A.J. Brown is being designated to return from IR today, per Mike Vrabel.

Related Players: Romeo Doubs, Demario Douglas, Kyle Williams, Efton Chism, Mack Hollins, Hunter Henry, Eli Raridon, Drake Maye

Brown would enter WR2 consideration with WR1 upside if activated and cleared for a substantial workload. His return would push Doubs closer to WR3/FLEX territory and make Douglas, Williams and Chism more dependent on weekly matchups and target distribution. Henry would remain a streaming option, while Maye’s QB1 ceiling would benefit from getting his top receiver back.

Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown is “moving pretty well” in his recovery from a high-ankle sprain, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Schefter said the original recovery estimate was six to eight weeks, but Brown currently appears capable of returning closer to the six-week end of that range. He cautioned that Brown still has work ahead and characterized six weeks as an estimate, not a firm timetable.

Related Players: Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins, Demario Douglas, Kyle Williams, Efton Chism, Hunter Henry

This is modestly encouraging for Brown’s rest-of-season outlook, but it does not support planning around an immediate Week 6 activation. He remains a strong IR stash, with Week 8 looking like a more practical target if Schefter’s six-week estimate proves accurate. Doubs, Hollins and Douglas should continue handling the majority of New England’s WR opportunities in the meantime.

An MRI confirmed that A.J. Brown suffered a high-ankle sprain during Wednesday night’s loss to Seattle, and is expected to miss at least four weeks.

Related Players: Drake Maye, Romeo Doubs, Demario Douglas, Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams, Efton Chism, Hunter Henry, Eli Raridon

Brown should miss multiple games and can be moved to an injured-reserve spot where available. Williams is expected to receive more work as New England’s primary X receiver, while Hollins should remain heavily involved. Doubs and Douglas are the more established fantasy options, but this could become a dispersed target tree rather than producing one direct replacement. Henry should also remain prominent after avoiding a significant injury of his own Wednesday.

Patriots WR A.J. Brown, who left last night’s opener because of an injury, is believed to have suffered a high-ankle sprain, per me and @MikeGarafolo.

X-Rays were negative for a fracture. Brown has an MRI today to determine how much time he’ll miss.

Related Players: Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams, Demario Douglas, Hunter Henry, Eli Raridon

High-ankle sprains frequently produce multi-game absences, although Brown’s precise timetable remains unconfirmed. New England has a helpful 10-day break before hosting Pittsburgh on Sept. 20.

Doubs should presumably receive the cleanest target increase despite his shaky Week 1, while Hollins and Williams are the most direct candidates to replace Brown’s perimeter snaps. Henry could also benefit from additional intermediate targets.

Sources: The Patriots have agreed to terms with their standout TE Hunter Henry on a 2-year contract extension.

As Rapoport said, it makes it likely that Henry finishes his career with the Pats. Henry had one year remaining on his contract. We rank Henry 16th among out TEs but we like his value a lot when it comes to draft time, he's finished as TE9 and TE12 the last two seasons.

Patriots RB Antonio Gibson (hip) is questionable for Sunday's game vs. Cincinnati, while TE Hunter Henry has been removed from the report and is good to go.

Related Players: Austin Hooper, Jaheim Bell

Outside of two rookies (Ja'Lynn Polk, Javon Baker), New England doesn't have much firepower, which could equate to Henry leading the team in targets in a handful of weeks. In what may have been a high-scoring affair, the Bengals might be missing both Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, which dampens most Patriots options.

Consider Henry a deep target in 2TE leagues.

Patriots TE Mike Gesicki suffered a mild dislocated shoulder during yesterday’s practice, source said.

Related players: Hunter Henry

As Rapoport pointed out, Gesicki has been impressive so far in camp. Rapoport added while nothing is given, the hope is he’s back for Week 1 despite the AC joint injury. As we stated yesterday, we do rank Henry higher than Gesicki on our TE list.

Patriots TE Mike Gesicki left practice early with an upper body injury.

Related players: Hunter Henry

The post said Gesicki got hurt on a tackling drill against LB Jahlani Tavai. Gesicki walked off in pain with the head trainer grabbing under his shoulder pads, and he didn't return. While Gesicki was starting to get noticed at camp recently, we still rank him 31st on our TE list and below Henry, who is 20th.

Former Dolphins tight end Mike Gesicki is signing a one-year deal with the New England Patriots.

Related Players: Hunter Henry, Durham Smythe

With Miami passing on re-signing the tight end/slot receiver, they now have a huge need to attack the position in the NFL Draft. For the Patriots, Gesicki essentially fills in for Jonnu Smith, who they shipped off earlier in free agency. Hunter Henry's fantasy stock has been an entire roller coaster in the span of one week.

Patriots TE Hunter Henry, who was dealing with a knee injury this weekend, is considered day-to-day. He's sore. But has a chance to play.

Related Players: Jonnu Smith, Scotty Washington

Former UDFA Scotty Washington saw his first snaps of the year, but Jonnu Smith would be the true beneficiary if Henry were to miss any time. Smith shifted away from his run-blocking duties for the most part in Week 15, but it still only resulted in four targets and 21 yards. Jonnu's time in New England has not been fortuitous for fantasy, and it isn't like to change regardless of Hunter's status.