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Kadarius Toney’s time with the Chiefs has come to an end.

According to multiple reports, Kanas City is waiving Toney on Tuesday.

Related players: Rashee Rice, Hollywood Brown, Xavier Worthy, Justin Watson, Skyy Moore

Reports say the Chiefs had been looking for a trade partner for Toney. Toney struggled in 2023 with multiple drops leading to interceptions, the story pointed out. The Chiefs will be fine at WR with youngsters like Rice, Worthy and Moore.

Minnesota is leaving TE T.J. Hockenson on the Physically Unable to Perform List.

Related players: Josh Oliver, Robert Tonyan, Johnny Mundt

Hockenson will miss the first four games of the season, but even after that it seems like a long shot Hock will be back for Week 5. The Vikings have a bye in Week 6, so a more realistic timetable, according to reports, is more likely to be sometime after the team's bye week.

The Raiders have named Gardner Minshew as their starting quarterback.

Head coach Antonio Pierce made the announcement Sunday after a camp battle between Minshew and Aidan O’Connell. It was a close battle all the way through. Both threw for just under 100 yards Saturday against the Cowboys. In the end, the veteran wins out. The Raiders gave Minshew $15 million guaranteed in free agency after he nearly led the Colts to the playoffs last season. Minshew and the Raiders open the season September 8 against the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Chiefs expect Hollywood Brown to return early in the regular season. Reid was noncommittal about Brown's chances of playing in the team's Sept. 5 opener against the Baltimore Ravens, saying only, "We'll see.''

Related Players: Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Justin Watson, Mecole Hardman, Skyy Moore, Nikko Remigio, Justyn Ross

The article continues, "The early beneficiary of Brown's absence in practice is Justin Watson, who is taking many of the snaps that would have gone to Brown."

If we knew that Brown were to miss multiple regular season games, Watson would be a little more interesting, but he should remain undrafted in most fantasy leagues. He could be worth a dart throw in *very* deep drafts or in large-field tournaments for differentiation.

Chiefs rookie RB Carson Steele had his most reps with the 1s and 2s today out of all the days at camp.

Related players: Isiah Pacheco, Deneric Prince, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Keaontay Ingram, Carson Steele

Chiefs are giving him a long look after his standout game Saturday, the post said. The post also added a quote from OC Matt Nagy: "What I like about him is, right now, he's doing a lot of good things and being in the right spot at the right time, and you can trust him." The Chiefs aren't necessarily deep at RB. CEH didn't practice today and hasn't proved to be an exciting option. Prince and Ingram are familiar names but if Steele has a chance to get snaps in this offense, fantasy owners should follow this situation.

Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown is expected to miss four to six weeks with the sternoclavicular injury he suffered, per multiple sources.

Related players: Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Justin Watson

Doing the math, opening night is three weeks from this Thursday night. KC opens up at home vs. Baltimore and then Cincinnati. The timetable certainly puts the Baltimore game in doubt but it's possible if recovery goes well, Brown could return for Week 2. With Brown out, rookie Worthy seems to have the biggest chance to produce early on this season behind Rice.

The Raiders’ quarterback competition may be over at this time next week.

Aidan O’Connell and Gardner Minshew are vying for the starting job in Las Vegas and O’Connell got the start in the team’s first preseason game. Minshew is set to start the second game against the Cowboys on August 17 and head coach Antonio Pierce said on Sunday that he thinks that will be enough information to make a call about who will be under center in Week 1.

The story went on to say O’Connell and Minshew both led scoring drives during their time in the preseason opener and Pierce said he thought both players did well, so there’s not much of a hint about which way he’s leaning as decision day draws closer.

Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown was hospitalized Saturday with a dislocation of his sternoclavicular joint.

Brown suffered the injury on the first play of Saturday’s preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Brown is now questionable for the start of the regular season. The hope is that the injury is minor and he’ll return sooner rather than later. In the meantime, rookie Xavier Worthy could see more reps.

The Patriots are releasing WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. While a surprise, this move does give Smith-Schuster the chance to sign somewhere before the season.

This is a wild fall for Smith-Schuster who popped for a 1,400-yard season in 2018 and a 900-yard performance in 2022 with the Chiefs. It would be hard to roster him in nearly any fantasy format at this point.

Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco says that he worked to get more flexible.

Related players: Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Deneric Prince

Goldman also added in his post that Pacheco worked with the wide receiver coach as well, which could be an indication of more targets in 2024. We currently rank Pacheco 11th on our RB list and project him for 45 receptions this season. The Chiefs really didn't address their RB room so Pacheco leads the way over CEH and Prince.