Inactive Fantasy Football Week 9: Who's in and who's out?

Who should you start with? Who should you sit on? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and avoid using an offensive player who won't be in the lineup, we'll be posting fantasy-related updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their official inactive lists . All rankings cited in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy staff.

Official inactive players on Sunday should arrive approximately 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff times: approximately 11:30 a.m. ET for early games and 2:30 p.m. ET for late afternoon games.

Update regularly to get the latest information.

4 p.m. ET games

Jordan Love, QB, GB: groin area – Active
Impact: As expected, love begins today.

Josh Jacobs, RB, GB: Ankle — Active
Impact: He missed practice earlier in the week, but he won't miss this game.

Tank Bigsby, RB, JAX: Ankle — Active
Impact: He'll probably still get a lot of touches even with Etienne in the suit.

Travis Etienne Jr., RB, JAX: Hamstring – Active
Impact: Etienne will try today, but he may not reach his usual workload.

Gabe Davis, WR, JAX: shoulder — Inactive
Impact: Even after attending practice all week, he clearly isn't ready to get back in the huddle.

Christian Kirk, WR, JAX: collarbone – OUT OF
Impact: Besides Thomas, Parker Washington and Tim Jones could be the only other WR options for Trevor Lawrence this week.

Brian Thomas Jr., WR, JAX: Breast — Active
Impact: He may not play the full 60 minutes, but he will try to play in that minute.

Jordan Whittington, WR, LAR: shoulder — Inactive
Impact: He will only have fantasy value if one of the Rams' starting WRs returns to the sidelines due to injury.

Puka Nacua, WR, LAR: Knee — Active
Impact: The fact that Nacua was on the injury report was a bit scary in itself, but he will be on the field today.

Dallas Goedert, TE, PHI: Hamstring – OUT OF
Impact: Grant Calcaterra will start, but he's no Dallas Goedert.

Noah Fant, TE, SEA: groin area – OUT OF
Impact: There are no plans for a trip to IR at this time, but it could be Week 12 before we see Fant again.

DK Metcalf, WR, SEA: Knee — OUT OF
Impact: It looks like Metcalf is on track to return to the field after next week's bye.

Game on Sunday evening

TJ Hockenson, TE, MIN: Knee — Activated via IR
Impact: Hockenson will make his debut in 2024, but he could still need another week or two to get back up to speed.

Play at 1 p.m. ET

Keaton Mitchell, RB, BAL: Knee — OUT OF
Impact: He has to wait another week before he can spell Dierick Henry.

Amari Cooper, WR, BUF: Wrist — Inactive
Impact: Keon Coleman and Khalil Shakir should get the majority of WR targets.

Curtis Samuel, WR, BUF: Breast — Active
Impact: He could get a few looks, especially if Cooper is out. However, don't expect too much.

Jonathan Brooks, RB, CAR: Knee — Inactive
Impact: Next week would be the last chance for the Panthers to activate the rookie if he sits out this time. Chuba Hubbard is expected to compete again.

Tommy Tremble, TE, CAR: Back — Inactive
Impact: It looked like he was going to play, but apparently he will remain seated. Ja'Tavion Sanders should hit the TE targets.

Adam Thielen, WR, CAR: Hamstring – OUT OF
Impact: Why risk hurting him again? Diontae Johnson is gone and Thielen could also go elsewhere as the trade deadline approaches.

Xavier Legette, WR, CAR: toe — Active
Impact: He should be able to suit up and start opposite WR Jalen Coker.

Zack Moss, RB, CIN: Neck — OUT OF
Impact: We knew his addition to the injury report late Friday would spell trouble. We'll be seeing a lot of Chase Brown.

Tee Higgins, WR, CIN: quad — Inactive
Impact: Andrei Iosivas will most likely start alongside Ja'Marr Chase.

Charlie Jones, WR, CIN: groin area – Inactive
Impact: His absence could put Trenton Irwin on the deep league flex radar – especially since Jermaine Burton is a somewhat surprisingly healthy inactive.

D'Onta Foreman, RB, CLE: Team decision – Inactive
Impact: He doesn't appear to be needed with both Nick Chubb and Jerome Ford back in action.

Ezekiel Elliott, RB, DAL: Team decision – OUT OF
Impact: The Cowboys are bringing back Rico Dowdle and have promoted Dalvin Cook to replace Elliott, who did not travel with the team.

Stone Smartt, TE, LAC: Ankle — Inactive
Impact: We're only talking about him so we can report that he's fellow TEs Hayden Hurst and Will Dissly not on this week's injury report.

DJ Chark Jr., WR, LAC: groin area – Inactive
Impact: It was activated via IR, but will apparently take more time. Quentin Johnston, who was taken off the injury report on Friday, will play.

Zamir White, RB, LV: quad — Active
Impact: Although he appears ready to play, Alexander Mattison is expected to take the lead here again.

Drake Maye, QB, NE: concussion — Active
Impact: He cleared the league's concussion policy and will start Sunday. WRs KJ Osborn and Tyquan Thornton are both out.

Kendre Miller, RB, NO: Hamstring – OUT/IR
Impact: Alvin Kamara is pretty much the only healthy running back on the Saints roster.

Jamaal Williams, RB, NO: groin area – Inactive
Impact: Fullback Adam Prentice could get some touches along with practice squad call-up Jordan Mims.

Bub means, WR, NO: Ankle — OUT/IR
Impact: Returning QB Derek Carr may have to throw something to Marquez Valdes-Scantling.

Cedrick Wilson Jr., WR, NO: Hip — Active
Impact: Still, don't be surprised if Mason Tipton starts alongside Chris Olave.

Greg Joseph, K, NYG: Belly — OUT/IR
Impact: Welcome Jude McAtamney to the NFL.

Will Levis, QB, TEN: shoulder — Inactive
Impact: Mason Rudolph will start again as Levis is not at 100 percent.

Tyjae Spears, RB, TEN: Hamstring – OUT OF
Impact: Here we would normally say Julius Chestnut will be the team's #2 RB…

Tony Pollard, RB, TEN: Foot — Active
Impact: …but Chestnut could get a few extra balls if Pollard, who hasn't practiced all week, can't play a full game.

Tyler Boyd, WR, TEN: shoulder — Active
Impact: He will try out, as will Calvin Ridley (shoulder), who was taken off the injury report on Friday.

Brian Robinson Jr., RB, WAR: Hamstring – Inactive
Impact: He was limited in training all week. Austin Ekeler is getting a big boost in fantasy value.