Which Players are Sitting Out in Week 13?

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  AJ Mass, ESPN Staff Writer
  Dec 3, 2023, 12:50 PM ET

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Struggling with who to start and who to sit? We’ve got you covered. To aid you in setting your fantasy football lineups and avoiding the headache of starting a player who’s not in the lineup, we’ll be posting fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their official inactives lists. Any rankings mentioned in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy staff ranks.

Official Sunday inactives should start coming in roughly 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.

Refresh often for the latest details.

4 p.m. ET games

Hayden Hurst, TE, CAR– OUT
Impact: With Tommy Tremble (hip, doubtful) also likely to miss Week 13, the remaining TE options for Carolina include Ian Thomas and Giovanni Ricci. You can’t be that desperate, can you?

Marquise Goodwin, WR, CLE– OUT
Impact: Amari Cooper and Elijah Moore should be the busiest WR choices Sunday.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB, CLE– OUT
Impact: Veteran Joe Flacco will take the reins of the Cleveland offense.

Dallas Goedert, TE, PHI– Skeptical
Impact: It seems like it will be at least another week before Goedert returns to the Eagles’ huddle. Jack Stoll has done little of fantasy note in his absence.

Chris Godwin, WR, TB– Doubtful
Impact: A lingering neck injury has Godwin as a game-time decision. Trey Palmer’s fantasy value increases if Godwin can’t go.

Sunday night game

Jayden Reed, WR, GB– Doubtful
Impact: Things are looking favorable for him playing, and he’s been getting a lot more targets of late.

Aaron Jones, RB, GB– OUT
Impact: AJ Dillon will handle most of the fantasy-relevant work in the Packers backfield.

Jerick McKinnon, RB, KC– OUT
Impact: If you weren’t prepared for this late-breaking development, your few remaining RB options now include the likes of Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Deneric Prince.

1 p.m. ET games

Trey McBride, TE, ARI– Active
Impact: With Zach Ertz being granted his release, there should be little competition for TE targets in Arizona.

Marquise Brown, WR, ARI– Active
Impact: He didn’t practice all week but clearly feels good enough to give it a shot.

Michael Wilson, WR, ARI– OUT
Impact: Once again, Greg Dortch remains in the flex discussion, as Zach Pascal did not travel with the Cardinals due to the birth of his first child.

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