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Chiefs ruled out RB Isiah Pacheco for Sunday’s game at New England due to his shoulder injury.

Related Players: Jerick McKinnon, Clyde Edwards-Helaire

The RB split in Week 13 operated basically the way we expected it to, with Edwards-Helaire taking the majority of the between-the-20s looks and McKinnon finding the end zone on limited touches, which seems to be his modus operandi. With Pacheco out again, both back-ups make for worthy FLEX consideration.

WR/PR Pop Douglas has cleared concussion protocol, per Bill Belichick.

Barring a setback in Friday’s practice, the path is clear for Douglas’ return after missing the last two games.

Related Players: Tyquan Thornton, DeVante Parker

The Patriots had an offensive explosion in Week 14, scoring 21 points. Which is a funny sentence to type in 2023. Douglas could very well return to the WR1 role in New England, but that only makes him a FLEX option in deep leagues.

Isiah Pacheco is again not practicing for the Chiefs. Hasn't practiced or played since Green Bay.

Related Players: Jerick McKinnon, Clyde Edwards-Helaire

The RB split in Week 13 operated basically the way we expected it to, with Edwards-Helaire taking the majority of the between-the-20s looks and McKinnon finding the end zone on limited touches, which seems to be his modus operandi. With Pacheco likely out again, both back-ups make for worthy FLEX consideration.

Patriots injury report:

Did not participate: RB Rhamondre Stevenson (ankle)

Limited participation: DT Christian Barmore (shoulder), WR Kayshon Boutte (shoulder), OT Trent Brown (ankle/hand), WR Pop Douglas (concussion), WR DeVante Parker (knee), WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (ankle)

Related Players: Ezekiel Elliott

It Looks like it's setting up for another Zeke week, after the veteran handled 100% of the RB workload in Week 14. That kind of usage would make him a very solid RB2, regardless of how close his yards per attempt is to 3.0.

Once again, no Marquise Brown (heel) during the open portion of Cardinals practice on Wednesday.

Related Players: Trey McBride, Greg Dortch, Rondale Moore

The last time we saw Hollywood Brown was in Week 13, when he received one target on 20 routes, which he did not haul in. Trey McBride has morphed into the No. 1 receiving option on the Cardinals, and already has a nice rapport with Kyler Murray. No other receiving options should be started unless we have a full clearance soon for Brown.

The Chiefs say LB Leo Chenal and S Mike Edwards are sick. LT Donovan Smith (neck) and RB Isiah Pacheco (shoulder) are still working their way back.

All four players won't practice Wednesday ahead of the Patriots game on Sunday.

Related Players: Jerick McKinnon, Clyde Edwards-Helaire

The RB split in Week 13 operated basically the way we expected it to, with Edwards-Helaire taking the majority of the between-the-20s looks and McKinnon finding the end zone on limited touches, which seems to be his modus operandi. If Pacheco goes, he's the back to start here.

Jerome Ford had another solid, if unspectacular, game against the Jaguars, leading the Browns in carries (12) and rushing yards (51) while adding 31 receiving yards on five catches. However, he left in the fourth quarter after taking a shot to his hand/wrist area.

Related players: Kareem Hunt

The story said he went for X-rays, but there were no updates on his status after the game. If Ford can't go, Hunt would be in store for a bigger workload in a home game against the Bears in what is an early Sunday game.

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.

Isiah Pacheco will again miss practice today with shoulder injury. Cook, Tranquill, Donovan Smith also not working today

Related Players: Jerick McKinnon, Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Pacheco missing what is, on-paper, a great high-scoring affair would be very upsetting for fantasy managers. If he were to miss, Edwards-Helaire would get a huge boost from fantasy irrelevancy to FLEX option. Jerick McKinnon, if healthy, would be in the same boat, as a great pass-catching option, particularly in PPR leagues.

Patriots ruled out for Thursday night's game vs. the Steelers: RB Rhamondre Stevenson, WR Demario Douglas, WR Kayshon Boutte and OL Riley Reiff.

Related Players: Ezekiel Elliott, JaMycal Hasty, DeVante Parker, Tyquan Thornton, JuJu Smith-Schuster

Phew. An offense that needs all the help/luck they can get is dug even deeper with the absence of some key pieces. Ezekiel Elliott should get a huge percentage of the running back work, but even that is likely to keep him in the low RB2 considerations.

Starting any Patriots wide receivers should be a stay-away at this point, though Hunter Henry can be considered a de facto TE streamer with the team rolling out an extreme lack of consistent options.