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.

Bucs at Colts: No Antonio Brown. It's almost like you should completely disregard when coaches say they're "hopeful" a player will return -- of course they're "hopeful." I'm hopeful about lots of things that won't happen. But should be a higher-scoring game, with both offenses playing well and plenty of talent on the field and in the coaching minds.

Jets at Texans: Here's a tough one. Two really bad defenses, but can the offenses deliver? I'm not sure I can trust Zach Wilson. And I'm not keen to use Corey Davis, who picked up an injury in practice. And nobody can promise which running backs will get more carries or touches; I see four potential candidates across the two teams. The Tony Jones lesson is to favor the one who catches passes, so maybe safer to use David Johnson and Ty Johnson. But considering how awful the Jets defense is, maybe Rex Burkhead runs for a lot of production. But the day I hitch my fantasy wagon to Rex Burkhead...well, I don't think that day will ever come. Elijah Moore and Brandin Cooks look like the safest options. I had wanted to try Nico Collins, but he's questionable, making an already risky dart throw even tougher to count on.

Eagles at Giants: Someone pointed out that we missed the running back section of the Eagles capsule on the cutting room floor. Jordan Howard is out, and it should be a Miles Sanders and Boston Scott tandem, but with Sanders playing a lot more. We've got him accounting for about 2/3 of the running back yards, Scott the rest (but Jalen Hurts will certainly get his share of the rushing yards and touchdowns). I remember in the preseason some thinking we'd ranked Hurts too high. Turns out we actually ranked him too low. For the Giants, all their wide receivers are hurt. Golladay and Slayton are the 1-2, but hard to have much confidence in either player.

Panthers at Dolphins: Considered starting Cam Newton over Dak this week; glad I didn't. But I would use Newton this week, mostly for his running. For Miami, they haven't activated Malcolm Brown yet, making Myles Gaskin look like a lead back again, and a fantasy option. Phillip Lindsay presumably won't play much his first game with the team, although Miami is unpredictable. Mike Gesicki and Jaylen Waddle look like the best options, and DJ Moore for Carolina.

Titans at Patriots: Party line is that the Titans will get clobbered this week, and it's probably fair. No Derrick Henry, no A.J. Brown, no Julio Jones, which leaves the team with, you know, no clear No. 1 or 2 wideouts to throw to, and lesser running back choices against a good Patriots defense. Sure I'd chance Dontrell Hilliard, somebody's got to catch 5-6 passes for 45 yards, so why not him. But an ugly situation. New England's passing game has some potential, so Meyers, Bourne and Henry make some sense. And their kicker and defense.

Steelers at Bengals: Both teams relatively healthy. Running backs should be big in this game, and I really need it from Najee Harris (should have mentioned him in my players I'm thankful for answer last week). Let's go man. JaMarr Chase and Diontae Johnson have been consistent, both main tight ends look viable. Both teams in the playoff hunt in a wild AFC North, where they're probably wondering why everyone keeps letting the Ravens turn losses into wins with last-minute miracles.

Falcons at Jaguars: A couple of talent-thin teams, but it extends to their defense. So I think in a league where I need a wideout I'm actually going to pick up and start Laviska Shenault. Somebody's got to catch a bunch of passes, why not him. Same logic applies to Russell Gage, although it seems like Cordarrelle Patterson should play and me the main receiver/runner, though inactives must be checked just in case. James Robinson looks good.

Chargers at Broncos: Teams look healthy. Not seeing much good from the Broncos defense in most recent games (Dallas excepted), so I'm game to use the key Chargers. For Denver, both running backs are viable, though the other one caps their appeal. Hard to be confident using the wideouts, with three of them and probably a below-average passing game.

Rams at Packers: Big game in the NFC. Rams need to recapture the momentum they had earlier in the year, but are doing so on the road against a very good defense. Packers also come off a loss, and their franchise quarterback has some kind of toe issue involving COVID -- I can't get caught up in this one. Rodgers had the same issue last week and put up big numbers against the Vikings and will probably be fine here. Would be doing us all a favor if Aaron Jones is inactive, but it's not certain. If he's active, I'm a little hesitant to use him, but then AJ Dillon can't be used. Green Bay has a bye next week which you'd think might lead them to sit Jones, but teams don't always do what we'd like.

Vikings at 49ers: There's a comforting reliability with the Vikings, who only throw to two wide receivers, feature a running back, and generally put up decent offensive numbers. Niners defense has played well in a lot of games, but Minnesota has few enough usable players that they should account for whatever production there is. San Francisco is of course the opposite; they could feature anyone in a given week. Probably an Elijah Mitchell-Jeff Wilson committee, with Deebo Samuel also a factor as a runner, and Trey Sermon if Mitchell winds up inactive. Kind of an important game to these teams' playoff hopes.

Browns at Ravens: Lamar Jackson returns, and I'm assuming Marquise Brown does too. Kareem Hunt will be playing for Cleveland. All of the Browns' wide receivers are hurt, and we've seen Donovan Peoples-Jones miss time with injury more than play, making him a risky start, whereas Jarvis Landry is more likely to hobble around through his ailments. Sunday night game, so inactives won't be clear until other games have been played. Important game for Cleveland, which needs to start winning some of these games if it's going to make a playoff run.

Seahawks at Football Team: A shame that these Monday games can't be flexed to different times. Kind of an important game for Washington, trying to hang on in the playoff chase, and they're home against a lesser and perhaps less-motivated defense. Theoretically a nice matchup for Russell Wilson and his main wideouts, but we haven't been getting the great numbers we're accustomed to. A running back committee of some sort, but I wouldn't actually want to use a Seattle back these days. If I was doing a 5-player lineup, and I probably will be, I'd be trying to fit in both quarterbacks, McLaurin, whichever Washington running back I can afford, and probably a cheap Seattle player. Boom, done.

Enjoy the games.