The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks have big games in the late afternoon and some players to look out for heading into the second part of Sunday includes players to start or sit like Rob Gronkowski, Marshawn Lynch, Stevan Ridley, Danny Amendola and LeGarrette Blount.
Fantasy owners should keep a close eye on the injury report heading into the late games, although it appears that Lynch will be fine to go, while Gronkowski is looking like he will not be in the starting lineup again after also missing last week's game and his return is still up in the air. Lynch was dealing with a hip injury during the week and he will be playing against the Titans and he comes in in the top five of the NFL in a number of categories and he has been one of the most consistent backs in all of football, ranking in the top part in yards total rushing, rushing yards per game as well as rushing touchdowns, where Adrian Peterson leads the league with five.
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Lynch has been one of the most productive players in football over the past few seasons and he comes in having increased his rushing yards on the same amount of carries in each of the past three weeks, as he has had 17 carries from the backfield and has rushed for 69, 98 and 102 yards over the past three games, scoring one touchdown in the process. Lynch is coming off of a 102 yard game in the loss to the Colts and the team is now 4-1 on the season.
Ridley should be playing on Sunday and that changes the status of Blount, who has been getting the bulk of the carries while Ridley has been injured, but against the Saints on Sunday he appears to be ready to go again. This season he has not been as productive as he was last season and after missing the Bengals game he appears to be ready to return, while Rob Gronkowski is still expected to be out, something that has frustrated Brady, fantasy owners and the Patriots all at the same time.
Amendola is back after being injured and with Gronk still out, he should get plenty of targets against an improved Saints defense. Brady's streak of 50-plus games throwing a touchdown pass is now over, but the team is ready to rebound at home against the 5-0 Saints and Brady is coming in with over 1,200 passing yards and he also has seven touchdowns this season and getting Gronkowski back will greatly help the offense in the red zone and on third downs.