NFL Week 12 fantasy football shut down

Who should you start from? Who should you sit? To help you set up your fantasy football lineup and to avoid starting a player who won’t play, we’ll be posting fantasy-related analyzes and updates here as NFL teams announce their official downtime list, usually about 90 minutes before the game starts. Any rankings cited in this column come from ESPN Fantasy Employee Rating.

The official Sunday outage will begin approximately 90 minutes before the scheduled start time, around 11:30 a.m. ET for early games and 2:30 p.m. ET for late matches.

Refresh regularly for the latest information.

1pm game ET

Offense

Cordarelle Patterson, RB, ATL: Fish’s eyes — Doubts
Impact: He will be able to play but with Qadree Ollison feel sick, Wayne Gallman may be forced to act if he cannot.

Auden Tate, WR, CIN: Thighs – Suspect
Impact: He also didn’t play last week. There is not much imaginary impact here either.

Nico Collins, WR, HOU: Hips– Doubts
Collision: Chris Conley and Danny Amendola can see some sub-goals.

Damien Harris, RB, NE: Neck — Doubts
Impact: If he can play, his worth may depend on the injury status of the rest of the pitch later on.

Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, NE: Knee — Doubts
Impact: Even when he plays, he can still give some touches to Brandon Bolden or JJ Taylor.

Jonnu Smith, TE, NE: Shoulder — Doubts
Impact: Been working out a bit over the weekend and might be ready to start.

Hunter Henry, TE, NE: Neck — Doubts
Impact: If he finds the end zone, he has a chance to have some imaginary impact.

Saquon Barkley, RB, NYG: Fish’s eyes — Doubts
Impact: He is expected to play, but injuries will continue to plague him throughout the season.

Kadarius Toney, WR, NYG: Four – Suspect
Effects: Not exercising all week is likely to lead to Collin Johnson seen a rapid increase.

Sterling Shepard, WR, NYG: Four – OUTSIDE
Collision: Kenny Golladay and Darius Slayton will see increased playtime.

John Ross, WR, NYG: Four – Doubts
Impact: With so many wounds to this offense, any healthy body can take several targets.

Kyle Rudolph, TE, NYG: Fish’s eyes — Suspect
Collision: Evan Engram will take on the team’s TE duties.

Kaden Smith, TE, NYG: Knee — OUTSIDE
Collision: Chris Myarick may have a chance to play.

Michael Carter, RB, NYJ: Fish’s eyes — OUT / IR
Impact: Say hello to Ty Johnson/Tevin Coleman tag team.

Corey Davis, WR, NYJ: Crotch — Suspect
Effect: Late downgrade makes it possible Jamison Crowder and Keelan Cole will see more work.

Jordan Howard, RB, PHI: Knee — OUTSIDE
Impact: Opens the door to Kenneth Gainwell to work his way back very lightly into the RB mix.

Ray-Ray McCloud, WR, PIT: COVID-19 — Doubts
Impact: He has good spelling Chase Claypool. White Cody can be shot.

Eric Ebron, TE, PIT: Knee — OUT / IR
Collision: Pat Freiermuth move into casual TE1 territory for fantasy teams.

Antonio Brown, WR, TB: Fish’s eyes — OUTSIDE
Collision: Scotty Miller can be activated from IR and play.

Jeremy McNichols, RB, TEN: Concussion – OUTSIDE
Collision: Dontrell Hilliard and D’Onta Foreman to divide the work.

AJ Brown, WR, TEN: Chest — OUT / IR
Impact: This leaves Dez Fitzpatrick, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Chester Rogers as group WR options.

Geoff Swaim, TE, TEN: Concussion – Doubts
Impact: Looks optimistic for this weekend, this will send Anthony Firkser back to the fantasy bench.

Defense

Jonathan Bullard, DE, ATL: Fish’s eyes — OUTSIDE

Deion Jones, LB, ATL: Shoulder — Doubts

Jonathan Greenard, DE, HOU: Foot — Doubts

Darius Leonard, LB, IND: Fish’s eyes — Doubts

Shaquill Griffin, CB, JAX: Concussion – OUTSIDE

Brandon Jones, S, MIA: Elbow — Doubts

Dont’a Hightower, LB, NE: Fish’s eyes — Doubts

Ja’Whaun Bentley, LB, NE: Ribs — Doubts

Shaq Lawson, DE, NYJ: Wrist — Doubts

John Franklin-Myers, DE, NYJ: Hips– Doubts

Florunso Fatukasi, DT, NYJ: Foot — Doubts

CJ Mosley, LB, NYJ: Shoulder — Doubts

Joe Haden, CB, personal income: Foot — OUTSIDE

Vita Vea, DT, TB: Knee — Doubts

Devin White, LB, TB: Four – Doubts

Rashaan Evans, LB, TEN: Fish’s eyes — OUTSIDE

David Long Jr., LB, TEN: Hamstring – OUTSIDE

Joe Jones, LB, TEN: COVID-19 — Doubts

Elijah Molden, CB, TEN: Crotch — Doubts

4 p.m. ET . game

Offense

Aaron Jones, RB, GB: Knee — Doubts
Impact: This may end up being a call in game time. It would be great if there was AJ Dillon as a backup option.

Allen Lazard, WR, GB: Shoulder — Doubts
Collision: Davante Adams is healthy. Marquez Valdes-Scantling will see more looks.

Elijah Mitchell, RB, SF: Finger — Doubts
Collision: Jeff Wilson Jr. will start if Mitchell is uncomfortable with the ball.

JaMycal Hasty, RB, SF: Fish’s eyes — OUTSIDE
Impact: His injury hurt the already thin 49ers defence.

Defense

Shelby Harris, DE, DEN: Fish’s eyes — Doubts

Kareem Jackson, S, DEN: Neck — Suspect

Kevin King, CB, GB: Hips– Suspect

Asante Samuel Jr., CB, LAC: Concussion – OUTSIDE

Dalvin Tomlinson, DT, MIN: COVID-19 — Doubts

Sunday night game

Kareem Hunt, RB, CLE: Calf — Doubts
Impact: The team has said he will be active for the first time since Week 6.

Anthony Schwartz, WR, CLE: Concussion – OUTSIDE
Collision: Rashard Higgins will try and fill the void.

Donovan Pe People’s-Jones, WR, CLE: Crotch — Doubts
Collision: Jarvis Landry is also broken, so the Browns will likely be very heavy.

Marquise Brown, WR, BAL: Thighs – Doubts
Impact: Limited practically all week, but I hope to be out there catching passes from Lamar Jackson.

Calais Campbell, DE, BAL: Concussion – Doubts

Anthony Averett, CB, BAL: Thighs – Doubts