Who should start? Who should sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and avoid starting a player who won’t be in the lineup, we’ll post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their inactives, typically about 90 minutes before kickoff. Any rankings cited in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy […]
Continue readingSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Whether or not he wanted to make a change at quarterback, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has no choice but to turn to third-stringer C.J. Beathard for Saturday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. That’s because Beathard is the only healthy quarterback on the active roster. Desperate for a quarterback to […]
Continue readingRefresh often for the latest information. Note: The Baltimore-Pittsburgh game originally scheduled for Thursday night and then rescheduled for Sunday afternoon has been postponed once again. For now, both teams are preparing to play on Tuesday night. To see how ESPN is handling these kinds of NFL postponements for fantasy football purposes, click here. Nick […]
Continue readingINGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay didn’t mince words after a 23-20 loss to the injury-plagued San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. “Our quarterback has got to take better care of the football,” McVay said tersely after the game. Jared Goff produced three turnovers against the 49ers in what has become a growing […]
Continue readingInstead, the Niners are perhaps more short-handed than ever. First, the good news. Wide receiver Deebo Samuel will be back from his hamstring injury, as he made it through the week of practice and does not have a designation on Friday’s injury report. And cornerback Richard Sherman (calf), running back Raheem Mostert (ankle) and running […]
Continue readingWilliams had been caught off guard by the suspension and further investigation revealed a problem with the testing procedures, which led to the league overturning the suspension Wednesday afternoon. “I knew that he had some issues with the failed test, something that completely shocked him,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “Just hearing from him, it doesn’t […]
Continue readingWilliams, who is a cancer survivor and therefore in a high-risk category, told ESPN’s Dan Graziano that he tested positive last week but said he was feeling OK and expected to recover. But with Williams landing on the reserve list, it leaves some doubt as to whether he’ll be available when the Niners meet the […]
Continue readingAs the NFL rolls into Week 11 of the COVID-impacted 2020 season, it is the two first-year players who were tossed into the deepest end of the football pool who now lead the way in our second round of rookie rankings. Six ESPN writers and analysts — Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Mina Kimes, Kevin Seifert, […]
Continue readingAs the NFL Power Rankings dive into the second half of the season, we decided to be gluttons for punishment and play the “What if?” game. We asked every NFL Nation reporter one thing that the teams they cover have done in 2020 that they wish they could take back. From clumsy in-game decisions (like […]
Continue readingFour weeks into the 2020 NFL season and a scoring splurge can certainly be seen among the league’s best rookies. In our first rookie rankings of the season, nine of the top 10 play on the offensive side of the ball — and the top of April’s first-round draft board is heartily represented as well. […]
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