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Sunday morning news and notes

Looking bad for key Eagles

The Sunday morning injury updates are filtering in, and none sound good from the Eagles side of things. Reports are more optimistic on the injured 49ers suiting up, although there's concern with those reports, too.

  • The Eagles aren't expected to have Nelson Agholor or Jordan Howard, and that was expected. But the recent word from Adam Schefter is that Alshon Jeffery is also iffy (exact quote!). Doesn't sound like he can safely be used, and definitely a negative for those considering Carson Wentz. He had been 15th in the rankings; now looks like he should be about four spots lower.

  • San Francisco is expected to have injured wideouts Emmanuel Sanders (ribs) and Deebo Samuel (shoulder) available, as well as tight end George Kittle (ankle/knee). The worrying note from that report is that apparently Kittle is playing with a broken bone in his ankle. Those of us with Kittle who use him run the risk of an in-game setback, but we also can't reasonably use Ross Dwelley since he won't do anything with Kittle playing.

  • Tom Brady (elbow) is expected to play. Same game, Mohamed Sanu (ankle) has a chance to play, but Ian Rapoport thinks he'd be extremely limited if he does.

  • Broncos wideout Tim Patrick (shoulder) is also expected to play.

  • Washington's Chris Thompson (toe) is not expected to play, in the event anyone was considering Washington's passing downs back (when healthy). Should again be Wendell Smallwood in that low-volume role. Adrian Peterson (toe) is expected to play, but it might be more Derrius Guice than Peterson (and that might have been the case anyway).

  • Weather.com says occasional rain for Philadelphia-Seattle, ending at 3:15. Wind 15-17 mph. I don't think Tyler Lockett or DK Metcalf need to be downgraded from where they were ranked on Friday.

  • Similar forecast for Jets-Raiders. Occasional rain until 3:30. Winds 15-17 mph. I don't think you should shy away from using pass catchers in this game.

--Andy Richardson

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