Lions senior vice president and GM Martin Mayhew doesn'...

Aug 03, 2009

Lions senior vice president and GM Martin Mayhew doesn't dole out lavish praise often.

So it was notable when he was asked about areas on the team he was pleased with at the start of training camp, he singled out the running backs -- Kevin Smith in particular.

Mayhew was impressed Smith was more than willing to play through pain in last season, his rookie year.

"That's who Kevin is," Mayhew said. "And there were times I would say to Sam (Gash, running backs coach), 'Hey, Kevin's ankle is bothering him a little bit, maybe you ought to pull back a little bit.' Kevin would have none of that. He wants every rep, he wants every carry, he wants to try to help this team win, and that's the most important thing to him."
Mayhew expects even more from Smith this season, as well as the rest of the running backs.

Fantasy Impact:

today

Buccaneers WR Mike Evans practices for second straight day

Greg Auman

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Cooler weather for Bucs practice today -- Wirfs and Evans practicing again. Still no Zyon McCollum, but Troy Hill and Greg Gaines were practicing today.

Related Players: Sterling Shepard, Jalen McMillan, Trey Palmer

Fantasy Impact:

Fantastic news for fantasy managers hanging on to Mike Evans: he should be considered a WR1 option immediately.

yesterday

49ers TE George Kittle "good to go" for Week 12

KNBR

yesterday · 5:34 PM EST

“I will be playing on Sunday. Very excited, can’t pass up playing the Packers. I will be out there for sure.”

George Kittle says he’s good to go for Sunday

Related Players: Eric Saubert

Fantasy Impact:

Kittle returns to a great matchup against a Packers defense that ranks 26th in TE aFPA. He should be fired up as a high-end TE1 once again.

Bears RB D'Andre Swift misses Wednesday practice

Kevin Fishbain

yesterday · 1:29 PM EST

Per Bears head coach Matt Eberflus: Ryan Bates remains in the concussion protocol. Elijah Hicks (ankle) and D'Andre Swift (groin) won't practice.

Teven Jenkins will be limited.

Related Players: Roschon Johnson, Travis Homer

Fantasy Impact:

This is definitely a situation to keep an eye on, as Johnson would have a huge workload if Swift were to miss Week 12. Homer has three rush attempts and zero targets on the year.