Quarterback Tom Brady will start Thursday in the Patriots’ Thanksgiving Day showdown with the Detroit Lions. Brady missed practice Tuesday due to a foot injury and was listed as questionable on the team’s final injury report.

What coaches Bill Belichick and Jim Caldwell lack in on-screen charisma, they really show their acting chops when submitting a weekly practice report. Of course, the mind games are at a fever pitch when the hottest NFL rivalry of the past 10 years gets renewed on Sunday.

If Benjarvus Green-Ellis is still a free agent in your fantasy league, go out and get him now!

Ask any fantasy enthusiast about RB Fred Taylor and at some point, the topic of conversation will turn to the running back’s groin. As weird as that seems, nearly everybody has a story about Taylor’s groin, dating back to 2001.

A roundup of injury updates from Week 3.

The Patriots are missing RB Fred Taylor, but aren’t having much of a problem moving the ball on the ground during the fourth quarter against the Bills.

The big news in New England on Tuesday is the status of injured RB Kevin Faulk, which is still squarely in limbo.

Kudos to Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio for resting Maurice Jones-Drew for the preseason. Why do people want this guy to play right now anyway?

Patriots RB Laurence Maroney was one of the guys I was going to keep an eye on during the first half of the Patriots game with St. Louis, but that was kind of hard considering that he was not on the field.

Patriots WR Wes Welker returned to real game action on Thursday night, making an appearance during the team’s first drive against the Falcons. Tom Brady did not waste any time getting the ball to Welker, either.

Find out what I’ll be watching on Thursday night when the NFL’s preseason schedule continues with three games.

The Patriots have gone back to a backfield committee this week against the Jaguars.

Patriots RB Fred Taylor is active and will face his former team, the Jaguars, on Sunday.

As teams around the league prepare for Week 16, here’s an update on some notable names from injury reports updated Thursday.

As teams around the league prepare for Week 16, here’s an update on some notable names from injury reports released Wednesday.