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Lions’ RB D’Andre Swift is off this week’s injury report and is expected to play Sunday vs. Miami, WR Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable.

Related Players: Jamaal Williams

Both Swift and St. Brown should be in fantasy lineups if they're good to go Sunday, in a great bounce back spot against a leaky Dolphins defense.

For a second straight day, Broncos’ QB Russell Wilson was listed as being a limited participant at practice due to his hamstring injury. Wilson has said he intends to play Sunday in London vs. the Jaguars.

Related Players: Brett Rypien

Brett Rypien's Week 7 spot-start went predictably poorly, but Russ has certainly not been cooking when he's on the field, either. Neither option should be considered in typical redraft leagues, while Rypien should probably be ignored in 2QB/Superflex leagues.

Chargers are expecting Mike Williams to miss a minimum of four weeks.

Related players: DeAndre Carter, Keenan Allen, Michael Bandy, Josh Palmer

The good news is the Bolts have a bye this week, which should give Allen a chance to get healthy and ready for what will likely be a huge workload with Williams out. Carter and Palmer are next up on the depth chart and should see increased roles. Williams was having a nice year averaging about 8 targets a game.

Eberflus said the Bears really like their 1-2 punch with David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert.

The two backs were relatively even with rushing attempts vs. NE, the tweet pointed out. "We're going to continue to do that...going to continue to use both of those guys." This is probably considered bad news for Montgomery owners as Herbert's usage has been on the rise as of late, meaning Monty's is on the decline. Both can probably be in the lower-end RB2 or flex conversation.

Broncos’ QB Russell Wilson is a limited participant at today’s practice at the Harrow School in suburban London.

Related players: Brett Rypien

Reports this week said the Broncos seem to think Wilson will be able to go in Week 8. We reported last week Wilson was pressing to play after being limited, but ultimately the team decided to ride with Rypien. The good news is this is an early Sunday game in London, so those wishing to play Wilson will have time to put him in, or take him out, of lineups and adjust thereafter.

The Bears had an extended break to prepare to face the Patriots after losing to the Commanders on Thursday night in Week 6 and one of the tweaks they made to their offense was expanding the amount of designed runs for quarterback Justin Fields.

Fields made the most of those opportunities and finished the night with 14 carries for 82 yards, including five third-down runs that turned into first downs. The added wrinkle of Fields running the ball had a ripple effect on the entire offense. David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert had strong nights running the ball while Fields converted five more third downs by throwing the ball.

Other reports said Fields had 11 designed runs on the right. Next up for the Bears is the Cowboys on the road in Week 8. With his rushing totals alone, Fields becomes a relevant QB option in just about any style of league, especially if you've been riding with Russell Wilson or Matt Ryan to this point.

Tests today revealed that Chargers’ WR Mike Williams suffered a high ankle sprain and, according to a source, “will miss some time.”

Related Players: DeAndre Carter, Keenan Allen, Michael Bandy

Awful news for Williams, who was having a great year, averaging over eight targets per game. Keenan Allen was eased back into the lineup during Week 7, and Williams' injury will force the Chargers' hand in getting him back into a full-time role very soon. Allen has proven over his extensive career that he has the chops to be a target hog, and the team will need him to step up quickly, assuming he is back to full health.

Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Jets with a hamstring injury.

Wilson pushed to play but was limited all week in practice and the Broncos want to allow the injury to heal instead of pushing their big-money quarterback. Brett Rypien gets the start. Rypien has started one game in his career, a win over the Jets in 2020. This certainly dips the Broncos offense, who will likely try to get the ground game going with Melvin Gordon and Latavius Murray. The Jets defense now becomes an interesting play this week for streaming and for daily purposes.

The Broncos are listing QB Russell Wilson as questionable. Nathaniel Hackett says he's a game-time decision.

Related Players: Brett Rypien

Brett Rypien would be in-line to start as the only other active quarterback on the 53-man roster. This could be seen as a precipitous dropoff in a typical year, but Wilson has been awful this season, topping 300 yards passing only once and failing to best a 60% completion rate in four-of-six games.

Bolts WR Keenan Allen, C Corey Linsley each limited on Wednesday.

Yesterday we reported Allen was on pace to practice fully this week and play in Week 7. Getting a limited session in today at least keeps him on track.