Green Bay Packers WR Romeo Doubs (concussion) vs. Miami Dolphins
Date/Time: Thursday, 8:20 PM EST
Green Bay Packers X-wide receiver Romeo Doubs has been ruled out of the Week 13 game against the Miami Dolphins resulting from a concussion that occurred in Week 12. He wasn’t in a position to practice all week, although his schedule was shortened given Thursday night football’s turnaround. Green Bay wingers Dontayvion Wicks, Bo Melton and Malik Heath provide a correspondingly lower level of flexibility, but defensive end Tucker Kraft could also profit from Doubs’ absence.
Miami can be without sophomore perimeter defender Kendall Fuller (concussion), guard Anthony Walker Jr. (hamstring) and reserve Tyus Bowser (knee/calf).
Miami strangely waived safety Marcus Maye this week after making him inactive in Weeks 10-12. According to Pro Football Focus, Maye was the first and only tight end tight end amongst Miami linebackers and linebackers, forcing incompletions at an 18.2% rate while allowing 0.16 yards per coverage snap and zero explosive passes on qualifying snaps. Walker now runs the linebacker and safety corps in brief coverage moments, leaving the team undermanned, although newly signed linebacker Tyrel Dodson has loads of potential. Kraft is TE1 with a versatile appearance.
Wicks will face Fuller’s backup, undrafted free agent rookie defenseman Storm Duck, in just a few snaps. He will be began as a positive shifty WR3/4. Melton and Heath are WR6s depending on explosive pass rushers within the re-draft who deserve WR3 consideration in single-game DFS tournaments.
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Los Angeles Chargers TE Will Dissly (groin) and RB JK Dobbins (MCL sprain) @ Atlanta Falcons
Date/Time: Sunday, 1:00 PM EST
Will Dissly appeared on Wednesday’s injury report with a groin injury. He is a mid-to-high TE1 if energetic against the Atlanta Falcons’ zone coverage scheme and even requires flexibility consideration. Los Angeles placed Tough reserve Hayden Hurst (hip) can be on injured reserve on Monday, leaving Tucker Fisk and Stone Smartt as Dissly’s reserves. If Dissly is unable to play on Sunday, rookie Kimani Vidal may very well be given a fantasy-friendly goal to act as a short-range receiving weapon.
Atlanta’s tight end coverage unit allows the Tenth-most points (EPA) in expected points added per game (0.093) and a league-high 76.8% capture rate. Smartt guarantees DFS consideration if Dissly is inactive.
Atlanta predominantly uses zone coverage fairly than man coverage. Dissly’s goal rate of 32.7%, 36 targets, and 2.96 yards per route run (YPRR) against zone coverage ranks at the very least seventh amongst NFL tight ends.
Los Angeles made Vidal inactive on game day since backup defenseman Gus Edwards returned from injured reserve in Week 10, but starter J.K. Dobbins Week 12 MCL sprain potentially puts Vidal within the role of transmitter. Vidal has averaged 1.63 YPRR per 33 snaps received this 12 months, and Atlanta’s back coverage unit is allowing the ninth-highest catch rate (74.9 percent) while rating 14th in EPA allowed per game (0.028). .
Indianapolis Colts WRs Josh Downs (shoulder) and Alec Pierce (foot), Indianapolis Colts @ New England Patriots
Date/Time: Sunday, 1:00 PM EST
(*13*)Reports differ as as to whether Indianapolis Colts goaltender Josh Downs (arm) and winger Alec Pierce (foot) suffered serious injuries in Week 12. None of the players practiced further Wednesday and Thursday, as did rotation winger Ashton Dulin (ankle). Downs and Pierce apparently he didn’t even dress for Thursday’s practice and as a substitute watched from the sidelines in street clothes. These changes increase the goal share potential for volatile No. 1 Winger Michael Pittman Jr. and rookie speedster Adonai Mitchell against the New England Patriots.
Among NFL teams in Weeks 8-12, New England’s wide receiver unit ranks nineteenth in EPA allowed per play (.082), 18th in pass rush rate allowed (15.3 percent) and twenty first in yards allowed per snap (6.81). New England achieved these mid-to-low wing coverage scores despite facing just one NFL wing corps rating within the top half of the league in EPA per game; Sixteenth-ranked Los Angeles Rams wingers (0.069).
Pittman is the WR3 at this point and needs to be aiming for double-digit targets. Mitchell is a high-flex option who should see greater than six targets. His 27.5% deep goal percentage ranks Sixteenth amongst 114 wide receivers within the NFL with at the very least 145 receiving snaps.
New York Jets RB Breece Hall (knee) vs. Seattle Seahawks
Date/Time: Sunday, 1:00 PM EST
New York Jets No. 1 Returns to Breece Hallhe sprained his knee” in Week 11 before feeling sore following the team’s Week 12 bye, in line with ESPN’s Rich Cimini. Hall didn’t take part in Wednesday’s practice but did take part in ‘agility exercises and positional exercises“on Thursday. Fantasy managers have to be patient as they wait to see how Hall’s sore knee responds. Interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich is reportedly “still hopeful” that Hall will face the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, though that ambiguity could disturbingly be read as obfuscation. Hall underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and meniscal trimming in 2022. Fantasy managers should add No. 2 running back Braelon Allen immediately if possible.
Since Seattle’s Week 10 bye, the Seahawks defense ranks eleventh in EPA average tackle depth (-0.244) and fifteenth in average tackle depth (3.79), but ranks twenty fourth in average yards before contact ( 1.5) and twenty sixth when it comes to explosives, running play allowed rate (14.7%).
Over that span, Seattle’s running back unit ranks twentieth in catch rate allowed (76.0 percent), but seventh in yards allowed per snap (5.69).
Allen has proven to be a capable, if still developing, dual-threat player. Among the 51 NFL running backs with at the very least 60 rushing attempts, the 6-foot-1, 235-pound Allen ranks twenty seventh in touch yards after rushing attempt (3.0), seventeenth in pass rush rate (16 .1%) and fifth in first down and/or touchdown conversion rate (27.4%). Among the 57 NFL running backs who’ve received at the very least 75 snaps, Allen ranks seventeenth in goal rate (19.5%) and thirty first in YPRR (1.05).
Allen is a low-end RB2 if he gets the beginning.
Washington Commanders RB Brian Robinson (ankle) and Austin Ekeler (concussion) vs. Tennessee Titans
Date/Time: Sunday, 1:00 PM EST
Washington’s No. 1 running backs and No. 2 running backs Brian Robinson and Austin Ekeler were injured in Week 12. Robinson sprained his right ankle, while Ekeler suffered a concussion. This is Ekeler’s second concussion of 2024 and the fourth reported in his profession. According to a health care provider of physical therapy (DPT) Jeff MuellerThe mechanism of Robinson’s injury suggests that he suffered an inversion (low) ankle sprain. Robinson later confirmed this, eloquent reporters didn’t suffer a sprained ankle. Robinson is on the right track to play in Week 13 after practicing on a limited basis Wednesday. Ekeler seems unlikely to play, elevating No. 3 Jeremy McNichols to a pace-changing and passing role. North-south running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. was significantly promoted from the practice squad to the energetic roster earlier this week.
McNichols played 2 of seven positional snaps at third, fourth and long and 3 of three positional snaps within the two-minute drill, and Ekeler was sidelined together with his first concussion of 2024 in Week 4. He was on the sphere for 26 years totaling 71 offensive snaps, passing the ball eight times (27.6% positional run share) while scoring only one goal.
McNichols has been running efficiently this season, leading Washington running backs in rushing yards per attempt (4.9). His 0.18 missed tackles forced per rushing attempt ranks second. McNichols will likely have access to a part-time passer role, particularly in fantasy-friendly two-minute drills, but he has been remarkably ineffective in receiving targets this season, rating last in goal rate (2.7 percent) amongst 62 NFL running backs with every at the very least 70 snap receptions.
The Tennessee Titans’ defense ranks fourth in EPA allowed per game (-0.174) and its defensive unit ranks thirteenth (0.028).
McNichols may gain advantage from Washington’s 5.5-point status favorite house but this shouldn’t be a soft fight. Fantasy managers should consider McNichols as a touchdown-dependent flex option, likely limited to 10 touches. Robinson is an RB2 if energetic.
