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Christian Watson left last Sunday’s loss to the Broncos with a chest injury and went to the hospital for evaluation before traveling home with the team. On Tuesday, head coach Matt LaFleur said he’s “not quite sure” about Watson’s status.

LaFleur said he will give him as much time as possible before determining if he’ll play this week, the post said. Of course, the Bears and Packers play on Saturday night, so owners will have time to adjust their lineups if they're hoping to have Watson as a starter. LaFleur added Watson has to prove functionality throughout the rest of the week. It sounds like Watson could be a game-time call.

Wide receiver Christian Watson left the game after landing hard on his left side while trying to catch a deep pass from Jordan Love in the third quarter and he was ruled out with a chest injury a short time later. Watson was able to travel back to Green Bay with the team after being evaluated at a Denver hospital.

Related players: Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, Matthew Golden

The story went on to say the specifics of that evaluation haven’t been shared, but Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Watson avoided a major injury. The story added it's not clear if that means Watson will be available for Saturday’s road game against the Bears and more information on that front should come from the team on Monday. The early week certainly won't help, but we'll monitor the injury report this week for updates.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur said RB Josh Jacobs (knee) likely will miss his second straight day of practice, and they will see where he’s at tomorrow.

“He’s been battling through it. We’ll see.”

Related Players: Emanuel Wilson, Chris Brooks

Wilson would more than likely get the RB1 treatment if Jacobs misses Week 15, and he delivered a huge 25.5-point performance last time that happened. Make sure he's not available on your waiver wires as a potential fantasy spot-start option.

The Packers activated WR Jayden Reed from injured reserve.

Reed has been out since Week 2 with foot and collarbone injuries. His foot had been bothering him since the preseason and then he injured his collarbone in Week 2, which allowed him time to get his foot healthy. Reed was limited in practice all week and, while the Packers still had one more week left in Reed’s 21-day window, they are choosing to activate him now. Expect Reed to be limited against the Bears. With the other available options, the Packers can take their time with Reed. He’s WR65 on our board.

Even though Jayden Reed is back at practice, he still has to be given final medical clearance to play.

Also said Matthew Golden (wrist) could potentially play Sunday vs. CHI.

LaFleur said: "The plan is to see where he's at by the end of the week," according to the post. Reed should be close as he returned last week and there was some hoped he'd be able to play on Thanksgiving. We may not have a better idea until later this week as far as Reed goes, however. The Packers play in a later Sunday game at home against the Bears, who currently have the top seed in the NFC.

Packers LB Quay Walker and WR Matthew Golden are inactive today vs. the Lions; CB Keisean Nixon is active.

Related Players: Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks

This locks Watson into a WR2 role with some great upside against the Lions defense. Doubs is more of a low-end WR3, but still worth fantasy consideration.

Packers RB Josh Jacobs is off the injury report and will return to action Thursday at Detroit.

Related Players: Emanuel Wilson

We might temper our expectations for a full "normal" Jacobs role after Wilson played so well in his steed. Consider Jacobs in more of an RB2, with Wilson hanging around as an RB4 role with more usage than before Jacobs' injury.

When asked whether Jayden Reed could play Thursday given the lack of practice time since his window opened last Friday, LaFleur said: "You never know... You'll find out Thursday."

Of course, fantasy owners will find out about an hour and a half before the kickoff. We'll hopefully have a better idea by Wednesday's practice report. Reed was limited last week and again today so there could be a chance he's able to log some snaps on Thanksgiving. He would be a risky fantasy play without a full workload.

Packers RB Josh Jacobs is pushing to play Sunday against the Vikings despite dealing with a knee contusion.

The Packers will work him out before the game and then make a decision on his status. Green Bay will likely also factor in the upcoming short week as the team will travel to Detroit on Thanksgiving. Jacobs was limited in practice. The Packers play in the early window, so we’ll know by 11:30 Sunday morning if Jacobs will be active or not.

Josh Jacobs will not practice today but LaFleur isn’t ruling him out for Sunday just yet.

Related Players: Emanuel Wilson, Chris Brooks

Still early in the week, but we're expecting this to be the Emanuel Wilson show if/when Jacobs is ruled out. Wilson out-snapped Brooks 39-to-5 in the Week 11 game Jacobs missed, putting the former in RB2 territory.