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Fuller and Fant to play, Conner could split time

It's Sunday morning and the talking heads are dropping news from their sources/tea leaves/guesses. Some reports are coming in that may or should affect lineup decisions. Here's the roundup.

  • James Conner is expected to play tonight for Pittsburgh, which is in line with what we thought after he practiced all week. But coming back from a shoulder injury, there's some risk of aggravation, and Ian Rapoport says/thinks/guesses it will be more of a committee with Jaylen Samuels and Benny Snell than it was before he was hurt. I had been planning to use Conner. In light of this report, and remembering the last time he tried to come back from a shoulder injury and left early, I'm a little cooler on him than I was. We had him 16th in Standard on Friday. Now I'm thinking I like him a little better in 25-26 range.

  • Derrick Henry (hamstring) will play for the Titans. Missing practice all week was maintenance related. I think he is fine to use as ranked on Friday; not many teams will have two better running back options.

  • Julian Edelman is "optimistic" about playing against the Bengals today. I think he'll play and wouldn't move him from Friday's rankings. But check the inactives to be sure.

  • Damien Williams is not expected to play for Kansas City. This is good news for those hoping to use LeSean McCoy, while keeping in mind that last week McCoy, Spencer Ware and Darwin Thompson split things three ways. At least now we know it won't be four ways.

  • DeVante Parker (concussion) has cleared the protocol and will play today for Miami.

  • Adam Schefter says Will Fuller (hamstring) and Noah Fant (foot) are expected to play for Houston and Denver, respectively.

  • Josh Jacobs should play for Oakland, as expected.

  • Bo Scarbrough is a gametime decision for Detroit. Nobody should be using Scarbrough even if he happens to be active against Tampa Bay.

  • Another report from Rapoport that the Bengals haven't ruled out A.J. Green for Week 16-17 yet. So if you've been wasting a roster spot on Green all season long, I guess you can consider wasting it for another week. I don't see much chance he plays this season, or much actual value in this report.

--Andy Richardson

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