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Colts QB Anthony Richardson suffered an orbital fracture during pregame warmups before Indy’s game against the Cardinals Sunday.

Head coach Shane Steichen told reporters the news after the game. This explains the Colts making Richardson inactive Sunday and having Riley Leonard backing up Daniel Jones. Richardson reportedly suffered the injury in the locker room during to a malfunctioning piece of apparatus. Richardson was taken to the hospital. The Colts won, 31-27, to improve to 5-1.

Rams head coach Sean McVay told reporters after Sunday’s win that WR Puka Nacua has an ankle injury and he is uncertain if Nacua will be able to play next week in London against the Jaguars.

Nacua did return to the game but was mostly a decoy. He finished with just two catches for 28 yards in the 17-3 win. The Rams have their bye in Week 8, so it’s not out of the question for the Rams to sit Nacua next week and give him an extra week to recover.

Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr. is being evaluated for a concussion.

Update: Harrison has been ruled out.

Harrison is questionable to return after taking a hit to the head in the second quarter. The Cardinals are already dealing with a number of injuries on the offense, including QB Kyler Murray and RB Trey Benson. Zay Jones and Michael Wilson are the next receivers up.

The Falcons ruled out WR Darnell Mooney for Monday against the Bills with a hamstring injury.

Mooney suffered the injury in Week 4 against the Commanders and the bye week didn’t get him all the way back, as he still missed practice time this week because of the injury. This will be the third missed game this season for Mooney due to different injuries — a training camp shoulder injury caused him to miss Week 1. Drake London sets up as a top-ten receiver option this week. Ray-Ray McCloud and Casey Washington will work behind London.

The Commanders ruled out wide receivers Terry McLaurin (quad) and Noah Brown (groin/knee) for Monday’s game against the Bears.

This will be the third straight game McLaurin will miss and the fourth straight for Brown. WR Deebo Samuel is dealing with a bruised heel and looks to be close to a game-time decision. If he can go, he’s the top option for Jayden Daniels. Samuel hauled in eight passes for 96 yards and a touchdown in Washington’s 27-10 win over the Chargers in Week 5. Jacory Croskey-Merritt was the only other player with multiple receptions.

Cardinals officially are listing QB Kyler Murray as questionable for Sunday’s game at Indianapolis.

Related Players: Jacoby Brissett

Murray was off the field on more than one occasion in Week 5, so this is obviously a bad sign for his Week 6 availability. We'll keep an eye on things as we near kickoff, but Brissett would be off streaming radars against the Colts if he does end up getting a spot start.

Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy has no injury designation for Sunday night’s game vs. the Lions and is good to go.

Related Players: Hollywood Brown, Tyquan Thornton, JuJu Smith-Schuster

Worthy has made an immediate impact on the Chiefs offense, combing for 17 targets in his first two games back. In a nice matchup against the Lions in Week 6, consider him a fringe WR1/2.

Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase will be questionable for Sunday’s game, coach Zac Taylor said Missed today with an illness.

Related Players: Tee Higgins, Andrei Iosivas, Mitchell Tinsley

An illness seems like something Chase could potentially play through, but if Cincinnati is getting blown out again, that could end up leading to the wide receiver hitting the showers early. Without more information at the time, it would be hard to take him out of your lineup unless we hear further bad news. For now, keep him and Higgins in lineups ahead of Joe Flacco's first game.

Once again, no Lamar Jackson at today’s practice, putting Cooper Rush in line to start Sunday vs. the Rams.

Looks like another Cooper Rush week, which is not great news for the Ravens offense. It looks like Ronnie Stanley is set to return but anyone outside of Zay Flowers and/or Derrick Henry in your starting lineup would be a tough sell with Jackson out.

Official Panthers injury report doesn’t come out for about an hour but it doesn’t look promising for RB Chuba Hubbard (calf) and RT Taylor Moton (elbow) to play Sunday against the Cowboys. Neither has practiced this week.

Related Players: Rico Dowdle, Trevor Etienne

This is setting up as another Dowdle week, and it will come against his former team, who happen to rank 30th in RB aFPA. If Hubbard does miss, lock Dowdle in as a fringe RB1, and even if he doesn't, Dowdle should be considered a top-24 lock.