Steelers could rest stars in Week 17

Dec 27, 2016

While steadfastly maintaining that the regular-season finale would be approached as “business as usual,” coach Mike Tomlin strongly indicated that several of the Steelers' star players will not be in uniform for Sunday's meaningless game against the Cleveland Browns.

Tomlin said that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, running back Le'Veon Bell, receiver Antonio Brown and center Maurkice Pouncey “will get that consideration” as players who will be “preserved as we look into the playoff round.”

Fantasy Impact:

At 10-5, the Steelers clinched the AFC North title with their win against Baltimore on Sunday and are locked into the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs that begin Jan. 7-8. The Steelers will host either Kansas City or Miami one of those days in the wild-card round.

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Lions WR Jameson Williams says he's 'ready to go'

Pro Football Talk

2 hours ago

Jameson Williams worked out twice a day with a personal trainer in Detroit, and he said he caught passes on the JUGS machine at his house.

“I did a lot of catching,” Williams said Tuesday, via video from Ben Raven of MLive. “I was doing like a hundred a day. It was every day. You can do the math on that. It was a lot of catches.”

Williams said his hamstring is healed up, and he’s “ready to go.”

Fantasy Impact:

Williams is expected to have a role this week, but the Lions likely have him on a pitch count as he works his way back into football shape, the story said. Outside of very deep leagues, it's probably best to wait-and-see on Williams this week, but is certainly worth a pickup and stash if he's still on your waiver wire.

Dolphins Beat: 'No rush' to bring back RB Jeff Wilson

Sun Sentinel

3 hours ago

Q: Jeff Wilson Jr. coming back for that RB1?

A: Interesting question. Guys that opened the season on injured reserve are eligible to come off now that they’ve been there four weeks. We’ll find out soon whether running back Wilson is close to being activated.

There’s no rush. Among Raheem Mostert, Devon Achane, Salvon Ahmed, Chris Brooks and fullback Alec Ingold, the Dolphins are OK for now.

Fantasy Impact:

The story added while there may not be a need for Wilson at the moment, the way RBs can get injured it will be nice to know if Wilson will at least be an option soon. The author added the bigger question is, "deciding how many touches Achane should get, and right now it appears he should get more than anyone else."

Steelers QB Kenny Pickett (bone bruise) scheduled to practice Wednesday

Joe Rutter on X

4 hours ago

Tomlin on Kenny Pickett. He has a bone bruise and is scheduled to participate tomorrow and the Steelers will evaluate him from there.

Related players: Mitch Trubisky

Fantasy Impact:

The post went on to quote Tomlin as saying, "The more comfortable and functional is, the more work he'll get." It seems like Pickett has a chance to suit up in Week 5, however there is still a long way to go and it seems far from a sure thing. The Steelers have a bye in Week 6 but sit at 2-2 heading into a game with a division rival in Week 5.

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