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.

There's a roulette-wheel quality to the home stretch of this season. Who will land on the COVID list today? Will it be my top running back or wideout, or my opponent's? In the past you usually had a week to get ready for a guy missing a game. Now you might have a guy land on the list on Friday. I count the hours until games start, hoping they'll occur before I lose a key starter. Just 29 hours til early kickoffs tomorrow.

Cowboys at Football Team: Tony Pollard is questionable with a foot injury. There are things I almost always avoid, and one of them is dark alleys. And the other is running backs with foot injuries. So I like banged-up Ezekiel Elliott ("'tis but a flesh wound," says Jerry Jones) more than ordinarily, because I doubt Pollard plays much. It's not clear if J.D. McKissic will play, or how they'll use Ricky Seals-Jones and John Bates at tight end. Situations best avoided, I think.

Jaguars at Titans: Presumably James Robinson is healthy; he's facing a good Titans run defense, but should be busy anyway. I've been burned on Jacksonville receivers, they've got a lot of No. 3 type performers. Titans, I like D'Onta Foreman and would chance Julio Jones and perhaps Ryan Tannehill, given the matchup. And that's pretty much it.

Seahawks at Texans: If you're relying on any Houston players at all, my sympathies. Definitely not any running backs are recommended. Brandin Cooks is quite a while from his last relevant game. For Seattle you've got the QB, main 2 WRs and maybe TE, but they should be able to run a lot, and there are several possible options. Would be nice to have one of them in a best-ball league, given the matchup, but actually choosing to start either Penny, Collins or Dallas is risky.

Raiders at Kansas City: Wrote about this one for the Weekly, and it's a difficult dilemma. Do we go with what Patrick Mahomes and the passing game have done in most recent games (not much), or in the exception (which happened to be against this opponent, with Mahomes throwing for 400 yards and 5 TDs)? I favored the exception, and think Mahomes, Hill and Kelce should all be high on lists, but we'll see. Raiders offense hasn't done much in most games; its lone recent exception was at Dallas on Thanksgiving. One more nice game from Josh Jacobs would be appreciated for my FFPC team playing for a league championship. Renfrow yes, but after being burned by Foster Moreau last week I'm wary of doubling down.

Saints at Jets: Two teams riddled by injuries. I'm fine using Taysom Hill, and Alvin Kamara returns, but no thanks to the various pass catchers. For the Jets, Elijah Moore would have been a nice choice if healthy, but he's not and I'm not confident he'll play. So Jamison Crowder, sure, and maybe Ty Johnson with no Tevin Coleman. But counting on much from New York's offense doesn't seem prudent.

Falcons at Panthers: Putting up DJ Moore, Chuba Hubbard, maybe Cam Newton and in deeper PPR leagues Ameer Abdullah up against the Falcons seems OK. For Atlanta we've got Patterson and Gage, and I'm realizing now that I didn't even mention the revenge game element of Mike Davis against his former team when I wrote about this initially. But no one should really be starting Davis. Game was low-scoring in the previous meeting, so no guarantees it will be a shootout.

Ravens at Browns: Wow it's like they just played this game two weeks ago. Because they did. Defenses ahead of offenses in that one and not sure I want to buck it this time. Kind of rough if Nick Chubb was your top running back and in a three-week stretch he has the Ravens twice and a bye. I'm starting Austin Hooper in a TE-premium (1.5 points per reception) league, since Cleveland's other two tight ends are out.

Giants at Chargers: Mike Glennon will apparently start. The only Giants I'm remotely interested in are Saquon Barkley and Evan Engram. Trying one of the team's banged-up or poor performing wide receivers looks unwise. For the Chargers, there's Herbert and Ekeler and Mike Williams, who should be able to play, plus Jalen Guyton, with Keenan Allen out. But I don't love Guyton or the TEs, just like them a little more than usual.

Lions at Broncos: Lions won't have Swift or Jamaal Williams, so Jermar Jefferson gets a chance to show what he can do. Godwin Igwebuike will also play. Melvin Gordon likely returns, but Javonte Williams should be featured. Denver does some inexplicable things, so logic isn't a given, but we can't rank Williams any higher, so no need to ask questions about him. Worth the risk for the upside. Neither passing game seems great, and T.J. Hockenson is doubtful, taking away one regular start from the Lions.

49ers at Bengals: No Elijah Mitchell, so a Jeff Wilson and JaMycal Hasty tandem is likely. Wilson the better choice, though I'm a little wary of the whole "knee flared up last week" element. Joe Mixon should play, but inactives must be checked to be certain. For some reason I think this one might be higher scoring, so I'm interested in the main performers (though Deebo Samuel seems risky if he's active).

Bills at Buccaneers: Another game I'm expecting will be higher-scoring. I know the Bills have a very good defense, and Tampa Bay does too (and the Bills have been inconsistent, to put it nicely, on offense). Yet betting against these two quarterbacks and top wideouts doesn't seem like a good idea, or Leonard Fournette against a Bills run defense that hasn't been great lately. And Buffalo should be happy to play in a game that's not marred by weather. Anyway, I'm fine using these key starters in what should be an entertaining game.

Bears at Packers: Might be cold for this one, and there's the sidelight drama of Aaron Rodgers boasting after Green Bay won the earlier meeting, so the Bears should be fired up for this one. I'm still comfortable using Rodgers-Adams-Jones and perhaps Dillon, but sometimes locker-room material has an impact. For Chicago, there's David Montgomery, and to a lesser extent Kmet, Mooney and returning Allen Robinson, though I'd pass on ARob. Justin Fields at quarterback, so. Not the best Sunday night matchup.

Rams at Cardinals: With an extra day, there's an extra day to worry about COVID tests. Seems like a bigger deal lately. Rams struggled in the earlier matchup, but I'm expecting a higher-scoring game, with key Rams and Cardinals pretty good. Seems like the Rams might use a Sony Michel-Darrell Henderson committee, reducing the appeal of both running backs. Big NFC game, and big fantasy implications.

As always, will try to get answers up over the course of the day. When in doubt, use the rankings, we put a lot of work into those things. Then if they're wrong, you can blame us, rather than kicking yourself.

Enjoy the games.