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Saquon Barkley fought through his hamstring injury the last few weeks to play tonight and then his back froze up on him. Saquon spoke to the team after the loss and says the Eagles have to keep fighting, especially the young players. He says he is not pleasant to be around when he is injured. He says he will keep fighting.

Related players: Elijah Mitchell, Dameon Pierce

Piece was injured on a kick return in the fourth quarter but there were no specifics on what he could be dealing with. With Barkley now adding a back injury to his hamstring, the Eagles could be down to their sixth string running back heading into Week 8, which is a Sunday night game against the Commanders. It could be a tough spot for fantasy owners waiting for news on who to start if they are counting on an Eagles RB. It's possible both Barkley and Pierce could be out leaving the Eagles with just Mitchell. The Birds will probably have to make some moves at the position sooner than later which could give us a better indication, along with practice reports this week.

Jeremiyah Love has missed the past two games with a sprained left ankle, but the Cardinals running back is close to returning.

“Jeremiyah will be out there at practice on Wednesday, so we’ll see how the week goes,” coach Mike LaFleur said Monday, via video from PHNX_Cardinals.

Related players: Tyler Allgeier, Zonovan Knight

Love looks to get back on the field for Week 8. With Love out, Knight has looked like the better back splitting work with Allgeier, so this will be a situation to watch heading into next week, especially if Love is able to return.

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey has a mild hamstring strain, per Kyle Shanahan.

Related players: Kaelon Black

The 49ers have a bye in Week 8 which comes at a great team. The post went on to say the team believes he will be fine coming out of the bye. “We’re pretty optimistic,” Shanahan said, according to the post. CMC owners may want to spend the bye week trying to deal for Black as a handcuff for down the stretch.

Saquon Barkley is active tonight.

Related players: Dameon Pierce

Good news for Barkley owners as this was the trend all week. It's ideally a nice matchup for Barkley but he'll likely be the center of the Dallas defense's attention with so many other injuries to key players on the Eagles offense. Pierce will serve as the team's RB2.

The Detroit Lions said WR Amon-Ra St. Brown "should be good" for Week 8.

HC Dan Campbell said the plan is to sit St. Brown on Wednesday and get him back on the field on Thursday. While he said they expect him to be good for Week 8, it sounds like they will at least reevaluate on Thursday if he can indeed get back on the field for practice.

As the Ravens turn the page to their Week 8 matchup against the Bills, it’s unclear whether or not their starting quarterback will be back.

Lamar Jackson appeared to be on track to play in yesterday’s game against the Bengals until he wasn’t, with the team downgrading him to out on Saturday — even though the Ravens were playing at home.

Related players: Tyler Huntley

The story said there was some reporting that the Ravens were “shocked” when Jackson was not ready to play on Saturday, Minter said that was “a little bit” of a mischaracterization of the situation. Jackson logged three limited practices last but was still unable to go. So owners may not have a good feel for Jackson's status - until he's actually out on the field. We'll continue to keep you posted heading into Week 8.

Cardinals wide receiver Jalen Brooks announced on social media that he will undergo season-ending wrist surgery.

“Have to get an emergency surgery on my wrist,” Brooks wrote. “I don’t need phone calls . . . just prayers. I’ll be done for the season.”

Brooks, 26, played 64 percent of the team’s offensive snaps on Sunday and made one catch for 35 yards before his injury. The trade of Marvin Harrison opened up more potential playing time for Cardinals receivers but Brooks won't be a factor this year.

There won’t be a quarterback change in Las Vegas this week.

Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak opened his Monday press conference by saying that Kirk Cousins will be the team’s starter for their Week 8 game against the Jets.

Related players: Fernando Mendoza

The announcement came a day after Kubiak said the team is “thinking about everything to fix our problems” when asked about turning to Mendoza. The story added Kubiak said, “There is no controversy there. He’s playing at a very high level. The story said that Kubiak did say Mendoza is “going to play at some point,” but reiterated that Cousins is playing well and that the Raiders are “in the hunt” with a 3-4 record on the season.

Sean Payton on Jonah Coleman: "Like anything else, I think it’s something you earn and he’s done a good job of that.”

Related players: J.K. Dobbins, RJ Harvey

Payton added about Coleman: "He played well. The touches he had were explosive." This is looking like the dreaded three-headed monster at RB for the Broncos. Coleman did lead the way in touches for the Broncos, but Dobbins and Harvey had their share as well. Dobbins scored a rushing touchdown while Harvey had a big catch for a score. Harvey seems most likely to keep his job as a pass catcher and passing down back while Dobbins and Coleman could be more of a hot hand situation in terms of splitting carries. This will be a tough situation week to week for fantasy owners of any of these backs until we get some kind of clarity, but it's easy to see how Coleman seems to be trending up.

The Seahawks will open up Jadarian Price’s 21-day practice window this week, per Macdonald. No word on his status for MNF vs. the Bears. On Zach Charbonnet, he said they’re still sticking to their plan and again stopped well short of saying he’ll play vs. Chicago.

Related players: Emanuel Wilson, George Holani

The Seahawks RB room is about to get a lot more crowded. Wilson is coming off a nice game against the Chiefs with a 24-100-1 line but it's a matter of time before Price and Charbonnet will be back, and they seem destined to lead the backfield. It may be a nice problem to have for the Seahawks, but a lot will need to be sorted out for fantasy owners. Price also had fumbling issues before getting hurt which will make things interesting. You can probably expect Charbonnet to be eased back into a workload so it's possible Price and Wilson have some kind of split until Charbonnet is up to speed. Wilson seems the most likely to get phased out of a workload.