Saints WR Michael Thomas OUT for Week 14

With the Seahawks thin at running back on Sunday, they deployed receiver Rashid Shaheed in the backfield.

He got two carries for 33 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown run.

It wasn’t something the Seahawks cooked up this week, with Jadarian Price on injured reserve and Zach Charbonnet still not all the way back from a torn ACL suffered in January.

“We’ve had that in all [training] camp,” coach Mike Macdonald told reporters on Monday. “This isn’t a quote from [offensive coordinator Brian] Fleury, but felt like it was appropriate because of [Price] going down, he gave us some speed. That was cool.”

Related players: Emanuel Wilson, Joe Mixon

Now the question becomes will the team continue to give Shaheed carries. The Seahawks recently signed Mixon, and Charbonnet could be on his way back to the lineup sooner than later. Wilson proved last week he can work as the team's RB1. The 49ers have shown with Deebo Samuel that using your WR at RB can be a nice option for your offense, however many teams have tried to copy and it hasn't worked out. Shaheed has just seven catches for 73 yards and has three total carries this season. He's not necessarily safe for fantasy lineups until we see him get more touches, but this could be a way he gets more work.

Eagles RB Saquon Barkley is considered week-to-week with his hamstring injury, per me and Mike Garafolo. It’s not considered to be a long-term injury.

Related players: Will Shipley, Jaydon Blue, Dameon Pierce, Tank Bigsby, Carson Steele

Good news for the Eagles overall, but it's bad news for the short term. Barkley's status is in doubt for Week 5, a game in London against the Jags. We already know Bigsby is going to miss up to six weeks so it leaves the Eagles run game pretty shorthanded. Shipley would likely work as the main back. Blue, Steele and Pierce are on the team's practice squad and could get elevated leading up to the game. Eagles could look for other options as well. It's a situation to monitor leading up to Week 5.

Seattle’s plan is to sign Joe Mixon to its practice squad when he completes his medical exam, which he still is doing, per sources.

Related players: Emanuel Wilson, George Holani, Zach Charbonnet, Jadarian Price

The Seahawks bring in the veteran Mixon with Price now on IR. Wilson seems to have taken over the lead back duties with Holani the change of pace. It was announced the team opened the 21-day window for Charbonnet, so help is definitely on the way in the Seattle backfield, which could end up being a bit of a mess in a week or two. Wilson is at least safe for the short team as the team's lead back after putting up lines of 21-81-1 rushing and 3-39-1 in the receiving game. Mixon seems like more of an RB3 bridge until Charbonnet returns, and at that point, if Wilson is still playing the way he has, Charbonnet may see a similar role when the team had Kenneth Walker. The bad news seems to be for Price owners, who after fumbling problems and now being on IR, his role has some questions marks around going forward.