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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.

Lots of updates from Bucs practice:

Not practicing: Mike Evans, Bucky Irving, Jamel Dean, Benjamin Morrison, Christian Izien.

Practicing: Baker Mayfield, Tristan Wirfs, Lavonte David, Chris Godwin, Zyon McCollum, Haason Reddick, Tykee Smith, Logan Hall, Greg Gaines, Charlie Heck, Sterling Shepard.

As Greg said, lots to take in here, but not a ton of surprises.

As it stands, we're not expecting any positive Week 5 news for Irving or Evans, which locks Godwin, Emeka Egbuka, and Rachaad White into fantasy-friendly roles, while Mayfield should be in low-end QB1 consideration unless he experiences a setback.

Carson Wentz will start for the Vikings in London vs. the #Browns on Sunday, per a league source.

Rookie QB J.J. McCarthy still isn’t ready and hasn’t practiced this week. Now officially out.

This seemed to be the case for a while now, as the Vikings have a Week 6 bye which gives the pseudo-rookie extra time to heal. Consider Wentz a fade this week against a tough Browns pass rush.

Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (knee) was officially a full participant in practice today and is on track to start against the Chargers on Sunday.

WRs Terry McLaurin (quad), Deebo Samuel (heel), and Noah Brown (groin/knee) all did not practice.

Related Players: Marcus Mariota

We'll hold off on making sweeping takeaways for the WR room, but it's certainly not encouraging that McLaurin isn't out there after missing Week 4. We'll keep an eye on things as the week progresses.

It looks like Daniels is well on his way to returning to fantasy lineups here in Week 5.

QB Lamar Jackson (hamstring) is among eight Ravens not practicing.

Related Players: Cooper Rush

It's looking like Jackson's hamstring is going to keep him out of Week 5, which means Cooper Rush will likely get the start. Against the Texans defense, consider him a fade.

Brock Purdy (toe), Ricky Pearsall (knee) and Jauan Jennings (ankle, ribs) are OUT for Thursday’s 49ers-Rams game.

Related Players: Mac Jones, Christian McCaffrey, Kendrick Bourne, Demarcus Robinson, Jake Tonges

Sheesh. With the lack of firepower, Jones should be more of a desperation streamer if your waiver wire is barren. Bourne and Robinson can probably be left off of lineups as well.

Cardinals RB Trey Benson is being placed on injured reserve due to his knee injury.

Related Players: Emari Demercado, Michael Carter, Bam Knight

Well this escalated quickly. Rumblings around the league have Carter, not Demercado, taking the early-down role while the latter handles third-down snaps, but we wouldn't expect either to have anything near a bell-cow role. This is probably a situation we'd like to watch play out before going all-in with either guy, but they should both be in the RB3/4 range for desperate managers.

Buccaneers do not fear Bucky Irving’s foot sprain is a long-term injury, per source. The team considers it a week-to week-injury.

Related Players: Rachaad White, Sean Tucker

We're assuming this is more of an even split between White and Tucker, but the former should presumably get the bigger chunk of the work, so he's on the RB2/3 fringe.

The Cleveland Browns are benching veteran quarterback Joe Flacco and will turn to rookie Dillon Gabriel as their starter for Sunday's game in London against the Minnesota Vikings.

This likely points toward a reduction in the Browns' league-high pass rate, which would impact a receiving group that's already difficult to trust in fantasy. Gabriel is not a streaming candidate and should be very deep in QB2 consideration for SuperFlex leagues.