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. If I don't get to your question, either I missed it (it happens) or the rankings are very clear.

This is the worst week yet for questionable players. Does this mean next week will be worse? I’ll say up front: I err on the side of caution. I’d rather get some points than risk a zero. My risk tolerance goes up if the player is worth it. OK, on to the games.

Falcons at Saints: Tough matchup for Atlanta, and after last week's dud it's hard to have a lot of confidence in their offense here. Kyle Pitts and Cordarrelle Patterson, yes, just because someone has to dominate targets and they're more likely than Tajae Sharpe or Russell Gage. I actually am starting Sharpe somewhere though. For the Saints, Trevor Siemian starts. Sean Payton says lots of nice things about Taysom Hill, but actions speak louder than words.

Broncos at Cowboys: Dallas, survivor pool choice of the week. Dak is back, so thumbs up on everything connected with their offense. Well, except all their wide receivers are banged up. As I write this, my lean is that they’ll play. Cooper safer than Lamb. Denver throwing in the towel at 4-4, unless there's another way to interpret shipping off Von Miller for a pair of future draft picks. I'm not keen on Broncos offense, especially after getting burned by them against the struggling Washington defense last week.

Patriots at Panthers: Carolina offense not doing much these days, so New England should be able to grind out a lower-scoring win. Damien Harris and Nick Folk look like the best options. For Carolina, it probably doesn't matter much if it were Sam Darnold or P.J. Walker starting. At running back, I’m thinking Hubbard, but we will see.

Vikings at Ravens: I think both defenses' reputations are a little better than their on-field performance, or maybe their consistency. Baltimore sure looked good shutting down the Chargers, but not so much getting lit up by the Bengals. Probably a tougher situation for Minnesota, though Baltimore has struggled against the pass so I have no problem using their key receivers and like Tyler Conklin as a sleeper, we'll see how that ages. Devonta Freeman the only Ravens back I’d consider.

Browns at Bengals: I'm conflicted on this one. These teams have played a lot of higher-scoring games, including just last year. But both teams also have some defensive ability, despite the Bengals getting lit up by the Jets in their last game. Ultimately I'm in on Chubb, Mixon, Chase and Burrow, figuring the biggest guys will get their numbers. But I'm also using the defenses, expecting some sacks and turnovers. Landry the only Browns wideout to trust.

Bills at Jaguars: Bills should be all over Jacksonville here, I'd be mentioning them as a Survivor pick but it's Week 9 and I used the Bills a while ago. Jacksonville will probably be starting Carlos Hyde against one of the league's very best defenses. Josh Allen and company will be going against one of the league's very worst defenses. Somebody might inevitably get left out, but hard to argue against most components of the Bills offense. Even Zack Moss, who should get most of the backfield work.

Texans at Dolphins: The league's worst teams against the Texans...just kidding. Houston is terrible, but Miami's not very good either. A week to consider guys like Myles Gaskin and even Salvon Ahmed, although betting on the coaching staff to use these guys sensibly doesn't always work out. But I'm high on Gesicki, Waddle and Tua, too. (No Parker.) For Houston, Brandin Cooks. And? Tyrod Taylor back at quarterback, so mebbe him if you need a quarterback.

Raiders at Giants: I don't have anything meaningful to say about the Ruggs situation, so I won't. Raiders will be playing a game and you wonder a little if they'll be distracted by the events of the past week, or put it aside when they're on the field. I suppose best to downplay it, and go ahead with Waller, Jacobs and perhaps Carr, though I would rather wait to see how the wide receiver situation shakes out before buying in too heavily. For the Giants, it seems like we can't be 100 percent sure who's suiting up until Sunday, but the matchup is fine for whoever does. Apparently Toney and Slayton.

Chargers at Eagles: I feel like this game should be higher scoring, with talent across both offenses. Can the Boston Scott-Jordan Howard tandem run all over the Chargers' league-worst run defense? Can Hurts and Herbert put up big numbers? Both tight ends also grade out favorably in the matchup. Interesting matchup. I'll sign off on the main wide receivers for the Chargers and DeVonta Smith, too.

Packers at Kansas City: Anything interesting with this matchup? Oh yeah. Give me the Packers ground game, certainly, and Davante Adams even with the quarterback downgrade. Kansas City should be the better team, and if they're not they need to take a hard look in the mirror. If you can't beat Green Bay without its quarterback, who can you beat come playoff time? I'll take Darrel Williams at running back along with Mahomes-Hill-Kelce. Bounce back for Kelce I think.

Cardinals at 49ers: Sounds like no Kyler, messing up my team with Murray and Heinecke as his backup. Maybe no Hopkins either. Or A.J. Green. And then San Francisco has both Deebo and Mitchell questionable. Both sound iffy, Mitchell seems more likely to play. Tough game for counting on players, lean is to avoid all based on what we have to go on now, maybe tomorrow we’ll hear more positive stuff.

Titans at Rams: Rams are one of the league's very best teams, while the Titans just lost the league's most dominant running back. So not an ideal situation for Tennessee, which will have to cobble together an offense against a great defense while doubtless being unable to stop a great Los Angeles offense. I think Adrian Peterson is a great signing, but would not use him this week. I think Jeremy McNichols is (just going by what I've seen) not good, but he's the best pass catcher at the position and Tennessee seems likely to fall behind, so I'd consider -- consider -- him in PPR. But honestly the best course with both Tennessee backs seems to be to just wait it out a week and see how they're used (not that you really want to use them in Week 10 against New Orleans, either). Both passing games look good, at least (the Titans will have to be, they're unlikely to run effectively). Robert Woods questionable - can’t use him unless you also have say Van Jefferson or a Monday player if Woods inactive.

Bears at Steelers: Steelers defense should be a tough one to crack for a Justin Fields-led offense, although perhaps Fields will be able to run for 80 yards and Chicago will somehow be able to sneak away with a 19-16 win. But more reasonably, I'll sign off on Najee Harris and like Diontae Johnson for the way he's been dominating targets and will consider Pat Freiermuth and Chase Claypool, too. For Chicago, should be Khalil Herbert featured, but I guess Montgomery a possibility — we’ll see. And a tough run defense. I would not use Montgomery, personally.

Enjoy the games.