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Sunday morning injury updates

UPDATE: Chris Carson INACTIVE

A couple of years back the league did away with the "Probable" designation on the injury report. Odds are if that were still around, a lot of the players listed as questionable this week would have showed up as probable, since indications are that those guys will be out there playing today.

  • UPDATE: The Seahawks have made Chris Carson (hip) INACTIVE for today's game. If you were planning on using him, get him out of lineups.

  • For San Francisco, both Alfred Morris and Matt Breida were listed as questionable with knee injuries. They're both expected to play against the Chargers. Since it will be a committee and neither is 100 percent, a little risky to count on good numbers from either player.

  • Larry Fitzgerald (hamstring) is expected to play for Arizona. Not a great matchup with Seattle and he comes off a down week, but is presumably healthier and less likely to be used as a decoy.

  • Josh Gordon was also listed as questionable with a hamstring injury, but he's expected to make his Patriots debut. Another questionable Patriot, Rob Gronkowski (ankle), is also expected to play.

  • There's a report that Dirk Koetter was "one or two plays" away from benching Ryan Fitzpatrick in the first half against the Steelers Monday night. Besides showing Koetter's extremely questionable judgment, it's something to keep in mind before using Fitzpatrick at Chicago, which is a defense certainly capable of causing him to struggle. And now Koetter has an actual viable NFL quarterback to switch to in Jameis Winston, rather than Ryan Griffin.

  • One noteworthy questionable not expected to play is Marlon Mack (hamstring). That was apparent when the team added Jeremy McNichols from the practice squad. Don't use Mack.

  • Alshon Jeffery (shoulder, illness) is expected to make his debut for the Eagles. Best to see a week out of Jeffery before using him, but it makes the Eagles' other receivers a little less appealing, since Jeffery will be around to take some looks away.

  • Keenan Allen (knee) is expected to play for the Chargers, sounds like he's fine. Travis Benjamin (foot) should also be active.

  • Leonard Fournette (hamstring) is also expected to play for the Jaguars.

--Andy Richardson

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