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Browns are listing TE David Njoku as out for Sunday’s game vs. the Giants due to his ankle injury.

Related Players: Jordan Akins

Akins has been seeing a bigger workload this year but not enough for our purposes. Over 49 routes run he has accrued only 37 yards. He can safely be kept on waiver wires.

Kevin Stefanski is hopeful that Denzel Ward (shoulder) can play more than 11 snaps vs. Giants, TE David Njoku 'unlikely' to play.

Related Players: Jordan Akins

Akins has been seeing a bigger workload this year but not enough for our purposes. Over 49 routes run he has accrued only 37 yards. He can safely be kept on waiver wires.

Justin Herbert will be listed on today's injury report with an ankle injury. Practice status TBD.

Related Players: Easton Stick, Taylor Heinicke

Herbert has been on the injury report a couple of times as we head into the third game of the season, yet has taken all 51 dropbacks for the 2-0 Chargers. Their offense has been very efficient, though most of that has come through the run game, rendering Herbert un-startable in fantasy.

Browns plan to sign free agent running back Royce Freeman to the practice squad.

Freeman did pretty well when he saw action with the Rams toward the end of last season. He was with Dallas this summer where he drew some hype, and for about a week the team had us convinced he may see significant action for the Cowboys. However, he was eventually released.

Browns HC Kevin Stefanski ruled out TE David Njoku for Sunday’s game at Jacksonville due to his ankle injury.

Related Players: Jordan Akins

Bad look for the Browns offense, that can't use anymore distractions right now. Akins shouldn't be in streaming consideration unless you're in a very deep league.

John Harbaugh said the Ravens didn’t bring Derrick Henry to Baltimore with the plan to give him 30+ carries each game.

Related players: Lamar Jackson, Justice Hill, Keaton Mitchell

Jackson ran 16 times in Week 1 to Henry's 13. Zay Flowers had two runs with Hill getting just one. Hill was involved in the passing game with six catches, however. For what it's worth, Jackson missed practice Monday with no word form the team as to why, but it sounds like the Ravens don't play to change their offense. It remains to be seen if Jackson can handle that many runs a week going forward. It's possible Mitchell, upon his return at some point this season, could help out in the run game but he doesn't seem to be close to a return just yet.

Browns injury updates: DL Mo Hurst (ankle), TE David Njoku (ankle), LB Tony Fields (ankle), LB Mohamoud Diabate (hip) are “week to week,” per HC Kevin Stefanski.

Related players: Jordan Akins

Njoku suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 1 against the Cowboys. Owners probably shouldn't count on Njoku for Week 2 given the "week-to-week" tag. Plus, high ankle sprains usually cost players time. We'll hopefully know more about the injury as the week goes on.

Browns TE David Njoku is believed to have suffered a high-ankle sprain during Sunday’s loss to the Cowboys.

Njoku will have an MRI to confirm the injury. Njoku suffered the injury during the third quarter Sunday while being tackled after a 29-yard catch. He left the stadium in a walking boot. The only other tight end currently on the active roster is Jordan Akins. At the very least, Njoku could be looking at being out for a few weeks. Check back Monday to see the results of the MRI and how long he’ll actually be out for.

Chargers QB Justin Herbert (plantar fascia) is off the injury report -- for real this time -- and good to go for Sunday's opener vs. the Raiders.

WR D.J. Chark (hip) is out.

Related Players: Easton Stick, Taylor Heinicke

Good news for Herbert and the Chargers in general, but we don't want to touch this passing attack as we head into what could be a slog against the Raiders. Leave the QB on your bench or waiver wire until we find him in a better spot.

The Cowboys cut RBs Royce Freeman and Malik Davis.

Related players: Ezekiel Elliott, Rico Dowdle, Deuce Vaughn

For about a week this summer, Freeman seemed to be the darling of the Cowboys backfield, but that quickly changed and those who follow the team pointed to Dowdle as the back who stood out the most at times in camp. Both Freeman and Davis could resign on the practice squad, however. While we don't know how the workload will be split, it looks like the Cowboys are going with Elliott and Dowdle. We do rank Elliott 34th and Dowdle 51st on our RB list.