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Packers WR Christian Watson (hamstring) was ruled out for Monday night against the Giants while RB Aaron Jones (knee) is questionable.

Watson's hamstring issues rear their ugly head again this season after Watson missed the first three games of the season with a hamstring injury. Watson was on quite a roll with four touchdowns in the last three weeks, helping the Packers to three straight win -- including last week's upset of the Chiefs -- to get the Packers to 6-6 and inside the playoff picture with five weeks left. His absence will certainly open up more opportunities for Jayden Reed (40-513-5) and Romeo Doubs (45-505-7).

Jones was able to practice all week. Even in a limited fashion, it was a good step for Jones after missing the last two games with a knee injury. We'll see how the Packers want to work him with AJ Dillon not as effective and the Packers now very much in the playoff picture.

Geno Smith is questionable for Sunday. He has a new injury, "stumbling" over a teammate in practice Thursday.

Yes, Drew Lock is readying to start at the 49ers.

This isn't great news for Seahawks fantasy pieces, let alone Drew Lock as a fantasy option.
The last time we saw Lock with significant playing time was the final three games of the Broncos season in 2021. He would throw one touchdown and 560 yards on 82 pass attempts. He shouldn't be considered in any league type, if possible.

Eagles’ TE Dallas Goedert is not listed on Philadelphia’s injury report and is expected to play Sunday night vs. the Cowboys.

Related Players: Jack Stoll, Albert Okwuegbunam

Goedert looks to see in-game action for the first time since Week 9, and it comes against a huge divisional game against the Dallas Cowboys. His target share will always be somewhat capped with DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown on the field, but he has notched two huge games for a struggling fantasy position: 8-117-1 in Week 5 and 5-77-1 in Week 7.

Saints are listing QB Derek Carr as questionable for Sunday’s game vs Carolina due to his concussion, ribs and right shoulder.

Related Players: Jameis Winston

We've seen Carr play through injuries this year, and it hasn't been great. Back in Weeks 3-4 he had a nearly-impossible 4.18 yards per attempt on 55 passes, accumulating 11.3 combined fantasy points. Winston could make for an interesting desperation streamer, but Carr is an absolute stay-away if he starts.

Vikings All-Pro WR Justin Jefferson is officially off the injury report and set to make his return Sunday at Las Vegas.

Related Players: Jordan Addison, K.J. Osborn, T.J. Hockenson

With a clean bill of health, Jefferson should be considered a WR1 for fantasy once again. He should be started everywhere.

The Chiefs are ruling out RB Isiah Pacheco, LB Drue Tranquill, DB Bryan Cook, and OT Donovan Smith for their game against the Bills.

Related Players: Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Jerick McKinnon

This was a fantastic spot for Pacheco, which makes this hurt even more as we head into the final week of almost every fantasy league's regular season. Pacheco has been locked in as the first option in the backfield this season, so we don't have many data points to pull from while predicting the Week 14 rotation.

With that said, we should expect Clyde Edwards-Helaire to get a majority of the short-yardage and goal line work, while Jerick McKinnon —if healthy— figures to get a ton of the passing game work, which should make him very valuable in PPR leagues. It's worth mentioning that the team will be pulling rookie Deneric Prince from the practice squad again. He can be added to teams with deep benches, in case the Pacheco injury hangs around through the fantasy playoffs.

Texans tight end Dalton Schultz didn't practice again due to hamstring injury and is expected to miss Sunday's road game against Jets with Brevin Jordan set to start again after career-high for receiving yards in win over Broncos.

With Tank Dell going down early during a goal-line QB sneak last week, Brevin Jordan got even more run than he may have. He was targeted down the field on a few occasions, finishing with a 3-64-0 line on five targets. Jordan should be in streaming considerations for deep leagues.

Colts’ RB Jonathan Taylor has been ruled out for Sunday’s game at Cincinnati.

Related Players: Zack Moss, Tyler Goodson, Trey Sermon

After Zack Moss handled 100% of the team's backfield carries last week, we should bank on him getting the full-workload nod once again. Consider him a locked-in RB1 ahead of a great matchup.

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski tells reporters that Dorian Thompson-Robinson is out of the concussion protocol and he won't name a starter. Joe Flacco, obviously, would be the other option.

We should figure that Flacco gets the Week 14 start after how —relatively—well he moved the offense last week, but it looks like it's still up in the air as of Friday afternoon.

Jaguars HC Doug Pederson said Trevor Lawrence will be questionable & game-time decision for Sunday vs. Browns.

Lawrence moved around a little at practice yesterday & will today. Pederson said he’s “optimistic” for this weekend & talked Lawrence’s history of playing the week after an injury.

Related Players: C.J. Beathard

It would seem that Lawrence is trending in the right direction, but you have to have a contingency plan in place leading up to kickoff. Luckily it is a 1:00 game, so you won't have to wait through a chunk of the slate before we have our answer.