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Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson are officially out for Sunday

Related Players: Mason Taylor, Josh Reynolds, Tyler Johnson, Allen Lazard

Rookie TE Mason Taylor might legitimately get 12 targets this week, though we still don't know if they will come from Tyrod Taylor or Justin Fields. The rest of the wide receiver room should be avoided for fantasy purposes.

Jets star wide receiver Garrett Wilson (knee) won’t practice today and won’t play Sunday vs. the #Panthers, sources tell @CBSSports.

There’s some hope though that he could maybe be back as soon as next week’s game vs. the Bengals, per sources.

Related Players: Josh Reynolds, Tyler Johnson, Allen Lazard

Someone is going to catch passes from Justin Fields this Sunday, but outside of TE Mason Taylor, the reward is not likely to be worth the risk starting them in your fantasy lineup. Wilson will be in a good spot next week for the Cincinnati defense.

WR Garrett Wilson underwent an MRI today and appears to have avoided a serious knee injury, per source, but it probably still means some down time.

Related players: Josh Reynolds, Tyler Johnson, Arian Smith

It seems like it's been a common theme today - discussing injuries as they relate to teams' byes - but Cimini went on to point out it's worth noting that the Jets have two more games (CAR, at CIN) before their bye and it's possible that factors into the timetable for Wilson.

This opens the door to potentially benching Justin Fields if he has another bad game.

“When you look at what Fields did, the games that he played,” Glenn told reporters. “Listen, I didn’t think he was bad at all. I actually thought he did some pretty good things in those four games. In this fifth game, he took a step back. I’m with you guys 100 percent. And we can’t have that. And we have to get better than that. And he knows that. And he knows that better than anyone. So I don’t think you try to bench a player after having one true bad game. Because I thought the other games he played fairly well.”

Related players: Tyrod Taylor, Brady Cook

Fields' job looks to be safe for Week 7, which is a home game against the Panthers and a possible chance for the Jets offense to get right. But, the Panthers have been better lately. The Jets then play the Bengals in Week 8 before a bye in Week 9. Taylor would likely get the chance to start if the team does make a move, but these next couple weeks look to be a perfect opportunity for Fields to solidify his starting position.

Jets RB Braelon Allen, who was ruled out last night with a knee injury, suffered an MCL sprain that will likely land him on Injured Reserve, sources say. Allen is expected to receive additional opinions.

Related Players: Breece Hall, Isaiah Davis

Davis got a little bit of run in Week 4, but it's not likely to be enough to put him on fantasy radars. Hall should continue to be valued as a borderline RB1 option with Allen not a threat to steal short-yardage touches away from the do-it-all back.

The Colts ruled out WR Alec Pierce (concussion) for Sunday's game vs. the Rams.

Related Players: Michael Pittman Jr., Josh Downs, Adonai Mitchell

Pierce has been the main beneficiary of Daniel Jones' deep ball, racking up an 18.8 aDOT and 171 yards through three games. Adonai Mitchell should absorb some of that work, but it's still not enough to plug him into any but the deepest fantasy lineups.

Colts WR Alec Pierce is in concussion protocol.

Related players: Josh Downs, Adonai Mitchell, Michael Pittman, Tyler Warren

It's a bit of a hit for the Colts red-hot offense. Pierce had a 4-67-0 line in Week 3, and given the trend of players having to miss a week after getting placed in protocol, we have to maybe lean toward Pierce not being able to go in Week 4. It will be worth keeping an eye on the injury report this week. Downs and Warren could see more targets if Pierce is out for Week 4.

The Jags acquired Tim Patrick in a trade with the Detroit Lions, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported Wednesday morning, per a source informed of the deal.

The 31-year-old receiver, who missed all of 2022 and 2023 due to ACL and Achilles' injuries, respectively, played 16 games in Detroit last season, corralling 33 passes for 394 yards and three touchdowns.

Related Players: Dyami Brown, Isaac TeSlaa

This likely impacts TeSlaa more than anyone else, who has shot up the depth chart since being selected in the third round of this year's Draft. He's probably not going to make much of a fantasy impact as a week-to-week starter, but he has been an interesting last-round dart throw in best ball stacks.

Browns are sending QB Kenny Pickett to the Las Vegas Raiders, per sources.

Related players: Geno Smith, Aidan O'Connell, Joe Flacco, Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel

As Schefter summarized, the Raiders needed another backup for Smith with O'Connell fracturing his wrist in the preseason finale and being expected to miss 6-8 weeks. As for the Browns, they had a logjam at the position so it makes sense Pickett would be the one moved. Now the Browns will need to settle their QB depth chart behind starter Flacco.

Kicker Jason Sanders is not going to be available at the start of the season but not season-ending.

The timeline for Sanders looks to be about 4-5 weeks, according to other reports. Look for the team to bring in another kicker.