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Kerby Joseph back at practice for Lions. Big knee brace. No Amon-Ra St. Brown, Kalif Raymond, Terrion Arnold, Brock Wright.

St. Brown is expected to miss this week and maybe even another week with his ankle injury. The extra time after this Thursday night's game will hopefully do St. Brown well. The Lions will have a tough game against the Rams in Week 15 in the later Sunday window, so at best, it seems St. Brown could be back for that, which is also the start of the fantasy playoffs in a lot of leagues.

Aaron Jones is likely to be considered day-to-day.

Related players: Jordan Mason

The Vikings don't believe the injury is considered serious, and the day to day tag gives him a shot to play in Week 14. If he can't go, Mason will see more work. Owners counting on Jones will want to monitor the injury report this week. The Vikings have an early Sunday game at home against the Commanders in Week 14.

The Minnesota Vikings could go from one struggling young quarterback to another this week.

J.J. McCarthy could be cleared from the concussion protocol as soon as Monday, coach Kevin O'Connell said Sunday, and he would be in line to start the Vikings' Week 14 game against the Washington Commanders.

Related players: Max Brosmer

O'Connell said McCarthy is still in protocol, but said the team will see how he does on Tuesday. The hype around Brosmer was real heading into last Week 13, but the rookie threw four INTs as the Vikings were shutout 26-0 vs. Seattle. It was the first time the Vikings have been shut out since Week 17 of the 2007 season. Their 305-game streak since then, including the regular season and playoffs, was the third-longest active streak in the NFL, the story said.

Bucs HC Todd Bowles said “it's a possibility” that Mike Evans could return to practice this week.

Related players: Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan, Tez Johnson, Sterling Shepard

The Bucs are slowly getting their weapons back on offense as Godwin was more involved this past week. The team also saw the return of running back Bucky Irving. Evans broke his collarbone in Week 7. Evans' return would put the Bucs at full strength at WR with Egbuka and Godwin forming the team's top-three. Evans' return would also hurt the fantasy value of Johnson and Shepard.

Chargers QB Justin Herbert suffered a broken bone in his left hand during Sunday’s game against the Raiders, head coach Jim Harbaugh said after the game.

Herbert will undergo surgery on Monday and it is unclear at this point how much time he will miss. Consider him questionable at best for next Monday against the Eagles. If Herbert can’t go, it would be Trey Lance getting the start. Herbert barely missed any action Sunday — Lance threw one pass — completing 15 of 20 passes for 151 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

Chargers QB Justin Herbert suffered a broken bone in his left hand during Sunday’s game against the Raiders, head coach Jim Harbaugh said after the game.

Herbert will undergo surgery on Monday and it is unclear at this point how much time he will miss. Consider him questionable at best for next Monday against the Eagles. If Herbert can’t go, it would be Trey Lance getting the start. Herbert barely missed any action Sunday — Lance threw one pass — completing 15 of 20 passes for 151 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

Colts TE Tyler Warren was added to the injury report Saturday with an illness and is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Texans.

The Colts play in the early window, so we’ll know by about 11:30 if Warren is playing. But more often than not, we see players still play, even as a late add like this with an illness. Be sure to check the inactives just to be sure.

Chargers ruled out RB Omarion Hampton for Sunday’s game vs the Raiders. Hampton hasn’t played since fracturing his ankle in week 5.

“It was a good week,” Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh told reporters today. “Really beneficial, ramping up. Everything’s on track to return, not this week.”

Related Players: Kimani Vidal, Jaret Patterson, Amar Johnson

Vidal should take lead back duties once again, but he doesn't likely have the talent to overcome the issues along the Chargers offensive line. Consider him a high-end RB3, even in what should be a great matchup.

Todd Bowles on Bucky Irving’s usage Sunday: "We'll put him in. Once he gets in, we'll see how he is rolling, and then between him, Rachaad White and Sean Tucker, we'll kind of go with the hot hand."

We'd like to say Bucky Irving will return to his typical 25-opportunity upside, but it was mentioned that he may be eased in, as the team did with Chris Godwin. If that's the case, he's closer to a low-end RB2 than a locked-in RB1 like we came into the season hoping. Tucker and White are more desperation-FLEX options.

WR Drake London (knee) is out for this weekend.

Related Players: Darnell Mooney, David Sills, KhaDarel Hodge, Kyle Pitts

Hard to trust anyone in this offense at this point, but we can consider Mooney a WR3 type while Pitts is in the TE15 range.