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Broncos RB J.K. Dobbins suffered a foot injury on what appeared to be a hip-drop tackle Thursday night against the Raiders and is awaiting a second opinion, per source.

Dobbins still finished the game with two carries on the final drive to close out the win.

Related Players: RJ Harvey, Tyler Badie

Dobbins *far* out-touched Harvey in Week 10, even with the rookie's increase in snaps as of late. Harvey would be an obvious beneficiary if the vet misses any time, but we've still got another week to sort out that probability.

With surgery today, it’s possible that Tyreek Hill will undergo additional surgeries. There is no guarantee he’ll be ready for 2026.

None of his 2026 salary is guaranteed now, but $11M (of $29.9M) becomes fully guaranteed if he’s on the roster in March, plus a $5M roster bonus.

Related Players: Jaylen Waddle, Malik Washington, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine

The Tyreek injury saps some explosiveness out of a Dolphins offense based on it. We should expect more work out of Waddle, while the WR2 role is theoretically Washington's, though it will likely be spread around to a number of faces. We'll have to see exactly how that plays out in the upcoming weeks.

Broncos ruled out TE Evan Engram and LB Dre Greenlaw for Sunday’s game at the Chargers.

Related Players: Adam Trautman, Lucas Krull

Engram has accounted for 33 yards through two weeks, so it's hard to say his absence is going to impact the offensive gameplan too much. Trautman can remain on waiver wires.

I’m told Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle is expected to play today and be a big factor in Miami’s offense tonight vs. Bills. They need him.

Not much doubt despite being questionable with minor shoulder injury.

Related Players: Tyreek Hill, Malik Washington

If Waddle's a full go tonight, he's a good bet to sneak up to WR3 potential in a game we're expecting the Dolphins to be forced into the air through a vast majority of the time. Hill is still in WR2 range.

Dolphins TE Darren Waller, once again, has been ruled out with a hip injury. WR Jaylen Waddle is questionable with a shoulder injury.

Related Players: Tyreek Hill, Malik Washington, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine

Waddle should be fine, but if he misses, Hill will return to fringe WR1 status on the back of a ton of volume. Washington would be more interesting as a WR4 play.

Evan Engram: The signs were there when Engram played just one snap on the first drive of Denver’s season in Week 1, but the free-agent tight end was even less involved against the Colts than the Titans last week.

Nix emphasized Engram’s the Broncos’ No. 1 option on a variety of plays, but the tight end just doesn’t have the snap count at the moment to make a massive impact when defenses are taking him away.

It's been a frustrating start to the fantasy season for those who waited on the TE position and thought they got a steal in Engram in the later rounds. Engram was thought to be a perfect fit in the Broncos offense, which seemed to lack a lot of big-name targets. The story said Engram did have one chain-moving catch in the second half, but was a ghost before the break. Through two games now, Engram has just four catches, the story pointed out. Engram will be tough to trust until we start to see more fantasy production, so owners may want to look for another option.

Jaylen Waddle expected to play Sunday... Jaylen Wright likely won't play but not 100 percent certain, per McDaniel... Jackson, Waller out Sunday and Benito Jones out Sunday as well

Related Players: Tyreek Hill, Malik Washington

If Waddle is a full-go for Sunday, we should continue to consider him a WR3, even if the Dolphins offense was quite moribund in Week 1. Tyreek is a boom/bust WR2.

Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle (shoulder) limited in Wednesday practice

Related Players: Tyreek.Hill, Malik Washington

Things are looking pretty bad for the Dolphins offense at this point, but we shouldn't worry about Waddle quite yet. Continue to consider him a WR3 if he gets a full practice in my week's end.

The Broncos ruled out LB Dre Greenlaw (quad) for Sunday's opener vs. Tennessee.

WR Marvin Mims Jr. (thigh) and OLB Nik Bonitto (foot) are off the injury report and good to go.

Related Players: Courtland Sutton, Troy Franklin, Pat Bryant

Good news for Mims, who is one of the more intriguing WR4/5 types in the league this year; he could either put up barely-relevant fantasy numbers, or build on what was a promising back-half of 2024. He can be left on benches in Week 1, but keep him on rosters where you can, as this sets up for a possible breakout season.

Broncos unofficial depth chart for Week 1 has J.K. Dobbins as the starting running back and RJ Harvey as RB2.

Tyler Badie is No. 3 and Jaleel McLaughlin No. 4.

We've seen some depth charts all over the place today as teams have begun to post them. While you can't always trust them exactly, there could be some stock in this one as we've heard Dobbins and Harvey were battling it out for the top spot. Harvey should get his share of work as well, but owners maybe have to think twice about starting him Week 1 until we see how the workload is split up. It's a good sign for Dobbins he's made an impact through camp and the preseason.