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NFL UPDATE
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Key injuries: SEAHAWKS: PROBABLE: DE Red Bryant (foot), G James Carpenter (concussion), RB Marshawn Lynch (back), CB Byron Maxwell (hamstring), DT Clinton McDonald (groin), DE Greg Scruggs (oblique), LB K.J. Wright (concussion). DOLPHINS: QUESTIONABLE: LB Austin Spitler (ankle). PROBABLE: LB Karlos Dansby (biceps), TE Anthony Fasano (hip), P Brandon Fields (left knee), C Mike Pouncey (ankle), S Jimmy Wilson (ribs).
Tennessee at Jacksonville
Time: 1 p.m. Line: Titans by 4.
Records: Titans 4-6 (4-6 vs. spread), Jaguars 1-9 (5-5 vs. spread).
Comments: Jaguars are 6-23 in their last 29 games . . . Jacksonville QB Chad Henne threw a career-high 4 TDs off the bench last week and gets the start . . . Tennessee RB Chris Johnson is 138 yards shy of his fifth straight 1,000-yard season . . . Player to watch: Jags’ Justin Blackmon is 42 receiving yards shy of breaking franchise rookie record held by Pete “Top Gun” Mitchell (527).
Key injuries: TITANS: DOUBTFUL: S Al Afalava (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB Xavier Adibi (knee), RB Jamie Harper (ankle), WR Lavelle Hawkins (ankle), TE Craig Stevens (hamstring), T Byron Stingily (back). PROBABLE: WR Kenny Britt (knee), QB Jake Locker (left shoulder), LB Colin McCarthy (ankle). JAGUARS: OUT: RB Greg Jones (thigh), CB William Middleton (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: S Dwight Lowery (ankle), CB Rashean Mathis (groin).
Baltimore at San Diego
Time: 4:05 p.m. Line: Ravens by 1.
Records: Ravens 8-2 (4-5-1 vs. spread), Chargers 4-6 (5-5 vs. spread).
Comments: Ravens are playing fourth road game in five weeks — and you better believe John Harbaugh has complained about it to somebody . . . In three home games vs. Baltimore, Chargers QB Philip Rivers has thrown for 955 yards and 6 TDs . . . Ravens’ Ray Rice is tied for NFL lead for receptions by a RB (40) . . . Player to watch: Baltimore QB Joe Flacco is 16-4 in November.
Key injuries: RAVENS: OUT: CB Jimmy Smith (abdomen). DOUBTFUL: CB Chris Johnson (thigh). QUESTIONABLE: DE Pernell McPhee (thigh). PROBABLE: LB Brendon Ayanbadejo (shoulder), NT Terrence Cody (arm), TE Ed Dickson (neck), LB Dannell Ellerbe (toe, finger), S James Ihedigbo (neck), WR Jacoby Jones (ankle), DT Haloti Ngata (shoulder), TE Dennis Pitta (head), S Bernard Pollard (chest), S Ed Reed (shoulder), LB Terrell Suggs (shoulder, ankle), LB Courtney Upshaw (shoulder), G Marshal Yanda (ankle). CHARGERS: OUT: LB Larry English (calf), T Jared Gaither (groin), WR Eddie Royal (hamstring). DOUBTFUL: G Tyronne Green (hamstring), TE Dante Rosario (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DT Aubrayo Franklin (knee). PROBABLE: S Atari Bigby (shoulder), P Mike Scifres (right ankle), G Louis Vasquez (ankle).
St. Louis at Arizona
Time: 4:25 p.m. Line: Cardinals by 1½.
Records: Rams 3-6-1 (6-4 vs. spread), Cardinals 4-6 (4-5-1 vs. spread).
Comments: Rams beat Cardinals, 17-3, Oct. 4 and neither team has won since . . . St. Louis’s Chris Givens is first rookie with a 50-plus-yard reception in five straight games . . . Cardinals QB Ryan Lindley (currently on zero fantasy teams across the land) makes his first career start . . . Rams’ Danny Amendola has 18 catches in the last two weeks . . . Player to watch: Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald has 99 catches vs. Rams.
Key injuries: RAMS: OUT: LB Mario Haggan (elbow). DOUBTFUL: WR Danny Amendola (foot). QUESTIONABLE: TE Lance Kendricks (knee), S Rodney McLeod (calf). PROBABLE: RB Steven Jackson (foot). CARDINALS: QUESTIONABLE: DE Calais Campbell (calf), WR Early Doucet (ribs), QB Kevin Kolb (ribs), RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (ribs).
Carolina at Philadelphia
Time: Monday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN Line: Panthers by 3.
Records: Panthers 2-8 (4-6 vs. spread), Eagles 3-7 (1-8-1 vs. spread).
Comments: This is one of the more brutal matchups you’re ever going to see . . . Philadelphia has lost six straight games . . . Carolina’s Cam Newton is the only NFL player with 6,000-plus passing yards, 1,000-plus rushing yards, and 15-plus rushing touchdowns in his first two seasons . . . The Eagles have won three straight against the Panthers . . . Player to watch: Eagles RB Bryce Brown will make his first start since 2008 at Wichita East High School.
Key injuries: PANTHERS: DNP: DE Antwan Applewhite (hamstring), DE Greg Hardy (illness), LB Jordan Senn (ankle). FULL: LB Thomas Davis (not injury related), DT Dwan Edwards (not injury related), DT Ron Edwards (not injury related), T Jordan Gross (not injury related), C Geoff Hangartner (knee), S Colin Jones (head), WR Steve Smith (finger). EAGLES: OUT: RB LeSean McCoy (concussion), QB Michael Vick (concussion), RB Chris Polk (toe). DNP: WR Jason Avant (hamstring). FULL: WR Riley Cooper (knee), WR Mardy Gilyard (hamstring), DT Cullen Jenkins (foot, ankle), G Danny Watkins (ankle).
Jim McBride can be reached at j_mcbride@globe.com
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