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The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo’s fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. Week 6 injury updates Injuries are a fact of life in the NFL and in the fantasy streets, so let’s take a good look around. Anthony Richardson (oblique) had a …

Game environment is the foundational starting point in making fantasy football lineup decisions. As such, I’m going to break down each game on the slate into three categories: Binge, Stream and Skip. Games you want to “binge” are like the show you can’t miss; you’re watching as soon as it goes live and might just crush all the episodes in …

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers will miss a second straight game due to a concussion, the team announced on Friday. Head coach Brian Daboll said on Thursday that the rookie receiver was “in the same spot” in concussion protocol and while he’s “making progress” he has not improved enough to be considered an option to play against the …

NFL Week 6 winners, losers: 49ers bounce back with win vs. Seahawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers blew two double-digit leads in the last three weeks in losses. There was a period in the second half when it could have transpired again. San Francisco controlled the game early against the Seattle Seahawks with a 16-3 halftime …

The Yahoo Fantasy crew has full confidence in these players delivering a memorable performance in your fantasy football lineups for Week 6. Chuba Hubbard stays hot Chuba Hubbard leads all running backs with a 67.6% success rate this season. That shows he’s been efficient as a runner and has helped the Panthers consistently move the ball down the field. Runs …

After five games, the Raiders have made a quarterback switch, with Aidan O’Connell set to start against the Steelers on Sunday over Gardner Minshew. While Minshew had put some positive plays on film, there were ultimately too many turnovers. Minshew has completed 70.7 percent of his passes so far this season for 1,014 yards with four touchdowns, five interceptions, and …

[BBC] Former Buffalo Bills assistant coach Phoebe Schecter is an NFL pundit and plays for Great Britain’s flag football team. Robert Saleh became the first NFL head coach to lose their job this season as he was fired by the New York Jets after last Sunday’s loss in London, and I was surprised that it happened so early. It’s not …

Finally back at practice, Sydney Brown describes the hardest part of his ACL recovery originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia If it was up to Sydney Brown, he would have been practicing months ago. That’s just how he’s wired. Tell him his ACL rehab will take nine months, and he’s thinking he’ll be ready in six. “I would say (the …

There’s a good chance that New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers misses a second straight game with a concussion. The rookie wideout remains in the “same spot” in concussion protocol, head coach Brian Daboll said on Thursday. Nabers missed last week’s win over the Seattle Seahawks after suffering the injury during their Week 4 game against the Dallas Cowboys. …

Fantasy football analyst Sal Vetri highlights his keys to a Week 6 victory. Best spot of the week: DeAndre Hopkins vs. IND Hopkins is coming out of his bye week, and this should only benefit him. He’s been dealing with a knee injury this season which has limited him to just 52% of the Titans’ routes run the past three …

One of the biggest plays in Thursday night’s 49ers win was a blown call that allowed the Seahawks to avoid a turnover, but it wound up being a sidebar because the Seahawks gave the ball away three other times during a 36-24 loss. Quarterback Geno Smith threw two interceptions and Laviska Shenault lost a fumble on a kickoff return, which …

The Houston Texans could get Joe Mixon back on Sunday for their game against the New England Patriots, the first time he’ll have played since suffering an ankle injury in Week 2. The play that injured Mixon is something that was still on the running back’s mind when he returned to practice on Thursday with the Texans. Mixon was tackled …

Off to a fantastic start, Jordan Mailata faces huge test vs. Browns originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Jordan Mailata is off to the best start in his career but he’s going to face a huge challenge on Sunday at the Linc. Myles Garrett is coming to town. And the reigning Defensive Player of the Year just doesn’t seem to …

David Helman NFL Reporter Ralph Vacchiano NFL Reporter It looks like it’s going to be one of those seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. One moment, it’s a total disaster. The next, everything’s wonderful again. That’s the way it felt Sunday night throughout their dramatic, nail-biting, 20-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. When the dust settled, the Cowboys were 3-2, one …

49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk ran for a touchdown run in the final minutes of Thursday night’s game in Seattle and the score did more than put the icing on the cake of a win over the Seahawks. Juszczyk’s touchdown also ensured that the 49ers would not extend their losing streak to three games and it sent the 49ers into Week …