Every Saturday morning, I'll take a quick look at all the week's games, offering my own brief take on what I think will happen, as well as touching on significant injury news since our Weekly came out. I'll check in every so often over the course of the day to answer lineup questions, too.

What follows is a brief look at all the games with how I'd react in my own lineups to injury developments or other news. The official rankings are the ones in the Weekly. Those take precedence. But sometimes players are very close, and in those cases I'm glad to offer opinions on how I'd approach those situations. Sometimes I like certain players more or less than Ian, and sometimes I have different risk tolerance with injuries etc.

Was thinking last night, as player after player gets ruled out of Week 17, often for positive COVID tests, of what a disaster this year's playoffs could be. How about a starting quarterback getting ruled out of a conference championship game due to a positive COVD test? Or the Super Bowl? (I'm wondering if the league will do some kind of two-week bubble for that game, would make sense.) The Saints possibly having Latavius Murray rather than Alvin Kamara for a must-win game is one thing. Green Bay having to start Tim Boyle rather than Aaron Rodgers is quite another. Wouldn't everyone be pumped for a Chad Henne-Boyle Super Bowl?

Falcons at Bucs: The Bucs need to win this game to secure the 5th seed in the NFC (important because who wouldn't rather face the NFC East champs than the No. 3 seed, which will be a team with an actual winning record). So thumbs up on the key starters, including Brady, Evans, Godwin, Gronk, AB, Ronald Jones (even though Atlanta better against the run). Falcons won't have Julio Jones, otherwise passing game looks fine. I'm not sure the Rams will win their game anyway (really not sure why Cardinals-Rams isn't the night game), but Bucs need to win to ensure they'll go to face a sub-.500 team in the first round of the playoffs.

Cowboys at Giants: Speaking of which. I think there's a decent chance the Eagles beat Washington, even with them holding out anyone who has an owie of any kind, so the winner of this game might well be the NFC East champs. I think it will be Dallas, with Andy Dalton and his receivers putting up good numbers against a Giants defense that's not quite as good against the pass and the Giants trying to get by with an immobile Daniel Jones (his game isn't such that he can afford to be unable to run when things break down). I do like Wayne Gallman, Sterling Shepard, Evan Engram and Darius Slayton, at least in PPR, but think Dallas probably wins this thing like 27-20 or so. It's suppose to rain throughout this game, the slight negative for passing, along with the number of decent targets for both sides of the equation.

Jets at Patriots: If you're wondering if there's a game where I don't really want to start anyone, this be it. Maybe Jamison Crowder and to a lesser extent Jakobi Meyers. I'm not sure either team cares what happens here, they're just ready to move on into the offseason. No Damien Harris, if anyone wants to start New England's other running back who doesn't catch passes or score.

Vikings at Lions: Another game with two teams who don't care. Vikings will have Alexander Mattison at running back, Lions will use D'Andre Swift and Adrian Peterson, whatever they can do to keep the clock running.

Steelers at Browns: Steelers holding out some key starters, while the Browns need to win for a playoff spot. Not a given that Pittsburgh can't compete, but I wouldn't want to count on players who might not play much. Should be rain and maybe snow showers, with both teams running a lot to keep that old clock moving.

Ravens at Bengals: Bengals have been playing hard down the stretch so maybe they'll take to the role of spoiler here. Maybe. I don't really see them stopping the Jackson-Dobbins-Edwards ground game though, and hard to see Cincinnati's offense doing much of anything. I'm expecting disappointment for the Colts, who it's hard to believe aren't one of the 7 best teams in the AFC, but they can look in the mirror for how they've found themselves in this situation.

Dolphins at Bills: Snow showers possible in this one. How the Bills will handle key starters like Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs and the running backs is the key question here. They want the No. 2 seed, but will get it even with a loss if the Steelers lose at Cleveland (which is very, very likely). Here's the exact quote from Sean McDermott: “Those conversations have taken place and we have a plan. I want to keep that plan internal, for a number of reasons. At the end of the day, it’s trying to do what’s best for our football team.” Sounds to me like starters might play, and maybe there will be some scoreboard watching. I think the 2 seed is worthwhile (maybe get two home games), but you don't want to get anybody important hurt. I don't actually have any Week 17 games, but I wouldn't want to use any key Bills. Myles Gaskin is probably the best player in this game.

Seahawks at 49ers: Seattle has an outside chance at the No. 1 seed and bye, so they've got to play this one straight. But if Green Bay jumps out to a 21-0 lead on the Bears, all bets are off. But Seattle passing game should be OK. San Francisco doesn't have a lot of healthy players going in this one. Jeff Wilson looks viable, I suppose George Kittle. That's about it.

Cardinals at Rams: This is the most compelling game of the day, I think, too bad so many players are out. No Goff, Kupp, Henderson for the Rams, and I'm not sure Cam Akers will be available either. If not, Malcolm Brown looks intriguing, also Robert Woods. Cardinals should have Kyler Murray and Kenyan Drake and DeAndre Hopkins look solid, maybe Christian Kirk.

Jaguars at Colts: Every Colt looks good in what will probably be a 34-17 type win. Jaguars will have Dare Ogunbowale as a feature back, but no DJ Chark at wideout, I'd stay away from what passes as a passing game. Really curious as to what Doug Marrone doesn't like about Gardner Minshew. I mean, Mike Glennon, really? Whatever. Colts should win big and even bigger if one of their wild-card competitors happens to lose earlier in the day. They probably don't really expect Tennessee to lose to the Texans.

Titans at Texans: Tennessee offense looks great. I'd love to see them try to get Derrick Henry over 2,000 yards. If that was their only goal, they could, but this is a team that wants to make a Super Bowl run. So probably not. Thumbs up on key Titans. For the Texans, Deshaun Watson, David Johnson and Brandin Cooks make for a puncher's chance.

Raiders at Broncos: Theoretically this is a nice matchup for both offenses, but I'm not expecting a ton of intensity. Raiders have to be bitterly disappointed with the way the season has turned out, still stunned by that absurd loss to Miami. Matchup is fine but I'm expecting minimal interest on their part. Guys like Drew Lock and Jerry Jeudy might be motivated to try to finish strong against a lousy defense. Melvin Gordon too. But both teams should have taxis waiting outside the stadium, as they say.

Chargers at Kansas City: Similarly. Maybe Kansas City will get great numbers out of Mecole Hardman, Demarcus Robinson and Darwin Thompson. I'm uncertain enough how the team will use its active players that I'm wary. I'd love Thompson if Kansas City actually makes both LeVeon Bell and Darrel Williams inactive, which is possible. For the Chargers, no Keenan Allen or Hunter Henry. Mike Williams, Tyron Johnson, Jalen Guyton could be OK. Probably a committee at running back. Is there any point featuring Austin Ekeler? I'm not expecting it.

Packers at Bears: Green Bay needs to win to lock up the No. 1 seed, and win they should. Bears can make the playoffs even with a loss if the Rams beat the Cardinals (could go either way). Key offensive starters for both teams look fine. Some discussion about the Packers losing left tackle David Bakhtiari. It's a big deal, but for me it doesn't move the needle a ton on Green Bay's chances in the NFC. They still seem just all-around better than New Orleans or Seattle.

Saints at Panthers: No Alvin Kamara. Should be a big game for Latavius Murray. No Christian McCaffrey or Mike Davis for the Panthers. I don't see much from their offense I'd really want to use this week. Curtis Samuel (for receiving and running) looks best.

Washington at Eagles: By this time tomorrow the Eagles will probably have ruled out half their team. And still might be able to beat a Washington team that has lesser quarterback options and is hoping to have Terry McLaurin and Antonio Gibson available, but those guys are hurting. Watch the morning shows if you're hoping to use either player, because the matchup is fine, just make sure you have a viable option to switch to (Bernard Scott and Zach Ertz qualify) if they're inactive. With this matchup I'm not sure anyone wants to see, it's hard to say "enjoy," but...

Enjoy the games.