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For a second straight day, Lions’ WR Amon-Ra St. Brown did not practice today due to his abdomen injury.

Related Players: Josh Reynolds, Jameson Williams, Sam LaPorta, Kalif Raymond

Help is on the way, in a sense, with Jameson Williams returning from his suspension, but it's hard to believe he's up-to-speed after missing so much of the preseason. Josh Reynolds could get a boost in workload if St. Brown misses, as he's been on the field on 114 of Jared Goff's 138 2023 dropbacks (82.6%).

Geno Smith looked to be a bit limited upon returning and was moving gingerly on the knee. But he insists it's nothing major.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. God is good," he said.

Related players: Drew Lock

Smith missed two drives late in the second half, one was a touchdown which was led by Lock. Smith returned in the second half. The Seahawks have a bye in Week 5 so Smith will have some extra time to rest up for Week 6.

Bengals WR Tee Higgins has a fractured rib.

Related players: Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irwin, Andrei Iosivas, Charlie Jones

Rapoport didn't have a lot more details about the injury, nor did he have a specific timeline. But, he did point out the Bengals are at the Cardinals and home against the Seahawks the next two weeks before a Week 7 bye. It's possible Higgins isn't back until after the team's bye, which is a Week 8 game at the 49ers. Boyd should see a bigger role with any time Higgins has to miss.

As a result of gambling policy changes, Titans’ OT Nick Petit-Frere and Lions’ WR Jameson Williams will be reinstated effective on Monday. They each had served four-game suspensions for violations of the league’s gambling policy.

Related Players: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Josh Reynolds, Marvin Jones, Kalif Raymond

Williams could be eased back into action as he has hardly played with his offense since being taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but he is a great target for your inevitable playoff run. Reynolds, Jones, and Raymond will presumably all get majorly knocked down one or two pegs of usage when the sophomore wideout returns.

Panthers QB Bryce Young was a full participant with his ankle injury, and he’s off the injury report. Good to go. Meanwhile, RB Miles Sanders (groin) is questionable.

Related Players: Chuba Hubbard, Raheem Blackshear

Chuba Hubbard has actually been quite productive with limited touches so far this season, averaging 6.5 yards per carry and 5.0 yards created after contact per attempt. Compare those numbers to Sanders' respective 3.4 and 2.22 marks through three weeks. Hubbard would make an interesting RB2 candidate if Sanders is forced to miss a week.

An MRI confirmed the Jets’ fears: Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers suffered a complete tear of his left Achilles tendon Monday night, per sources.

Related players: Zach Wilson, Breece Hall, Dalvin Cook, Michael Carter, Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard, Mecole Hardman

It was the biggest fear since the injury happened during the Jets opening drive. HC Robert Saleh has already said the team will ride with Wilson, but it's a huge fantasy downgrade for the Jets WR group. The team could lean more on running backs Cook and Hall and the running game as a whole, as Hall was an obvious bright spot on Monday night. The Jets will likely bring in another quarterback, but for now the team looks primed to ride this out with Wilson at QB - and a very good defense.

Jets RB Breece Hall is listed as questionable for Week 1 against the Bills with a knee injury.

Hall was limited all week but that's likely more the Jets keeping him fresh before the game. He should be good to go, along with tackles Duane Brown and Mekhi Becton. Hall will split work with Dalvin Cook. We have both inside the top 35 for Week 1 as it's tough to call how the Jets will split the work. It could be close to 50/50, making this a muddy situation for fantasy purposes.

The Jets plan to have running backs Breece Hall and Dalvin Cook in the lineup against the Bills on Monday night.

Jets head coach Robert Saleh said at a press conference that Hall will not practice on Monday because of a planned rest day as he returns from last season’s torn ACL, but that he is on track to be in the lineup for the season opener. Hall has been practicing with the team since being activated off the PUP list on August 15. That’s the same day that Cook signed with the Jets.

Given the limited practice time for both players, Saleh said that the Jets will be smart with how they deploy both backs in the opener.

Related players: Michael Carter

Cook only recently started practicing with the team because of the birth of his child after signing his contract. Cook will get in a full week of work this week, though, and Saleh said he’ll play against Buffalo as well. It also appears neither back will have a snap count for Week 1, according to the story. Speculation has been the two backs will split work early on in the season, but eventually the talent and youth of Hall will shine through as the season goes on. For Week 1, we rank Hall at 21st and Cook at 34th in what is expected to be a tough matchup against a good Bills defense.

The Patriots have waived backup QB Bailey Zappe, source said. A surprise.

Related players: Mac Jones

Other reports say the team released Cunningham as well. Some say Zappe could draw interest from other teams, especially after looking good filling in for Jones last year. But if not, Zappe could find his way back to New England. Currently, the Patriots have no other QBs on their roster behind Jones.