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Wilson is out. Hall and McCaffrey are back in the plan.

Friday settled the big availability questions: Wilson sits, Hall and McCaffrey have no game designation, and San Francisco is missing three receivers.

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The call

Bench Wilson, start McCaffrey and keep Hall in the RB2 discussion.

Final Friday reports: Wilson out; Hall and McCaffrey cleared.

Move Garrett Wilson out of your starting lineup. Put Christian McCaffrey back in it. Breece Hall is available too, though his return presents a closer fantasy choice than McCaffrey's.

The final Friday reports turn two days of waiting into decisions. Wilson is ruled out with a concussion; Hall and McCaffrey finished without a game designation. This is the follow-up to our Thursday injury check, rather than another invitation to wait on the same information.

Wilson's slot needs filling now

There's no Sunday clearance to hold out for this week. Choose the replacement and use any spare bench space for the players whose status remains uncertain.

Don't drop Wilson to solve a one-week problem. Use an eligible reserve slot if your league permits it, or make room by cutting a genuinely expendable bench player. Keep your last playable receiver: replacing one absence by creating another won't help.

Hall is available. Allen hasn't disappeared.

Hall's clearance removes the health obstacle to using him against Kansas City. It doesn't answer how much work Braelon Allen will retain.

I'd use Hall as an RB2 or flex when the alternatives are fringe starters. I wouldn't displace a healthy back with a secure lead role simply to celebrate Hall's return. If you hold both Jets backs, retain Allen until you've seen them together again; a returning teammate isn't a reason to discard useful depth.

McCaffrey gets the straightforward call

Start McCaffrey against Las Vegas. The case for keeping emergency cover on the bench is different from the case for playing that cover ahead of him. Friday's clearance settles that choice.

The 49ers will be without Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel Sr. and Christian Kirk. That leaves established available options such as George Kittle especially attractive, but don't treat every reserve receiver as an automatic starter.

Demarcus Robinson remains a check rather than a confirmed replacement: he is questionable and still needs activation from injured reserve. A practice return and a place in Sunday's lineup are different hurdles.

If your flex choice involves Robinson, keep a usable alternative from the late games. If your only dependable alternative plays early, take those points rather than gambling the whole slot on an activation that hasn't happened yet.

Use the start/sit tool for the remaining close calls. The important distinction today is which decisions are finished and which still need a fallback.

Flip it if

A new setback would reopen the cleared running backs’ cases. Robinson needs activation and an active place on Sunday before becoming a usable replacement.

Sources: Jets: Friday final injury report, 49ers: Friday injury decisions.