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Russell Wilson is getting closer to being ready to play.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said in his Tuesday press conference that Wilson will be a full participant in practice on Wednesday. This marks a shift from Wilson’s previous level of on-field work.

Related players: Justin Fields

Tomlin said Wilson can now work without restrictions and the team plans to do just that with Wilson. The story said, however, it doesn’t mean Wilson is ready to come in and be the starter, as Fields is still slated to take first-team practice snaps.

Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice will have surgery on Tuesday to determine the extent of the knee injury that he suffered eight days ago. Via multiple reports, he got some good news on Monday.

Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Rice might have avoided a torn ACL. He nevertheless needs to have an LCL repair.

As Rapoport characterizes it, Rice’s season “is expected to be over.” Separately, Rapoport says that Rice could miss “potentially three months” due to the LCL repair. That timeline would not end his season.

Related players: Xavier Worthy, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Justin Watson, Mecole Hardman, Skyy Moore, Travis Kelco

The news is starting to get a little more clear for Rice. Best case seems to be a return for the playoffs in three months. As the story said, Rice has eight felony accounts lurking. Florio went on to say that now that Rice will be sidelined due to injury, it makes sense to resolve the charges and take the suspension this year. While he would still lose his game checks, he would not lose the ability to play any more games than the injury will cause him to miss, the story pointed out.

There remains hope that Rashee Rice could return this season and be sidelined six to eight weeks, according to league sources, but nothing will be determined until early next week at the earliest. It is difficult to know how realistic it is that Rice could return this season, although the Chiefs have not given up hopes of that possibility yet.

The Chiefs will likely be in the market for another WR, but first want to know the status of Rice, which could come later today. The story said Rice will undergo a knee procedure, according to league sources. Schefter said the Chiefs were interested in DeAndre Hopkins before he signed with the Titans. Schefter suggested if the Jets trade for Davante Adams, other WRs from the Jets could be available. The Chiefs are not expected to be a candidate for Adams because of salary cap reasons as well as the Raiders likely not wanting to trade Adams within the AFC West.

The Chiefs place WR Rashee Rice on IR as he awaits more info; Giants WR Malik Nabers faces an uphill battle this week; Colts RB Jonathan Taylor (high-ankle) likely misses time.

Related Players: Trey Sermon, Tyler Goodson

Rapoport continues that "it's mild, though he is likely to miss some time," and it would "be a surprise" if we see him suit up in Week 5. Bad news ahead of a great matchup against this Jaguars team that seems to be circling the drain already. Fire Sermon up as a fringe RB2/3 if Taylor is forced to sit.

Chiefs now have placed wide receiver Rashee Rice on injured reserve, meaning he’s out a minimum of four games.

Related Players: Xavier Worthy, Mecole Hardman, Juju Smith-Schuster, Travis Kelce, Justin Watson

It may be tough to hold Rice on your bench for a month, but he needs to be held on to in most league sizes. Kelce and Worthy figure to get the biggest bump, but keep an eye on the usage of the other ancillary pieces here in Week 5.

The Steelers’ first loss of the season apparently won’t be prompting a quarterback change, from Justin Fields back to Russell Wilson, who technically remains QB1.

Asked on Tuesday whether he’s preparing Fields to start the Week 5 Sunday night home game against the Cowboys, coach Mike Tomlin said, “Yes I am,” via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com.

Other reports today have said Tomlin told reporters that Wilson will have a “strong work day” on Tuesday, and that Wilson’s practice participation will increase. Wilson, per Tomlin, likely will have a “live pocket,” according to the story.

Chiefs WR Rashee Rice is feared to have suffered a torn ACL during Sunday's game against the Chargers.

Rice was going for a tackle on a runback after an interception and was hit in the knee among a group of players. It's another huge blow to the Chiefs offense as Rice was the main weapon through the first month of the season and the team already losing Hollywood Brown. Travis Kelce finally had a solid game and while he'll continue to see more targets, the Chiefs now really need someone else at receiver to step up, whether that's Xavier Worthy or Mecole Hardman or even JuJu Smith-Schuster. Rice will get an MRI but the news doesn't look good. Head coach Andy Reid even said during the game to CBS' Tracy Wolfson that the injury didn't look good.

Chiefs WR Rashee Rice left Sunday's game against the Chargers with a knee injury.

The injury happened in the first quarter during a runback of a Patrick Mahomes interception. Mahomes went for a tackle and ended up hitting Rice's knee. Rice was carted off the field. Rice did not a catch a pass Sunday. The hope right now is that his knee injury is a minor one.

Seahawks RB Ken Walker (oblique) is off the team's injury report and is good to go for Monday against the Lions.

Walker missed the last two games with the injury. Zach Charbonnet filled in quite nicely in his absence but Walker is ready to reclaim his lead role for the Seahawks. He does get a tough matchup for his return as the Lions have a top-five rushing defense but did lose Marcus Davenport to an injury. Walker checks in as our RB28 this week.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin isn’t making any pronouncements about the long-term starter at quarterback, but he also isn’t doing anything to suggest it won’t be Justin Fields.

“As we walk in the building tomorrow, I want Fields singularly focused on starting for us,” Tomlin said.

Related players: Russell Wilson

Fields moved into the starting role when Wilson hurt his calf ahead of the season opener and he’s presided over three straight wins for the Steelers, the story said. On Tuesday, Tomlin said Wilson is set for another limited practice on Wednesday. The story pointed out Tomlin has repeatedly said that the team could consider other options when Wilson’s participation level changes. It seems as long as Fields is the starter and they keep winning, there isn't much need to make a change.