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Sunday morning injury updates

Barkley expected to play, Walker not

A few news and notes from the Sunday morning NFL updates. Most notably, it sounds like Kenneth Walker and DeeJay Dallas, as expected, will not be available for Seattle.

That puts Travis Homer in line to start and serve as the main back, with Tony Jones also playing. Anything is possible, but Homer looks like the guy to pick up and use, in line with the Friday rankings update.

Other news and notes...

  • Saquon Barkley (neck) was being called 50-50 to play, but Brian Daboll just told a reporter that he would in fact play. Presumably he's fine, and I would use him as such. If he's a last-minute scratch, Matt Breida would fill in (in the last game, Gary Brightwell only played special teams, though he'd at least be a change-of-pace without Barkley). As for where Breida might rank if Barkley is inactive, I'm going to say around 29-30 -- behind featured guys like Najee Harris, ahead of bad featured guys like Latavius Murray and various committee backs. An option, but not a great one. But probably moot, with Barkley expected to be available.

  • Leonard Fournette (foot) is expected to play, in a committee with Rachaad White. Both are ranked accordingly in the Friday update -- in a committee against a tough 49ers defense.

  • Trevor Lawrence (foot) is expected to play.

  • Amari Cooper (hip) is called a gametime decision by Ian Rapoport, but Adam Schefter says he's expected to play. I trust Schefter a little more; Cooper should be available.

  • The Vikings won't have left tackle Christian Darrisaw (concussion), a negative for their offense and Kirk Cousins' protection. The Lions don't have a great pass rush and aren't the most likely team to take advantage, at least, but their defense has been playing better of late.

  • The Steelers activated Chris Boswell off IR and released Matthew Wright. If you're planning to use a Steelers kicker in the game against Baltimore, it should be Boswell.

If I see anything else noteworthy in the next couple of hours, I'll post in the comments below.

--Andy Richardson

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