Winter is coming. It’s semifinals week and the night is dark and full of terror. It’s time for you to grab you dragon glass dagger and slay your white walking dead opponent on you way to claiming the throne of Fantasy Football Champion. In this post I’ll go over questionable players to watch closely Sunday morning as well as some sneaky starts this week, who just might be available in your free agent pool depending on how many players are rostered in your league. Plus find my freshly updated week 15 rankings below!
Injury Report – Will try to update these periodically as more info comes out
Ezekiel Elliott (calf) – Questionable, expected to play. OUT
Salvon Ahmed (shoulder) – Questionable, trending toward playing. IN
Chase Edmonds (ankle) – Questionable, no practice Wednesday or Thursday, limited Friday
Evan Engram (calf) – Questionable, added to injury report Friday
DeVante Parker (hamstring) – Questionable, on track to play but tough match up. OUT
Jamison Crowder (calf) – Questionable, limited in Friday’s practice
Mike Gesicki (shoulder) – Questionable, has been active in practice this week. OUT
James Conner (quad) – Questionable, limited in practice this week but sounds like he’ll play Monday night
Sneaky Starts (Yahoo ownership %)
QB
Philip Rivers (44%) – Nine TDs in last four games, now facing terrible Texans defense
Gardner Minshew (12%) – More of a superflex play, never bet against The Stache
RB
Tony Pollard (30%) – Zeke is out, Pollard is must start
Leonard Fournette (76%) – Ronald Jones is out
Sony Michel (16%) – Damien Harris is out
James White (54%) – Damien Harris is out
Salvon Ahmed (29%) – If he plays; Myles Gaskin is out
WR
Lynn Bowden (26% )- Rookie coming off coming off a breakout with 9 targets last week, also eligible at RB if needed. Update: Both Parker and Grant are out, fire up Bowden.
Mack Hollins (0%) – Parker and Grant are out for Dolphins.
D.J. Chark (84%) – The Stache is back baby!
Emmanuel Sanders (50%) – Michael Thomas is out and Brees is back
Tre’Quan Smith (10%) – Michael Thomas is out and Brees is back
TE
Jared Cook (70%) – Michael Thomas is out and Brees is back
Cole Kmet (11%) – The rookie has seen 14 targets over the past two weeks with Trubisky under center
Adam Shaheen (0%) – With Gesicki out, Shaheen becomes a viable deep league option
Please feel free to ask any questions you might be pondering down in the comments section.
Anyway, here’s my updated week 14 rankings which I’ll continue to update all the way until 1PM ET Sunday:
