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The Vikings are exercising the fifth-year option on All-Pro wide receiver Justin Jefferson. Jefferson was Minnesota's 2020 first-round pick and has made the Pro Bowl in all three years of his career.

General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell have each expressed interest in locking the wide receiver into a long-term deal, so that may be the next step here. If the Vikings were to make a move at quarterback in the near future, their next signal-caller would be in good hands with a stud WR1.

The Ravens are giving WR Odell Beckham Jr. a 1-year deal worth up to $18M. A weapon for Baltimore’s QB.

Related Players: Lamar Jackson, Rashod Bateman, Nelson Agholor

A much needed boost to a WR room that has been lacking for years. There are clearly still questions about Beckham's health, as he is one of the final free agent fantasy pieces to fall into place, but Baltimore is in a position to take a risk here. We'll have to wait and see if this will impact Lamar Jackson's willingness to stick around with the Ravens.

Rams coach Sean McVay confirms the team has an interest in bringing back Odell Beckham Jr. and says he loves him but notes there are a lot of other teams interested, so they’ll see how it plays out.

Related Players: Allen Robinson, Van Jefferson, Cooper Kupp

It's been well over a calendar year since we've seen Beckham in a uniform, but he had some truly great moments with the Rams, including a touchdown in the Super Bowl and a 113-yard game in the Conference Championship. He also proved to be an inconsistent part of the offense at times. If Los Angeles brings him back, he would eat heavily into Allen Robinson and/or Van Jefferson's snaps, as they deployed him from out wide on around 80% of his snaps through his 12 games with the team.

Commanders’ QB Carson Wentz will start Sunday vs. Cleveland.

Related players: Taylor Heinicke

Heinicke, who started hot after taking over for the injured Wentz, has turned the ball over eight times over the team's last six games - including three picks and five fumbles. Meanwhile, Wentz broke his right ring finger in October and has been the backup the last few weeks after getting cleared. The Commanders are 7-7-1, clinging to the NFC’s seventh and final playoff spot, and now need Wentz to come through, Schefter went on to say. Wentz at least has some superflex value going forward.

After a pair of late turnovers in Sunday’s loss to the 49ers, Commanders head coach Ron Rivera benched quarterback Taylor Heinicke in favor of Carson Wentz.

The No. 2 overall pick of the 2016 draft had a solid showing in his limited work, completing 12-of-16 passes for 123 yards with a touchdown.

Rivera said he wanted to talk to everyone involved before he makes a decision. He wants to make sure he has all ideas, thoughts and concepts and he wants to make sure the players have a voice.

The Commanders have benched Taylor Heinicke in favor of Carson Wentz.

Trailing 30-14 and having taken two sacks, the Commanders are hoping for a spark with a quarterback switch. Heinicke went 13/18 for 166 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

A.J. Dillon has cleared concussion protocol, Matt LaFleur says.

Related players: Aaron Jones

Dillon has four TDs over his last three games and has 8, 18 and 11 carries in that same span to go along with three catches in each game as well. The Packers still have an outside shot at making the playoffs and will need another win this week, on Christmas Day, in Miami. It's good news for Dillon owners, and it looks like he'll play so owners can save a spot in lineups if they were counting on him. Keep in mind most games this week are on Christmas Eve.

Packers injury update: RB A.J. Dillon is being evaluated for a concussion.

Related players: Aaron Jones, Patrick Taylor

Jones and Dillon ran all over the Rams, which included three TDs in the win - two of which came from Dillon. We'll have to see Dillon's status going forward this week leading up to Week 16's games, which is Christmas Day at Miami. After being unplayable in lineups this season, Dillon has turned it on a bit over the last few weeks. However he may be risky to wait on for owners as most of Week 16's games are Saturday.