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While quarterback Carson Beck did not play in Thursday’s preseason game against the Raiders due to a rib injury, head coach Mike LaFleur confirmed the rookie should be OK going forward.

“Tough dude. No concern level really,” LaFleur said in his postgame press conference. “If this would have been flag football or seven-on-seven, we would have trotted him out there, and he could have thrown.

Related Players: Jacoby Brissett

Lol at the "flag football" comment, but this is a good sign for Dynasty and (super) deep Superflex managers. Beck remains behind Brissett and is unlikely to carry immediate redraft value, but the positive update allows him to continue developing without an extended interruption. His 15-of-19, 188-yard debut remains much more significant than this seemingly minor injury.

De’Zhaun Stribling caught seven of eight targets for 63 yards against Tennessee, including three receptions on third down. The rookie said he began clicking with the offense once he settled into the game.

Related Players: Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel, Christian Kirk, Jacob Cowing

Stribling’s volume was particularly encouraging after he had already generated positive reports throughout camp. San Francisco has several established receivers ahead of him, but it would be an understatement to say that they are on the "aging" side of things, so strengthening an immediate rotational role makes him an increasingly interesting late-round target.

Isaac TeSlaa failed to catch any of his three targets Thursday, with one pass bouncing off his helmet and resulting in an interception. Lions coach Dan Campbell dismissed concerns afterward, saying TeSlaa is pressing and needs to stay the course but will “be just fine.”

Related Players: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Greg Dortch

TeSlaa scored six touchdowns on only 16 receptions as a rookie, but his rough preseason has done little to suggest a substantial Year 2 breakout is coming. Campbell’s confidence should protect TeSlaa’s role for now, though he needs to begin stacking positive performances before fantasy managers treat him as a late-round upside pick.

Kellen Moore said Jordyn Tyson has new right hamstring issue, not necessarily related to previous issues. He said it was based on the awkward play and would’ve been same for anyone.

But collecting more info before declaring timeline. Can’t rule out possibility of missing Week 1.

Related Players: Chris Olave, Devaughn Vele, Mason Tipton

Things looked a little more rosy yesterday, but this is a bummer of an update. Saints is the presumed No. 2 pass-catcher, and if everything is cleared, Tyson should be considered an intriguing low-end WR3. But this could impact that, particularly if New Orleans adds another body. Keenan Allen, for example, is still sitting on the market.

Saints WR Jordyn Tyson left practice early with trainer Thursday. We’ve heard hamstring and hopefully minor. But ended his practice early after a strong start.

Related Players: Chris Olave, Devaughn Vele, Mason Tipton

Triplett later reported that coach Kellen Moore didn't have an "initial update", so we don't have a lot to work with, but hopefully it's just a tweak for the Saints' presumed No. 2 pass-catcher. Assuming everything is cleared, Tyson should be considered an intriguing low-end WR3. If not, we could really see the Saints adding another body.

Panthers RB Chuba Hubbard has a hamstring injury. He’s week to week, per Dave Canales.

Related Players: Jonathon Brooks, Trevor Etienne

This clears more room for Brooks, who has already almost matched his teammate's ADP, to make a case for more early-season looks. We've already seen injuries force Hubbard to cede work to Rico Dowdle, and if Brooks is healthy, he is a far better talent than Dowdle. Draft Hubbard with caution, while Brooks continues to slide up the RB3 rankings.

The Carolina Panthers and free agent tight end Darren Waller reached agreement Wednesday on a one-year deal, his agency announced.

The 33-year-old playmaker spent last season with the Miami Dolphins working with new Panthers associate head coach/offensive specialist Darrell Bevell, who was Miami's passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

Related Players: Ja'Tavion Sanders

It would be easy to brush this one off, but that's what we tried to do last year before Waller scored six times in nine games in an oft-injured season. At the least, this lowers the floor for Sanders, who was already down in TE streaming territory. Assuming Waller is healthy heading into the season, it will be difficult to plug either TE into lineups.

Former Raiders RB Zamir White is signing with the 49ers.

Related Players: Christian McCaffrey, Jordan James, Kaelon Black, Isaac Guerendo

This is more than likely just a camp body to battle at the edge of the roster bubble, but it is also a direct reaction to James (rib) and Black (adductor) missing time during camp. Black seemed like he was in the lead for the No. 2 role behind CMC, but we'll have to see how the next few weeks play out.

Buccaneers WR Emeka Egbuka limped off with athletic trainers. Was examined on the sideline table for a while. Hard to see exactly what’s up from where we are but he’s still on the table and hasn’t returned.

Related Players: Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan, Tez Johnson, Cade Otton

Garafolo later followed up that, "Egbuka, with both cleats off, just walked back to the sideline to watch the rest of practice." Considering he came back out to the sideline without help, we shouldn't put a ton of stock in a significant injury. For now, he remains a fringe WR2/3 unless we hear something more dire here.

49ers running back Christian McCaffrey missed practice again Tuesday. Offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak attributed McCaffrey’s absence on Monday to tightness, with nothing more specific.

Coach Kyle Shanahan, though, said he is not concerned by McCaffrey’s current setback.

“No,” Shanahan said, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “My concern would be him toughing through tightness, like a lot of people do, and then hurting something bad, and then pulling something, which then, it could be a month. That would be our concern, so once we hear him talking a certain way, Christian’s a guy who needs to get prepared for Week 1."

As the story points out, the concern is McCaffrey had calf tightness during the 2024 training camp that carried into the season. He played only four games with what was later announced as Achilles tendinitis and a separate injury to his posterior collateral ligament. There is no reason to panic just yet, but it's easy to understand why fantasy owners may be paying close attention to this situation. CMC is 30 and led the league last year with 413 touches.