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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.

Entering his second year, the former sixth-round pick Malik Washington has been one of Tua Tagovailoa's top receivers this summer, with Tyreek Hill missing the past three weeks of practice with an oblique injury. After Miami's preseason finale, during which he scored an impressive 25-yard touchdown, Washington said the chemistry he's built with Tagovailoa is the result of a deliberate effort on his part.

Related players: Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Darren Waller

Washington has earned the team's WR3 job this summer, which could be worth noting for fantasy rosters. Hill and Waddle have had injuries in the past, and with Waller a bit of a question coming out of retirement to play TE, Washington could get his chances. Many quickly forget Washington was a sixth round pick last season and considered a sleeper in dynasty leagues.

Broncos have waived RB Audric Estime per source.

Related players: RJ Harvey, J.K. Dobbins, Jaleel McLaughlin

This probably doesn't come as much of a surprise given Estime doesn't offer much in the pass-catching game. The Broncos are fresh off drafting Harvey and signing Dobbins. Estime was drafted just last year in the fifth round by the Broncos.

And another trade! The Denver Broncos are sending WR Devaughn Vele to the New Orleans Saints for a 2026 4th-round pick and a 2027 7th-round pick, per sources.

Related Players: Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, Pat Bryant, Chris Olave, Rashid Shaheed, Mason Tipton, Brandin Cooks, Cedrick Wilson

That's a lot of related players, but the biggest impact is probably on rookie Pat Bryant, who has played well enough to make Vele expendable in Denver.

The Saints will presumably employ the 6'4" Vele as a rotational threat, which makes him a little more interesting in super deep leagues for a team that is projected to be playing from behind a ton.