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Sunday morning injury updates

Full speed ahead for Stafford, Keenan Allen

The Sunday morning injury/illness reports are coming in, and it's a news-heavy day. Most of it seems promising for those in fantasy leagues. And some of the concerning stuff can be dismissed, I think, as not worth worrying too much about.

  • Matthew Stafford's COVID tests came back negative for the second straight day. He's good to start for the Lions in a favorable matchup with the Vikings this week. Stafford looks good, and so do what should be his main targets, Marvin Jones and T.J. Hockenson.

  • Keenan Allen showed up with a sore throat yesterday, but he also tested negative for COVID, including this morning. Allen is good to go for the Chargers in a favorable matchup with the Raiders.

  • Calvin Ridley (foot) is not expected to play for Atlanta. This is what we were assuming when we put the rankings together; Atlanta has a bye next week and rushing Ridley back made no sense.

  • Michael Thomas (hamstring) is expected to play for the Saints. This isn't surprising, and those with Thomas can go ahead and use him as normal.

  • Same game, Chris Godwin (finger) is expected to play for the Bucs.

  • Ian Rapoport came out with a report saying Christian McCaffrey, coming off injury, will rotate series with Mike Davis. This deserves some discussion. I am sure Rapoport is a fine person and all, but sometimes his reports are pure speculation, and other times I believe he's fed stuff by teams that he should be a little less gullible about. Time will tell, but I believe the chances of McCaffrey coming off the field every other series for Davis are really slim. Barring McCaffrey getting hurt again, I will be stunned if he doesn't play at least 75 percent of the offensive snaps. If there's anyone planning on sitting McCaffrey, or starting Davis, based on Rapoport's item, well, I disagree. If I had McCaffrey anywhere (I do not; I haven't had the top pick in a draft in about a billion years) I would start him without the slightest hesitation.

If I see any other interesting developments in the pregame news, I will post in the comments below.

--Andy Richardson

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