QB Alex Smith announces retirement after 16-year career.
Fantasy Impact:
Alex Smith posted 35,565 yards and 199 touchdowns for three different teams across his 16-year career.
QB Alex Smith announces retirement after 16-year career.
Alex Smith posted 35,565 yards and 199 touchdowns for three different teams across his 16-year career.
49ers GM John Lynch told @KNBR that WR Brandon Aiyuk is “not close” to returning from the knee injury he suffered almost a year ago. There was more damage than just to the ACL, and more recovery time is required.
Related Players: Ricky Pearsall, Jauan Jennings
This aligns well with Jeff Mueller's assessment that Aiyuk's most likely return would be in Week 6, but the wording suggests a potential that it may last even longer. He remains a good stash — particularly if you have an IR spot — but it still looks like we're weeks away from it changing the remaining 49ers' pass-catchers' target share.
Justin Fields will practice today, but he's still in concussion protocol.
Related Players: Tyrod Taylor
HC Aaron Glenn later reiterated that Fields would start if cleared before Monday, so it seems like there's a good chance he suits up for Week 4. If he's cleared before we have to set lineups on Sunday morning, we can inch him up to a low-end QB1 in what should be a pretty nice matchup.
Chiefs listed WR Xavier Worthy as a full participant in today’s practice, putting him on track to play Sunday against Baltimore.
Related Players: Tyquan Thornton, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Hollywood Brown, Travis Kelce
Since his massive 16-target performance after Worthy went down in Week 1, Brown has been completely forgettable in his two chances to earn more work since. If Worthy is looking close to 100% this early in the week, we should definitely consider him further up our rankings than if he weren't a full participant until Friday. Push him up into the WR2/3 range if he is completely cleared ahead of the weekend.
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