Fantasy Football News | Page 64

Titans WR Calvin Ridley (knee/elbow) returned to practice today on a limited basis and is officially questionable for Sunday's game at Arizona.

Related Players: Elic Ayomanor, Chigoziem Okonkwo, Tyler Lockett

The last thing Cam Ward needs is *less* firepower, but it looks like he could be playing with a compromised WR1, which lowers his fantasy value to the bottom of the barrel. Ayomanor has been coming along nicely to this point in his rookie season and can be considered a fringe WR3/4 regardless of his teammate's game-time status.

No practice for a second straight day for Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, who has been battling a knee injury.

Related Players: Ian Thomas

What started as a potential "rest day" looks to be a little more serious now. Ian Thomas can be left out of streaming consideration, even if the sophomore misses Week 5.

The Giants are listing RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (shoulder) as doubtful for Sunday vs. the Saints.

RB Cam Skattebo (knee) is off the injury report and good to go, as is QB Jaxson Dart (left hamstring). DL Dexter Lawrence (illness) is questionable.

We should see another healthy dose of Skattebo after the team made it clear they want to ride the run game as much as possible with a rookie QB and an injured Malik Nabers. Skattebo should be considered an RB2 and has legit 25-30 touch upside if the game stays close at all.

The Colts are ruling out WR Alec Pierce, CB Kenny Moore II, RB Tyler Goodson and S Daniel Scott.

Pierce is a bit of a surprise seeing how he's been practicing, but he did not pass the concussion protocol, according to Shane Steichen. That's his second straight game.

Related Players: Michael Pittman Jr., Josh Downs

In a follow-up question with Shane Steichen, he said "working through that" regarding Adonai Mitchell playing this week, which is all the more interesting with Pierce out. It's possible we see a condensed target tree with Pittman, Downs, and Tyler Warren taking the vast majority of the work. Pittman is a WR2 candidate, Warren an obvious TE1 and Downs would move up into a WR4 role for managers searching for WR help.

Cowboys not ready to make calls until after practice on status of injured guys like Tyler Guyton, Tyler Smith, KaVontae Turpin. "We've got to figure out a number of guys," Brian Schottenheimer said. CeeDee Lamb, Tyler Booker will miss second straight game.

Related Players: George Pickens, Jalen Tolbert, Ryan Flournoy, Jake Ferguson

It should be the Pickens/Ferguson show once again, as they both project as top-5, volume-based plays at their respective positions. There is at least some hope for Lamb returning in Week 6, so managers can breathe a sigh of relief.

Bucs RB Bucky Irving (foot) is expected to miss Sunday’s game vs. Seahawks and is in danger of missing next week vs. 49ers, per source.

Rookie Josh Williams figures to be active this week as a third back in Irving’s absence.

Related Players: Rachaad White, Sean Tucker

We're expecting White to be the "lead back" here, but we should still see a good amount of Tucker, which limits the former's upside. Consider them respective low-end RB2 and RB3s.

Panthers RB Chuba Hubbard, who has been dealing with a calf injury the last couple of weeks and hasn't practiced this week, is expected to miss Sunday's game against the Dolphins. Rico Dowdle is the team's backup.

Related Players: Trevor Etienne

Dowdle should make for a volume-based RB2/3 but he has slightly less juice than Hubbard, and could see a bit more Etienne than we've been used to. The rookie could be in the RB4 range, but should be reserved as a desperation play in deep leagues.

Raiders TE Brock Bowers, who was a limited practice participant Wednesday due to a knee injury, didn’t practice today.

Related Players: Ian Thomas

Hopefully this was more of a rest day, but Bowers has been dealing with this issue for a few weeks now. Ian Thomas can be left out of streaming consideration, even if the sophomore misses Week 5.

The Commanders have ruled out WR Terry McLaurin, WR Noah Brown and G Sam Cosmi before traveling to LA to play the Chargers.

Related Players: Deebo Samuel, Luke McCaffrey, Zach Ertz, Chris Moore

Still no word on Samuel, so that's a good sign for his availability this weekend. He earned nine opportunities last week, turning them into 81 total yards and a touchdown. He'll be locked into a WR2 role unless he has a pre-game setback.

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson did not practice for a second straight day with a hamstring injury.

Safety Kyle Hamilton (groin) also didn’t practice Thursday after being limited yesterday.

Related Players: Cooper Rush

All signs are pointing toward a Cooper Rush start versus the Texans defense, and that's not something we'd want to attack in fantasy. Outside of Derrick Henry and Zay Flowers, we should be avoiding the Ravens with Jackson sidelined.