Week 12 Injury Wrap: New running backs for Chiefs, Falcons
Fantasy football leagues have 2-3 more weeks of the regular season to go, so the games are critical. Let’s take a look around the injury report.
• Charcandrick West (hamstring) missed the full practice week, and although the Chiefs are listing him as questionable, it would be a shock if he played against Buffalo. Spencer Ware looks like a reasonable Week 12 play.
• Travis Kelce tweaked his ankle in Friday’s practice, and he’s also dealing with a sore groin. The Chiefs list him as questionable. Kelce was able to practice the two previous days.
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• The Falcons beat the traffic with their injury disclosures, telling us early on that Devonta Freeman (concussion), Leonard Hankerson (hamstring) and Matt Bryant (quad) will not play against Minnesota. Tevin Coleman steps into the backfield void. With Hankerson out, TE Jacob Tamme could be relevant again.
• The Patriots are listing Danny Amendola (knee) as questionable; he had a limited practice Friday. It’s a Sunday night game against Denver, making things more complicated. Forget about Aaron Dobson — he was put on injured reserve this week.
• The Dolphins held Jarvis Landry (knee) out of the Wednesday and Friday practices. He had a limited session Thursday. Looks like a game-time decision is in order, though context clues point to Landry being on the field. If Landry is able to go, he won't have to worry about Darrelle Revis — the Jets have already scratched their shutdown corner.
• Michael Floyd (hamstring) is listed as questionable and has limited workouts all week. We might not know his status until game time. The other two primary wideouts for Arizona, Larry Fitzgerald (ankle) and John Brown (hamstring), are both listed as probable.
• One good piece of news for Philip Rivers — his receiving group is getting healthier. Antonio Gates (knee), Ladarius Green (ankle) and Malcom Floyd (shoulder) are all listed as probable. But the offensive line is down several starters; King Dunlap and D.J. Fluker won’t play at Jacksonville. I wouldn’t start RB Melvin Gordon on a bet.
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• Frank Gore (knee) missed the Wednesday practice, but was able to go Thursday and Friday. He’s listed as probable.
• Emmanuel Sanders (ankle) still looks like a risky play to me, but the Broncos expect to have him against New England. He’s listed as probable and had a full session Friday.
• Case Keenum has yet to be cleared through the concussion protocol, so Nick Foles will be pressed into a start at Cincinnati.
• The Bucs downgraded Austin Seferian-Jenkins (shoulder) to doubtful, so we won’t see him at Indianapolis.
