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Bears WR Darnell Mooney asked about his knee injury, and referred to it as a "nagging bruise" and believes he'll be "fine."

Mooney put up a 4-53-1 line in Week 1 but didn't have a target in Week 2 before leaving the game.

Meanwhile, WR Jakobi Meyers is "headed in the right direction" as he progresses through the concussion protocol.

Meyers missed Week 2 after a two touchdown performance in Week 1. As we mentioned in the Adams update, the Raiders play Week 3 on Sunday night, so owners will need to come up with backup plans as we get closer to the weekend.

Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels says WR Davante Adams is "good" after taking a huge hit yesterday.

Adams did leave the game after a helmet-to-helmet hit in Week 2. There was no mention of concussion protocol so at this point we have to assume Adams will be a go in Week 3, but we'll have to monitor the injury reports later this week just to be sure. Unfortunately, the Raiders are a Sunday night game in Week 3, so owners will need to have a backup plan in place.

Kyle Shanahan says the 49ers have to do a better job with their RB rotation — Elijah Mitchell didn't see any carries and Shanahan said that was NOT the plan.

McCaffrey had 23 touches in Week 2 and fantasy owners rejoiced again. The 49ers likely feel that isn't a pace McCaffrey can sustain over a full season. While Mitchell has proved to be a capable back, he has just five carries for 10 yards, all coming in Week 1. He's still a valuable handcuff to CMC, but the standalone value isn't there yet.

Source: Browns WR Amari Cooper (groin) still was not feeling 100% ready to go this morning, but will give it a go in warmups today and go from there.

Related players: Amari Cooper, Elijah Moore, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cedric Tillman, David Njoku

Cooper is still a game time decision, but was in pain this morning. If Cooper can't go, Moore and Peoples-Jones would likely suck up a bunch of the targets from the WR spot. The rookie Tillman could also get more involved, as could TE Njoku.

Ravens WR Odell Beckham Jr has an ankle injury.

Related players: Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, Nelson Agholor

After the game, coach John Harbaugh described it as minor, Rapoport said. He added his understanding is Beckham is managing the issue and if all goes well, it shouldn't affect his availability going forward. The Ravens had just about everyone involved in Week 2 with Agholor leading the way and collecting a line of 5-63-1 on six targets. Flowers caught four balls for 62 yards and Bateman had a 3-18-0 line.

Buccaneers running back Chase Edmonds is headed for tests on his injured knee.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Edmonds will have an MRI on Monday after leaving Sunday’s win over the Bears with an injury. There is particular concern about an injury to Edmonds’ MCL.

Related players: Rachaad White, Sean Tucker, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

Edmonds signed with the Bucs in March and he’s seen action on offense and special teams over the first two weeks of the season. He had two carries for eight yards in the opener and two carries for 12 yards against the Bears. White and Tucker are the top two backs for the Bucs but this injury could mean Vaughn gets into the lineup as the RB3 if Edmonds misses time.

Lions’ RB David Montgomery, who did not finish Sunday’s game and was limping after, told reporters he it would take “a couple weeks” for his quad injury to heal.

Related players: Jahmyr Gibbs, Craig Reynolds

Gibbs should see a bump in touches but the Lions may not yet want to give him a bulk of the workload in terms of carries. Gibbs had seven receptions for 39 yards and added seven carries for 17 yards and should still remain highly involved in the passing game, but Reynolds could see his share of the carries Monty would normally get. We'll keep you posted about any kind of RB workload news as the week goes on.

Rams head coach Sean McVay addressed running back Cam Akers’ status at his press conference following the team’s 30-23 loss to the 49ers on Sunday.

Akers was inactive and a report from Jay Glazer of Fox Sports indicated that the Rams are trying to trade him. If that sounds familiar, it is likely because Akers asked to be traded last season and the Rams tried to make it happen but Akers remained with the team.

Related players: Kyren Williams, Ronnie Rivers, Royce Freeman

McVay, according to the story, said, “this is different” than last year’s situation and said the decision to sit Akers was “in the best interest of our football team.” Perhaps the biggest fantasy take from this is Williams, Rivers, and Freeman handled the running back duties and McVay said that will remain the case “as we move forward.”

If Williams is still on your wire, he likely won't be there for long. Williams played a majority of the snaps, and again played well scoring two more TDs, while Rivers ended up with one catch for four yards. It remains to be seen if Akers will play for the Rams again but as the story said, it's looking like his time in LA is over.

Jaylen Waddle, while trying to make the catch, was hit in the head by rookie safety Marte Mapu, and a flag was thrown on the play.

The third-year wide receiver was able to walk off of the field on his own, but he was immediately taken to the blue medical tent.

Most recent reports say Waddle is in concussion protocol. There was only a few moments left in the game as the Dolphins were trying to close things out against the Patriots. A tweet last night by Joe Schad, a Dolphins beat writer, said QB Tua Tagovailoa said Waddle was in good spirits after the game. The Dolphins have an early game in Week 3 at home against the Broncos.