Fantasy Football News

Ravens TE Mark Andrews tested positive for COVID.

He will obviously miss Tuesday’s game against the Steelers. As Schefter notes, Andrews is now at least the 11th Ravens player to go on the reserve/COVID list. Newly-signed practice squad member Luke Willson may get thrust into action. The Ravens didn’t have anyone else listed at TE on their depth chart. That is, of course, if Willson gets over his illness and gets elevated to the active roster in time for Tuesday’s game.

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts has been starting to get first-team reps at practice, ahead of Carson Wentz.

No word yet on if the Eagles will actually make the change yet, despite many fans and media calling for the benching of Wentz. It will be quite interesting over the next day or so, leading up to the Monday night tilt with the Seahawks. Pederson has taken a liking to Hurts in some packages this season and in some two-point plays. The Eagles need some kind of speak soon or heads could be rolling.

The Chargers activated RB Austin Ekeler from injured reserve Saturday.

This was the expectation all week that he would be back in the lineup against the Bills. This will be Ekeler’s first action since suffering the hamstring injury back in Week 4. Good timing as Karen Ballage is dealing ankle and calf injuries of his own. Ekeler had a good week of practice after the team designated him for return on Tuesday.

The Broncos pulled all three quarterbacks (Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles) from practice Saturday and “sent home out of contact tracing concerns with Jeff Driskel”.

Klis says it is unclear if this is precautionary or what the status of the quarterbacks is for Sunday against the Saints. Driskel tested positive for COVID on Thursday. However, the other quarterbacks have all been testing negative and Klis notes there is hope all three (not counting Driskel) will be cleared for Sunday.

Seahawks RB Chris Carson is off the team’s injury report and is set to return to the lineup Monday against the Eagles.

The Seahawks took it a bit easy with Carson in practice, but he looks ready to go Monday night against a free-falling and desperate Eagles team that badly needs a win. With Carlos Hyde returning last week, there’s not much room at the table now for Travis Homer and DeeJay Dallas.

The Bills placed WR John Brown on injured reserve with a high ankle sprain.

Brown will miss at least the next three games, but the Bills are hoping that is all he’ll miss. That would put him on track to return in Week 15. Former Packers WR Jake Kumerow was elevated from the practice squad for Sunday’s game against the Chargers.

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa has been downgraded to doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Jets with a thumb injury.

The Dolphins looks like they’re going to ease their fifth overall pick back into action, so it will be Ryan Fitzpatrick back in the starting lineup. Fitzpatrick threw three touchdowns and two interceptions back in Week 6 against the Jets before Miami made the switch to Tua, who was benched during Week 11 against the Broncos.

Steelers RB James Conner, along with a Steelers coach, tested positive for COVID.

The NFL already moved the Steelers-Ravens tilt to Tuesday due to Baltimore’s COVID outbreak. There doesn’t seem to be an outbreak yet in Pittsburgh, but it certainly is unfortunate that Conner came down with the disease. Benny Snell would be in line to take over most of the snaps with Conner out. Snell rushed for over 100 yards in place of Conner in Week 1 against the Giants. We’ll keep a close eye out on this one.

Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey (shoulder) is not traveling with the team to Minnesota for Week 12 against the Vikings.

It was unlikely he was going to play anyway. It always seemed like the team’s plan was to save their star until after the team’s bye week in Week 13. He should be back for the team’s final four games against the Broncos, Packers, Washington Football Team and Saints.

The Indianapolis Colts placed RB Jonathan Taylor on their COVID list Saturday, meaning he will not play Sunday against the Titans.

Taylor’s absence means more work for Nyheim Hines and Jordan Wilkins. Hines is more of the passing-down back already in Indianapolis and has jumped up to No. 14 in our half-PPR rankings. Wilkins still has value as an early-down back and is now inside our top 30 backs, making him a worthy flex option in a huge AFC South battle with the Titans for first place.