The NFL is again to its frequently scheduled programming this week, however COVID-19 remains to be impacting Week 16.
Among the league’s largest stars – and thus, fantasy contributors – are out for the second spherical of the postseason and are lacking key video games within the cutthroat NFL playoff race. Atone for all of the information you’ll have missed over the vacation weekend to arrange for an additional loaded NFL Sunday.
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Who’s In and Who’s Out
Fantasy managers came upon early Sunday morning that Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce didn’t clear COVID-19 protocols, that means he’ll miss Kansas Metropolis’s recreation towards the Steelers. Tyreek Hill was capable of check out on Saturday, so he’ll be within the lineup for Andy Reid. The COVID-19 checklist claimed a number of different fantasy stars this week, and there’s loads of extra conventional hamstring and ankle flare-ups that deliver gamers’ standing into query. Convey your self updated with the Week 16 Harm Report.
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Winners Membership Reside Stream and Twitter Q&A
Bought urgent fantasy questions? We’ve obtained solutions! Be part of Michael Fabiano, Invoice Enright and Jen Piacenti on Twitter Areas at midday ET for his or her weekly live stream. They’ll reply all your fantasy questions to assist set the optimum lineups for this week.
Submit your questions by tweeting at them (@Michael_Fabiano, @Billenright, @Jenpiacenti) or drop them within the feedback. I’ll even be taking on the @SI_Fantasy account at 11:30 a.m. ET to reply begin/sit questions or you’ll be able to ship your inquiries to my Twitter account: @Kkylewood. Good luck this week!
Important Studying
Finest Bets: Our analysts are all around the Rams (-3) towards the Vikings in Minneapolis. There’s additionally some consensus on the Chargers masking towards the Texans. Our writers aren’t all in settlement, although. See the place they differ and browse to seek out everybody’s greatest wager.
Begin ‘Em, Sit ‘Em: Michael Fabiano is driving with Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert as his Begin of the Week in a fantastic matchup towards the Texans. The second-year play caller has 5 straight video games with 21-plus fantasy factors, although he’ll be with out Austin Ekeler and Mike Williams.
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Fantasy Soccer Projections: Bounce again week for Cordarrelle Patterson? Shawn Childs is projecting one for the Atlanta working again towards Detroit. See who else rounds out the highest of his participant projections at each talent place.
Weekly Participant Rankings: Fabiano helps you prioritize your lineup choices with deep rankings at each place, together with protection and kicker!
NFL DFS Performs: Childs is in the hunt for top-tier performers and worth gamers at every place to construct out the right DFS lineup and he’s taking Dak Prescott in prime time towards Washington regardless of his current struggles.
NFL Week 16 Spreads: There are 4 video games this week with double-digit spreads. Discover all the most recent NFL traces on SI Sportsbook.
