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Cardinals RB Jeremiyah Love is unlikely to play again this preseason as he recovers from a high ankle sprain.

The initial thought was that Love would miss this coming week and be re-evaluated. The Cardinals are now hoping he can return for their regular-season opener September 13 against the Chargers. Love suffered the injury during Thursday's preseason game against the Raiders. The Cardinals need to be very cautious with the back they just spent the No. 3 overall pick on in April's draft. Love is being drafted in the third round, on average.

Cardinals RB Jeremiyah Love will miss at least this week, including Arizona’s upcoming preseason game against the Cowboys, with a sore ankle.

The Cardinals will reevaluate Love after a week. He suffered the injury during Thursday’s preseason game against the Raiders and he will miss next week’s game against the Cowboys. Love rushed 11 times for 58 yards before exiting the game. The Cardinals would be wise to be cautious with their No. 3 overall pick and a running back who is guaranteed $53 million, more than the three top running backs who just signed new deals in Jahmyr Gibbs ($51.5 million), Bijan Robinson ($51.5 million) and Jonathan Taylor ($39 million).

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.

Jeremiyah Love was listed as the No. 2 running back on the initial depth chart of the season, causing a mini-uproar on social media. But Love ended up being the first running back taking snaps with the starters when 11-on-11 started on Sunday.

Related players: Tyler Allgeier

Writer Darren Urban added that Allgeier still got plenty of work with the first team, and, was sure to point out he feels Love and Allgeier are going to split RB1 duties, regardless of what the depth chart says. While it may be frustrating to hear for Love owners, it shouldn't be a surprise. Allgeier was a very effective back in that role alongside Bijan Robinson last season in Atlanta. Allgeier makes for a nice target later in drafts for those taking the Zero RB approach.

The Cardinals and quarterback Jacoby Brissett agreed to a reworked contract that will see Brissett receive a guaranteed $15.5 million in 2026.

Brissett will have a chance to make up to $21 million with incentives. He was set to make just under $5 million but was in search of more money as he is pretty much set as the Cardinals' starting quarterback, now that Kyler Murray is in Minnesota. Gardner Minshew and rookie Carson Beck are the other two quarterbacks on the roster.

Brissett threw for 3,366 yards, 23 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 14 games (12 starts) in 2025. He will now work with new head coach Mike LaFleur and an offense that includes tight end Trey McBride, wide receivers Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson, and rookie running back Jeremiyah Love.

Cardinals QB Jacoby Brissett reported to training camp today along with the rest of his teammates, sources tell me and @RapSheet. Nothing new as of right now on his contract but Brissett is in the building.

Related Players: Carson Beck, Gardner Minshew

While it's easy to scoff at Brissett's attempts at a new contract, he does kinda have a leg to stand on, considering he's the presumptive starter but has a current AAV lower than Marcus Mariota, Davis Mills, and Kirk Cousins.

Regardless, this isn't a situation where we'd want to be grabbing Beck or Minshew outside of deep SuperFlex leagues if the contract dispute lasts into the regular season. Brissett will be an interesting streaming option throughout the year if they clean this up.

Alvin Kamara, Bryan Bresee, Cesar Ruiz are out.

Related Players: Audric Estime, Evan Hull, Taysom Hill

This profiles as another Swiss army knife kind of day for Taysom Hill, who could legitimately have 10-15 opportunities and a potential pass attempt or two. There are a lot of good TE streaming options this year, but if you're looking for a very solid floor play out of your tight end spot, Hill could be one of the best pieces to win a Fantasy Championship with.

49ers are listing TE George Kittle and WR Ricky Pearsall as questionable for Sunday night’s game against the Bears.

Related Players: Jake Tonges, Jauan Jennings, Kendrick Bourne, Demarcus Robinson

Jennings has really come along over the last month-plus so we should still expect him to be a very solid fantasy asset, whether Pearsall is in or not. As for Kittle, we need to have a contingency plan since they don't play until Monday night. Colston Loveland would be a fantastic option on the other sideline if he's available.

Quarterback Gardner Minshew got some positive news on the knee injury he suffered during Sunday’s loss to the Titans. But Kansas City is still adding another quarterback.

According to multiple reports, further testing revealed that Minshew did not, in fact, tear his ACL as initially feared on Sunday.

Related players: Steve Buechele, Chris Oladokun

Minshew is still set to miss time, but he avoided a worst-case scenario after going down early during Week 16, the story said. The team signed Buechele to the 53-man roster off of the Bills’ practice squad, and he'll backup Oladokun.

Chiefs QB Gardner Minshew is believed to have suffered a torn ACL during Sunday’s game against the Titans.

The Chiefs have now lost a quarterback to a torn ACL in two straight weeks following Patrick Mahomes in Week 15. Chris Oladokun came on in relief, throwing his first career NFL passes. The Chiefs are now assured of a losing season at 6-9, their first since going 2-14 in 2012.