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Saints HC Kellen Moore already has ruled out both RB Devin Neal and WR Devaughn Vele for Sunday’s game against the Jets.

Related Players: Evan Hull, Audric Estime

It's anybody's guess how this RB snap share will work out, but the most likely scenario is Estime taking a majority of the early down work, with Hull taking a good chunk of the third-down snaps. The Saints don't currently have any other names on the practice squad, but that doesn't mean they won't make some type of move ahead of the weekend. We don't recommend starting any Saints RBs in Week 16.

Brady Cook is the starter this week, Aaron Glenn announces

Related Players: Tyrod Taylor, Justin Fields

It's a good move for the Jets to continue to evaluate their late-round selection, but it doesn't move the needle much for fantasy purposes. Cook can be left on waiver wires in the deepest of leagues, while the Saints should be earmarked as a streaming D/ST.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Christian Watson is expected to practice today on a limited basis.

“He’s improving. We’ll just see how he’s feeling out there.”

LVN and Dontayvion Wicks also likely to go today in a limited fashion.

The other DNPs yesterday likely still out.

Related Players: Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Matthew Golden

This is a great sign, considering how serious the injury looked immediately after the play. With how the Packers rotate all their receivers, Reed would still be in the fantasy conversation, even if Watson returns to the field. Watson himself might be a little more of a stay-away unless he's back to 100% earlier in the week; a "snap count" might be on the horizon for the deep threat.

Falcons coach Raheem Morris told reporters that WR Drake London, who has missed the last several games with a PCL sprain, will practice today. A sign that he could play Sunday.

Related Players: David Sills, Darnell Mooney, Kyle Pitts

This would be some fantastic timing for fantasy managers who made it out of the first round of the fantasy playoffs without London. If he is cleared by the weekend, he should be locked into fantasy lineups. The player who may see the biggest hit could be Pitts, who is coming off a career game in Week 15. He'd still be very much on the fantasy radar, but his ceiling would be relatively capped.

A major move in Miami: the Dolphins are benching QB Tua Tagovailoa and turning to Quinn Ewers as their new starting QB, per sources.

Ewers’ first start comes Sunday vs. the Bengals.

Tagovailoa has looked unwilling —or incapable— to throw down the field this season, and that, paired with the lack of physical tools to make things happen on the ground, has stifled the Dolphins' offense.

Ewers isn't exactly known for having a big arm, but it's probably in everybody's best interest to see if he can run the offense with similar efficiency. He should be left on waiver wires outside of deep SuperFlex leagues.

During the second half of Sunday’s win over the Raiders, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts seemed to suffer a leg injury when he was twisted awkwardly during a tackle. He doesn’t appear on the first injury report for Week 16, in advance of Saturday’s game against the Commanders.

The Eagles held a walk-through, not a full practice. The report for Tuesday is an estimate as to the participation, or lack thereof, if the team had conducted a normal practice.

Another key offensive player showed up on the report, with an injury that would have kept him from practice. Running back Saquon Barkley has a stinger.

Related players: Tank Bigsby, Will Shipley

We reported on Hurts on Monday having a possible knee issue, other reports said it was an ankle, but either way he's not in the injury report. Barkley is a bit of a surprise, however. Bigsby was listed as limited with an illness, and would likely see a nice workload should Barkley not be able to play. Shipley would also get some touches as well.

Running back Josh Jacobs (knee) was listed as out with an injury he’s been dealing with for several weeks.

Jacobs was questionable to play in Week 15, but scored two touchdowns in the loss to the Broncos, the story pointed out. The hope is he'll play this week as well, in a short week with a game on Saturday night. However, it's a key, NFC Central division matchup with Bears. Jacobs' status will of course be worth monitoring as the week goes on.

Luther Burden (ankle) and Rome Odunze (foot) would not have practiced. Burden was injured in last Sunday’s win over the Browns while Odunze aggravated an injury in pregame warmups.

Related players: D.J. Moore, Olamide Zaccheaus, Jahdae Walker, Devin Duvernay, Colston Loveland

Burden had a season-high six catches before his injury. The rookie has 36 catches for 479 yards and a touchdown on the season. Odunze has now missed the last two games, but still leads the team with 44 catches for 661 yards and six touchdowns this year, the story said. The Bears and Packers are set to play on Saturday night this week so owners will want to monitor their statuses.

The Buffalo Bills are signing kicker Michael Badgley to the practice squad, the team announced Tuesday. He will wear No. 32 with the Bills.

Badgley last appeared for the Colts earlier this season where he played in seven games and went 10 for 11 (91%) on field goal attempts. He was 4 for 4 on 40-49-yard field goals and 2 for 3 on 50-59-yard field goals.

Related players: Matt Prater

Prater is week to week with a quad injury, so it appears Badgley will be doing the kicking for the Bills. He could be a kicking upgrade to your fantasy roster, just in time for the playoffs.

Christian Watson left last Sunday’s loss to the Broncos with a chest injury and went to the hospital for evaluation before traveling home with the team. On Tuesday, head coach Matt LaFleur said he’s “not quite sure” about Watson’s status.

LaFleur said he will give him as much time as possible before determining if he’ll play this week, the post said. Of course, the Bears and Packers play on Saturday night, so owners will have time to adjust their lineups if they're hoping to have Watson as a starter. LaFleur added Watson has to prove functionality throughout the rest of the week. It sounds like Watson could be a game-time call.