Fantasy football Week 7 inactives – Who’s in and who’s out?

Who should you start with? Who should you sit? To help you figure out your fantasy football lineups and avoid starting an offensive player who won’t make the roster, we’ll post Fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their official inactive lists. All rankings cited in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy team rankings.

Official Sunday inactives should begin arriving approximately 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff time: around 11:30 a.m. ET for early games and 2:30 p.m. ET for late afternoon games.

Update often for the latest information.

Games at 4 p.m. ET

Zach Pascal, WR, ARI — Inactive
Impact: Michael Wilson has all but surpassed him in the WR pecking order, making Pascal’s status relatively questionable.

Kyler Murray, QB, ARI — OUT
Impact: His practice window to return from IR has begun and a Week 8 start is possible. For now, Joshua Dobbs remains at center.

Greg Dulcich, TE, DEN — OUTPUT/IR
Impact: Dulcich was injured again last week and is boomeranging back to IR. Adam Trautman will start but is not a fantasy factor.

Aaron Jones, RB, GB — Active
Impact: Despite his hamstring problems, which persist, Jones will give it a try. AJ Dillon could still be called upon to spell Jones.

Justin Watson, WR, KC — OUT
Impact: He won’t be placed on IR, but he’s still expected to stay until at least Week 10. Kadarius Toney and Rashee Rice will benefit in the short term, but Mecole Hardman Jr. was just acquired by the Chiefs and might have something to say about it.

Jalen Guyton, WR, BAC — OUT
Impact: Although his three-week window to return from IR has begun, he is not yet ready to play. Next week might be a different story.

Kyren Williams, RB, LAR — OUTPUT/IR
Impact: Darrell Henderson Jr. was promoted from the practice squad to further confuse a replacement committee that already included rookie Zach Evans, Royce Freeman and Myles Gaskin (who is inactive today). Adam Schefter reports that Freeman and Henderson will do the heavy lifting today.

Diontae Johnson, WR, PIT — Enabled from IR
Impact: His return comes at a good time for the Steelers, who placed TE Pat Freiermuth on IR due to a nagging hamstring injury.

DK Metcalf, WR, WED — Inactive
Impact: I hope you followed our advice and launched someone in the early games. Otherwise, see if Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Jake Bobo are free on the waiver wire?

Zach Charbonnet, RB, WED — Inactive
Impact: Kenneth Walker III could see even more carries than usual. DeeJay Dallas is expected to step into the backup RB role this week.

Sunday evening match

Jeff Wilson Jr., RB, MIA — Enabled from IR
Impact: Eventually, he will share the backfield with Raheem Mostert, but it is unclear how soon he will surpass Salvon Ahmed for this privilege.

Julio Jones, WR, PHI — High from the practice squad
Impact: He just signed with the team, so expecting more than a limited number of snaps this week may be too optimistic.

Games at 1 p.m. ET

Damien Harris, RB, BUF — OUTPUT/IR
Impact: James Cook and Latavius ​​Murray will share carries in the Buffalo backfield.

Quintin Morris, TE, BUF — OUT
Impact: Dalton Kincaid returns from his concussion and will share targets with Dawson Knox.

Roschon Johnson, RB, CHI — OUT
Impact: He’s still dealing with post-concussion issues, so some form of time split between D’Onta Foreman, Travis Homer and Darrynton Evans will likely be in effect.

Justin Fields, QB, CHI — OUT
Impact: Freshman Tyson Bagent of Division II Shepherd will get the call in his place.

Deshaun Watson, QB, CLE — Active
Impact: He hasn’t played since week three, but he’s apparently willing to give it a try.

Kareem Hunt, RB, CLE — Active
Impact: Deon Jackson was promoted to the active roster as insurance, but apparently he may not be needed. We should still see a good dose of Jerome Ford.

Marvin Jones Jr., WR, DET — OUT
Impact: Jones did not travel with the team for personal reasons. Expect a slight increase in targets for Jameson Williams.

David Montgomery, RB, DET — OUT
Impact: Jahmyr Gibbs should handle the majority of the touches in the backfield, especially with Craig Reynolds (active) dealing with a rib injury.

Alec Pierce, WR, IND — Active
Impact: Michael Pittman Jr. and Josh Downs are still the best fantasy options here.

Kylen Granson, TE, IND — OUT
Impact: Mo Alie-Cox and Drew Ogletree are likely to move in and out of the lineup.

Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, LV — OUT
Impact: Brian Hoyer will start in his place and throw to Davante Adams, who was removed from injury on Friday.

Kayshon Boutte, WR, NE — Inactive
Impact: Demario Douglas and JuJu Smith-Schuster were also listed as questionable, but only Douglas is active for this one.

Hunter Henry, TE, NE — Active
Impact: Even so, he’s probably not worth starting this week – and the same goes for fellow TE Mike Gesicki.

Daniel Jones, QB, NYG — Inactive
Impact: Tyrod Taylor gets another start for the Giants, who have shown very little on offense all season long.