but I don’t see that as relevant. He’s an older, ineffective back, and I don’t think he’s even their backup tailback anymore. Should they make it to the Super Bowl, I doubt that he’ll be active.
For Atlanta, Julio Jones (toe) missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday but returned to put in a limited workout on Friday. Dan Quinn says everyone on his team is playing, not even listing Jones as questionable.
The Steelers list three players at questionable. James Harrison (shoulder, triceps) practiced fully on Wednesday and Friday, so he looks good to go. Ladarius Green (concussion, ill) didn’t practice on Thursday and was limited on Wednesday and Friday. One of the steps of the concussion protocol includes practicing fully; he hasn’t done that, so it doesn’t look likely that they’ll even have the option of using him. Fitzgerald Toussaint (concussion) practiced fully on Thursday and Friday, so he’s presumably ready to role, but he should play sparingly on special teams.
The Patriots list seven players as questionable, and all were limited in practice all week. Most notably, Martellus Bennett (knee), Malcolm Mitchell (knee), Danny Amendola (ankle) and Chris Hogan (thigh). Bennett, Amendola and Hogan all should be fine. Mitchell hasn’t played since Week 15 and was struggling anyway, so the Patriots might prefer to just go with more veteran pass catchers.
My revised rankings, using standard scoring. On these, you’re looking passing, rushing and receiving yards, total touchdowns (passing, rushing, receiving, returns) and fantasy points. Even though I’m listing touchdowns in one big clump, scoring is 4 for TD passes and 6 for TDs scored.
Further below are the PPR rankings.
If you want the itemized TD numbers, you can check out the TD-only rankings at the bottom.
WEEKEND PROJECTIONS (standard scoring) | ||||||||
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Pos | Tm | Player | Pass | Rec | Run | Tot | TD | Pts |
QB | GB | Aaron Rodgers | 291 | 0 | 22 | 313 | 2.73 | 28.0 |
QB | ATL | Matt Ryan | 307 | 0 | 6 | 313 | 2.62 | 26.4 |
QB | NE | Tom Brady | 285 | 0 | 5 | 290 | 2.13 | 23.5 |
QB | PIT | Ben Roethlisberger | 262 | 0 | 3 | 266 | 1.46 | 19.3 |
RB | PIT | LeVeon Bell | 0 | 43 | 102 | 145 | .70 | 18.7 |
RB | ATL | Devonta Freeman | 0 | 34 | 55 | 89 | .84 | 13.9 |
WR | PIT | Antonio Brown | 0 | 85 | 1 | 86 | .50 | 11.6 |
WR | ATL | Julio Jones | 0 | 81 | 0 | 81 | .56 | 11.4 |
WR | GB | Randall Cobb | 0 | 68 | 1 | 69 | .70 | 11.0 |
WR | NE | Julian Edelman | 0 | 81 | 3 | 84 | .44 | 11.0 |
RB | ATL | Tevin Coleman | 0 | 19 | 49 | 68 | .68 | 10.9 |
RB | GB | Ty Montgomery | 0 | 28 | 50 | 78 | .46 | 10.5 |
RB | NE | Dion Lewis | 0 | 24 | 52 | 76 | .34 | 9.6 |
WR | ATL | Taylor Gabriel | 0 | 62 | 1 | 63 | .53 | 9.5 |
RB | NE | LeGarrette Blount | 0 | 3 | 46 | 49 | .69 | 9.1 |
PK | NE | Stephen Gostkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.8 |
TE | GB | Jared Cook | 0 | 56 | 0 | 56 | .44 | 8.2 |
PK | ATL | Matt Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.2 |
WR | GB | Davante Adams | 0 | 50 | 0 | 50 | .46 | 7.8 |
WR | NE | Chris Hogan | 0 | 50 | 0 | 50 | .40 | 7.4 |
PK | GB | Mason Crosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 7.3 |
WR | ATL | Mohamed Sanu | 0 | 50 | 0 | 50 | .37 | 7.2 |
PK | PIT | Chris Boswell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 6.7 |
TE | NE | Martellus Bennett | 0 | 37 | 0 | 37 | .47 | 6.6 |
WR | PIT | Eli Rogers | 0 | 48 | 0 | 48 | .23 | 6.2 |
RB | GB | Aaron Ripkowski | 0 | 11 | 22 | 33 | .25 | 4.7 |
TE | PIT | Jesse James | 0 | 29 | 0 | 29 | .19 | 4.1 |
WR | GB | Geronimo Allison | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | .23 | 4.0 |
RB | NE | James White | 0 | 21 | 8 | 29 | .15 | 3.9 |
WR | NE | Malcolm Mitchell | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | .18 | 3.7 |
TE | ATL | Levine Toilolo | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 | .21 | 3.4 |
WR | GB | Jordy Nelson | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | .18 | 3.1 |
WR | NE | Michael Floyd | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | .14 | 2.9 |
WR | PIT | DeMarcus Ayers | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | .09 | 2.3 |
TE | GB | Richard Rodgers | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .13 | 1.9 |
WR | ATL | Justin Hardy | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | .11 | 1.9 |
WR | PIT | Cobi Hamilton | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .08 | 1.9 |
WR | GB | Trevor Davis | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .10 | 1.8 |
WR | NE | Danny Amendola | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .08 | 1.6 |
TE | ATL | Austin Hooper | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | .11 | 1.6 |
RB | ATL | Patrick DiMarco | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .13 | 1.6 |
WR | PIT | Darrius Heyward-Bey | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .06 | 1.6 |
WR | ATL | Aldrick Robinson | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | .08 | 1.4 |
WR | GB | Jeff Janis | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | .08 | 1.3 |
RB | GB | Christine Michael | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .05 | 1.3 |
TE | PIT | Xavier Grimble | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .06 | 1.1 |
TE | NE | Matt Lengel | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .06 | .9 |
RB | PIT | DeAngelo Williams | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .04 | .9 |
RB | NE | James Develin | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .04 | .9 |
TE | ATL | Joshua Perkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .5 |
TE | PIT | Ladarius Green | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .4 |
WR | PIT | Sammie Coates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .01 | .4 |
RB | PIT | Will Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .02 | .3 |
QB | NE | Jimmy Garoppolo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .03 | .3 |
RB | GB | James Starks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .01 | .3 |
QB | PIT | Landry Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .02 | .3 |
QB | GB | Brett Hundley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .2 |
QB | ATL | Matt Schaub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .02 | .2 |
WR | ATL | Nick Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .2 |
RB | GB | Joe Kerridge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .2 |
TE | PIT | David Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .1 |
RB | NE | Brandon Bolden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .1 |
WR | ATL | Eric Weems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .01 | .1 |
RB | PIT | Fitzgerald Toussaint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .01 | .1 |
RB | NE | D.J. Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
RB | ATL | Terron Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
TE | ATL | D.J. Tialavea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
WR | NE | Matthew Slater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
WEEKEND PROJECTIONS (PPR) | ||||||||
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Pos | Tm | Player | Avg | Rec | Run | Tot | TD | Pts |
QB | GB | Aaron Rodgers | .0 | 0 | 22 | 313 | 2.73 | 28.0 |
QB | ATL | Matt Ryan | .0 | 0 | 6 | 313 | 2.62 | 26.4 |
RB | PIT | LeVeon Bell | 5.2 | 43 | 102 | 145 | .70 | 23.9 |
QB | NE | Tom Brady | .0 | 0 | 5 | 290 | 2.13 | 23.5 |
QB | PIT | Ben Roethlisberger | .0 | 0 | 3 | 266 | 1.46 | 19.3 |
WR | NE | Julian Edelman | 7.7 | 81 | 3 | 84 | .44 | 18.7 |
WR | PIT | Antonio Brown | 6.9 | 85 | 1 | 86 | .50 | 18.5 |
RB | ATL | Devonta Freeman | 4.4 | 34 | 55 | 89 | .84 | 18.4 |
WR | GB | Randall Cobb | 6.6 | 68 | 1 | 69 | .70 | 17.6 |
WR | ATL | Julio Jones | 5.0 | 81 | 0 | 81 | .56 | 16.4 |
RB | GB | Ty Montgomery | 3.4 | 28 | 50 | 78 | .46 | 13.9 |
WR | ATL | Taylor Gabriel | 3.9 | 62 | 1 | 63 | .53 | 13.3 |
TE | GB | Jared Cook | 4.8 | 56 | 0 | 56 | .44 | 13.0 |
RB | NE | Dion Lewis | 3.2 | 24 | 52 | 76 | .34 | 12.9 |
RB | ATL | Tevin Coleman | 2.0 | 19 | 49 | 68 | .68 | 12.8 |
WR | ATL | Mohamed Sanu | 4.4 | 50 | 0 | 50 | .37 | 11.6 |
WR | GB | Davante Adams | 3.5 | 50 | 0 | 50 | .46 | 11.3 |
WR | NE | Chris Hogan | 3.1 | 50 | 0 | 50 | .40 | 10.5 |
WR | PIT | Eli Rogers | 4.0 | 48 | 0 | 48 | .23 | 10.2 |
RB | NE | LeGarrette Blount | .6 | 3 | 46 | 49 | .69 | 9.7 |
TE | NE | Martellus Bennett | 2.9 | 37 | 0 | 37 | .47 | 9.5 |
PK | NE | Stephen Gostkowski | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.8 |
PK | ATL | Matt Bryant | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.2 |
TE | PIT | Jesse James | 3.4 | 29 | 0 | 29 | .19 | 7.4 |
PK | GB | Mason Crosby | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 7.3 |
RB | GB | Aaron Ripkowski | 2.0 | 11 | 22 | 33 | .25 | 6.7 |
PK | PIT | Chris Boswell | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 6.7 |
WR | GB | Geronimo Allison | 2.1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | .23 | 6.2 |
RB | NE | James White | 2.3 | 21 | 8 | 29 | .15 | 6.1 |
WR | NE | Malcolm Mitchell | 2.1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | .18 | 5.8 |
TE | ATL | Levine Toilolo | 2.1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | .21 | 5.5 |
WR | GB | Jordy Nelson | 1.6 | 21 | 0 | 21 | .18 | 4.7 |
WR | NE | Michael Floyd | 1.4 | 20 | 0 | 20 | .14 | 4.3 |
WR | PIT | DeMarcus Ayers | 1.3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | .09 | 3.5 |
TE | GB | Richard Rodgers | 1.3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .13 | 3.2 |
WR | ATL | Justin Hardy | 1.2 | 12 | 0 | 13 | .11 | 3.1 |
WR | PIT | Cobi Hamilton | 1.1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .08 | 3.0 |
WR | GB | Trevor Davis | .9 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .10 | 2.7 |
WR | NE | Danny Amendola | 1.0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .08 | 2.7 |
RB | ATL | Patrick DiMarco | 1.0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .13 | 2.6 |
TE | ATL | Austin Hooper | .8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | .11 | 2.4 |
WR | PIT | Darrius Heyward-Bey | .9 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .06 | 2.4 |
WR | GB | Jeff Janis | .7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | .08 | 2.0 |
WR | ATL | Aldrick Robinson | .6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | .08 | 2.0 |
TE | PIT | Xavier Grimble | .8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .06 | 1.9 |
RB | NE | James Develin | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .04 | 1.8 |
TE | NE | Matt Lengel | .5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .06 | 1.5 |
RB | GB | Christine Michael | .2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .05 | 1.4 |
RB | PIT | DeAngelo Williams | .4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .04 | 1.3 |
TE | ATL | Joshua Perkins | .3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .7 |
TE | PIT | Ladarius Green | .2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .6 |
WR | PIT | Sammie Coates | .1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .01 | .5 |
RB | PIT | Will Johnson | .2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .02 | .5 |
RB | GB | James Starks | .2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .01 | .4 |
RB | GB | Joe Kerridge | .1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .3 |
QB | NE | Jimmy Garoppolo | .0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .03 | .3 |
WR | ATL | Nick Williams | .1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .3 |
QB | PIT | Landry Jones | .0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .02 | .3 |
QB | GB | Brett Hundley | .0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .03 | .2 |
TE | PIT | David Johnson | .1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .2 |
QB | ATL | Matt Schaub | .0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .02 | .2 |
RB | NE | Brandon Bolden | .1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .01 | .2 |
WR | ATL | Eric Weems | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .01 | .1 |
RB | NE | D.J. Foster | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
TE | ATL | D.J. Tialavea | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
RB | PIT | Fitzgerald Toussaint | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .01 | .1 |
RB | ATL | Terron Ward | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .1 |
WR | NE | Matthew Slater | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | .0 |
WEEKEND PROJECTIONS (TD-only) | |||||||
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Pos | Tm | Player | Pass | Rec | Run | Ret | Pts |
QB | GB | Aaron Rodgers | 2.54 | .00 | .18 | .00 | 11.3 |
QB | ATL | Matt Ryan | 2.58 | .00 | .03 | .00 | 10.5 |
PK | NE | Stephen Gostkowski | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 8.8 |
QB | NE | Tom Brady | 2.03 | .00 | .11 | .00 | 8.7 |
PK | ATL | Matt Bryant | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 8.2 |
PK | GB | Mason Crosby | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 7.3 |
PK | PIT | Chris Boswell | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 6.7 |
QB | PIT | Ben Roethlisberger | 1.45 | .00 | .01 | .00 | 5.8 |
RB | ATL | Devonta Freeman | .00 | .29 | .55 | .00 | 5.0 |
RB | PIT | LeVeon Bell | .00 | .21 | .49 | .00 | 4.2 |
WR | GB | Randall Cobb | .00 | .69 | .00 | .00 | 4.2 |
RB | NE | LeGarrette Blount | .00 | .01 | .68 | .00 | 4.2 |
RB | ATL | Tevin Coleman | .00 | .19 | .49 | .00 | 4.1 |
WR | ATL | Julio Jones | .00 | .56 | .00 | .00 | 3.4 |
WR | ATL | Taylor Gabriel | .00 | .52 | .00 | .00 | 3.2 |
WR | PIT | Antonio Brown | .00 | .47 | .01 | .03 | 3.0 |
TE | NE | Martellus Bennett | .00 | .47 | .00 | .00 | 2.8 |
RB | GB | Ty Montgomery | .00 | .17 | .29 | .00 | 2.8 |
WR | GB | Davante Adams | .00 | .46 | .00 | .00 | 2.8 |
WR | NE | Julian Edelman | .00 | .42 | .01 | .01 | 2.6 |
TE | GB | Jared Cook | .00 | .44 | .00 | .00 | 2.6 |
WR | NE | Chris Hogan | .00 | .40 | .00 | .00 | 2.4 |
WR | ATL | Mohamed Sanu | .00 | .37 | .00 | .00 | 2.2 |
RB | NE | Dion Lewis | .00 | .13 | .20 | .01 | 2.0 |
RB | GB | Aaron Ripkowski | .00 | .08 | .17 | .00 | 1.5 |
WR | PIT | Eli Rogers | .00 | .23 | .00 | .00 | 1.4 |
WR | GB | Geronimo Allison | .00 | .23 | .00 | .00 | 1.4 |
TE | ATL | Levine Toilolo | .00 | .21 | .00 | .00 | 1.3 |
TE | PIT | Jesse James | .00 | .19 | .00 | .00 | 1.1 |
WR | NE | Malcolm Mitchell | .00 | .18 | .00 | .00 | 1.1 |
WR | GB | Jordy Nelson | .00 | .18 | .00 | .00 | 1.1 |
RB | NE | James White | .00 | .11 | .04 | .00 | .9 |
WR | NE | Michael Floyd | .00 | .14 | .00 | .00 | .9 |
RB | ATL | Patrick DiMarco | .00 | .13 | .00 | .00 | .8 |
TE | GB | Richard Rodgers | .00 | .13 | .00 | .00 | .8 |
TE | ATL | Austin Hooper | .00 | .11 | .00 | .00 | .7 |
WR | ATL | Justin Hardy | .00 | .10 | .00 | .00 | .7 |
WR | GB | Trevor Davis | .00 | .10 | .00 | .00 | .6 |
WR | PIT | DeMarcus Ayers | .00 | .09 | .00 | .00 | .6 |
WR | NE | Danny Amendola | .00 | .08 | .00 | .00 | .5 |
WR | PIT | Cobi Hamilton | .00 | .08 | .00 | .00 | .5 |
WR | ATL | Aldrick Robinson | .00 | .08 | .00 | .00 | .5 |
WR | GB | Jeff Janis | .00 | .08 | .00 | .00 | .5 |
WR | PIT | Darrius Heyward-Bey | .00 | .06 | .00 | .00 | .4 |
TE | NE | Matt Lengel | .00 | .06 | .00 | .00 | .4 |
TE | PIT | Xavier Grimble | .00 | .06 | .00 | .00 | .4 |
RB | GB | Christine Michael | .00 | .00 | .05 | .00 | .3 |
RB | NE | James Develin | .00 | .03 | .01 | .00 | .2 |
RB | PIT | DeAngelo Williams | .00 | .01 | .02 | .00 | .2 |
TE | PIT | Ladarius Green | .00 | .03 | .00 | .00 | .2 |
TE | ATL | Joshua Perkins | .00 | .03 | .00 | .00 | .2 |
QB | NE | Jimmy Garoppolo | .03 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .1 |
QB | GB | Brett Hundley | .03 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .1 |
RB | PIT | Will Johnson | .00 | .01 | .01 | .00 | .1 |
WR | PIT | Sammie Coates | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .1 |
QB | ATL | Matt Schaub | .02 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .1 |
QB | PIT | Landry Jones | .02 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .1 |
WR | ATL | Eric Weems | .00 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .1 |
RB | GB | Joe Kerridge | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .1 |
WR | ATL | Nick Williams | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .1 |
RB | GB | James Starks | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
RB | NE | Brandon Bolden | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
RB | PIT | Fitzgerald Toussaint | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
TE | PIT | David Johnson | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
RB | NE | D.J. Foster | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
TE | ATL | D.J. Tialavea | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
RB | ATL | Terron Ward | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
WR | NE | Matthew Slater | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .0 |
—Ian Allan