Team news: Green Bay Packers

Romeo Doubs was questionable to return to Monday's game against the Eagles due to a chest injury, Zach Jacobson of 247Sports.com reports.

Related players: Christian Watson, Dontayvion Wicks, Savion Williams

Doubs didn't return to the game. The story said Doubs was holding his chest following a Packers possession in the fourth quarter and was later spotted walking into the locker room. The severity of the injury was still unclear as of early Tuesday, but we'll update as we know more. The Packers are banged up in the pass-catching department, including WR Jayden Reed and TE Tucker Kraft who are both on IR. Matthew Golden didn't play on Monday night either. It left Watson and Wicks as the top-two WRs.

LaFleur added that Matthew Golden (shoulder) is considered day-to-day not week-to-week.

Related players: Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, Christian Watson, Savion Williams

It's good news for Golden and fantasy owners he gets the day to day tag, which gives him a chance to play in Week 10. Unfortunately, it's a Monday night game against the Eagles and a game-time tag could be a risk for fantasy owners. Golden likely isn't starting in your fantasy lineup outside of very deep formats, anyway. With Wicks also out the last two weeks, the WR duties look to fall on Doubs, Watson and Williams if Golden isn't able to play.

Tests confirmed that Packers TE Tucker Kraft did in fact tear his ACL as feared, per source.

Related players: Luke Musgrave, John FitzPatrick

Kraft was averaging a 4-61-.75 line this season for the Packers despite only averaging 5.5 targets a game. Kraft scored six touchdowns in seven games, not counting the Packers Week 9 contest where he left early. Musgrave, who was actually drafted ahead of Kraft, should take over as the team's TE1. The good news is Musgrave jumped right in and caught three balls for 34 yards in Week 9, and should still be on many waiver wires in just about any format. Musgrave has struggled to stay on the field and missed significant time in 2023 and 2024 while falling behind Kraft on the depth chart. Kraft owners who can't nab Musgrave will likely have a tough time replacing Kraft's fantasy production, so be sure to check out our top waiver wire pickups article this week.

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters after Sunday’s game that the knee injury to tight end Tucker Kraft “does not look good.”

Update: The fear is that Kraft suffered a torn ACL Sunday.

Kraft was carted off during the second half against the Panthers after needing help off the field. This would be a huge blow for the Packers as Kraft has arguably been the best tight end in both real and fantasy football this season. Luke Musgrave would step in as the top tight end.

Packers TE Tucker Kraft was carted off the field Sunday with a knee injury.

He was taken to the medical tent with assistance. He has been ruled questionable to return against the Panthers. Luke Musgrave will take over as the top tight end.

LaFleur on if MarShawn Lloyd (IR-DTR) will be back anytime soon: "I wouldn't count on that, anytime soon."

Dontayvion Wicks won't practice today.

Related Players: Emanuel Wilson

Looks like Wicks is in jeopardy of missing his second-straight game, while the injury bug won't be leaving Lloyd, who has hardly seen an NFL field since going in the third round of the 2024 Draft. Neither significantly impacts the rest of the Packers' fantasy options.

The Packers activated WR Christian Watson from injured reserve Saturday.

Watson is expected to make his season debut Sunday against the Steelers. The 21-day window for Watson was coming to a close, but Watson was trending towards returning to game action. Expect the Packers to ease Watson back into game action this week. Green Bay should also be getting Jayden Reed back in a couple of weeks, giving Jordan Love his full group of weapons.

Packers RB Josh Jacobs (calf) is off the injury report and good to go Sunday vs. Pittsburgh.

WRs Christian Watson (knee) and Matthew Golden (hip) and K Brandon McManus (right quad) are questionable.

Related Players: Emanuel Wilson, Chris Brooks

Jacobs was limited in Green Bay's Week 7 game but proceeded to score 18.3 half-PPR points thanks to two touchdowns. He should remain locked into all fantasy lineups.

Sources: Saints RB Kendre Miller tore his ACL on Sunday and will miss the remainder of the season.

Related players: Alvin Kamara, Devin Neal

As the post went on to say, it's a tough blow for Miller, who was starting to carve out a role in the offense with 193 rushing yards and 1 TD on the year. Neal is likely next up behind Kamara, but Neal has just three carries on the season as a rookie this year. The Saints will most likely have to make a move for another running back. Miller was averaging over seven touches a game.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Christian Watson “looks great” in practice and said “we’ll see” if he’s activated for Sunday’s game.

“Just trying to build up to where we feel comfortable and he does.”

Related Players: Matthew Golden, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks

Even if Watson does suit up, we should expect the usual heavy rotation of Green Bay receivers. When he is fully healthy, he'll find a boom-bust role that will be difficult to depend on in fantasy.