With Thomas Rawls out, Seahawks sorting out RBs

Jul 31, 2016

In the Seattle backfield, Christine Michael gets the first shot at running back, with Thomas Rawls on the PUP list, but there is a clear rotation with Alex Collins and Zac Brooks seeing plenty of opportunities with the starters.

C.J. Prosise tweaked his hamstring at the beginning of practice and is not participating in team drills. It will probably take until the beginning of the preseason to figure out which of the backs is inching ahead of the rest.

Fantasy Impact:

Michael would seem to be the favorite to be first behind Rawls (assuming he's the starter) based on his second tour of duty with the team last year and playing pretty well. But there are some other names to keep an eye on as long as Rawls remains out.

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.