The Fantasy Football Sherpa

Tampa Bay at Atlanta (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay 35, Atlanta 20.

• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams, TE Dallas Clark, K Connor Barth, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount
• Atlanta
  • Start: N/A
  • Neutral: QB Matt Ryan, WRs Julio Jones & Roddy White (Questionable-knee), TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Sit: RBs Michael Turner & Jacquizz Rodgers, WR Harry Douglas, K Matt Bryant, DEF

New York Jets at Buffalo – Sherpa says:  Buffalo 27, New York 20.

• New York
  • Start: RB Shonn Greene
  • Neutral: RB Bilal Powell (Probable-shoulder), WRs Jeremy Kerley & Braylon Edwards (Questionable-hamstring), TE Jeff Cumberland (Probable-wrist), DEF
  • Sit: QBs Mark Sanchez (Probable-back), Tim Tebow (Probable-ribs), & Greg McEvoy (Doubtful-concussion), RB Joe McKnight (Probable-ankle), WRs Chaz Schilens (Doubtful-knee) & Clyde Gates, TE Dustin Keller (Doubtful-ankle), K Nick Folk (Probable-back)
• Buffalo
  • Start: RB C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WR Steve Johnson, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, WR T.J. Graham, K Rian Lindell
  • Sit: TEs Scott Chandler (Out-knee) & Dorin Dickerson (Probable-ankle)

Jacksonville at Tennessee – Sherpa says:  Tennessee 28, Jacksonville 17.

• Jacksonville
  • Start: WRs Justin Blackmon & Jordan Shipley, TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: QB Chad Henne, RB Richard Murphy, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Maurice Jones-Drew (IR-foot), Montell Owens (Out-knee), & Rashad Jennings (IR-shoulder), WRs Cecil Shorts (IR-concussion) & Toney Clemons, K Josh Scobee
• Tennessee
  • Start: WR Kenny Britt (Probable-knee), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Jake Locker (Probable-shoulder), RB Chris Johnson (Questionable-ankle), WRs Kendall Wright (Questionable-ribs) & Nate Washington, K Rob Bironas
  • Sit: TE Craig Stevens (Out-concussion)

Cleveland at Pittsburgh – Sherpa says:  Pittsburgh 24, Cleveland 17.

• Cleveland
  • Start: TE Ben Watson
  • Neutral: RB Montario Hardesty, WRs Josh Gordon & Greg Little, DEF
  • Sit: QBs Thaddeus Young, Brandon Weeden (Out-shoulder), & Colt McCoy (Out-shoulder); RB Trent Richardson (Out-ankle), WRs Travis Benjamin, Josh Cooper, Mohamed Massaquoi, & Josh Cribbs (Probable-knee); K Phil Dawson
• Pittsburgh
  • Start: QB Ben Roethlisberger, RB Rashard Mendenhall, WRs Antonio Brown & Emmanuel Sanders, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Mike Wallace (IR-hip), K Shaun Suisham
  • Sit: RBs Isaac Redman & Jonathan Dwyer, TE Heath Miller (IR-knee)

Baltimore at Cincinnati – Sherpa says:  Cincinnati 31, Baltimore 24.

• Baltimore
  • Start: RB Ray Rice, TE Dennis Pitta (Probable-knee)
  • Neutral: QB Joe Flacco, WR Torrey Smith, K Justin Tucker
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce, WRs Anquan Boldin (Out-shoulder) & Jacoby Jones (Probable-ankle), TE Ed Dickson, DEF
• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, WR A.J. Green, K Josh Brown
  • Neutral: WRs Andrew Hawkins & Marvin Jones, TE Jermaine Gresham, DEF
  • Sit: K Mike Nugent (IR-calf)

Chicago at Detroit – Sherpa says:  Chicago 24, Detroit 20.

• Chicago
  • Start: WR Brandon Marshall, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Jay Cutler, RB Khalil Bell, K Olindo Mare
  • Sit: RB Matt Forte (Probable-ankle), WRs Alshon Jeffery, Earl Bennett, & Devin Hester, TE Kellen Davis
• Detroit
  • Start: WR Calvin Johnson (Probable-knee), TE Tony Scheffler
  • Neutral: QB Matthew Stafford, RB Mikel Leshoure, DEF
  • Sit: RB Joique Bell, WR Kirk Durham, TE Brandon Pettigrew (Doubtful-ankle) & Will Heller, K Jason Hanson

 Houston at Indianapolis – Sherpa says:  Houston 24, Indianapolis 24.

• Houston
  • Start: RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, TE Owen Daniels (Probable-hamstring), K Shayne Graham
  • Neutral: QB Matt Schaub, WR Kevin Walter, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Ben Tate (Probable-hamstring & Justin Forsett (Probable-knee), WRs DeVier Posey & Lestar Jean, TE Garrett Graham
• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), WRs Reggie Wayne & T.Y. Hilton
  • Neutral: WR Donnie Avery (Questionable-shoulder), TE Dwayne Allen, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Sit: RB Vick Ballard, TE Coby Fleener, DEF

Carolina at New Orleans – Sherpa says:  Carolina 34, New Orleans 27.

• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, WR Steve Smith, TE Greg Olsen, K Graham Gano
  • Neutral: RB DeAngelo Williams, WR Brandon LaFell (Probable-toe), DEF
  • Sit: RBs Jonathan Stewart (Out-ankle) & Mike Tolbert, WR Louis Murphy
• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, WR Marques Colston, TE Jimmy Graham (Probable-wrist), K Garrett Hartley
  • Neutral: RBs Mark Ingram & Darren Sproles, WR Lance Moore
  • Sit: RBs Chris Ivory (Probable-hamstring) & Pierre Thomas (IR-knee), WR Joseph Morgan, DEF

Philadelphia at New York Giants – Sherpa says:  Philadelphia 31, New York 28.

• Philadelphia
  • Start: RB LeSean McCoy, WRs Jeremy Maclin (Probable-knee), TE Brent Celek, K Alex Henery
  • Neutral: QB Michael Vick, WRs Jason Avant (Probable-calf) & Riley Cooper, DEF
  • Sit: QB Nick Foles (IR-hand), RB Bryce Brown, TE Clay Harbor
• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, WR Victor Cruz, TE Martellus Bennett
  • Neutral: RBs Ahmad Bradshaw (Probable-knee) & David Wilson, WRs Hakeem Nicks (Questionable-knee), Domenik Hixon, & Rueben Randle; K Lawrence Tynes
  • Sit: DEF

Green Bay at Minnesota (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  Green Bay 27, Minnesota 20.

• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR James Jones, TE Jermichael Finley, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Ryan Grant, WRs Jordy Nelson (Probable-hamstring) & Greg Jennings, K Mason Crosby
  • Sit: RBs James Starks (Out-knee) & Alex Green (Probable-concussion), WRs Donald Driver & Randall Cobb (Questionable-ankle)
• Minnesota
  • Start: RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-abdomen), TE Kyle Rudolph
  • Neutral: WRs Jarius Wright & Jerome Simpson, DEF
  • Sit: QB Christian Ponder, RB Toby Gerhart, WR Michael Jenkins, K Blair Walsh

Miami at New England – Sherpa says:  New England 37, Miami 21.

• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, WR Brian Hartline (Probable-back)
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Lamar Miller, TE Anthony Fasano, WR Armon Binns (Probable-back)
  • Sit: RB Daniel Thomas, WR Davone Bess (Out-back), Ks Nate Kaeding & Dan Carpenter (IR-groin), DEF
• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley, WRs Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle) & Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee), TE Aaron Hernandez (Questionable-ankle), K Stephen Gostkowski, DEF
  • Neutral: RBs Danny Woodhead & Shane Vereen
  • Sit: TE Rob Gronkowski (Questionable-forearm)

Oakland at San Diego – Sherpa says:  San Diego 20, Oakland 17.

• Oakland
  • Start: WR Rod Streater, TE Brandon Myers (Probable-shoulder), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Terrelle Pryor, RB Darren McFadden, WRs Darrius Heyward-Bey & Denarius Moore
  • Sit: QBs Carson Palmer (Out-ribs) & Matt Leinart, RBs Marcel Reece & Mike Goodson, WR Juron Criner (Probable-hip), K Sebastian Janikowski
• San Diego
  • Start: QB Philp Rivers, WR Danario Alexander, TE Antonio Gates, DEF
  • Neutral: RBs Jackie Battle & Ronnie Brown (Questionable-hamstring), WR Eddie Royal
  • Sit: WR Robert Meachem, K Nick Novak

Kansas City at Denver – Sherpa says:  Denver 31, Kansas City 17.

• Kansas City
  • Start: N/A
  • Neutral: RB Jamaal Charles, WR Jonathan Baldwin
  • Sit: QB Brady Quinn, RB Peyton Hillis, WRs Dexter McCluster & Terrance Copper (Out-knee), TE Tony Moeaki (Questionable-concussion), K Ryan Succop, DEF
• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, RB Knowshon Moreno (Probable-ribs), WRs Demaryius Thomas & Eric Decker, K Matt Prater, DEF
  • Neutral: TEs Jacob Tamme & Joel Dreessen
  • Sit: N/A

Arizona at San Francisco – Sherpa says:  San Francisco 28, Arizona 3.

• Arizona
  • Start: N/A
  • Neutral: WR Larry Fitzgerald, DEF
  • Sit: QBs Brian Hoyer & Ryan Lindley, RBs Beanie Wells & LaRod Stephens-Howling, WRs Michael Floyd, Early Doucet (Out-concussion), & Andre Roberts; TEs Rob Housler (IR-shoulder) & Jeff King, K Jay Feely
• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore (Probable-knee), WR Michael Crabtree, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Colin Kaepernick, RB LaMichael James, TEs Vernon Davis (Questionable-concussion) & Delanie Walker, K David Akers
  • Sit: WRs Randy Moss & Mario Manningham (IR-knee)

St. Louis at Seattle – Sherpa says:  Seattle 27, St. Louis 20.

• St. Louis
  • Start: TE Lance Kendricks
  • Neutral: QB Sam Bradford, RB Steven Jackson (Probable-foot), WRs Danny Amendola, Chris Givens, & Brandon Gibson, DEF
  • Sit: RB Darryl Richardson, K Greg Zuerlein, WR Austin Pettis (Probable-shoulder)
• Seattle
  • Start: QB Russell Wilson, RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back), WRs Golden Tate & Doug Baldwin, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Sidney Rice (Probable-knee), K Steven Hauschka
  • Sit: RB Robert Turbin, TE Zach Miller

Dallas at Washington (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  Washington 35, Dallas 24.

• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, WRs Dez Bryant (Probable-finger) & Miles Austin, TE Jason Witten
  • Neutral: RB DeMarco Murray (Probable-foot), K Dan Bailey
  • Sit: RB Felix Jones (Probable-knee), DEF
• Washington
  • Start: QB Robert Griffin III (Probable-knee), RB Alfred Morris, WRs Santana Moss & Pierre Garcon (Probable-foot), K Kai Forbath
  • Neutral: DEF
  • Sit: RB Evan Royster, WRs Leonard Hankerson & Joshua Morgan (Probable-hand), TE Logan Paulsen

Good luck this weekend, and have a great offseason!

The Sherpa

Atlanta at Detroit (Saturday night) – Sherpa says:  Detroit 31, Atlanta 24.

• Atlanta
  • Start: QB Matt Ryan, WR Julio Jones, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: RB Michael Turner, WR Roddy White (Questionable-knee), K Matt Bryant
  • Sit: RB Jacquizz Rodgers, WR Harry Douglas (Probable-ribs), DEF
• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WR Calvin Johnson (Probable-knee), TE Tony Scheffler, K Jason Hanson
  • Neutral: RBs Mikel Leshoure (Probable-calf) & Joique Bell, DEF
  • Sit: WRs Mike Thomas & Kris Durham, TE Brandon Pettigrew (Doubtful-ankle)

Washington at Philadelphia (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Washington 31, Philadelphia 28.

• Washington
  • Start: RB Alfred Morris, WRs Santana Moss & Pierre Garcon (Probable-foot), K Kai Forbath
  • Neutral: QB Robert Griffin III (Probable-knee) or QB Kirk Cousins [whoever starts], WR Joshua Morgan, TE Logan Paulsen, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Evan Royster & Darrel Young, WRs Leonard Hankerson & Aldrick Robinson
• Philadelphia
  • Start: QB Nick Foles, RB LeSean McCoy (Probable-concussion), WRs Jeremy Maclin (Probable-back), Jason Avant (Probable-hamstring), & Riley Cooper (Probable-knee)
  • Neutral: RB Bryce Brown, TE Brent Celek (Probable-concussion), K Alex Henery
  • Sit: QB Michael Vick (Probable-concussion), TE Clay Harbor, DEF

Minnesota at Houston – Sherpa says:  Houston 31, Minnesota 20.

• Minnesota
  • Start: WRs Jarius Young & Jerome Simpson, TE Kyle Rudolph
  • Neutral: QB Christian Ponder, RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-chest)
  • Sit: RB Toby Gerhart, WR Michael Jenkins, K Blair Walsh, DEF
• Houston
  • Start: QB Matt Schaub, RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, TE Owen Daniels (Probable-hamstring), K Shayne Graham, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Kevin Walter
  • Sit: RBs Ben Tate (Probable-hamstring) & Justin Forsett (Probable-knee), WRs DeVier Posey, Lestar Jean, & Keshawn Martin; TE Garrett Graham

Indianapolis at Kansas City – Sherpa says:  Indianapolis 24, Kansas City 20.

• Indianapolis
  • Start: RB Vick Ballard, WRs Reggie Wayne & T.Y. Hilton, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), WR Donnie Avery, TE Dwayne Allen, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Sit: TE Coby Fleener, RB Delone Carter (Out-ankle)
• Kansas City
  • Start: RB Jamaal Charles
  • Neutral: DEF
  • Sit: QB Brady Quinn (Probable-ribs), RB Peyton Hillis, WRs Jonathan Baldwin, Dexter McCluster, Steve Breaston, & Terrance Copper (Probable-hamstring), TE Tony Moeaki (Doubtful-concussion), K Ryan Succop

Buffalo at Miami – Sherpa says:  Buffalo 30, Miami 27.

• Buffalo
  • Start: RB C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WR Steve Johnson, TE Scott Chandler (Probable-foot)
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, WR T.J. Graham, K Rian Lindell, DEF
  • Sit: WR Donald Jones (IR-calf)
• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill, WRs Brian Hartline (Questionable-back) & Armon Binns (Probable-ankle), TE Anthony Fasano, K Dan Carpenter
  • Sit: RBs Daniel Thomas & Lamar Miller, WR Davone Bess (Out-back), DEF

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh – Sherpa says:  Cincinnati 28, Pittsburgh 21.

• Cincinnati
  • Start: WR A.J. Green, TE Jermaine Gresham, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Andy Dalton, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, WR Andrew Hawkins, K Josh Brown or K Mike Nugent (Questionable-concussion) [whoever starts]
  • Sit: WR Marvin Jones
• Pittsburgh
  • Start: QB Ben Roesthlisberger, WR Mike Wallace, TE Heath Miller
  • Neutral: WRs Antonio Brown & Emmanuel Sanders (Probable-ribs), DEF
  • Sit: RBs Isaac Redman, Jonathan Dwyer, & Chris Rainey; K Shaun Suisham

St. Louis at Tampa Bay – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay  28, St. Louis 24.

• St. Louis
  • Start: QB Sam Bradford, WRs Danny Amendola & Brandon Gibson, TE Lance Kendricks
  • Neutral: RB Steven Jackson, WR Chris Givens, K Greg Zuerlein, DEF
  • Sit: RB Darryl Richardson
• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams (Probable-wrist), TE Dallas Clark
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood, K Connor Barth, DEF
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount

New Orleans at Dallas – Sherpa says:  Dallas 27, New Orleans 24.

• New Orleans
  • Start: RB Mark Ingram, WR Marques Colston, TE Jimmy Graham (Probable-wrist)
  • Neutral: QB Drew Brees, RBs Darren Sproles & Pierre Thomas (Probable-knee), WR Lance Moore, K Garrett Hartley, DEF
  • Sit: RB Chris Ivory (Questionable-hamstring)
• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, WRs Miles Austin & Dez Bryant (Probable-finger), TE Jason Witten
  • Neutral: RB DeMarco Murray (Probable-foot), K Dan Bailey, DEF
  • Sit: RB Felix Jones (Probable-knee)

Tennessee at Green Bay – Sherpa says:  Greeen Bay 31, Tennessee 24.

• Tennessee
  • Start: RB Chris Johnson, WR Kenny Britt (Probable-knee)
  • Neutral: QB Jake Locker (Probable-shoulder), WRs Kendall Wright (Questionable-rib) & Nate Washington
  • Sit: TE Craig Stevens
• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers (Probable-ankle), WRs James Jones & Greg Jennings, TE Jermichael Finley, K Mason Crosby
  • Neutral: WR Randall Cobb (Probable-shoulder), DEF
  • Sit: RBs James Starks (Out-knee), Alex Green (Questionable-concussion), Dujuan Harris, John Kuhn, & Ryan Grant; WRs Jordy Nelson (Out-hamstring) & Donald Driver

New England at Jacksonville – Sherpa says:  New England 42, Jacksonville 7.

• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley, WRs Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle) & Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee), TE Aaron Hernandez
  • Neutral: RBs Shane Vereen & Danny Woodhead
  • Sit: TE Rob Gronkowski (Questionable-forearm)
• Jacksonville
  • Start: WR Cecil Shorts
  • Neutral: QB Chad Henne, WRs Justin Blackmon & Jordan Shipley, TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Sit: RBs Montel Owens, Maurice Jones-Drew (Out-foot), & Rashad Jennings (Out-concussion); K Josh Scobee, DEF

Oakland at Carolina – Sherpa says:  Carolina 34, Oakland 20.

• Oakland
  • Start: RB Darren McFadden, TE Brandon Myers
  • Neutral: QB Carson Palmer, WRs Rod Streater, Darrius Heyward-Bey, & Denarius Moore
  • Sit: RB Marcel Reece, WR Juron Criner (Questionable-hip), K Sebastian Janikowski, DEF
• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, WR Steve Smith,  TE Greg Olsen, K Graham Gano, DEF
  • Neutral: RB DeAngelo Williams
  • Sit: RBs Jonathan Stewart (Questionable-ankle) & Mike Tolbert, WRs Louis Murphy & Brandon LaFell (Probable-toe)

San Diego at New York Jets – Sherpa says:  San Diego 20, New York 17.

• San Diego
  • Start: TE Antonio Gates, DEF
  • Neutral: RBs Curtis Brinkley & Jackie Battle, WR Danario Alexander
  • Sit: QB Philip Rivers, RBs Ryan Mathews (IR-shoulder) & Ronnie Brown (Probable-hamstring), WRs Malcom Floyd, Robert Meachem, & Eddie Royal (Probable-hamstring); K Nick Novak

• New York Jets
  • Start: WR Jeremy Kerley, TE Jeff Cumberland (Probable-ankle), DEF
  • Neutral: RBs Shonn Greene & Bilal Powell (Probable-shoulder)
  • Sit: QBs Greg McElroy, Tim Tebow (Probable-ribs), & Mark Sanchez (Probable-back); RB Joe McKnight (Probable-ankle), WRs Braylon Edwards (Questionable-hamstring) & Chaz Schilens (Questionable-calf), TE Dustin Keller (Doubtful-ankle)

Cleveland at Denver (Sunday late) - Sherpa says: Denver 34, Cleveland 17.

• Cleveland
  • Start: WR Josh Gordon
  • Neutral: RB Trent Richardson (Probable-ribs), WR Greg Little, TE Ben Watson
  • Sit: QB Brandon Weeden, RB Montario Hardesty (Probable-knee), WR Travis Benjamin (Probable-finger), Mohamed Massaquoi (Out-knee), & Josh Cribbs (Probable-knee), K Phil Dawson, DEF
• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, WRs Eric Decker (Probable-ankle) & Demaryius Thomas, K Matt Prater, DEF
  • Neutral:  RB Knowshon Moreno (Probable-ribs), TEs Jacob Tamme & Joel Dreessen
  • Sit: RB Ronnie Hillman, WRs Brandon Stokley & Matthew Willis (Probable-knee)

New York Giants at Baltimore – Sherpa says:  Baltimore 34, New York 31.

• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, WRs Victor Cruz & Hakeem Nicks (Probable-knee), TE Martellus Bennett, K Lawrence Tynes
  • Neutral: RBs Ahmad Bradshaw (Questionable-knee) & David Wilson, WR Domenik Hixon
  • Sit: WR Rueben Randle (Probable-back), DEF
• Baltimore
  • Start: QB Joe Flacco, RB Ray Rice, WR Anquan Boldin, TE Dennis Pitta, K Justin Tucker
  • Neutral: WRs Jacoby Jones & Torrey Smith (Questionable-concussion)
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce (Questionable-concussion), TE Ed Dickson (Probable-knee), DEF

Chicago at Arizona – Sherpa says:  Chicago 20, Arizona 6.

• Chicago
  • Start: RB Matt Forte, WR Brandon Marshall (Probable-hamstring), DEF
  • Neutral: TE Kellen Davis
  • Sit: QB Jay Cutler, RB Michael Bush, WR Earl Bennett (Questionable-concussion), Devin Hester, & Alshon Jeffery, K Olindo Mare
• Arizona
  • Start: DEF
  • Neutral: RB Beanie Wells, WR Larry Fitzgerald, TE Rob Housler (Questionable-knee)
  • Sit: QB Ryan Lindley, RB LaRod Stephens-Hwoling, WRs Michael Floyd, Andre Roberts, & Early Doucet (Out-concussion); TEs Jeff King & Todd Heap, K Jay Feely

San Francisco at Seattle (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  San Francisco 24, Seattle 20.

• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore (Probable-wrist), WR Michael Crabtree, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Colin Kaepernick, RB LaMichael James, TE Vernon Davis, K David Akers (Probable-pelvis)
  • Sit: WRs Randy Moss & Mario Manningham (Questionable-shoulder), TE Delanie Walker
• Seattle
  • Start: N/A
  • Neutral: QB Russell Wilson, RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back), WRs Sidney Rice (Questionable-knee) & Golden Tate, DEF
  • Sit: RB Robert Turbin, WRs Doug Baldwin & Ben Obomanu, TEs Zach Miller, K Steven Hauschka

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

Cincinnati at Philadelphia (Thursday night) – Sherpa says:  Philadelphia 28, Cincinnati 27.

• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, WRs A.J. Green & Andrew Hawkins, TE Jermaine Gresham
  • Neutral: RB BenJarvus Green-Eillis, WR Marvin Jones, K Josh Brown, DEF
  • Sit: RB Cedric Peerman (Doubtful-ankle), K Mike Nugent (Doubtful-calf)
• Philadelphia
  • Start: QB Nick Foles, RB Bryce Brown, WR Jason Avant, TE Clay Harbor
  • Neutral: WRs Jeremy Maclin (Probable-groin) & Riley Cooper, K Alex Henery, DEF
  • Sit: QB Michael Vick (Out-concussion), RB LeSean McCoy (Out-concussion), TE Brent Celek (Out-concussion)

New York Giants at Atlanta (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  New York 34, Atlanta 28.

• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, RB David Wilson, WRs Victor Cruz & Hakeem Nicks (Probable-knee), TE Martellus Bennett, K Lawrence Tynes
  • Neutral: DEF
  • Sit: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Out-knee), WRs Domenik Hixon, Rueben Randle, & Ramses Barden
• Atlanta
  • Start: QB Matt Ryan, WR Julio Jones, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: RBs Michael Turner & Jacquizz Rodgers, WR Roddy White (Questionable-knee), K Matt Bryant
  • Sit: WR Harry Douglas (Questionable-ribs), DEF

Minnesota at St. Louis – Sherpa says:  St. Louis 24, Minnesota 20.

• Minnesota
  • Start: RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-chest), TE Kyle Rudolph (Probable-shoulder)
  • Neutral: WRs Jarrius Wright & Michael Jenkins, DEF
  • Sit: QB Christian Ponder, RB Toby Gerhart, WR Devin Aromashodu, K Blair Walsh
• St. Louis
  • Start: QB Sam Bradford, RB Steven Jackson (Probable-foot), WRs Brandon Gibson & Chris Givens, DEF
  • Neutral: TE Lance Kendricks, K Greg Zuerlein
  • Sit: RB Darryl Richardon, WR Danny Amendola (Probable-foot)

Tampa Bay at New Orleans – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay 34, New Orleans 31.

• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams, TE Dallas Clark, K Connor Barth
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount, DEF
• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, WRs Marques Colston & Lance Moore, TE Jimmy Graham, K Garrett Hartley
  • Neutral: RBs Pierre Thomas & Darren Sproles, WRs Joseph Morgan & Devery Henderson
  • Sit: RBs Mark Ingram & Chris Ivory (Out-hamstring), TE David Thomas, DEF

Jacksonville at Miami – Sherpa says:  Miami 23, Jacksonville 13.

• Jacksonville
  • Start: WRs Justin Blackmon & Cecil Shorts (Probable-concussion), TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: QB Chad Henne, RB Montel Owens, WR Jordan Shipley, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Maurice Jones-Drew (Out-foot) & Rashad Jennings (Out-concussion), K Josh Scobee
• Miami
  • Start: QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Reggie Bush, WR Brian Hartline (Probable-glute), DEF
  • Neutral: TE Anthony Fasano, K David Carpenter
  • Sit: RBs Daniel Thomas & Lamar Miller, WR Davone Bess

Indianapolis at Houston – Sherpa says:  Houston 37, Indianapolis 24.

• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), WRs Reggie Wayne, Donnie Avery (Probable-ribs), & T.Y. Hilton
  • Neutral: RB Vick Ballard, TE Dwayne Allen, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Sit: TE Coby Fleener, DEF
• Houston
  • Start: QB Matt Schaub, RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, TE Owen Daniels (Probable-back), K Shayne Graham
  • Neutral: RB Ben Tate (Probable-hamstring), WRs Kevin Walter & Lestar Jean (Probable-knee), DEF
  • Sit: RB Justin Forsett (Probable-knee), WRs DeVier Posey & Keshawn Martin, TE Garrett Graham (Probable-concussion)

Washington at Cleveland – Sherpa says:  Washington 30, Cleveland 21.

• Washington
  • Start: RB Alfred Morris, WRs Pierre Garcon (Probable-foot) & Santana Moss, K Kai Forbath, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Robert Griffin III (Questionable-knee) or QB Kirk Cousins (whoever starts), WRs Josh Morgan & Leonard Hankerson
  • Sit: RBs Evan Royster & Darrel Young, WR Aldrick Robinson, TE Logan Paulsen
• Cleveland
  • Start: QB Brandon Weeden, RB Trent Richardson (Probable-ribs), WR Josh Gordon, TE Ben Watson
  • Neutral: WR Greg Little
  • Sit: RB Montario Hardesty (Probable-knee), WRs Mohamed Massaquoi, Travis Benjamin (Probable-finger) & Joshua Cribbs (Probable-knee); K Phil Dawson, DEF

Green Bay at Chicago – Sherpa says:  Green Bay 24, Chicago 21.

• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR Randall Cobb, TE Jermichael Finley, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Alex Green, WRs Greg Jennings & James Jones, K Mason Crosby
  • Sit: RBs James Starks (Out-knee), Dujuan Harris, Ryan Grant, & John Kuhn; WRs Jordy Nelson (Out-hamstring) & Donald Driver (Questionable-thumb)
• Chicago
  • Start: RB Matt Forte, WR Brandon Marshall
  • Neutral: QB Jay Cutler (Probable-neck) or QB Jason Campbell (whoever starts), WRs Alshon Jeffery & Devin Hester, TE Kellen Davis (Probable-knee), DEF
  • Sit: RB Michael Bush (Questionable-ribs), WR Earl Bennett (Out-concussion), Ks Robbie Gould (IR-calf) & Olindo Mare

Denver at Baltimore – Sherpa says:  Denver 31,  Baltimore 28.

• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, RB Knowshon Moreno, WRs Demaryius Thomas (Probable-shoulder) & Eric Decker, K Matt Prater
  • Neutral: WR Brandon Stokley, TEs Jacob Tamme & Joel Dreessen, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Ronnie Hillman & Lance Ball, WR Matt Willis (Probable-knee)
• Baltimore
  • Start: QB Joe Flacco, RB Ray Rice (Probable-hip), WRs Anquan Bldin & Torrey Smith, TE Dennis Pitta
  • Neutral: WR Jacoby Jones (Probable-ankle), K Justin Tucker
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce (Probable-back), TE Ed Dickson (Doubtful-back), DEF

Carolina at San Diego (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  Carolina 24, San Diego 23.

• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, WR Steve Smith, TE Greg Olsen
  • Neutral: WR Lance Murphy (Probable-hamstring), K Billy Cundiff, DEF
  • Sit: RBs DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart (Out-ankle), & Matt Tolbert; WR Brandon LaFell (Questionable-toe)
• San Diego
  • Start: QB Philip Rivers, RB Ryan Mathews, WR Danario Alexander, TE Anthony Gates
  • Neutral: WRs Malcom Floyd & Robert Meachem, K Nick Novak, DEF
  • Sit: RB Ronnie Brown (Doubtful-hamstring), WR Eddie Royal (Questionable-hamstring)

Seattle at Buffalo – Sherpa says:  Buffalo 27, Seattle 24.

• Seattle
  • Start: RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back)
  • Neutral: QB Russel Wilson, WRs Doug Baldwin & Golden Tate, TE Zach Miller, K Steven Hauschka
  • Sit: RB Robert Turbin, WR Sidney Rice (Probable-foot) & Ben Obomanu, TE Evan Moore
• Buffalo
  • Start: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, RB C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WR Steve Johnson, TE Scott Chandler
  • Neutral: WR T.J. Graham & Donald Jones (Questionable-calf), K Rian Lindell, DEF
  • Sit: RB Fred Jackson (IR-knee)

Detroit at Arizona – Sherpa says:  Detroit 27, Arizona 10.

• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WR Calvin Johnson (Probable-knee), TE Tony Scheffler
  • Neutral: RBs Mikel Leshoure & Joique Bell, WRs Krish Durham & Mike Thomas
  • Sit: TEs Will Heller & Brandon Pettigrew (Doubtful-ankle)

• Arizona
  • Start: N/A
  • Neutral: TE Rob Housler (Questionable-knee), DEF
  • Sit: QB Rian Lindley, QB John Skelton, or QB Kevin Kolb (whoever starts); RBs Beanie Wells (Probable-knee), LaRod Stephens-Howling, & Anthony Sherman; WRs Larry Fitzgerald, Early Doucet (Out-concussion), Andre Roberts (Probable-ankle), & Michael Floyd; TEs Jeff King & Todd Heap, K Jay Feely

Kansas City at Oakland - Sherpa says: Kansas City 23, Oakland 20.

• Kansas City
  • Start: RB Jamaal Charles, TE Tony Moeaki, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Peyton Hillis, WRs Dexter McCluster, Jonathan Baldwin, & Terrance Copper; K Ryan Succop
  • Sit: QB Brady Quinn, RB Shaun Draughn, WRs Dwayne Bowe (Out-ribs) & Steve Breaston
• Oakland
  • Start: WR Rod Streater, TE Brandon Myers
  • Neutral:  QB Carson Palmer, RBs Marcel Reece & Mike Goodson, WRs Darrius Heyward-Bey & Danarius Moore, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Darren McFadden (Probable-ankle) & Taiwan Jones, WR Juron Criner, K Sebastian Janikowski

Pittsburgh at Dallas – Sherpa says:  Dallas 24, Pittsburgh 21.

• Pittsburgh
  • Start: RB Jonathan Dwyer, WR Mike Wallace, TE Heath Miller
  • Neutral: QB Ben Roethlisberger, WRs Antonio Brown & Emmanuel Sanders (Probable-shoulder), DEF
  • Sit: RBs Rashard Mendenhall (Out-suspension), Isaac Redman, & Chris Rainey, K Shaun Suisham
• Dallas
  • Start: WR Miles Austin, TE Jason Witten, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Tony Romo, RB DeMarco Murray (Probable-foot), WR Dez Bryant (Questionable-finger), K Dan Bailey
  • Sit: RB Felix Jones (Probable-knee), WRs Kevin Ogletree & Dwayne Harris

San Francisco at New England (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  New England 34, San Francisco 27.

• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore (Probable-wrist), WR Michael Crabtree, TE Vernon Davis
  • Neutral: QB Collin Kaeperneck, WR Randy Moss, K David Akers (Probable-pelvis)
  • Sit: RBs LaMichael James & Brandon Jacobs (Out-suspension), WR Mario Manningham (Doubtful-shoulder), DEF
• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley, WR Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle), TE Aaron Hernandez (Questionable-ankle), K Stephen Gostkowski
  • Neutral: RB Shane Vereen, WR Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee), DEF
  • Sit: RB Danny Woodhead, WR Donte Stallworth (IR-ankle), TE Rob Gronkowski (Questionable-forearm)

New York Jets at Tennessee (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  Tennessee 23, New York 20.

• New York
  • Start: RB Shonn Greene, WR Jeremy Kerley, TE Jeff Cumberland (Probable-wrist)
  • Neutral: RB Bilal Powell (Questionable-shoulder), DEF
  • Sit: QB Mark Sanchez (Probable-back), RB Joe McKnight (Probable-ankle), WRs Stephen Hill (Doubtful-knee), Braylon Edwards (Questionable-hamstring), & Clyde Gates (Questionable-concussion), TE Dustin Keller (Doubtful-ankle), K Nick Folk
• Tennessee
  • Start: RB Chris Johnson (Probable-ankle), WR Kenny Britt (Probable-knee), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Jake Locker (Probable-shoulder), WRs Nate Washington & Kendall Wright, K Rob Bironas
  • Sit: TEs Craig Stevens & Jared Cook (IR-rotator cuff)

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

Denver at Oakland (Thursday early) – Sherpa says:  Denver 31, Oakland 20.

• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, RB Knowshon Moreno, WRs Demaryius Thomas & Eric Decker, TE Jacob Tamme, K Matt Prater, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Matthew Willis (Probable-knee), TE Joel Dreessen
  • Sit: RBs Ronnie Hillman & Lance Ball, WR Brandon Stokley (Questionable-hip)
• Oakland
  • Start: QB Carson Palmer (Probable-thumb), WRs Darrius Heyward-Bey & Denarius Moore, TE Brandon Myers (Probable-shoulder)
  • Neutral: RB Marcel Reece (Probable-hamstring), WRs Rod Streater & Juron Criner (Probable-shoulder)
  • Sit: RBs Jeremy Stewart, Darren McFadden (Probable-ankle), Mike Goodson (Probable-ankle), & Taiwan Jones (Probable-ankle), K Sebastian Janikowski, DEF

St. Louis at Buffalo (in Toronto) (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Buffalo 28, St. Louis 27.

• St. Louis
  • Start: RB Steven Jackson (Probable-foot), WR Chris Givens
  • Neutral: QB Sam Bradford, RB Darry Richardson, WR Brandon Gibson, TE Lance Kendricks, K Greg Zuerlein, DEF
  • Sit: WR Danny Amendola (Questionable-foot)
• Buffalo
  • Start: RBs Fred Jackson & C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WR Steve Johnson (Probable-hamstring), TE Scott Chandler (Probable-groin)
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, WR Donald Jones (Probable-calf), K Rian Lindell, DEF
  • Sit: WR T.J. Graham (Questionable-ankle)

Baltimore at Washington – Sherpa says:  Washington 35, Baltimore 24.

• Baltimore
  • Start: QB Joe Flacco, RB Ray Rice, WRs Torrey Smith & Anquan Boldin, TE Dennis Pitta
  • Neutral: WR Jacoby Jones (Questionable-ankle), K Justin Tucker
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce, TE Ed Dickson (Questionable-knee), DEF
• Washington
  • Start: QB Robert Griffin III,  RB Alfred Morris, WR Pierre Garcon (Probable-foot), K Kai Forbath
  • Neutral: WRs Joshua Morgan, Leonard Hankerson, & Aldrick Robinson, TE Logan Paulsen, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Evan Royster & Darrel Young

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay 31, Philadelphia 30.

• Philadelphia
  • Start: QB Nick Foles, WRs Jeremy Maclin & Jason Avant, TE Brent Celek, K Alex Henery
  • Neutral: WR Riley Cooper
  • Sit: QB Michael Vick (Doubtful-concussion), RBs LeSean McCoy (Doubtful-concussion) & Bryce Brown
• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson (Probable-calf) & Mike Williams, TE Dallas Clark, K Conor Barth
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount, DEF

San Diego at Pittsburgh – Sherpa says:  Pittsburgh 21, San Diego 13.

• San Diego
  • Start: TE Antonio Gates, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Ryan Mathews, WRs Danario Alexander & Malcom Floyd
  • Sit: QB Philip Rivers, RB Ronnie Brown, WRs Robert Meachem & Eddie Royal (Questionable-hamstring), K Nick Novak
• Pittsburgh
  • Start: WR Mike Wallace (Probable-knee), TE Heath Miller, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Ben Roethlisberger or QB Charlie Batch (whoever starts), RB Jonathan Dwyer, WRs Antonio Brown (Probable-ankle) & Emmanuel Sanders (Probable-shoulder)
  • Sit: RBs Rashard Mendenhall, Isaac Redman, & Chris Rainey, K Shaun Suisham

Chicago at Minnesota – Sherpa says:  Chicago 21, Minnesota 20.

• Chicago
  • Start: RB Matt Forte, WR Brandon Marshall, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Jay Cutler
  • Sit: RB Michael Bush (Probable-ribs), WRs Early Bennett (Out-concussion), Devin Hester (Questionable-concussion) & Alshon Jeffery (Questionable-knee), TE Kellen Davis, K Robbie Gould
• Minnesota
  • Start: RB Adrian Peterson, TE Kyle Rudolph (Probable-shoulder), DEF
  • Neutral: WR Jarrius Wright
  • Sit: QB Christian Ponder, RB Toby Gerhart, WRs Percy Harvin (IR-ankle), Jerome Simpson, Michael Jenkins, & Devin Aromashodu; TE John Carlson, K Blair Walsh

Atlanta at Carolina – Sherpa says:  Carolina 28, Atlanta 24.

• Atlanta
  • Start: QB Matt Ryan, WRs Julio Jones & Roddy White, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: RBs Michael Turner (Probable-elbow) & Jacquizz Rodgers, K Matt Bryant, DEF
  • Sit: RB Jason Snelling, WR Harry Douglas
• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, WR Steve Smith
  • Neutral: RB DeAngelo Williams, TE Greg Olsen (Questionable-back), K Graham Gano, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Jonathan Stewart (Questionable-ankle) & Mike Tolbert, WRs Brandon LaFell (Questionable-toe) & Louis Murphy

Dallas at Cincinnati – Sherpa says:  Dallas 28, Cincinnati 27.

• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, RB DeMarco Murray (Probable-foot), WRs Dez Bryant & Miles Austin (Probable-hip), TE Jason Witten
  • Neutral: K Dan Bailey, DEF
  • Sit: RB Felix Jones (Probable-knee), WR Kevin Ogletree
• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, WR A.J. Green
  • Neutral: WR Andrew Hawkins, TE Jermaine Gresham (Questionable-hamstring), K Josh Brown (if he plays), DEF
  • Sit: RB Cedric Peerman (Questionable-ankle), WRs Armon Binns & Marvin Jones, K Mike Nugent (Questionable-calf)

Kansas City at Cleveland – Sherpa says:  Kansas City 24, Cleveland 20.

• Kansas City
  • Start: RB Jamaal Charles, WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Tony Moeaki, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Brady Quinn, WR Dexter McCluster, K Ryan Succop
  • Sit: RBs Peyton Hillis & Shaun Draughn, WR Steve Breaston
• Cleveland
  • Start: QB Brandon Weeden, RB Trent Richardson (Probable-ribs), WR Josh Gordon
  • Neutral: WR Mohamed Massaquoi, TE Ben Watson, DEF
  • Sit: RB Montario Hardesty, WRs Greg Little, Josh Cooper, Joshua Cribbs (Questionable-shoulder), & Travis Benjamin, TE Jordan Cameron (Probable-groin), K Phil Dawson

Tennessee at Indianapolis – Sherpa says:  Indianapolis 35, Tennessee 28.

• Tennessee
  • Start: QB Jake Locker (Probable-shoulder), RB Chris Johnson, WR Kenny Britt (Probable-knee) & Nate Washington, TE Jared Cook (Probable-neck)
  • Neutral: WR Kendall Wright, K Rob Bironas
  • Sit: WR Damian Williams (Questionable-hamstring), DEF
• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), RB Vick Ballard, WRs Reggie Wayne, T.Y. Hilton, & Donnie Avery; K Adam Vinatieri
  • Neutral: TE Dwayne Allen, DEF
  • Sit: RB Donald Brown (Questionable-ankle), TE Coby Fleener

New York Jets at Jacksonville – Sherpa says:  New York 24, Jacksonville 14.

• New York
  • Start: RB Shonn Greene, WR Jermey Kerley (Probable-hamstring), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Mark Sanchez (Probable-back), RB Bilal Powell (Probable-shoulder), WR Stephen Hill (Questionable-knee), TE Jeff Cumberland (Probable-wrist), K Nick Folk
  • Sit: QBs Greg McElroy & Tim Tebow (Questionable-ribs), WRs Chaz Schilens (Probable-knee) & Clyde Gates (Questionable-concussion), TE Dustin Keller (Questionable-ankle)
• Jacksonville
  • Start: TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: RB Montell Owens, WRs Cecil Shorts (Questionable-concussion) & Justin Blackmon, DEF
  • Sit: QB Chad Henne, RB Rashad Jennings (Questionable-concussion) & Maurice Jones-Drew (Questionable-foot), K Josh Scobee

Miami at San Francisco (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  San Francisco 27, Miami 17.

• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, WR Brian Hartline
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill, WR Davone Bess, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Daniel Thomas & Lance Miller, TE Anthony Fasano (Probable-hip), K Dan Carpenter

• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore (Probable-wrist), WR Michael Crabtree, TE Vernon Davis, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Colin Kaepernick, WRs Mario Manningham (Questionable-shoulder) & Randy Moss, K David Akers (Probable-pelvis)
  • Sit: RBs LeMichael James & Brandon Jacobs, TE Delanie Walker

New Orleans at New York Giants - Sherpa says: New York 37, New Orleans 28.

• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, WRs Marques Colston & Lance Moore, TE Jimmy Graham
  • Neutral: RBs Pierre Thomas & Darren Sproles, WR Devery Henderson, K Garrett Hartley
  • Sit: RBs Mark Ingram & Chris Ivory, TE Dave Thomas (Probable-knee), DEF
• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Probable-foot), WR Victor Cruz, TE Martellus Bennett, K Lawrence Tynes
  • Neutral:  WRs Hakeem Nicks (Questionable-knee) & Rueben Randle, DEF
  • Sit: RBs David Wilson & Kregg Lumpkin, WRs Ramses Barden & Domenik Hixon

Arizona at Seattle – Sherpa says:  Seattle 23, Arizona 6.

• Arizona
  • Start: N/A
  • Neutral: WR Larry Fitzgerald, TE Rob Housler, DEF
  • Sit: QBs Ryan Lindley & John Skelton, RB LaRod Stephens-Howling & William Powell, WRs Andre Roberts (Questionable-ankle), Early Doucet (Probable-ribs), & Michael Floyd; TEs Jeff King & Todd Heap, K Jay Feely
• Seattle
  • Start: RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Russell Wilson, WRs Sidney Rice (Probable-concussion), Golden Tate, & Doug Baldwin; TE Zach Miller, K Steven Hauschka
  • Sit: RBs Leon Washington & Robert Turbin, WRs Ben Obomanu & Braylon Edwards (cut), TE Evan Moore

Detroit at Green Bay (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  Green Bay 30, Detroit 28.

• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WR Calvin Johnson, TEs Brandon Pettigrew & Tony Scheffler
  • Neutral: RBs Mikel Leshoure & Joique Bell, WR Mike Thomas, K Jason Hanson
  • Sit: WRs Ryan Broyles (IR-knee) & Titus Young (IR-knee), Brian Robiskie, & Lance Long; DEF
• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR James Jones, TE Jermichael Finley, K Mason Crosby
  • Neutral: RB Alex White, WRs Greg Jennings & Randall Cobb, DEF
  • Sit: RBs James Starks (Out-knee), John Kuhn, & Ryan Grant; WRs Jordy Nelson (Doubtful-hamstring) & Donald Driver (Questionable-thumb)

Houston at New England (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  New England 37, Houston 34.

• Houston
  • Start: QB Matt Schaub, RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, TE Owen Daniels (Probable-back), K Shayne Graham
  • Neutral: WR Kevin Walter
  • Sit: RBs Justin Forsett & Ben Tate (Probable-hamstring), WRs Lestar Jean (Probable-knee), DeVier Posey (Probable-knee), & Keshawn Martin; TE Garrett Graham (Questionable-concussion), DEF
• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley, WR Wes Welker (Probable-ankle), TE Aaron Hernandez (Probable-ankle), K Stephen Gostkowski
  • Neutral: RB Shane Vereen, WR Brandon Lloyd (Probable-knee)
  • Sit: RBs Danny Woodhead & Brandon Bolden, WRs Julian Edelman (IR-foot) & Donte’ Stallworth, TE Rob Gronkowski (Doubtful-arm), DEF

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

New Orleans at Atlanta (Thursday early) – Sherpa says:  Atlanta 28, New Orleans 27.

• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, RB Darren Sproles, WRs Marques Colston & Lance Moore, TE Jimmy Graham
  • Neutral: RBs Mark Ingram, Pierre Thomas, & Chris Ivory; WR Devery Henderson, K Garrett Hartley, DEF
  • Sit: TE Daniel Thomas (Questionable-knee)
• Atlanta
  • Start: QB Matt Ryan, WRs Julio Jones & Roddy White, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: RBs Michael Turner & Jacquizz Rodgers, K Matt Bryant, DEF
  • Sit: WR Harry Douglas (Probable-ankle)

Houston at Tennessee (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Houston 38, Tennessee 24.

• Houston
  • Start: QB Matt Schaub, RB Arian Foster, WRs Andre Johnson (Probable-groin) & Kevin Walter, TE Owen Daniels (Probable-back), K Shayne Graham
  • Neutral: RB James Casey, TE Garrett Graham, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Justin Forsett & Brandon Tate (Probable-hamstring), WRs Keshawn Martin, DeVier Posey (Probable-knee), & Lestar Jean (Probable-knee)
• Tennessee
  • Start: RB Chris Johnson, WRs Nate Washington & Kenny Britt (Probable-knee), TE Jared Cook
  • Neutral: QB Jake Locker (Probable-shoulder), WR Kendall Wright, K Rob Bironas
  • Sit: DEF

Indianapolis @ Detroit – Sherpa says:  Detroit 34, Indianapolis 31.

• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), RB Vick Ballard, WRs Reggie Wayne, Donnie Avery, & T.Y. Hilton, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Neutral: TE Dwayne Allen
  • Sit: RBs Donald Brown (Probable-knee) & Delone Carter, TE Coby Fleener (Probable-shoulder), DEF
• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WRs Calvin Johnson (Probable-thumb) & Ryan Broyles, TEs Brandon Pettigrew & Tony Scheffler, K Jason Hanson
  • Neutral: RBs Mikel Leshoure (Probable-ankle) & Joique Bell
  • Sit: WR Titus Young, DEF

Jacksonville at Buffalo – Sherpa says:  Buffalo 30, Jacksonville 24.

• Jacksonville
  • Start: RB Rashad Jennings, WRs Justin Blackmon (Probable-groin) & Cecil Shorts (Probable-hamstring), TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: QB Chad Henne, K Josh Scobee
  • Sit: RB Maurice Jones-Drew (Out-foot), DEF
• Buffalo
  • Start: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, RB C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WR Steve Johnson, K Rian Lindell
  • Neutral: RB Fred Jackson, WR Donald Jones (Questionable-calf), TE Scott Chandler (Probable-groin), DEF
  • Sit: N/A

Seattle at Chicago – Sherpa says:  Chicago 20, Seattle 17.

• Seattle
  • Start: DEF
  • Neutral: QB Russell Wilson, RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back), WRs Sidney Rice (Questionable-calf) & Golden Tate, TE Zach Miller
  • Sit: RBs Leon Washington & Robert Turbin, WRs Ben Obomanu & Doug Baldwin, TE Evan Moore, K Steven Hauschka
• Chicago
  • Start: RB Michael Bush, WR Brandon Marshall, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Jay Cutler, TE Kellen Davis (Probable-ankle)
  • Sit: RB Matt Forte (Probable-ankle), WRs Earl Bennett, Devin Hester (Out-concussion) & Alshon Jeffery (Doubtful-knee), K Robbie Gould

San Francisco at St. Louis – Sherpa says:  San Francisco 28, St. Louis 21

• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore (Probable-wrist), WR Michael Crabtree, TE Vernon Davis, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Colin Kaepernick, RBs Brandon Jacobs & LaMichael James, WRs Mario Manningham (Probable-shoulder) & Randy Moss, K David Akers (Probable-pelvis)
  • Sit: QB Alex White, RB Kendall Hunter (IR-Achilles)
• St. Louis
  • Start: RB Steven Jackson (Probable-foot)
  • Neutral: QB Sam Bradford, RB Darryl Richardson, WR Chris Givens, TE Lance Kendrick, DEF
  • Sit: WRs Danny Amendola (Doubtful-heel) & Brandon Gibson, K Greg Zuerlein

Minnesota at Green Bay – Sherpa says:  Green Bay 21, Minnesota 20.

• Minnesota
  • Start: RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-ankle), WR Jarrius Wright, TE Kyle Rudolph (Probable-concussion), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Christian Ponder
  • Sit: RB Toby Gerhart, WRs Jerome Simpson, Michael Jenkins, Percy Harvin (Doubtful-ankle) & Devon Aromashodu, TE John Carlson, K Blair Walsh
• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR Jordy Nelson, TE Jermichael Finley, DEF
  • Neutral: RB James Starks, WR James Jones & Randall Cobb
  • Sit: RB Alex White & John Kuhn, WRs Greg Jennings (Probable-groin) & Donald Driver (Questionable-thumb), K Mason Crosby

Carolina @ Kansas City – Sherpa says:  Carolina 24, Kansas City 21.

• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton (Probable-wrist), WR Steve Smith, TE Greg Olsen, DEF
  • Neutral: RBs DeAngelo Williams & Mike Tolbert, WR Brandon LaFell, K Graham Gano
  • Sit: RB Jonathan Stewart (Doubtful-ankle), WR Louis Murphy
• Kansas City
  • Start: RB Jamaal Charles, WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Tony Moeaki
  • Neutral: DEF
  • Sit: QB Brady Quinn, RBs Shaun Draughn & Peyton Hillis, WRs Dexter McCluster (Probable-concussion) & Steve Breaston, K Ryan Succop

New England @ Miami – Sherpa says:  New England 38, Miami 24.

• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley, WRs Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle) & Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee), K Stephen Gostkowski
  • Neutral: RB Shane Vereen, WR Julian Edelman (Questionable-concussion), TE Aaron Hernandez (Questionable-ankle), DEF
  • Sit: RB Danny Woodhead, TE Rob Gronkowski (Out-arm)
• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, WR Davone Bess (Probable-wrist)
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Daniel Thomas (Probable-knee), WR Brian Hartline, TE Anthony Fasano (Probable-hip), K Dan Carpenter
  • Sit: DEF

Arizona at New York Jets – Sherpa says:  New York 17, Arizona 14.

• Arizona
  • Start: WR Larry Fitzgerald, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Beanie Wells (Questionable-knee), WR Andre Roberts (Questionable-ankle), Te Rob Housler
  • Sit: QB Ryan Lindley, RB LaRod Stephens-Howling, WRs Early Doucet (Questionable-ribs) & Michael Floyd, TEs Jeff King & Todd Heap, K Jay Feely
• New York
  • Start: RB Shonn Greene, TE Dustin Keller, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Bilal Powell (Probable-shoulder), WR Jeremy Kerley
  • Sit: QB Mark Sanchez (Probable-back), RB Joe McKnight (Probable-ankle), WRs Chaz Schilens (Probable-concussion) & Clyde Gates (Questionable-concussion), TE Jeff Cumberland (Probable-wrist), K Nick Folk

Tampa Bay at Denver (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  Denver 31, Tampa Bay 28.

• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams, TE Dallas Clark
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood, K Connor Barth
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount, DEF
• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, WRs Daniel Thomas (Probable-knee) & Eric Decker, TE Jacob Tamme, K Matt Prater
  • Neutral: RB Knowshon Moreno, WR Brandon Stokley (Questionable-wrist), TE Joel Dreessen, DEF
  • Sit: RB Ronnie Hillman

Cleveland at Oakland – Sherpa says:  Oakland 23, Cleveland 17.

• Cleveland
  • Start: RB Trent Richardson, WR Josh Gordon
  • Neutral: QB Brandon Weeden, WR Greg Little, TE Ben Watson, DEF
  • Sit: RB Montario Hardesty, WRs Mohamed Massaquoi, Josh Cribbs, Travis Benjamin & Josh Cooper; K Phil Dawson

• Oakland
  • Start: QB Carson Palmer (Probable-thumb), RB Marcel Reece (Probable-hamstring), WRs Darrius Heyward-Bey & Denarius Moore, TE Brandon Meyers, DEF
  • Neutral: K Sebastian Janikowski
  • Sit: RBs Darren McFadden (Questionable-ankle), Mike Goodson (Questionable-ankle), & Taiwan Jones (Probable-ankle)

Cincinnati at San Diego

• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, WR A.J. Green, TE Jermaine Gresham, K Mike Nugent, DEF
  • Neutral: RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis & Cedric Peerman, WR Andrew Hawkins (Probable-knee)
  • Sit: WRs Armon Binns, Marvin Jones & Mohamed Sanu (Out-foot)
• San Diego
  • Start: RB Ryan Mathews, WR Danario Alexander, TE Antonio Gates
  • Neutral: QB Philip Rivers, WRs Malcom Floyd & Robert Meachem
  • Sit: RB Ronnie Brown, WR Eddie Royal (Out-hamstring), K Nick Novak, DEF

Pittsburgh at Baltimore – Sherpa says:  Baltimore 21, Pittsburgh 14.

• Pittsburgh
  • Start: RB Jonathan Dwyer, TE Heath Miller, DEF
  • Neutral: WRs Mike Wallace, Antonio Brown (Probable-ankle), & Emmanuel Sanders
  • Sit: QBs Charlie Batch & Ben Roethlisberger (Out-shoulder), RBs Rashard Mendenhall, Isaac Redman, & Chris Rainey; WRs Jerricho Cotchery & Plaxico Burress, K Shaun Suisham
• Baltimore
  • Start: RB Ray Rice, TE Dennis Pitta, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Joe Flacco, WRs Torrey Smith (Probable-thigh), Anquan Boldin (Probable-knee) & Jacoby Jones (Probable-ankle)
  • Sit: TE Eric Dickson (Doubtful-knee), K Justin Tucker

Philadelphia at Dallas (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  Dallas 27, Philadelphia 24.

• Philadelphia
  • Start: RB Bryce Brown, WR Jeremy Maclin, TE Brent Celek
  • Neutral: QB Nick Foles, WRs Jason Avant (Probable-hamstring) & Riley Cooper (Probable-knee), K Alex Henery, DEF
  • Sit: QB Michael Vick (Out-concussion), RB LeSean McCoy (Out-concussion), WRs DeSean Jackson (IR-knee) & Damaris Johnson
• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, WR Dez Bryant, TE Jason Witten
  • Neutral: WR Miles Austin (Questionable-hip), K Dan Bailey, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Felix Jones (Questionable-knee) & DeMarco Murray (Questionable-foot), WRs Dwayne Harris, Cole Beasley, & Kevin Ogletree (Probable-concussion)

New York Giants at Washington (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  Washington 35, New York 30.

• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, WRs Hakeem Nicks & Victor Cruz, TE Martellus Bennett, K Lawrence Tynes
  • Neutral: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Questionable-foot), WR Rueben Randle
  • Sit: RBs David Wilson & Andre Brown (IR-leg), WRs Domenik Hixon (Questionable-ankle) & Ramses Barden, DEF
• Washington
  • Start: QB Robert Griffin III, RB Alfred Morris, WRs Santana Moss & Pierre Garcon, K Kai Forbath
  • Neutral: WR Aldrick Robinson, TE Logan Paulsen
  • Sit: DEF

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

Houston at Detroit (Thursday early) – Sherpa says:  Houston 31, Detroit 28.

• Houston
  • Start: QB Matt Schaub, RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, TE Owen Daniels (Probable-back), K Shayne Graham
  • Neutral: WR Kevin Walter, TE Garrett Graham, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Ben Tate (Questionable-hamstring) & Justin Forsett, WRs Lestar Jean (Probable-knee), DeVier Posey (Doubtful-hamstring), & Keshawn Martin
• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WR Calvin Johnson (Probable-knee), TE Brandon Pettigrew
  • Neutral: RB Mikel Leshoure, WRs Ryan Broyles & Mike Thomas, K Jason Hanson (Probable-foot)
  • Sit: RB Joique Bell, WR Titus Young (Out-bad behavior), DEF

Washington at Dallas (Thursday late) – Sherpa says:  Washington 31, Dallas 24.

• Washington
  • Start: QB Robert Griffin III, RB Alfred Morris, WR Santana Moss, K Kai Forbath
  • Neutral: WR Pierre Garcon (Questionable-foot), TE Logan Paulsen (Probable-hip), DEF
  • Sit: RB Evan Royster, WRs Aldrick Robinson & Josh Morgan, TE Chris Cooley
• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, WRs Dez Bryant & Miles Austsin, TE Jason Witten
  • Neutral: K Dan Bailey
  • Sit: RBs DeMarco Murray (Doubtful-foot) & Felix Jones (Questionable-knee), WR Kevin Ogletree (Out-concussion), DEF

New England at New York Jets (Thursday night) – Sherpa says:  New England 37, New York 17.

• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley, WR Julian Edelman (Probable-hand), K Stephen Gostkowski, DEF
  • Neutral: RBs Danny Woodhead & Shane Vereen, WRs Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee) & Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle), TE Aaron Hernandez (Questionable-ankle)
  • Sit: TE Rob Gronkowski (Out-arm)
• New York
  • Start: WR Chaz Schilens, TE Dustin Keller
  • Neutral: QB Mark Sanchez (Probable-back), RB Shonn Greene, WRs Jeremy Kerley (Questionable-hamstring) & Clyde Gates (Probable-shoulder)
  • Sit: QB Tim Tebow (Questionable-ribs), WR Bilal Powell (Probable-shoulder), K Nick Folk, DEF

Buffalo at Indianapolis (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Indianapolis 34, Buffalo 33.

• Buffalo
  • Start: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, RB C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WRs Steve Johnson & Donald Jones, TE Scott Chandler, K Rian Lindell
  • Neutral: RB Fred Jackson (Probable-concussion)
  • Sit: DEF
• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), RB Vick Ballard, WRs Reggie Wayne & T.Y. Hilton, TE Dwayne Allen, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Neutral: WR Donald AVery (Probable-concussion)
  • Sit: RBs Donald Brown (Probable-knee) & Delone Carter, TE Coby Fleener (Questionable-shoulder), DEF

Pittsburgh at Cleveland – Sherpa says:  Pittsburgh 24, Cleveland 13.

• Pittsburgh
  • Start: TE Heath Miller, DEF
  • Neutral: RBs Rashard Mendenhall & Jonathan Dwyer, WRs Mike Wallace & Emmanuel Sanders
  • Sit: QBs Charlie Batch, Byron Leftwich (Out-ribs), & Ben Roethlisberger (Doubtful-shoulder); RB Isaac Redman (Probable-concussion), WRs Antonio Brown (Questionable-ankle), Jerricho Cotchery (Out-ribs), & Plaxico Burress; K Shaun Suisham
• Cleveland
  • Start: TE Ben Watson
  • Neutral: QB Brandon Weeden, RB Trent Richardson (Probable-ribs), WRs Josh Gordon & Greg Little, DEF
  • Sit: WRs Josh Cooper (Questionable-knee), Mohamed Massaquoi, & Josh Cribbs (Probable-back), K Phil Dawson

Oakland at Cincinnati – Sherpa says:  Cincinnati 30, Oakland 24.

• Oakland
  • Start: QB Carson Palmer, RB Marcel Reece (Probable-hamstring)
  • Neutral: WRs Darrius Heyward-Bey (Questionable-hamstring), Denarius Moore (Questionable-hamstring), Rod Streater, & Juron Crner, TE Brandon Myers (Questionable-shoulder), K Sebastian Janikowski
  • Sit: RBs Darren McFadden (Questionable-ankle), Mike Goodson (Questionable-ankle), & Taiwan Jones; DEF
• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, WR A.J. Green, TE Jermaine Gresham, K Mike Nugent
  • Neutral: RBs BenJarvus Green-Ellis & Cedric Peerman, WRs Andrew Hawkins (Questionable-knee) & Mohamed Sanu, DEF
  • Sit: WR Armon Binns

Minnesota at Chicago – Sherpa says:  Chicago 24, Minnesota 20.

• Minnesota
  • Start: RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-ankle), WR Jarrius Wright, TE Kyle Rudolph
  • Neutral: QB Christian Ponder, WR Percy Harvin (Questionable-ankle), Jerome Simpson, & Michael Jenkins (Questionable-foot), DEF
  • Sit: RB Toby Gerhart, WR Devon Aromashodu, TE John Carlson, K Blair Walsh
• Chicago
  • Start: QB Jay Cutler (Questionable-concussion) or QB Jason Campbell (Questionable-ribs) (whoever starts), RB Matt Forte, DEF
  • Neutral: WRs Brandon Marshall (Questionable-shoulder), Earl Bennett, & Devin Hester, TE Kellen Davis (Questionable-ankle), K Robbie Gould
  • Sit: RB Michael Bush, WR Alsho Jeffery (Out-knee)

Tennessee at Jacksonville – Sherpa says:  Tennessee 28, Jacksonville 17.

• Tennessee
  • Start: QB Jake Locker (Probable-shoulder), RB Chris Johnson, WR Kenny Britt (Probable-knee), TE Jared Cook, DEF
  • Neutral: WRs Kendall WRight & Nate Washington, K Rob Bironas
  • Sit: TE Craig Stevens (Questionable-hamstring)
• Jacksonville
  • Start: QB Chad Henne, WRs Justin Blackmon & Cecil Shorts, TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: RB Jalen Parmele, WR Michael Spurlock, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Maurice Jones-Drew (Doubtful-foot) & Rashad Jennings, K Josh Scobee

Atlanta at Tampa Bay – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay 30, Atlanta 24.

• Atlanta
  • Start: QB Matt Ryan (Probable-finger), WR Roddy White, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: RB Jacquizz Rodgers, WRs Julio Jones (Questionable-ankle) & Harry Douglas, K Matt Bryant (Probable-back)
  • Sit: RB Michael Turner (Probable-groin), DEF
• Tampa Bay
  • Start: RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams, TE Dallas Clark, K Connor Barth
  • Neutral: QB Josh Freeman, WR Tiquan Underwood (Probable-concussion), DEF
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blunt, WR Arrelious Benn (IR-shoulder)

Seattle at Miami – Sherpa says:  Seattle 21, Miami 17.

• Seattle
  • Start: RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back), WRs Sidney Rice & Golden Tate, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Russell Wilson, TE Zach Miller
  • Sit: RB Robert Turbin, WRs Doug Baldwin, Braylon Edwards, & Ben Obomanu; K Steve Hauschka
• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, WR Davone Bess, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Daniel Thomas, WR Brian Hartline, TE Anthony Fasano
  • Sit: RB Lamar Miller, K Dan Carpenter

Denver at Kansas City – Sherpa says:  Denver 31, Kansas City 20.

• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, WRs Daniel Thomas (Probable-knee) & Eric Decker, K Matt Prater, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Ronnie Hillman (Probable-hamstring), WR Brandon Stokley, TEs Jacob Tamme & Joel Dreessen
  • Sit: RBs Willis McGahee (IR-knee) & Lance Ball
• Kansas City
  • Start: RB Jamaal Charles
  • Neutral: WRs Dwayne Bowe (Questionable-neck) & Dexter McCluster, TE Tony Moeaki (Questionable-shoulder)
  • Sit: QBs Brady Quinn & Matt Cassel, RBs Shaun Draughn & Peyton Hillis, WRs Jonathan Baldwin (Questionable-neck) & Steve Breaston, K Ryan Succop, DEF

Baltimore at San Diego (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  San Diego 24, Baltimore 21.

• Baltimore
  • Start: QB Joe Flacco, RB Ray Rice, WRs Torrey Smith & Anquan Boldin
  • Neutral: WR Jacoby Jones (Questionable-ankle), TEs Dennis Pitta (Questionable-concussion) & Ed Dickson (Questionable-neck), DEF
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce, K Justin Turner

• San Diego
  • Start: QB Philip Rivers, RB Ryan Mathews, WR Danario Alexander, TE Antonio Gates, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Ronnie Brown, WRs Robert Meachem & Michael Floyd, K Nick Novak
  • Sit: WR Eddie Royal (Questionable-hamstring)

San Francisco at New Orleans

• San Francisco
  • Start: QB Colin Kaepernick, RB Frank Gore (Probable-ribs), WR Michael Crabtree, TE Vernon Davis, K David Akers
  • Neutral: RB Kendall Hunter, WR Mario Manningham
  • Sit: QB Alex Smith (Questionable-concussion), RB Brandon Jacobs, WRs Randy Moss (Probable-finger) & Kyle Williams, DEF
• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, WRs Marques Colston & Lance Moore, TE Jimmy Graham
  • Neutral: RBs Mark Ingram & Chris Ivory, K Garrett Hartley
  • Sit: RBs Pierre Thomas & Darren Sproles (Probable-hand), DEF

St. Louis at Arizona – Sherpa says:  St. Louis 24, Arizona 13.

• St. Louis
  • Start: RB Steven Jackson (Probable-foot), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Sam Bradford, RB Darryl Richardson, WRs Danny Amendola (Questionable-foot), Chris Givens, & Brandon Gibson; K Greg Zuerlein
  • Sit: TE Lance Kendricks (Questionable-knee)
• Arizona
  • Start: WR Larry Fitzgerald
  • Neutral: RB LaRod Stephens-Howling, WR Andre Roberts & Early Doucet (Questionable-ribs), TE Rob Housler, DEF
  • Sit: QBs Ryan Lindley, John Skelton, & Kevin Kolb (Questionable-ribs), RB Chris Wells, WR Michael Floyd, TEs Jeff King (Probable-knee) & Todd Heap (Questionable-knee), K Jay Feely

Green Bay at New York Giants (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  New York 31, Green Bay 27.

• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR James Jones & Jordy Nelson (Probable-hamstring), TE Jermichael Finley
  • Neutral: RBs Aalex Green (Probable-knee) & James Starks, WR Randall Cobb, K Mason Crosby, DEF
  • Sit: WRs Greg Jennings (Out-groin) & Donald Driver (Probable-thumb), RB John Kuhn (Probable-hamstring)
• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Probable-foot), WRs Victor Cruz & Hakeem Nicks, TE Martellus BEnnett, K Lawrence Tynes
  • Neutral: RB Andre Brown, DEF
  • Sit: RB David Wilson, WRs Domenick Hixon (Questionable-ankle) & Ramses Barden

Carolina at Philadelphia (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  Carolina 28, Philadelphia 27.

• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, TE Greg Olsen
  • Neutral: RB Jonathan Stewart, WRs Steve Smith (Questionable-finger) & Brandon LaFell, K Graham Gano, DEF
  • Sit: RB DeAngelo Williams & Mike Tolbert, WR Louis Murphy
• Philadelphia
  • Start: QB Nick Foles, WRs DeSean Jackson & Riley Cooper, TE Brent Celek (Probable-concussion)
  • Neutral: RB Bryce Brown, WR Jason Avant (Questionable-hamstring), K Alex Henery, DEF
  • Sit: QB Michael Vick (Questionable-concussion), RB LeSean McCoy (Questionable-concussion), WR Jeremy Maclin

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

4 teams with Week 11 byes:  Minnesota, New York Giants, Seattle, Tennessee.

Miami at Buffalo (Thursday night) – Sherpa says:  Buffalo 27, Miami 24.

• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, WR Brian Hartline (Probable-knee), TE Anthony Fasano
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Daniel Thomas, WR Davone Bess, K Dan Carpenter, DEF
  • Sit: RB Lamar Miller, WR Jabar Gaffney (Questionable-knee)
• Buffalo
  • Start: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, RB C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WRs Steve Johnson & Donald Jones, TE Scott Chandler
  • Neutral: K Rian Lindell, DEF
  • Sit: RB Fred Jackson (Out-concussion)

Tampa Bay at Carolina (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay 31, Carolina 24.

• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams, K Connor Barth
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood, TE Dallas Clark, DEF
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount, WR Arrelious Benn (Probable-shoulder)
• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, WR Steve Smith, TE Greg Olsen
  • Neutral: RB Jonathan Stewart, WRs Brandon LaFell, K Justin Medlock
  • Sit: RBs DeAngelo Williams & Mike Tolbert, WR Louis Murphy, DEF

Cleveland at Dallas – Sherpa says:  Dallas 27, Cleveland 17.

• Cleveland
  • Start: RB Trent Richardson (Probable-ribs), WRs Josh Gordon & Greg Little
  • Neutral: QB Brandon Weeden (Probable-groin), TE Ben Watson, DEF
  • Sit: RB Chris Ogbonnaya & Montario Hardesty, WRs Josh Cooper, Mohamed Massaquoi (Probable-hamstring) & Josh Cribbs (Probable-wrist), K Phil Dawson
• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, WRs Dez Bryant & Miles Austin, TE Jason Witten, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Felix Jones & DeMarco Murray (Doubtful-foot), K Dan Bailey
  • Sit: WR Kevin Ogletree

Green Bay at Detroit – Sherpa says:  Detroit 28, Green Bay 24.

• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR James Jones & Jordy Nelson (Probable-hamstring), TE Jermichael Finley
  • Neutral: RBs Aalex Green (Probable-knee) & James Starks, WR Randall Cobb, K Mason Crosby, DEF
  • Sit: WRs Greg Jennings (Out-groin) & Donald Driver (Probable-thumb), RB John Kuhn (Probable-hamstring)
• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WR Calvin Johnson (Questionable-knee), TE Brandon Pettigrew
  • Neutral: RB Mike LeShoure, WR Titus Young (Probable-knee), K Jason Hanson (Probable-foot), DEF
  • Sit: RB Joique Bell, WRs Ryan Broyles & Mike Thomas

Jacksonville & Houston – Sherpa says:  Houston 27, Jacksonville 0.

• Jacksonville
  • Start: TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: WRs Cecil Shorts & Laurent Robinson, DEF
  • Sit: QB Blaine Gabbert (Probable-shoulder), RBs Rashad Jennings & Maurice Jones-Drew (Out-foot), WR Justin Blackmon, K Josh Scobee
• Houston
  • Start: RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Matt Schaub, WR Kevin Walter (Probable-groin), TEs Owen Daniels (Questionable-back) & Garrett Graham, K Shayne Graham
  • Sit: RBs Justin Forsett & Ben Tate (Out-hamstring), WRs Lestar Jean (Probable-knee), DeVier Posey, & Keshawn Martin

Arizona at Atlanta – Sherpa says:  Atlanta 28, Arizona 14.

• Arizona
  • Start: RB LaRod Stephens-Howling, WR Larry Fitzgerald
  • Neutral: QB John Skelton, WR Andre Roberts, TE Rob Housler, DEF
  • Sit: QB Kevin Kolb, RB William Powell, WRs Early Doucet & Michael Floyd, TEs Jeff King (Probable-knee) & Todd Heap (Questionable-knee), K Jay Feely
• Atlanta
  • Start: TE Tony Gonzalez (Probable-shoulder), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Matt Ryan, RBs Michael Turner (Questionable-groin) & Jacquizz Rodgers, WRs Julio Jones (Questionable-ankle) & Roddy White, K Matt Bryant
  • Sit: RB Jason Snelling, WR Harry Douglas (Probable-ankle)

Cincinnati at Kansas City – Sherpa says:  Kansas City 28, Cincinnati 24.

• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, WR A.J. Green, TE Jermaine Gresham
  • Neutral: RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, WR Andrew Hawkins (Questionable-knee), K Mike Nugent, DEF
  • Sit: RB Cedric Peerman, WRs Mohamed Sanu & Armon Binns
• Kansas City
  • Start: RB Jamaal Charles, WR Dwayne Bowe (Probable-thigh), TE Tony Moeaki
  • Neutral: QB Matt Cassel, RB Peyton Hillis, K Ryan Succop, DEF
  • Sit: QB Brady Quinn (Questionable-concussion), RB Shaun Draughn, WRs Dexter McCluster, Jon Baldwin (Out-concussion), & Steve Breaston

Philadelphia @ Washington – Sherpa says:  Washington 31, Philadelphia 28.

• Philadelphia
  • Start: QB Nick Foles, RB LeSean McCoy, WR DeSean Jackson, TE Brent Celek
  • Neutral: WRs Jeremy Maclin (Probable-back) & Riley Cooper (Probable-knee), K Alex Henery
  • Sit: QB Michael Vick (Out-concussion), WR Jason Avant (Out-hamstring), DEF
• Washington
  • Start: QB Robert Griffin III, RB Alfred Morris, TE Logan Paulsen, K Kai Forbath
  • Neutral: WRs Santana Moss (Probable-concussion), Joshua Morgan, & Leonard Hankerson, DEF
  • Sit: WR Pierre Garcon (Questionable-foot), TE Chris Cooley

New York Jets @ St. Louis – Sherpa says:  St. Louis 24, New York 20.

• New York
  • Start: RB Shonn Greene, TE Dustin Keller
  • Neutral: WR Jeremy Kerley (Questionable-heel), DEF
  • Sit: QBs Mark Sanchez (Probable-back) & Tim Tebow (Probable-ribs), WRs Clyde Gates (Probable-shoulder) & Stephen Hill, K Nick Folk
• St. Louis
  • Start: RBs Steven Jackson & Darryl Richardson, TE Lance Kendricks, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Sam Bradford, WR Danny Amendola, K Greg Zuerlein
  • Sit: WRs Brandon Gibson & Chris Givens

New Orleans at Oakland (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  New Orleans 31, Oakland 28.

• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, WRs Marques Colston & Lance Moore, TE Jermaine Gresham, K Garrett Hartley
  • Neutral: RBs Mark Ingram, Pierre Thomas, & Chris Ivory; WR Devery Henderson, DEF
  • Sit: RB Darren Sproles (Questionable-hand)
• Oakland
  • Start: QB Carson Palmer, WRs Denarius Moore
  • Neutral: RBs Marcel Reece (Probable-hamstring) & Taiwan Jones; WRs Darrius Heyward-Bey (Questionable-hamstring) & Rod Streater, TE Brandon Myers (Probable-shoulder), K Sebastian Janikowski (Probable-groin)
  • Sit: RBs Darren McFadden (Out-ankle) & Mike Goodson (Out-ankle), WR Juron Criner, TE David Ausberry, DEF

San Diego at Denver – Sherpa says:  Denver 27, San Diego 21.

• San Diego
  • Start: TE Antonio Gates
  • Neutral: QB Philip Rivers, RBs Ryan Mathews (Questionable-neck) & Ronnie Brown, WRs Robert Meachem, Malcom Floyd, & Danario Alexander, DEF
  • Sit: WR Eddie Royal, K Nick Novak
• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, RB Willis McGahee, WRs Demaryius Thomas & Eric Decker, DEF
  • Neutral: TEs Jacob Tamme & Joel Dreessen, K Matt Prater
  • Sit: RB Ronnie Hillman

Indianapolis at New England – Sherpa says:  New England 37, Indianapolis 27.

• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck, WRs Reggie Wayne & Donnie Avery
  • Neutral: RBs Vick Ballard & Donald Brown (Probable-knee), WR T.Y. Hilton, TE Dwayne Allen, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Sit: TE Coby Fleener (Out-shoulder), DEF
• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley
  • Neutral: RB Danny Woodhead, WRs Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee) & Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle), TE Rob Gronkowski (Questionable-hip)
  • Sit: RBs Brandon Bolden (Out-suspended) & Shane Vereen, WRs Deion Branch (Questionable-hamstring) & Julian Edelman (Probable-hand), TE Aaron Hernandez (Questionable-ankle)

Baltimore at Pittsburgh (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  Baltimore 24, Pittsburgh 21.

• Baltimore
  • Start: RB Ray Rice (Probable-toe), TE Dennis Pitta, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Joe Flacco, WRs Torrey Smith (Probable-ribs) & Anquan Boldin, K Justin Medlock
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce, WR Jacoby Jones (Probable-ankle), TE Ed Dickson
• Pittsburgh
  • Start: RB Isaac Redman, TE Heath Miller
  • Neutral: QB Byron Leftwich, RB Jonathan Dwyer, WRs Mike Wallace & Emmanuel Sanders, DEF
  • Sit: QB Ben Roethlisberger (Out-shoulder), RB Rashard Mendenhall (Probable-Achilles’), WR Antonio Brown (Out-ankle), K Shaun Suisham

Chicago at San Francisco (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  San Francisco 20, Chicago 17.

• Chicago
  • Start: RB Matt Forte, WR Brandon Marshall, DEF
  • Neutral: TE Kellen Davis
  • Sit: QBs Jason Campbell & Jay Cutler (Out-concussion), RB Michael Bush, WRs Devin Hester, Earl Bennett, & Alshon Jeffery (Probable-hand), K Robbie Gould
• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore (Probable-ribs), TE Vernon Davis, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Michael Crabtree
  • Sit: QBs Alex Smith (Out-concussion) & Colin Kaepernick, RBs Kendall Hunter & Brandon Jacobs, WRs Mario Manningham (Probable-shoulder), Randy Moss, & Kyle Williams, K David Akers

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

4 teams with Week 10 byes:  Arizona, Cleveland, Green Bay, Washington.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville (Thursday night) – Sherpa says:  Indianapolis 37, Jacksonville 10.

• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck, RB Vick Ballard, WRs Reggie Wayne & T.Y. Hilton, TE Dwayne Allen, K Adam Vinatieri, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Donald Brown, WR Donnie Avery (Questionable-hip)
  • Sit: RB Delone Carter, TE Coby Fleener (Out-shoulder)
• Jacksonville
  • Start: TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: RB Rashad Jennings, WRs Justin Blackmon, Laurent Robinson, & Cecil Shorts
  • Sit: QB Blaine Gabbert (Probable-shoulder), RB Maurice Jones-Drew (Out-foot), WR Anthony Armstrong

Denver at Carolina (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Denver 31, Carolina 24.

• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, RB Willis McGahee (Probable-knee), WRs Eric Decker (Probable-thigh) & Demaryius Thomas (Probable-thigh), K Matt Prater
  • Neutral: WR Brandon Stokley (Probable-knee), TEs Jacob Tamme & Joel Dreessen, DEF
  • Sit: RB Ronnie Hillman
• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, WR Steve Smith, TE Greg Olsen
  • Neutral: RB Jonathan Stewart, WRs Brandon LaFell & Louis Murphy, K Justin Medlock
  • Sit: RBs DeAngelo Williams & Mike Tolbert (Probable-concussion), DEF

New York Giants at Cincinnati – Sherpa says:  New York 31, Cincinnati 27.

• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, WRs Victor Cruz & Hakeem Nicks (Probable-knee), TE Martellus Bennett, K Lawrence Tynes
  • Neutral: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Questionable-foot) & Andre Brown (Probable-shoulder), DEF
  • Sit: RB David Wilson, WRs Rueben Randle, Ramses Barden, & Domenik Hixon
• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, WR A.J. Green & Andrew Hawkins, TE Jermaine Gresham
  • Neutral: RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, K Mike Nugent
  • Sit: WRs Armon Binns, Mohamed Sanu, & Brandon Tate, DEF

Tennessee at Miami – Sherpa says:  Miami 27, Tennessee 21.

• Tennessee
  • Start: QB Jake Locker, WRs Kenny Britt (Probable-knee) & Nate Washington, TE Jared Cook
  • Neutral: RB Chris Johnson, WR Kendall Wright (Probable-elbow), DEF
  • Sit: QB Matt Hasselbeck, RB Jamie Harper, K Rob Bironas
• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, WRs Brian Hartline (Probable-hamstring) & Davone Bess, TE Anthony Fasano, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill (Probable-knee) or Matt Moore (whoever starts), RB Daniel Thomas, K Dan Carpenter
  • Sit: N/A

Detroit at Minnesota – Sherpa says:  Detroit 27, Minnesota 20.

• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, RB Mikel LeShoure (Probable-ankle), TE Brandon Pettigrew
  • Neutral: RB Joique Bell, WRs Calvin Johnson (Questionable-knee) & Titus Young (Questionable-knee), K Jason Hanson
  • Sit: RB Kevin Smith, WR Ryan Broyles & Mike Thomas
• Minnesota
  • Start: RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-ankle), TE Kyle Rudolph
  • Neutral: WRs Jerome Simpson (Probable-calf) & Michael Jenkins, DEF
  • Sit: QB Christian Ponder, RB Toby Gerhart, WR Percy Harvin (Doubtful-ankle), TE John Carlson (Probable-concussion), K Blair Walsh

Oakland at Baltimore – Sherpa says:  Baltimore 31, Oakland 27.

• Oakland
  • Start: QB Carson Palmer, WR Darrius Hewyard-Bey & Denarius Moore, TE Brandon Myers (Probable-shoulder)
  • Neutral: RBs Taiwan Jones & Marcel Reece (Probable-hamstring), K Sebastian Janikowski (Probable-ankle)
  • Sit: RBs Darren McFadden (Out-ankle) & Mike Goodson (Out-ankle), WR Juron Criner & Rod Streater, DEF
• Baltimore
  • Start: QB Joe Flacco, RB Ray Rice, WRs Torrey Smith & Anquan Boldin, TE Dennis Pitta, K Justin Tucker
  • Neutral: WR Jacoby Jones (Probable-toe), DEF
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce, TE Ed Dickson

Buffalo at New England – Sherpa says:  New England 37, Buffalo 24.

• Buffalo
  • Start: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, WR Donald Jones, TE Scott Chandler
  • Neutral: RBs Fred Jackson & C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WRs Steve Johnson (Questionable-thigh) & T.J. Graham, K Rian Lindell
  • Sit: DEF
• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, RB Stevan Ridley, K Stephen Gostkowski
  • Neutral: RBs Shane Vereen & Danny Woodhead, WRs Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee), Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle) & Julian Edelman (Probable-hand); TEs Rob Gronkowski (Questionable-hip) & Aaron Hernandez (Questionable-ankle), DEF
  • Sit: RB Brandon Bolden (Out-knee)

San Diego at Tampa Bay – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay 28, San Diego 21.

• San Diego
  • Start: QB Philip Rivers, WRs Robert Meachem (Probable-hamstring) & Malcom Floyd, TE Antonio Gates
  • Neutral: RBs Ryan Mathews & Ronnie Brown, DEF
  • Sit: WR Eddie Royal (Probable-hamstring), K Nick Novak
• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Wilson, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams (Probable-arm), DEF
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood, TE Dallas Clark, K Connor Barth
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount, WR Arrelious Benn (Questionable-shoulder)

Atlanta at New Orleans – Sherpa says:  Atlanta 28, New Orleans 24.

• Atlanta
  • Start: QB Matt Ryan, RB Michael Turner, WRs Roddy White & Julio Jones, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: RB Jacquizz Rodgers, K Matt Bryant, DEF
  • Sit: RB Jason Snelling, WR Harry Douglas (Probable-ankle)
• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, WR Marques Colston & Lance Moore, TE Jimmy Graham
  • Neutral: RB Pierre Thomas, WR Devery Henderson, K Garrett Hartley, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Darren Sproles (Out-hand), Mark Ingram, & Chris Ivory

New York Jets at Seattle (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  Seattle 17, New York 14.

• New York
  • Start: TE Dustin Keller, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Shonn Greene, WR Jeremy Kerley (Probable-heel)
  • Sit: QBs Mark Sanchez (Probable-back) & Tim Tebow, RBs Bilal Powell (Questionable-shoulder) & Joe McKnight (Out-ankle), WRs Clyde Gates (Probable-shoulder) & Chaz Schilens, K Jay Feely
• Seattle
  • Start: RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back), WR Sidney Rice, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Russell Wilson, WR Doug Baldwin (Probable-ankle) & Golden Tate, TE Zach Miller
  • Sit: RB Robert Turbin, WRs Ben Obomanu & Braylon Edwards (Probable-knee), K Steven Hauschka

Dallas at Philadelphia – Sherpa says:  Dallas 28, Philadelphia 24.

• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, WRs Miles Austin & Dez Bryant (Probable-hip), TE Jason Witten, K Dan Bailey
  • Neutral: RB Felix Jones (Probable-knee), DEF
  • Sit: RB DeMarco Murray (Out-foot) & Philip Tanner, WR Kevin Ogletree
• Philadelphia
  • Start: RB LeSean McCoy, WRs DeSean Jackson, TE Brent Celek
  • Neutral: QB Michael Vick, WRs Jeremy Maclin & Jason Avant (Probable-back), K Alex Henery, DEF
  • Sit: WR Riley Cooper

St. Louis at San Francisco – Sherpa says:  San Francisco 31, St. Louis 13.

• St. Louis
  • Start: TE Lance Kendricks
  • Neutral: QB Sam Bradford, WRs Danny Amendola (Questionable-shoulder), Chris Givens & Brandon Gibson
  • Sit: RBs Steven Jackson & Darryl Richardson, K Greg Zuerlein, DEF
• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore (Probable-hand), WR Michael Crabtree, TE Vernon Davis, K David Akers, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Alex Smith (Probable-finger), RB Kendall Hunter, WR Mario Manningham (Probable-shoulder)
  • Sit: RBs Brandon Jacobs & LaMichael James, WRs Randy Moss & Kyle Williams

 Houston at Chicago (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  Houston 21, Chicago 20.

• Houston
  • Start: QB Matt Schaub, RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Kevin Walter (Probable-groin), TEs Owen Daniels (Questionable-back) & Garrett Graham
  • Sit: RBs Ben Tate (Out-hamstring) & Justin Forsett, WRs DeVier Posey, Keshawn Martin, & Lestar Jean (Probable-knee), K Shayne Graham
• Chicago
  • Start: WR Brandon Marshall, TE Kellen Davis, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Jay Cutler, RB Matt Forte
  • Sit: RBs Michael Bush & Armando Allen, WRs Earl Bennett, Devin Hester, & Alshon Jeffery (Doubtful-hand), K Robbie Gould

 Kansas City @ Pittsburgh (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  Pittsburgh 24, Kansas City 20.

• Kansas City
  • Start: WR Dwayne Bowe
  • Neutral: RB Jamaal Charles (Probable-neck), TE Tony Moeaki, DEF
  • Sit: QBs Matt Cassel & Brady Quinn (Out-concussion), RBs Peyton Hillis & Shaun Draughn, WRs Dexter McCluster & Steve Breaston, K Ryan Succop
• Pittsburgh
  • Start: WR Mike Wallace, TE Heath Miller, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Ben Roethlisberger, RB Isaac Redman, WR Emmanuel Sanders, K Shaun Suisham (Probable-ankle)
  • Sit: RBs Rashard Mendenhall (Doubtful-Achilles’) & Jonathan Dwyer (Probable-quad), WR Antonio Brown (Out-ankle)

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

4 teams with Week 9 byes:  New England, New York Jets, San Francisco, St. Louis.

Kansas City at San Diego (Thursday night) – Sherpa says:  Kansas City 20, San Diego 17.

• Kansas City
  • Start: QB Matt Cassel, RB Jamaal Charles, WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Tony Moeaki, DEF
  • Neutral: WRs Dexter McCluster, Steve Breaston, & Jon Baldwin
  • Sit: QB Brady Quinn (Out-concussion), RBs Peyton Hillis & Shaun Draughn, K Ryan Succop
• San Diego
  • Start: QB Philip Rivers, RB Ryan Mathews, WR Malcom Floyd, TE Antonio Gates, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Ronnie Brown, WR Robert Meachem (Questionable-hamstring)
  • Sit: K Nick Novak, WR Eddie Royal (Doubtful-hamstring)

Baltimore at Cleveland (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  Baltimore 40, Cleveland 30.

• Baltimore
  • Start: QB Joe Flacco, RB Ray Rice, WRs Torrey Smith & Anquan Boldin, TE Dennis Pitta, K Justin Tucker
  • Neutral: WR Jacoby Jones (Probable-foot)
  • Sit: RB Bernard Pierce, TE Ed Dickson (Probable-hand), WR Tandon Doss, DEF
• Cleveland
  • Start: RB Trent Richardson (Probable-ribs), WRs Josh Gordon & Greg Little, TE Ben Watson, K Phil Dawson
  • Neutral: QB Brandon Weeden (Probable-groin), WR Travis Benjamin
  • Sit: RBs Chris Ogbannaya (Probable-ribs) & Montario Hardesty; WRs Josh Cooper (Questionable-thigh), Josh Cribbs, & Mohamed Massaquoi (Probable-hamstring), TE Jordan Cameron, DEF

Arizona at Green Bay – Sherpa says:  Green Bay 24, Arizona 7.

• Arizona
  • Start: WR Larry Fitzgerald
  • Neutral: TE Rob Housler, DEF
  • Sit: QBs John Skelton & Kevin Kolb (Out-ribs), RBs LaRod Stephens-Howling, William Powell, & Anthony Sherman (Probable-knee), WRs Early Doucet & Andre Roberts, TEs Jeff King & Todd Heap (Questionable-knee), K Jay Feely
• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers (Probable-calf), RB Alex Green, WRs James Jones & Randall Cobb, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Jordy Nelson (Questionable-hamstring), TE Jermichael Finley (Probable-shoulder), K Mason Crosby
  • Sit: RBs James Starks, Brandon Saine, & John Kuhn (Out-hamstring); WRs Greg Jennings (Out-groin) & Donald Driver (Probable-neck)

Buffalo at Houston – Sherpa says:  Houston 31, Buffalo 17.

• Buffalo
  • Start: TE Scott Chandler
  • Neutral: RBs Fred Jackson & C.J. Spiller (Probable-shoulder), WRs Steve Johnson & Donald Jones (Probable-back)
  • Sit: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, WR T.J. Graham (Probable-ankle), K Rian Lindell, DEF
• Houston
  • Start: QB Matt Schaub, RB Arian Foster, WR Andre Johnson, TE Owen Daniels (Probable-hamstring)
  • Neutral: RB Justin Forsett, WR Kevin Walter, TE Garrett Graham
  • Sit: RB Ben Tate (Out-hamstring), WRs Lestar Jean (Probable-knee), DeVier Posey, & Keshawn Martin

Miami at Indianapolis – Sherpa says:  Indianapolis 27, Miami 21.

• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, WR Davone Bess, TE Anthony Fasano
  • Neutral: RB Daniel Thomas (Probable-elbow), WR Brian Hartline (Questionable-groin), DEF
  • Sit: QBs Ryan Tannehill (Questionable-knee) & Matt Moore (Probable-calf), WR Jabar Gaffney, K Dan Carpenter
• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), WR Reggie Wayne, DEF
  • Neutral: RBs Vick Ballard & Donald Brown (Probable-knee), WRs Donnie Avery & T.Y. Hilton, TE Dwayne Allen, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Sit: RB Delone Carter, TE Coby Fleener (Out-shoulder)

Chicago at Tennessee – Sherpa says:  Chicago 24, Tennessee 21.

• Chicago
  • Start: RB Matt Forte, WR Brandon Marshall, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Jay Cutler, RB Michael Bush, WRs Earl Bennett & Devin Hester, TE Kellen Davis, K Robbie Gould
  • Sit: WR Alshon Jeffery (Out-hand)
• Tennessee
  • Start: QB Matt Hasselbeck, WRs Kenny Britt (Probable-knee) & Nate Washington (Probable-knee), TE Jared Cook
  • Neutral: RB Chris Johnson, WR Kendall Wright, DEF
  • Sit: QB Jake Locker (Questionable-shoulder), RB Jamie Harper, TE Craig Stevens, K Rob Bironas

Detroit at Jacksonville – Sherpa says:  Detroit 34, Jacksonville 7.

• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WR Titus Young (Probable-knee), TE Brandon Pettigrew (Probable-knee), K Jason Hanson, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Mikel LeShoure, WRs Calvin Johnson (Questionable-knee) & Ryan Broyles
  • Sit: RBs Joique Bell & Kevin Smith, WR Mike Thomas, TE Tony Scheffler
• Jacksonville
  • Start: TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: RB Rashad Jennings, WRs Cecil Shorts & Justin Blackmon
  • Sit: QB Blaine Gabbert (Probable-shoulder), RB Maurice Jones-Drew (Out-foot), WR Laurent Robinson (Probable-concussion), K Josh Scobee, DEF

Carolina at Washington – Sherpa says:  Washington 31, Carolina 27.

• Carolina
  • Start: QB Cam Newton, RB Jonathan Stewart, WRs Steve Smith & Louis Murphy, TE Greg Olsen
  • Neutral: K Justin Medlock
  • Sit: RBs DeAngelo Williams & Mike Tolbert, WR Brandon LaFell (Doubtful-concussion), DEF
• Washington
  • Start: QB Robert Griffin III, RB Alfred Morris, WR Santana Moss, TE Logan Paulsen, K Kai Forbath
  • Neutral: WR Leonard Hankerson, DEF
  • Sit: WR Pierre Garcon (Out-foot), TE Chris Cooley

Denver at Cincinnati – Sherpa says:  Denver 35, Cincinnati 24.

• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning (Probable-thumb), RB Willis McGahee, WRs Demaryius Thomas & Eric Decker, K Matt Prater
  • Neutral: TEs Jacob Tamme (Probable-hip) & Joel Dreessen, DEF
  • Sit: RB Ronnie Hillman, WR Brandon Stokley
• Cincinnati
  • Start: QB Andy Dalton, WRs A.J. Green & Andrew Hawkins (Probable-knee), TE Jermaine Gresham
  • Neutral: RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, K Mike Nugent
  • Sit: WRs Armon Binns, Mohamed Sanu, Brandon Tate, & Ryan Whalen, DEF

Tampa Bay at Oakland (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  Tampa Bay 31, Oakland 20.

• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams, K Connor Barth
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood, TE Dallas Clark, DEF
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blunt, WR Arrelious Benn
• Oakland
  • Start: QB Carson Palmer, WRs Darrius Heyward-Bey & Denarius Moore
  • Neutral: RB Darren McFadden (Probable-shoulder), TE Brandon Myers
  • Sit: RBs Mike Goodson (Probable-toe) & Taiwan Jones (Questionable-knee), WRs Rod Streater & Juron Criner, K Sebastian Janikowski (Probable-groin), DEF

Minnesota at Seattle – Sherpa says:  Seattle 20, Minnesota 17.

• Minnesota
  • Start: RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-ankle) WR Percy Harvin (Probable-hamstring), TE Kyle Rudolph, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Jerome Simpson
  • Sit: QB Christian Ponder (Probable-knee), RB Toby Gerhart, WR Michael Jenkins, TE John Carlson (Out-concussion), K Blair Walsh
• Seattle
  • Start: RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back), DEF
  • Neutral: QB Russell Wilson, WRs Sidney Rice & Golden Tate, TE Zach Miller
  • Sit: RB Robert Turbin, WRs Doug Baldwin (Probable-ankle), Ben Obomanu, & Braylon Edwards (Out-knee); K Steven Hauschka

Pittsburgh at New York Giants – Sherpa says:  Pittsburgh 27, New York Giants 24.

• Pittsburgh
  • Start: QB Ben Roethlisberger, WRs Antonio Brown & Mike Wallace, TE Heath Miller, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Emmanuel Sanders, K Shaun Suisham
  • Sit: RB Rashard Mendenhall (Doubtful-Achilles’), Isaac Redman (Probable-ankle), & Jonathan Dwyer (Doubtful-quad)
• New York Giants
  • Start: WR Victor Cruz, TE Martellus Bennett
  • Neutral: QB Eli Manning, RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Questionable-foot), WR Hakeem Nicks, K Lawrence Tynes, DEF
  • Sit: RB David Wilson, WRs Domenik Hixon, Rueben Randle, & Ramses Barden

Dallas at Atlanta (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  Dallas 24, Atlanta 21.

• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Romo, WR Miles Austin, TE Jason Witten, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Felix Jones (Probable-knee), WR Dez Bryant (Questionable-hip), K Dan Bailey
  • Sit: RB DeMarco Murray (Out-foot) & Philip Tanner, WR Kevin Ogletree (Questionable-hamstring)
• Atlanta
  • Start: RB Michael Turner, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: QB Matt Ryan, RB Jacquizz Rodgers, WRs Julio Jones & Roddy White (Probable-back), DEF
  • Sit: RB Jason Snelling, WR Henry Douglas, K Matt Bryant (Probable-back)

Philadelphia at New Orleans (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  Philadelphia 31, New Orleans 24.

• Philadelphia
  • Start: QB Michael Vick, RB LeSean McCoy, WR DeSean Jackson, TE Brent Celek, K Alex Henery
  • Neutral: WRs Jeremy Maclin & Jason Avant, DEF
  • Sit: N/A
• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, RB Pierre Thomas, WRs Marques Colston & Lance Moore, TE Jimmy Graham
  • Neutral: WR Devery Henderson, K Garrett Hartley
  • Sit: RBs Darren Sproles (Out-hand) & Mark Ingram, DEF

Good luck this weekend!
The Sherpa

4 teams with Week 8 byes:  Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Houson.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota (Thursday night) – Sherpa says:  Minnesota 27, Tampa Bay 24.

• Tampa Bay
  • Start: QB Josh Freeman, RB Doug Martin, WRs Vincent Jackson (Probable-calf) & Mike Williams
  • Neutral: WR Tiquan Underwood, TE Dallas Clark, K Connor Barth, DEF
  • Sit: RB LeGarrette Blount, WR Arrelious Benn
• Minnesota
  • Start: QB Christian Ponder (Probable-knee), RB Adrian Peterson (Probable-ankle), WR Percy Harvin (Probable-knee), TE Kyle Rudolph
  • Neutral: WRs Michael Jenkins & Jerome Simpson (Probable-back), K Blair Walsh, DEF
  • Sit: RB Toby Gerhart, WR Devin Aromashodu, TE John Carlson (Out-concussion)

San Diego at Cleveland (Sunday early) – Sherpa says:  San Diego 30, Cleveland 24.

• San Diego
  • Start: QB Philip Rivers, RB Ryan Mathews, WR Malcom Floyd, TE Antonio Gates, K Nick Novak
  • Neutral: WR Robert Meachem, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Jackie Battle & Ronnie Brown, WR Eddie Royal (Questionable-hamstring), K Nick Kaeding (IR-groin)
• Cleveland
  • Start: QB Brandon Weeden, WRs Greg Little & Josh Gordon, TE Ben Watson
  • Neutral: WRs Josh Cooper & Travis Benjamin (Probable-hamstring), K Phil Dawson
  • Sit: RBs Travis Richardson (Questionable-ribs), Montario Hardesty (Probable-knee), & Chris Ogbonnaya (Probable-ribs); WRs Josh Cribbs & Mohamed Massaquoi (Questionable-hamstring), TE Jordan Cameron, DEF

Seattle at Detroit – Sherpa says:  Detroit 24, Seattle 20.

• Seattle
  • Start: RB Marshawn Lynch (Probable-back)
  • Neutral: WR Sidney Rice, TE Zach Miller, DEF
  • Sit: QB Russell Wilson, RB Robert Turbin, WRs Doug Baldwin (Out-ankle), Ben Obomanu, & Braylon Edwards; K Steven Hauschka
• Detroit
  • Start: QB Matthew Stafford, WR Calvin Johnson (Probable-knee), TE Brandon Pettigrew (Probable-knee), DEF
  • Neutral: RB Mikel LeShoure, WRs Titus Young & Ryan Broyles, K Jason Hanson
  • Sit: RBs Kevin Smith & Joique Bell, WR Nate Burleson (IR-leg), TE Tony Scheffler

Jacksonville at Green Bay – Sherpa says  Green Bay 31, Jacksonville 14.

• Jacksonville
  • Start: TE Marcedes Lewis
  • Neutral: RB Rashad Jennings, WRs Justin Blackmon & Cecil Shorts
  • Sit: QBs Blaine Gabbert (Probable-shoulder) & Chad Henne, RB Maurice Jones-Drew (Out-foot), WRs Mike Thomas & Laurent Robinson (Questionable-concussion), K Josh Scobee, DEF
• Green Bay
  • Start: QB Aaron Rodgers (Probable-calf), RB Alex Green, WRs James Jones & Randall Cobb, TE Jermichael Finley (Probable-shoulder), K Mason Crosby, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Jordy Nelson (Questionable-hamstring), TE Thomas Crabtree
  • Sit: RBs James Starks, Brandon Saine, & John Kuhn; WRs Greg Jennings (Out-groin) & Donald Driver (Probable-neck), TE D.J. Williams

Miami at New York Jets - Sherpa says:  Miami 27, New York 20.

• Miami
  • Start: RB Reggie Bush, TE Anthony Fasano, DEF
  • Neutral: QB Ryan Tannehill, WRs Brian Hartline & Davone Bess, K Dan Carpenter
  • Sit: RBs Daniel Thomas (Probable-concussion), Lamar Miller, & Javorski Lane; WRs Marlon Moore, Anthony Armstrong & Jabar Gaffney
• New York
  • Start: WR Jeremy Kerley (Probable-finger), TE Dustin Keller
  • Neutral: QB Mark Sanchez (Probable-back), WR Stephen Hill, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Shonn Greene, Bilal Powell (Doubtful-shoulder), & Joe McKnight (Questionable-ankle); WR Chaz Schilens, TE Jeff Cumberland (Questionable-wrist), K Nick Folk

Carolina at Chicago – Sherpa says Chicago 24, Carolina 17.

• Carolina
  • Start: WR Steve Smith, TE Greg Olsen
  • Neutral: QB Cam Newton, RB Jonathan Stewart, WR Brandon LaFell, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Mike Tolbert & DeAngelo Williams, WR Louis Murphy, K Justin Medlock
• Chicago
  • Start: QB Jay Cutler (Probable-ribs), RBs Matt Forte & Michael Bush, WR Brandon Marshall, TE Kellen Davis, DEF
  • Neutral: K Robbie Gould
  • Sit: WRs Alshon Jeffery (Out-hand), Devin Hester, & Earl Bennett

Atlanta at Philadelphia – Sherpa says:  Philadelphia 34, Atlanta 20.

• Atlanta
  • Start: QB Matt Ryan, WRs Julio Jones & Roddy White, TE Tony Gonzalez
  • Neutral: N/A
  • Sit: RBs Michael Turner, Jacquizz Rodgers, & Jason Snelling, WR Harry Douglas (Out-knee), K Matt Bryant, DEF
• Philadelphia
  • Start: QB Michael Vick, RB LeSean McCoy, WR DeSean Jackson, TE Brent Celek, K Alex Henery, DEF
  • Neutral: WR Jeremy Maclin & Jason Avant
  • Sit: RB Bryce Brown, WRs Riley Cooper & Damaris Johnson

Indianapolis at Tennessee – Sherpa says:  Indianapolis 31, Tennessee 24.

• Indianapolis
  • Start: QB Andrew Luck (Probable-knee), WRs Reggie Wayne & Donnie Avery, K Adam Vinatieri
  • Neutral: RB Vick Ballard, WR T.Y. Hilton, TEs Coby Fleener & Dwayne Allen, DEF
  • Sit: RBs donald Jones (Questionable-knee) & Delone Carter
• Tennessee
  • Start: RB Chris Johnson (Probable-ankle), TE Jared Cook
  • Neutral: QB Matt Hasselbeck, WRs Kenny Britt (Probable-knee) & Nate Washington, K Rob Bironas
  • Sit: QB Jake Locker (Questionable-shoulder), RBs Jamie Harper & Javon Ringer (Out-knee), WR Kendall Wright, TE Craig Stevens (Probable-concussion), DEF

New England at St. Louis (in London) – Sherpa says:  New England 24, St. Louis 17.

• New England
  • Start: QB Tom Brady, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Stevan Ridley, WRs Wes Welker (Questionable-ankle) & Brandon Lloyd (Questionable-knee), TE Rob Gronkowski (Questionable-hip), K Stephen Gostkowski, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Shane Vereen, Brandon Boldin (Out-knee), & Danny Woodhead, WR Julian Edelman (Questionable-hand), TE Aaron Hernandez (Out-ankle)
• St. Louis
  • Start: QB Sam Bradford, WRs Brandon Gibson & Chris Givens
  • Neutral: RBs Steven Jackson & Darryl Richardson, TE Lance Kendricks, DEF
  • Sit: RB Isaiah Pead, WRs Danny Amendola (Questionable-shoulder), Brian Quick, & Steve Smith; K Greg Zuerlein

Washington at Pittsburgh – Sherpa says:  Pittsburgh 30, Washington 24.

• Washington
  • Start: QB Robert Griffin III
  • Neutral: RB Alfred Morris, WR Santana Moss, TE Logan Paulsen, K Kai Forbath
  • Sit: RB Evan Royster, WRs Pierre Garcon (Out-foot), Josh Morgan, Leonard Hankerson, & Aldrick Robinson, TEs Fred Davis (IR-Achilles’) & Chris Cooley
• Pittsburgh
  • Start: QB Ben Roethlisberger, WRs Antonio Brown & Mike Wallace, TE Heath Miller, K Shaun Suisham (Probable-ankle)
  • Neutral: WR Emmanuel Sanders, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Rashard Mendenhall (Out-Achilles’), Isaac Redman (Questionable-ankle), & Jonathan Dwyer

Oakland at Kansas City (Sunday late) – Sherpa says:  Kansas City 30, Oakland 24.

• Oakland
  • Start: QB Christian Palmer, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, TE Brandon Myers (Probable-knee)
  • Neutral: RB Darren McFadden (Probable-shoulder), WR Denarius Moore, K Sebastian Janikowski
  • Sit: RBs Mike Goodson (Probable-hip), Marcel Reece, & Taiwan Jones; WRs Rod Streater (Probable-knee) & Juron Criner (Probable-ribs), DEF
• Kansas City
  • Start: RB Jamaal Charles (Probable-back), WRs Dwayne Bowe, TE Tony Moeaki, K Ryan Succop
  • Neutral: QB Brady Quinn, RB Shaun Draughn, WRs Steve Breaston, Jon Baldwin, & Dexter McCluster, DEF
  • Sit: QB Matt Cassel (Probable-concussion), RBs Peyton Hillis (Probable-ankle) & Cyrus Gray

New York Giants at Dallas – Sherpa says:  Dallas 30, New York 27.

• New York
  • Start: QB Eli Manning, WR Victor Cruz, TE Martellus Bennett
  • Neutral: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (Questionable-foot), WR Hakeem Nicks (Probable-knee), K Lawrence Tynes
  • Sit: RBs Andre Brown & David Wilson, WRs Rueben Randle, Ramses Barden, & Domenik Hixon, DEF
• Dallas
  • Start: QB Tony Rommo, WRs Dez Bryant & Miles Austin, TE Jason Witten, K Dan Bailey
  • Neutral: RB Phil Tanner, WR Kevin Ogletree, DEF
  • Sit: RB Felix Jones (Questionable-knee) & DeMarco Murray (Out-foot)

New Orleans at Denver (Sunday night) – Sherpa says:  Denver 35, New Orleans 24.

• New Orleans
  • Start: QB Drew Brees, RB Darren Sproles, WR Marques Colston
  • Neutral: RB Pierre Thomas, WRs Lance Moore & Devery Henderson, TE Jimmy Graham (Questionable-ankle), K Garrett Hartley
  • Sit: RBs Mark INgram & Chris Ivory, WR Joe Morgan (Out-ribs), TE David Thomas, DEF
• Denver
  • Start: QB Peyton Manning, RB Willis McGahee, WR Demaryius Thomas & Eric Decker, TEs Jacob Tamme & Joel Dreessen, K Matt Prater
  • Neutral: WR Brandon Stokley, DEF
  • Sit: RBs Ronnie Hillman, Knowshon Moreno, & Lance Ball

San Francisco at Arizona (Monday night) – Sherpa says:  San Francisco 24, Arizona 10.

• San Francisco
  • Start: RB Frank Gore, WR Michael Crabtree, TE Vernon Davis, DEF
  • Neutral: RB Kendall Hunter, WR Kyle Williams, K David Akers
  • Sit: QB Alex Smith, WR Randy Moss, TE Delanie Walker
• Arizona
  • Start: WR Larry Fitzgerald
  • Neutral: RBs LaRod Stephens-Howling & William Powell, WR Andre Roberts, TE Rob Housler, DEF
  • Sit: QBs John Skelton (Probable-ankle) & Kevin Kolb (Questionable-ribs), RB Anthony Sherman (Questionable-knee), WRs Early Doucet & Michael Floyd, TEs Jeff King & Todd Heap (Questionable-knee), K Jay Feely

Good luck this weekend!

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