With the September 9 season opener at Minnesota just 11...

Aug 29, 2012

With the September 9 season opener at Minnesota just 11 days away, it’s starting to look like Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew intends to extend this impasse into the regular season. Unless he reports by Monday, that’s exactly where this appears to be headed.

It’s hard to know whether Jones-Drew or his agent, Adisa Bakari, is driving this holdout, but the only leverage they have remaining is for the Jaguars to lose games and hope the team starts panicking about having their star still absent. That’s not exactly a way to build team harmony.

At this point, the best hope to end this stalemate is for Jones-Drew or Bakari to cut their losses, which includes a maximum fine that is now over $1 million.

Fantasy Impact:

today

Buccaneers WR Mike Evans practices for second straight day

Greg Auman

0 minutes ago

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.