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NFL Week 6 fantasy football inactives watch: Who's in and who's out?

To help you set your fantasy football lineups and to 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 staff ranks.

Refresh often for the latest information.


Sunday night game

Los Angeles Rams

Micah Kiser, LB, LAR: Groin -- Active

San Francisco 49ers

Kwon Alexander, LB, SF: Ankle -- OUT

Emmanuel Moseley, CB, SF: Concussion -- Active

Dante Pettis, WR, SF: OUT

C.J. Beathard, QB, SF: OUT


Official Sunday inactives should begin coming in at approximately 11:30 a.m. ET for the early games and 2:30 p.m. ET for the late games.

4 p.m. ET games

Offense

Sam Darnold, QB, NYJ: Shoulder -- Inactive
Impact: Joe Flacco will start again for the Jets. He should not start for you.

Breshad Perriman, WR, NYJ: Ankle -- Active
Impact: Even with bye weeks in full swing, look elsewhere for fantasy WR options.

Leonard Fournette, RB, TB: Ankle -- Inactive
Impact: It's all Ronald Jones II in the Buccaneers' backfield. Additionally, wide receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans are healthy and will start.

Defense

Za'Darius Smith, LB, GB: Ankle -- Active

Rashan Gary, LB, GB: Ankle -- Active

Kevin King, CB, GB: Quad -- Inactive

Shaq Lawson, DE, MIA: Shoulder -- Active

Kyle Van Noy, LB, MIA: Groin -- Inactive

Quinnen Williams, DE, NYJ: Hamstring -- Active

Bless Austin, CB, NYJ: Calf -- Active

Carlton Davis, CB, TB: Abdomen -- Active


1 p.m. ET games

Offense

Chris Moore, WR, BAL: Thigh -- Inactive
Impact: Boykin, who is active, could have a solid day as Baltimore's No. 3 WR ...

Miles Boykin, WR, BAL: Thigh -- Active
Impact: ... with Devin Duvernay and James Proche II as roll-the-dice options.

Curtis Samuel, WR, CAR: Knee -- Inactive
Impact: Seth Roberts could have a nice day as his replacement.

Auden Tate, WR, CIN: Shoulder -- Inactive
Impact: A.J. Green will be able to play. The rise of Tee Higgins has made Tate somewhat fantasy-irrelevant.

Baker Mayfield, QB, CLE: Chest -- Active
Impact: Practiced Friday, so no surprise to see him starting. Case Keenum remains the literal just-in-case option.

Odell Beckham Jr., WR, CLE: Illness -- Active
Impact: Was expected to play after recovering from what team is calling a non-COVID-19 illness earlier in the week.

Jarvis Landry, WR, CLE: Ribs -- Active
Impact: Rashard Higgins is on deck if he can't play a full 60 minutes.

Drew Lock, QB, DEN: Shoulder -- Active
Impact: Blake Bortles was released, which was a sign of confidence that Lock would indeed play.

Melvin Gordon III, RB, DEN: Illness -- OUT
Impact: Didn't travel to New England. Phillip Lindsay to handle No. 1 RB workload.

KJ Hamler, WR, DEN: Hamstring -- OUT
Impact: DaeSean Hamilton should be involved in 3-WR sets.

Noah Fant, TE, DEN: Ankle -- OUT
Impact: Nick Vannett/Jake Butt to share the TE workload in Denver.

Jordan Wilkins, RB, IND: Calf -- Active
Impact: Very little practice this week. Nyheim Hines could get a few extra touches.

Mo Alie-Cox, TE, IND: Knee -- OUT
Impact: Trey Burton has potential for a good number of TE targets.

DJ Chark Jr., WR, JAX: Ankle -- Active
Impact: This was a game-time call, so proceed with caution. Laviska Shenault Jr. has played very well in recent weeks.

Tyler Eifert, TE, JAX: Neck -- Active
Impact: Missed two days of practice, so James O'Shaughnessy may still see a lot of snaps.

Dalvin Cook, RB, MIN: Groin -- OUT
Impact: If you had Alexander Mattison as an insurance policy, now's the time to cash in.

Julian Edelman, WR, NE: Knee -- Active
Impact: No surprise to see him ready to go. Cam Newton may return to the huddle this week to throw passes Edelman's way.

Sony Michel, RB, NE: Illness/COVID -- OUT
Impact: Michel (already on IR) has now been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Rex Burkhead/James White/Damien Harris to split the RB load.

Darius Slayton, WR, NYG: Foot -- Active
Impact: Quite frankly, there's nothing behind him on the Giants' WR depth chart.

DeSean Jackson, WR, PHI: Hamstring -- OUT
Impact: Travis Fulgham has the opportunity to attempt an encore of last week's strong showing.

Alshon Jeffery, WR, PHI: Foot -- OUT
Impact: John Hightower/Greg Ward should both see some looks.

Diontae Johnson, WR, PIT: Back -- OUT
Impact: Week 5 fantasy darling Chase Claypool will get a chance to prove that it wasn't a fluke.

Defense

Takkarist McKinley, DE, ATL: Groin -- OUT

Derek Wolfe, DE, BAL: Neck -- Inactive

Brandon Williams, DT, BAL: Illness/COVID -- OUT

Marcus Peters, CB, BAL: Thigh -- Active

Zach Kerr, DT, CAR: Toe -- Active

Donte Jackson, CB, CAR: Toe -- Active

Mackensie Alexander, CB, CIN: Ribs -- Active

Olivier Vernon, DE, CLE: Groin -- Active

Larry Ogunjobi, DT, CLE: Abdomen -- Active

Karl Joseph, S, CLE: Hamstring -- OUT

Jeremiah Attaochu, DE, DEN: Quad -- OUT

Mike Purcell, DT, DEN: Knee -- Active

Justin Houston, DE, IND: Hip -- Active

Denico Autry, DT, IND: Ankle -- Active

Darius Leonard, LB, IND: Groin -- Inactive

Abry Jones, DT, JAX: Ankle -- Inactive

Josh Allen, DE, JAX: Knee -- Inactive

Adam Butler, DT, NE: Shoulder -- Active

Dexter Lawrence, DT, NYG: Knee -- Active

Lorenzo Carter, LB, NYG: Achilles -- OUT

Duke Riley, LB, PHI: Ribs -- OUT

Avonte Maddox, CB, PHI: Ankle -- OUT

Marcus Epps, S, PHI: Ribs -- OUT

Darius Slay, CB, PHI: Concussion -- Active

DaQuan Jones, DT, TEN: Foot -- Active