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Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell said running back Alexander Mattison suffered a concussion in Sunday's game versus the Saints.

Related players: Myles Gaskin, Ty Chandler, Kene Nwangwu

The trend has been players sit out at least week after falling into concussion protocol, so Mattison owners may want to make alternate plans now. To complicate things, Mattison and the Vikings have the Sunday night game at Denver in Week 11. Chandler could see a bulk of the work and scored on a wildcat formation play in Week 10. The team has already signed Gaskin ahead of Week 11. Chandler could make for an interesting pickup this week if he's on your wire. It's a favorable matching against the Broncos.

Texans WR Nico Collins and RB Dameon Pierce are both out on Sunday against the Bengals.

Related Players: Devin Singletary, Mike Boone, Tank Dell, Noah Brown, Xavier Hutchinson, John Metchie

Singletary had the backfield mostly to himself last week and put forth a miserable performance, which makes him a stay-away for all but the most desperate fantasy managers ahead of this Week 10 game against the Bengals.

Nico Collins is a new name on the injury report, which is a bummer, as he has a surprising 36-631-4 stat line on the year. With him missing this matchup, Dell and Brown would figure to get the biggest increase in target share.

Texans’ WR Nico Collins and RB Dameon Pierce did not practice today.

Related Players: Devin Singletary, Mike Boone, Tank Dell, Noah Brown, Xavier Hutchinson, John Metchie

Singletary had the backfield mostly to himself last week and put forth a miserable performance, which makes him a stay-away for all but the most desperate fantasy managers ahead of this Week 10 game against the Bengals.

Nico Collins is a new name on the injury report, which is a bummer, as he has a surprising 36-631-4 stat line on the year. If he were to miss this matchup, Dell and Brown would figure to get the biggest increase of target share.

Mike Vrabel said Will Levis is Titans starting QB.

Related players: Ryan Tannehill, Malik Willis

Vrabel said he wants Tannehill to also prepare as a starter but in the end he'll serve as the backup. Vrabel went on to say via McCormick's post, "that's where the Titans are at right now," and that, "There is clearly something there with Levis and we want to prepare him and win with him." Willis threw four TDs in his first game but also played OK in a loss to the Steelers last Thursday on a short week.

De'Von Achane "so far, so good" and "hasn't been any reason" to think he will be on IR longer.

Achane is eligible to return in the team's next game, which comes Week 11 after the bye this week. Achane ran for 203, 101 and 151 yards in three weeks before his injury. He also scored seven touchdowns over those three games, including 4 alone in the blowout win over Denver. With the Dolphins losing two of their last three games and going 3-3 over their last six, there's no reason to think Achane won't slide right back into his role before the injury.

Vikings running back Cam Akers will miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles tendon.

That was believed to be the case as soon as Akers went down on Sunday, and it was confirmed by an MRI today, coach Kevin O’Connell confirmed today.

Related players: Alexander Mattison, Ty Chandler, Kene Nwangwu

This is the second time Akers has torn his Achilles. He previously tore it in July of 2021 when he was with the Rams and made a remarkably quick recovery, getting back on the field for the final game of the regular season. But even if he can repeat that remarkably quick recovery this time, he won’t be at full speed until April, the story said. Akers was cutting into Mattison's time since getting up to speed after being traded. The RB2 job would seem to go back to Chandler, although the Vikings, sitting at 5-4, may very well bring in another back.

Texans running back Dameon Pierce not practicing for third day in a row due to ankle injury suffered in fourth quarter against Panthers and he's not expected to play Sunday against Buccaneers Devin Singletary has run with first offense all week and is prepping to start.

Related Players: Mike Boone, Dare Ogunbowale

Singletary has actually outperformed Pierce on a per-carry basis 3.0-to-3.7 but the running game has been less than inspiring to this point in the season. Pierce should take the majority of the touches in Week 9, which makes him an RB2 option.

Jalen Reagor, rookie Demario Douglas and JuJu Smith-Schuster are now the top three on the depth chart, with 2022 second-round pick Tyquan Thornton (a healthy scratch Sunday) and 2023 sixth-rounder Kayshon Boutte (inactive since the season opener) next in line.

The 5-8, 192-pound Douglas is a quick slot receiver whose playing time has spiked the past two weeks (78 of 113 snaps).

It's not a great WR group, but, as they say, someone needs to catch the ball. The story said Reagor has drawn some praise, but we've all been down that road before. If he's on your wire, Douglas could be someone to stash away at this point, especially with his increased playing time recently. The story went on to say Douglas is often sent in motion before the snap, making him a threat as a runner with the possibility of taking a handoff, and has been targeted 13 times the past two weeks.

Titans quarterback Will Levis is expected to start Thursday night vs. the Steelers, per source.

Report: Ryan Tannehill, Malik Willis

Levis threw four TDs in his debut in Week 8. One may be thinking the Titans are telling Tannehill to take his time coming back, but the reality is the Titans play on a short week against the Steelers on Thursday night. Fowler included in his post that Tannehill is still recovering from a high ankle sprain, and likely needs more time.