GameDay Playbook Live Week 13: Fantasy Football Start-Sits, NFL Injury Updates & NFL DFS Top Picks
Published: Dec 03, 2023
Jon Impemba and Andrew Cooper break down NFL Week 13 and answer your fantasy football Start-Sit questions, bring you NFL injury news updates, and take a look at the NFL DFS slate.
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Player News
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that Chargers second-round WR Tre Harris “has now agreed to terms and will sign his rookie contract.”
Lions placed DL Alim McNeill on the active/physically unable to perform list.
Lions place OT Taylor Decker on the active/physically unable to perform list.
ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. and Kalyn Kahler report that there is a dispute among NFLPA player reps regarding the disclosure of Executive Lloyd Howell’s 2011 sexual discrimination and retaliation lawsuit.
Sources tell ESPN that “the lawsuit was settled in July 2015 for an undisclosed sum,” and stems from Howell’s time at Booz Allen Hamilton. Per the report, two player reps “were surprised to learn of the lawsuit,” saying, “the subject never came up” when the group voted Howell into his current position in June 2023. “However, two other players, who sat on the union’s executive committee that vetted and chose Howell as a finalist in 2023, disputed those accounts,” saying, “they worked closely” with search firm Russell Reynolds Associates regarding this and other matters. The latter two executive committee members, “at times,” could not recall details and/or declined to divulge details of Howell’s interview process. Prior ESPN on Howell’s 34 years at Booz Allen Hamilton noted that “the firm paid a $377 million fine to settle a long-standing whistleblower lawsuit from the federal government that alleged overcharging by the firm,” which was announced “a month after the NFLPA’s executive committee hired Howell to be its executive director.” Howell served as “the company’s chief financial officer from 2016 to 2022.”
The Washington Post’s Mark Maske reports, “Rashee Rice may receive a multiple-game suspension this season but it’s ‘premature’ to conclude that with certainty and that outcome is ‘not close to final.’”
Earlier today, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that “the NFL can expedite its disciplinary process and Rice is likely to receive a multi-game suspension.” Maske’s source suggests otherwise. We have no way of knowing which source to rely upon but Schefter’s report could cause Rice’s ADP to dip in an advantageous manner. Regardless, were Rice to be suspended, it would likely only be an issue for fantasy managers early in the year. Should Rice be suspended and return in Weeks 4-6, he would arrive in time to boost lineups as the bye weeks begin.
Bears signed second-round pick OT Ozzy Trapilo to a four-year contract.
The Bears have now signed two of their three second-round picks, having kicked things off by signing DT Shemar Turner earlier today. Only WR Luther Burden remains as the Bears’ lone, unsigned second-round pick. Trapilo will compete with incumbent OT Braxton Jones for the starting left tackle job. Jones has been recovering from ankle surgery and is expected to participate in the Bears’ training camp.