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Rams running back Benny Cunningham (ankle) is active Sunday against the Titans in Week 9, after missing the team's previous two games with this injury. 

Rams running back Daryl Richardson (foot) struggled with his injury throughout the week in practice, and it will keep him off the field in Week 9. Richardson is listed among the team's inactives Sunday, prior to the game against the Titans. 

Patriots running back Brandon Bolden, who had two touchdowns last season, has scored in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. Can he go for a third straight against the Steelers at home in Week 9?

Chances are it's unlikely, although it does depend on his snaps. Head coach Bill Belichick used the team's top rusher, Stevan Ridley, sparingly. Ridley saw 20 of 65 snaps while Bolden saw 31 of 65 against the Dolphins in Week 8. Bolden only had 22 yards on the ground, so we don't expect that trend to continue.

The Steelers have allowed 121.9 yards per game on the ground this season, which could likely benefit for whichever back gets the most touches. Fantasy owners should consider Bolden a possible flex option in deeper formats heading into Week 9.

The Buccaneers have ruled out a pair of running backs for Week 9 against the Seahawks, due to lingering injury concerns. Doug Martin (shoulder) and Jeff Demps (groin) are both unsurprisingly out for Sunday's game.

Several key Patriots players appear set to play Sunday against Pittsburgh, including pass-catchers Danny Amendola (wrist), Rob Gronkowski (back, forearm, hamstring) and Julian Edelman (thigh). All have been deemed probable.

Also receiving that designation were running back Brandon Bolden (knee), offensive lineman Marcus Cannon (shoulder) and wide receiver Matthew Slater (wrist).

The Ravens have been decimated with injuries this season, but are getting healthy in a hurry. Only seven players dot their Friday injury report and all but two are probable for Sunday in Cleveland.

The bad news is that starting guard Kelechi Osemele (back) will need back surgery and could be out for the year. Wide receiver Brandon Stokley (thigh) is questionable.

Probable for the game are nose tackle Terrence Cody (knee), offensive linemen Ryan Jensen (foot) and Michael Oher (ankle), linebacker Josh Bynes (finger/thigh) and running back Bernard Pierce (thigh).

Rams backup running backs Daryl Richardson and Benny Cunningham are listed as questionable Week 9 against the Titans.

Richardson was unable to practice Friday due to a toe/foot injury. Cunningham was able to practice all week. Zac Stacy is also questionable this week, so it's unclear who the team will start.

Vikings RB Matt Asiata, CB Chris Cook, TE Rhett Ellison and DT Fred Evans have been ruled out Week 9 against the Cowboys. 

Evans was the only player to take part in practice this week. He was limited Thursday, but was unable to go Friday. 

The Vikings travel to Dallas in Week 9, but none of their receiving options in Greg Jennings, Jerome Simpson or Cordarrelle Patterson are worth starting in the majority of Fantasy leagues.

The Vikings haven't had a receiver score a touchdown or gain more than 45 yards since Week 4 against Pittsburgh in London. In fact, that was the only game this season where Minnesota had a receiver score a touchdown when Jenning scored twice.

This is actually a favorable matchup for the Vikings since Dallas has allowed seven receivers to reach double digits in Fantasy points and eight touchdowns. But based on what we've seen of this passing game, it's hard to trust anyone in Minnesota right now aside from Adrian Peterson.

Rank the Minnesota receivers in this order: Jennings, Simpson, Patterson since Jennings has gotten more targets than Simpson the past three games at 23-19. But none of these receivers should be considered starting options outside of deep three-receiver formats.

Dolphins running back Daniel Thomas received a healthy workload in Week 9 against the Bengals, but did little with it in a 22-20 overtime win.  

Thomas rushed for just 38 yards despite receiving 12 carries, and he did little else. He was held out of the end zone, and had just one reception for 4 yards.

Thomas has looked better as the season has gone on, but has been overshadowed by Lamar Miller over the last few games. He will try to put an end to that trend in Week 10 against the Buccaneers.