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Breece Hall and Calvin Ridley Scratched While Tank Dell and Jordan Mason Return for Sunday Slate

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Adam Schefter tweeted the active and inactive lists for Sunday's games, confirming the status of several key playmakers.

Sunday morning inactive lists are the ultimate reality check for anyone who spent all week talking themselves into a third-string running back.

Adam Schefter just dropped the official active/inactive list for today's slate, and it is a mixed bag of miraculous recoveries and brutal scratches. and Calvin Ridley are officially in street clothes, while , , , and are suiting up.

returning for the undefeated 5-0 is massive. He has been sitting on injured reserve for four weeks with a fractured thumb, leaving fantasy managers checking his status like a tracking number for a lost package. Now he is back just in time for a matchup against the .

being active for the 2-4 is the kind of toughness you have to respect. The guy was dealing with a knee injury that had people fearing the worst, but he is out there today against the . Whether he actually gets his normal target share or just serves as a very expensive decoy is the real question for anyone looking at his receiving props.

is also good to go for the 1-5 against the , while is active for the 4-2 . playing is great news for anyone holding Bucs tickets, though at 1-5, that fanbase might just be a support group at this point.

On the flip side, the 2-4 are shutting down against the . That is a devastating blow for an offense that already looks like it is running in wet cement. Meanwhile, the 1-5 will be without Calvin Ridley, meaning their passing game against might actually set offensive football back a few decades.

If you have money tied up in the Jets or Titans today, it might be time to start looking at the afternoon slate. For everyone else, seeing guys like Mason and Dell back on the field is exactly why we sit in front of a television for seven straight hours every Sunday.

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