Jene Bramel
Footballguy
A few GTD I'll be watching for this morning, but I'm not expecting any major surprises. Best of luck to those with meaningful fantasy games today.
Patrick Willis is out. Takeo Spikes will start, but stay at SILB. Navorro Bowman will take Willis’ spot at WILB. It’s not clear what will happen in the nickel (esp v Arizona), but Bowman is worth considering as a LB3+.
Joey Porter is unlikely to play today. O’Brien Schofield will again see an increase in snaps. He played about half the snaps last week.
Antonio Cromartie and Darrelle Revis are both questionable and the Jets could rest both for the playoffs.
Chris Gamble is out. Nic Harris was able to practice fully Friday and should play today.
Jonathan Babineaux looks unlikely to play after not practicing Friday. Kroy Biermann and Curtis Lofton are also questionable, but were able to get through limited practices by the end of the week.
Atari Bigby is out; Charlie Peprah will again see every-down duty at safety.
Johnathan Joseph is questionable, didn’t practice all week and likely out. Carlos Dunlap practiced Thursday and Friday and is listed probable after being limited earlier in the week.
Justin Durant is out. Kirk Morrison should play nearly every down. Courtney Greene is back on the injury report as questionable, but was able to play last week.
Bernard Pollard is questionable with a shoulder injury and practiced limited all week. It doesn’t look like Kubiak addressed that situation in his press conference Friday. Call Pollard a GTD with a good chance to play.
Karlos Dansby is out. Tim Dobbins will again replace him. The ILB situation is tough to project this week. Channing Crowder played every down last week and Dobbins sat in the subpackages, but Dobbins was more productive. The New England matchup makes starting a base defensive only LB risky, but Akin Ayodele did very well with the Pats ahead last week. Consider Dobbins a boom-bust play with a extremely wide range of projections.
Patrick Chung played every down last week, but James Sanders has fully recovered from the flu and could see more snaps today.
Reed Doughty practiced fully all week and looks ready to return. Brian Orakpo was limited all week but said he was “pretty sure” he could play.
Richard Seymour is again questionable with a hamstring injury. He didn’t play after not practicing last week and is a GTD again today.
Troy Polamalu practiced fully Friday, but is still a GTD. Ryan Clark said he expected him to play but it likely depends on how Polamalu looks during pregame warmups.
Brandon Siler is back as a full time player with Stephen Cooper out.
All three potential Denver strong safeties are questionable again this week. Last week, it was Brian Dawkins who played every down and put up nice numbers. That should be a safe assumption for this week, too.
Jason Babin didn’t practice until Friday, but is probable with his shoulder injury.
Clint Session practiced fully Wednesday and Thursday, then was limited Friday. It still looks like he could play today, but he’s hard to trust as the Colts could hold him out of some packages and ease him back slowly. His return shouldn’t affect Pat Angerer too much, who was sitting in the nickel packages over the past month anyway. Kelvin Hayden is out again.
Patrick Willis is out. Takeo Spikes will start, but stay at SILB. Navorro Bowman will take Willis’ spot at WILB. It’s not clear what will happen in the nickel (esp v Arizona), but Bowman is worth considering as a LB3+.
Joey Porter is unlikely to play today. O’Brien Schofield will again see an increase in snaps. He played about half the snaps last week.
Antonio Cromartie and Darrelle Revis are both questionable and the Jets could rest both for the playoffs.
Chris Gamble is out. Nic Harris was able to practice fully Friday and should play today.
Jonathan Babineaux looks unlikely to play after not practicing Friday. Kroy Biermann and Curtis Lofton are also questionable, but were able to get through limited practices by the end of the week.
Atari Bigby is out; Charlie Peprah will again see every-down duty at safety.
Johnathan Joseph is questionable, didn’t practice all week and likely out. Carlos Dunlap practiced Thursday and Friday and is listed probable after being limited earlier in the week.
Justin Durant is out. Kirk Morrison should play nearly every down. Courtney Greene is back on the injury report as questionable, but was able to play last week.
Bernard Pollard is questionable with a shoulder injury and practiced limited all week. It doesn’t look like Kubiak addressed that situation in his press conference Friday. Call Pollard a GTD with a good chance to play.
Karlos Dansby is out. Tim Dobbins will again replace him. The ILB situation is tough to project this week. Channing Crowder played every down last week and Dobbins sat in the subpackages, but Dobbins was more productive. The New England matchup makes starting a base defensive only LB risky, but Akin Ayodele did very well with the Pats ahead last week. Consider Dobbins a boom-bust play with a extremely wide range of projections.
Patrick Chung played every down last week, but James Sanders has fully recovered from the flu and could see more snaps today.
Reed Doughty practiced fully all week and looks ready to return. Brian Orakpo was limited all week but said he was “pretty sure” he could play.
Richard Seymour is again questionable with a hamstring injury. He didn’t play after not practicing last week and is a GTD again today.
Troy Polamalu practiced fully Friday, but is still a GTD. Ryan Clark said he expected him to play but it likely depends on how Polamalu looks during pregame warmups.
Brandon Siler is back as a full time player with Stephen Cooper out.
All three potential Denver strong safeties are questionable again this week. Last week, it was Brian Dawkins who played every down and put up nice numbers. That should be a safe assumption for this week, too.
Jason Babin didn’t practice until Friday, but is probable with his shoulder injury.
Clint Session practiced fully Wednesday and Thursday, then was limited Friday. It still looks like he could play today, but he’s hard to trust as the Colts could hold him out of some packages and ease him back slowly. His return shouldn’t affect Pat Angerer too much, who was sitting in the nickel packages over the past month anyway. Kelvin Hayden is out again.
