Fantasy Football News

Panthers rookie WR Chris Brazzell II suffered a moderate LCL tear in his left knee in practice & he’s expected to miss up to 8 weeks, per league source.

Brazzell will get a second opinion. He’s competing for WR3 role. NFL Week 1 is 6 1/2 weeks away.

Related Players: Tetairoa McMillan, Jalen Coker, Xavier Legette, John Metchie

This might be Legette's last chance to prove he should be suiting up for the Panthers. In addition to being bad news for Brazzell himself, this could also impact McMillan's early-season ability to line up on the inside more often, as the rookie was slated to stress the defense as a vertical X receiver had he won the WR3 job. Brazzel's best ball validity takes a hit.

49ers RB Jordan James suffered a rib fracture in Monday’s practice. He will miss some time.

S Malik Mustapha has a hamstring strain. Neither practicing today, obviously.

Related Players: Christian McCaffrey, Kaelon Black, Isaac Guerendo, Sincere McCormick

"Some time" seems like an undersell for a rib fracture, but we shall see. With Guerendo currently on the PUP list, this should give some extra run for rookie Kaelon Black, but there's also a chance we could see the team find some help on the free agent market as well. Black is instantly more intriguing behind CMC, potentially the most used back in the league.

49ers WR Ricky Pearsall is dealing with knee swelling related to the PCL injury he suffered last year. Team says “all options” are being explored and there is some concern.

Related Players: Mike Evans, Christian Kirk, Demarcus Robinson, De'Zhaun Stribling

Pearsall has flashed when healthy and on the field, but that hasn't been a very common occurrence through his young career. Kirk is also dealing with a calf strain at the moment, so we could see some upward momentum for rookie De'Zhaun Stribing before camp is over. He's currently off the redraft fantasy radar, but we should keep an eye on some extra snaps for him over the next month.

Michael Penix Jr. said it might be another four weeks to get cleared or maybe earlier, depending on how his body feels during camp.

Related Players: Tua Tagovailoa, Cooper Rush

This comes on the heels of Tagovailoa dealing with a tight back and the team signing Rush earlier today. The QB situation in Atlanta is as shaky as ever, and it's not great news for the team's fantasy pieces. We'll see how this clears out between now and Week 1, but it would be fantastic for Drake London and Kyle Pitts' ceiling outcomes if this gets settled sooner rather than later.

Nick Caserio said wide receiver Jaylin Noel hurt his finger and should be back in a few weeks.

Related Players: Nico Collins, Jayden Higgins, Tank Dell

With positive news coming out about Dell making strides toward his long-term comeback, this could be about the worst time for Noel to be missing time. For the time being, Noel should probably be considered the fourth fantasy option out of this group, unless we hear of a setback for Dell.

Jaguars RB Chris Rodriguez (foot) has been cleared and will do individual work today but team will ramp him up so no team work initially. Same for CB Christian Braswell.

Related Players: Bhayshul Tuten, LeQuint Allen

The Chris Rodriguez hype has been dissipating as the summer has moved along, as his Liam Coen Kentucky connection seems to have been overshadowed by the fact that he has six professional receptions over three seasons. With LeQuint Allen handling most of the third-down snaps and Bhayshul Tuten offering explosives in all aspects of the game, Rodriguez has a very narrow path to become anything more than a low-end RB3.

Texans receiver Tank Dell continues to make major strides in comeback from major knee injury from December, 2024.

It was tough injury to watch if you happened to be tuned into the game that day. Wilson went on say in the post that Dell is regaining explosiveness, cutting ability and strength. Wilson then added that all involved are encouraged by his outlook heading into camp and Dell has had a productive summer. It's a great sign that Dell avoided the PUP list, so it looks like he could be ready to go in some capacity for Week 1.

The Raiders signed quarterback Kirk Cousins to be their starter, and that’s exactly how he’s set to enter training camp.

“When we go out to practice tomorrow, Kirk Cousins is the starting quarterback,” head coach Klint Kubiak told reporters in his Tuesday press conference. “He’s the guy. And he’s going to get a ton of reps. And he deserves them, because he’s played really good football.

“But I want Fernando Mendoza and I want Aiden O’Connell to push him.”

It seems like a lot would have to change between now and Sept. 13 for Mendoza to be Las Vegas’ QB1 when the club plays Miami in Week 1, the story went on to say. We've seen this play out before, though, and depending on how the Raiders season goes, and how Cousins plays, one can probably assume we'll see Mendoza at some point this season as the Raiders QB1.

Mickey Loomis said Chris Olave is now full go and has no restrictions.

Terrell mentioned in the post that Olave told her earlier in the summer that he was expected to get off blood thinners before camp. He has been limited all offseason due to the blood clot he had in January. Olave is ranked 12th on our list, making him a borderline WR1. But as our John Paulsen says Olave is more likely a WR2 whose ceiling requires touchdowns that aren't guaranteed to repeat. Olave had a 100-1,163-9 line last season which was a huge bounce back from the year before.

The Vikings’ quarterback competition between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy is about to heat up.

Head coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters in his Tuesday press conference that Murray and McCarthy will each take reps with the club’s first-team and second-team offense to begin training camp.

O’Connell also noted that Minnesota has a date in mind to choose the QB1, though he did not disclose it, according to the story. The story went on to say O'Connell met with everyone to talk about the vision and plan. Murray is fully expected to come away with the job after signing with the Vikings in the offseason. Assuming he wins the job, Murray gets a great supporting cast around him. He'll just need to stay healthy. We rank him 16th among our QBs, making him a solid QB2 option for this season.