Giants K Graham Gano (hamstring) was limited in practice all week and is listed as questionable for Sunday morning’s game vs. the Panthers. We’ll see if he makes it back for this one after missing the past seven games, but you should stay away from this situation in Week 10 fantasy lineups.
Titans QB Will Levis will be back as the starter this Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers. Levis has been dealing with a shoulder injury and has not played since Week 6. He replaces back-up Mason Rudolph who has started since Levis was out.
Giants WR Darius Slayton (concussion) is out for Sunday’s game vs. the Panthers. He figures to be replaced by WR Jalin Hyatt, who’s only a flier in DFS tournaments. Hyatt has drawn a target on just 8% of his routes this season. (Slayton is at 15% for comparison.)
Falcons WR Drake London (hip) is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game vs. the Saints. He was limited in practice all week. Reports on London’s injury and status for this one have been positive, so we’re tentatively expecting him to play. But we’ll keep you updated on the situation and get Atlanta’s inactives around 11:30 am ET on Sunday.
The Colts have ruled WR Michael Pittman Jr. out for Sunday's game against the Bills. He's officially listed with back and finger injuries and has missed practice all week. The back issue seems to be what's keeping him out this week, though. Pittman returned to last week's game after dislocating the finger.
The Jets have released K Riley Patterson and signed K Anders Carlson. It looks like it'll be Carlson kicking for New York vs. the Cardinals this weekend. He kicked for the 49ers in their last two games, making all five FG attempts and three of four XPs. Carlson is a middling Week 10 fantasy option.
Panthers TE Tommy Tremble (back) is listed as questionable for this weekend’s game vs. the Giants. He practiced all week, including full workouts on Wednesday and Friday, so it’d be surprising if he didn’t play. Tremble has remained ahead of TE Ja’Tavion Sanders in playing time, so Sanders can’t be trusted in Week 10 fantasy lineups if Tremble ends up active.
Panthers RB Jonathon Brooks (knee) is listed as questionable for Sunday morning’s game vs. the Giants in Germany. He was a full-go in practice all week and is eligible to play after being moved to the active roster earlier this week. But the Panthers have remained non-committal on his status for this one. Even if Brooks plays, we wouldn’t expect a significant workload. He should stay on fantasy benches this week. Chuba Hubbard remains a rock-solid RB2 play.
Panthers WR Adam Thielen (hamstring) missed practice all week and is out for Sunday morning's game vs. the Giants in Germany. Carolina will again trot out Xavier Legette, David Moore, and Jalen Coker as its top three WRs in that one.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Friday that QB Dak Prescott is trying to avoid hamstring surgery, which would presumably end his season. "He doesn't want surgery," Jones said. "He wants to be on the field and go for it. We'll just see how it goes here." Jones added that the team hasn't yet decided whether to place Prescott on IR, which would knock him out for at least four games. We'll keep you updated on the situation, but we continue to expect Prescott to miss multiple games with this injury.
Bills WR Keon Coleman (wrist) has been ruled out for Sunday's game vs. the Colts. "It'll probably be multiple weeks," HC Sean McDermott said of Coleman's timeline for return. "I just don't know how far it will go." We'll see if Coleman ends up landing on IR, but we'd try to keep him stashed on fantasy benches for now.
Texans WR Nico Collins (hamstring) has been designated to return from IR. That puts him in line to practice on Friday. It remains unclear if the Texans will play Collins against the Lions on Sunday night off a four-game layoff with just one practice under his belt. We'll keep you updated on the situation.
Ravens S Kyle Hamilton left Thursday night's game in the first half with a right ankle injury and did not return. The team initially deemed him questionable but ruled Hamilton out before the end of the game. He was wearing a boot on the sideline in the second half, but HC John Harbaugh downplayed the severity after the game.
Ravens WR Diontae Johnson played just five snaps and ran three pass routes in the Week 10 win over the Bengals. His playing time was actually down from his Week 9 Ravens debut (17 snaps, six routes). Johnson was at least targeted on two of his three routes against Cincinnati. He caught the first for six yards; the second fell incomplete after Johnson stumbled trying to work downfield.
Ravens TE Isaiah Likely's absence in Thursday night's game vs. the Bengals put TE Mark Andrews back in a full-time role. He played 87% of Baltimore's offensive snaps and ran a route on 94% of pass plays -- both easily season highs. Andrews capitalized on the opportunity, catching six of seven targets for 68 yards and a score. The targets, catches, and yards all ranked top two on the team. Andrews' TD came on a route that QB Lamar Jackson said afterward was improvised. It looked like Andrews was supposed to run a shallow cross but instead turned it upfield to break free for an 18-yard score.
Bengals TE Mike Gesicki managed just four catches for 30 scoreless yards in Thursday night's loss to the Ravens. A disappointing result, but the usage was everything fantasy owners were hoping for. Gesicki drew nine targets -- third most on the team and a solid 16.1% share. Two of those targets came inside the red zone, including one that Gesick brought down at Baltimore's two-yard line.
Bengals RB Chase Brown racked up 22 touches in Thursday night's loss to the Ravens. He predictably struggled to get much going on the ground against a stout run defense, averaging just 3.2 yards across his 13 carries. But he popped in a one-yard TD in the first quarter and was busy in the passing game all night. Brown's 11 targets, nine catches, and 52 receiving yards all ranked second on the team to only WR Ja'Marr Chase. Brown lost a key fumble in the third quarter that helped get the Ravens back into the game. And he was pulled on most third and longs for pass protection reasons. But the Bengals continued to lean heavily on Brown in all other situations.
Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase obliterated the Ravens for 11 catches, 264 yards, and three TDs on Thursday night. The 55.4 PPR points were the 20th most scored by any player in a game in NFL history. They're the eighth most ever by a WR. A Baltimore secondary that's struggled all season and lost S Kyle Hamilton to an ankle injury in this one simply had no answer for Chase. He scored 67- and 70-yard TDs in the second half. And he got the hat trick with a leaping grab for a five-yard TD with less than a minute to go to bring the Bengals within a point. (They failed to convert the 2-point conversion.) Chase was targeted on 17 of QB Joe Burrow's 56 pass attempts -- good for a 30.4%. target share.
Rams WR Demarcus Robinson (toe, hip) did not practice on Thursday. He made the game-winning 39-yard TD grab in Week 9's overtime win over the Seahawks, so he was evidently playing through these injuries. We're still tentatively expecting Robinson to play vs. the Dolphins on Monday night, but we'll keep an eye on him over the next few days.
Eagles WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) returned to a limited practice on Thursday. That should put him on track to play vs. the Cowboys this weekend, but we'll see what he does on Friday and how he's listed on the final injury report.
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