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Patrick Mahomes will “most likely end up playing” on Saturday, per Coach Reid.

There’s also a “good chance” Hollywood Brown will play.

Related Players: Carson Wentz

We'd like a little more reassurance here, but at least we have some hope that Mahomes will be available to elevate the offense. Mahomes should be benched in favor of a streamer in most fantasy formats.

After losing RBs Christian McCaffrey, Jordan Mason and Elijah Mitchell to season-ending injuries, it now looks as if the 49ers will be without RB Isaac Guerendo for Sunday’s game vs. Miami. Guerendo is dealing with a hamstring injury and is unlikely to play, per source.

Related Players: Patrick Taylor, Kyle Juszczyk, Israel Abanikanda

Sheesh. We're assuming Taylor will now be the next, next man up, but they also have Abanikanda, as well as Ke'Shawn Vaughn on the practice squad. Taylor should be considered somewhere in the RB3 range if Guerendo is out.

The Chargers plan to activate TE Hayden Hurst from Injured Reserve to play in tonight’s game against the Broncos, source says.

Hurst went on IR with a hip injury in late November, but he’s practiced fully since having his window opened this week.

Related Players: Stone Smartt, Will Dissly

This puts a bit of a damper on Smartt as a streaming option in Week 16, as he should lose a little bit of usage to the vet. When (if) Dissly returns, he will likely also be off the radar as the situation gets a little too clogged up.

The Chiefs plan to activate Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown (reserve/injured, shoulder) for Saturday’s game vs. Houston assuming everything continues trending positively this week, per sources.

Brown looks to make his Chiefs debut after missing four months.

Related Players: DeAndre Hopkins, Xavier Worthy, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Justin Watson

It feels exceedingly likely that Brown will be limited in his first in-game action of the season, but even light usage could lower the floor of his teammates. Hopkins projects as a fringe WR3/4 while Brown should stay on benches for now, but could end up being viable in Week 17.

The Chiefs have waived their former first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire.

Related players: Isiah Pacheco, Kareem Hunt, Samaje Perine, Carson Steele

CEH missed some time this season for mental health reasons, an issue that goes back several years, but the Chiefs are pretty comfortable with their backfield after signing Hunt and recently getting Pacheco back from his leg injury. The team also has Perine and Steele. CEH often played key roles for the Chiefs in their playoff runs, so he may get another chance with another team, but likely isn't going to be fantasy-worthy in typical redraft leagues this season.

Saquon Barkley on his injury: "Nothing crazy, a little minor. Just getting ready for next week."

Barkley left the game in the first half but was able to return in the second half. Barkley still carried 19 times, but only had 65 yards. He added two catches for 9 yards. It wasn't his best fantasy game but hopefully for owners they were able to survive what was likely Week 1 of the playoffs. It sounds like Barkley is planning to play in Week 16, which is in the early slate of Sunday games at the Commanders. His status will need to be monitored this week but it's great news he was able to return to the game.

Packers HC Matt LaFleur told reporters today that WR Romeo Doubs and S Evan Williams now have cleared concussion protocol.

Related Players: Jayden Reed, Christian Watson, Dontayvion Wicks, Bo Melton

Even if Doubs missed this week, it's still nearly impossible to know where the ball is going to go in this passing offense. Doubs makes for a boom/bust WR4, with Reed coming in as a boom/bust WR3.

Browns rule out WR Cedric Tillman (concussion) for Sunday vs.
Chiefs.
TE David Njoku (hamstring), LG Joel Bitonio (back), DT Mike Hall Jr. (knee), CB Myles Harden (tibia) listed as questionable.

Related Players: Jordan Akins, Jerry Jeudy, Elijah Moore

Akins shouldn't be considered a streaming TE option if Njoku misses Sunday's game, as the team has already mentioned that they'll use a "tight end by committee" approach.

As for the WR group, we should expect things to remain top-heavy, with Jeudy operating as a fantasy WR2 and Moore as a low-end WR3.

Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown has received final clearance to practice, paving the way for him to play before the regular season ends.

Brown, who is recovering from surgery to repair his SC joint, should have his window opened Friday or Monday. The team will be cautious.

Related Players: DeAndre Hopkins, Xavier Worthy, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Justin Watson

If Brown were cleared by Week 17, he would be incredibly tough to start in pretty much any sort of fantasy league with Championships on the line. However, he could be an interesting click for Playoff-only leagues if he can ramp up in time.

The Eagles placed tight end Dallas Goedert on injured reserve with a knee injury.

Goedert suffered the injury during Sunday’s win over the Ravens. Technically, Goedert can return for Week 18 against the Giants, but it’s more likely the Eagles will just hold him out until the playoffs. The Eagles are still in contention for a first-round bye, which could give Goedert an extra week of rest. The Eagles signed E.J. Jenkins from their practice squad Saturday and, earlier in the week, signed C.J. Uzomah from their practice squad. Look for the Eagles to find their future tight end in April’s draft.