In both fantasy football and on the NFL gridiron, Sunday’s slate of games could have major impacts on the playoffs. Several major stars still are not a definite lock to play, though.
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski likely will be a game-time decision, while Cleveland Browns tight end Gary Barnidge is expected to play.
LeSean McCoy is expected be the running back for the Buffalo Bills despite dealing with concussion issues, and Eddie Lacy is taking back the No. 1 job for the Green Bay Packers.
Quarterback Philip Rivers is expected to play for the San Diego Chargers despite battling the flu, while Jimmy Clausen probably will start for the Baltimore Ravens with Matt Schaub suffering from a chest injury.
Most big-name wide receivers also are expected to play, including the likes of Julio Jones, Calvin Johnson, Emmanuel Sanders, Brandon Marshall, Brandin Cooks and Eric Decker.
Nothing is official until NFL teams list their inactives, though, so be sure to check back in to NESN.com after 11:30 a.m. ET to find each team’s seven players sitting out.
Here’s the Week 14 NFL schedule:
New England Patriots at Houston Texans, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
#Patriots inactives. #NEvsHOU pic.twitter.com/oplRcJw2oM
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 14, 2015
.@HoustonTexans inactives v @Patriots on @SNFonNBC: 5- B.Weeden 21- D.Morris 26- R.Moore 57- J.Tuggle 78- O.Aboushi 88- G.Graham 97- J.Pagan
— Houston Texans PR (@TexansPR) December 14, 2015
Buffalo Bills at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. (CBS)
#Bills inactives today. pic.twitter.com/QqEcyo7tWL
— Vic Carucci (@viccarucci) December 13, 2015
#Eagles inactives for #BUFvsPHI: QB Lewis, WR Krause, CB Rice, LB Means, OL B.Jones, OL Hawkinson, DE Bair
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) December 13, 2015
San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. (FOX)
#49ers inactives: WR White, CB Davis, LB Wilhoite, LB Lynch, G Thomas, OL Silberman and TE McDonald.
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) December 13, 2015
Browns Inactives: Hawkins, Gabriel, Gilbert, Haden, Desir, Ikard, Bowe. Read>> https://t.co/1ZBI9ssAL4 #SFvsCLE pic.twitter.com/SeJW0PLD6C
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) December 13, 2015
Detroit Lions at St. Louis Rams, 1 p.m. (FOX)
No WR Lance Moore (ankle) again this week. Inactives for #Lions: Moore, Waddle, Robinson, Cudjo, G. Wright, Bentley, T. Wright
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) December 13, 2015
Rams inactives: QB Mannion, DE Quinn, G/T Donnal, K Hocker, CB Jenkins, G/C Folkerts, DE Longacre.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) December 13, 2015
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. (FOX)
#Bucs IAs vs. NO:
#4 QB R. Griffin
#52 LB J. George
#56 DE J. Smith
#69 T D. Dotson
#82 TE B. Myers
#91 DE J. Shirley
#94 DE G. Johnson— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) December 13, 2015
#Saints inactives: https://t.co/ghDrcNwsit by @OchsnerHealth #NOvsTB pic.twitter.com/WYSg30Nx06
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) December 13, 2015
Tennessee Titans at New York Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)
.@Revis24 is officially ⬆️ #TENvsNYJ pic.twitter.com/0xDTUyfPgz
— New York Jets (@nyjets) December 13, 2015
#Titans inactives: WR Wright, RB Sankey, CB Wreh-Wilson, T/G Meredith, OLB Morgan, DE Pitoitua, DL Martin #TENvsNYJ pic.twitter.com/b6z1i0SyN3
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) December 13, 2015
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m. (CBS)
INACTIVES: https://t.co/GmHV1YWk7q pic.twitter.com/ujYoWwG9sK
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) December 13, 2015
#Bengals Inactives 12/13:
-WR Alford
-CB A. Jones
-LB Dawson
-OT Fisher
-DT Hardison
-DE Clarke
-DT Thompson— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) December 13, 2015
Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Colts Inactives:
12 Luck
27 Guy
28 Toler
50 Freeman
56 Adongo
74 Castonzo
93 Walden— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) December 13, 2015
Inactives for #INDvsJAX.
Game coverage: https://t.co/Id6hZvglxW pic.twitter.com/mi4j30qva3
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) December 13, 2015
San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Our #SDvsKC Inactives:
G/T D. Fluker
QB B. Sorensen
WR S. Johnson
WR D. Inman
ILB K. Conner
CB G. Ducre
NT S. Lissemore— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) December 13, 2015
WR – D Thomas
DB – H. Abdullah
LB – J. Houston
DL – M. DeVito
QB – A. Murray
DL – R. Nunez-Roches
OL – J. Allen— Chiefs Reporter (@ChiefsReporter) December 13, 2015
Washington Redskins at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m. (FOX)
#WASvsCHI game inactives. pic.twitter.com/HHhlAXeuJt
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) December 13, 2015
Today's #Bears inactives:
Nick Becton
Bryce Callahan
Ziggy Hood
Pernell McPhee
Cameron Meredith
Antrel Rolle
Antone Smith#WASvsCHI— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) December 13, 2015
Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Today's Falcons inactives: CB King, S Godfrey, RB Ward, C Gradkowski, T Harris, DE Goodman, DT Soliai #ATLvsCAR
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) December 13, 2015
#Panthers inactives for #ATLvsCAR: WR Bersin, CB Tillman, DE Delaire, RB Artis-Payne, DB Marlowe, WR Norwood, RB Wegher.
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) December 13, 2015
Seattle Seahawks at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m. (FOX)
#Seahawks inactives: BJ Daniels, Tye Smith, Steven Terrell, Marshawn Lynch, Kristjan Sokoli, Demarcus Dobbs, Jordan Hill.
— John Boyle (@johnpboyle) December 13, 2015
INACTIVES: QB Matt Schaub, WR Marlon Brown, CB Tray Walker, TE Crockett Gillmore, TE Richard Gordon, DT Carl Davis, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore.
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 13, 2015
Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
The #Broncos' gameday inactives https://t.co/rLjJOxfiKC pic.twitter.com/nBHtHSNx4o
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) December 13, 2015
The @RAIDERS who won’t play today 👇 pic.twitter.com/1SO7YV0Asp
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) December 13, 2015
Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
JC Tretter will start at center for #Packers. #DALvsGB inactives: https://t.co/CurzV47z3U pic.twitter.com/U1sNJzn3l4
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) December 13, 2015
Cowboys' inactives are Tony Romo, Brice Butler, Deji Olatoye, Mark Nzeocha, Ron Leary, Chaz Green and Geoff Swaim.
— David Helman (@davidhelman_) December 13, 2015
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