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Week 3 inactives Who s in and who s out

Whom should you start? Whom should you sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and avoid starting an offensive player who won't be in the lineup, we'll post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their official inactives lists. Any rankings cited in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy staff ranks.

Official Sunday inactives should begin coming in approximately 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff times: around 11:30 a.m. ET for the early games and 2:30 p.m. ET for the late-afternoon games.

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4 p.m. ET games

Greg Dortch, WR, ARI: Hamstring -- Active Impact: Despite being a late-week add to the injury report, he will play. There's no need to reach for the likes of Michael Wilson. Xavier Weaver is a healthy inactive.

John Stephens Jr., TE, DAL: Hamstring -- Inactive Impact: Meanwhile, Jake Ferguson was removed from the injury report and will handle the TE1 duties for Dallas.

Isaiah Williams, WR, DET: Abdomen -- Inactive Impact: In positive news, Amon-Ra St. Brown (quad) looks to be good to go.

Davis Allen, TE, LAR: Back -- OUT Impact: Colby Parkinson has even less competition for passing targets in this depleted Rams offense.

Joshua Karty, K, LAR: Groin -- Active Impact: Tanner Brown was not elevated from the practice squad. 

Cooper Kupp, WR, LAR: Ankle -- OUT Impact: Kupp avoided joining Puka Nacua on IR, but he's not likely to play for a few more weeks. Demarcus Robinson leads a motley crew of WR options.

Raheem Mostert, RB, MIA: Chest -- Inactive Impact: Jeff Wilson Jr. might get a few looks behind lead back De'Von Achane.

Malik Washington, WR, MIA: Quad -- Inactive Impact: Braxton Berrios gets at least one more week of action as Miami's WR3.

Kenneth Walker III, RB, SEA: Oblique -- Inactive Impact: It's Zach Charbonnet, all the way.

Pharaoh Brown, TE, SEA: Foot -- Active Impact: Noah Fant (toe) is not at 100% either, but will likely be the top TE option over Brown.

Deebo Samuel Sr. , WR, SF: Calf -- OUT Impact: Jauan Jennings will get the start to complement Brandon Aiyuk.

George Kittle , TE, SF: Hamstring -- OUT Impact: Eric Saubert will replace him in the huddle, but he shouldn't be anywhere near your fantasy lineups.

Sunday night game

Isiah Pacheco, RB, KC: Leg -- OUT/IR Impact: Keaontay Ingram was elevated from the practice squad. Carson Steele and Samaje Perine are likely to split touches. Newly signed Kareem Hunt is not ready.

1 p.m. ET games

Keenan Allen, WR, CHI: Heel -- OUT Impact: Rome Odunze (knee) is not on the injury report, so he and DJ Moore should both see a lot of targets.

Travis Homer, RB, CHI: Finger -- OUT/IR Impact: Khalil Herbert backs up D'Andre Swift with Roschon Johnson now in the mix.

David Njoku, TE, CLE: Ankle -- OUT Impact: Jordan Akins will step in as starter, but the Browns probably will avoid the TE position in their game plan.

Pierre Strong Jr., RB, CLE: Hamstring -- OUT Impact: D'Onta Foreman will, at a minimum, get all of the backup RB workload behind Jerome Ford.

Devaughn Vele, WR, DEN: Ribs -- Inactive Impact: He was cleared to play, but the team is being cautious with him. Josh Reynolds and Courtland Sutton will be the top WR options. 

Jordan Love, QB, GB: Knee -- Inactive Impact: The lack of clarity coming out of Green Bay always seemed to point to another week of Malik Willis.

Joe Mixon, RB, HOU: Ankle -- OUT Impact: Cam Akers will start for the Texans ...

Dameon Pierce, RB, HOU: Hamstring -- OUT Impact: ... with Dare Ogunbowale getting some passing-down looks.

Michael Pittman Jr., WR, IND: Back -- Active Impact: He didn't practice Friday, but he is able to suit up Sunday.

Justin Herbert, QB, LAC: Ankle -- Active Impact: He's going to start, but nobody will be surprised to see either Taylor Heinicke or Easton Stick under center at some point Sunday. Be careful.

Joshua Palmer, WR, LAC: Elbow -- Inactive Impact: Simi Fehoko? Brenden Rice? Nah. 

Jordan Addison, WR, MIN: Ankle -- OUT Impact: Justin Jefferson (quad) is fine. Jalen Nailor is the locked-in WR2 for the Vikings.

Graham Gano, K, NYG: Hamstring -- OUT Impact: Greg Joseph beat out Jude McAtamney in a competition this week to see who would take over kicking duties. 

Taysom Hill, TE, NO: Chest -- Inactive Impact: Foster Moreau should see an uptick in usage.

A.J. Brown, WR, PHI: Hamstring -- OUT Impact: This leaves DeVonta Smith and ... maybe Britain Covey as the top WR options for the Eagles.

Russell Wilson, QB, PIT: Calf -- Inactive Impact: Once again, we have Justin Fields as the QB1 and Wilson as the emergency QB3.

MyCole Pruitt, TE, PIT: Knee -- OUT Impact: Maybe this impacts RB Najee Harris?

Tyjae Spears, RB, TEN: Ankle -- Active Impact: He's going to play and could well begin to eat into Tony Pollard's workload.