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Good news for Bucs. WR Emeka Egbuka has returned to practice. WR Chris Godwin and T Tristan Wirfs also working but not expected to play.

Related Players: Mike Evans, Sterling Shepard

Looks like all systems go for Egbuka, who should continue his promising rookie start with WR2 consideration.

I’m told Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle is expected to play today and be a big factor in Miami’s offense tonight vs. Bills. They need him.

Not much doubt despite being questionable with minor shoulder injury.

Related Players: Tyreek Hill, Malik Washington

If Waddle's a full go tonight, he's a good bet to sneak up to WR3 potential in a game we're expecting the Dolphins to be forced into the air through a vast majority of the time. Hill is still in WR2 range.

Packers TE Tucker Kraft will be added to the injury report after he sustained a knee injury in practice. Kraft is undergoing tests to determine the severity, but the Packers have reason to believe it's not a season-ending type injury.

Related Players: Luke Musgrave, John FitzPatrick

We're still waiting to see exactly how severe this injury is, but if they're talking about it "not" being season-ending, we might have to assume he's gonna miss Week 3. If that's the case, we can consider Musgrave more of a streamer, but much closer to TE15-20 range rather than where we had Kraft as a top-3 option.

After missing Wednesday's practice, DT Grady Jarrett (right knee) was limited.

RB D'Andre Swift (quad) was limited for second straight day and WR Jahdae Walker (ankle) was upgraded to full participant status.

Related Players: Kyle Monangai, Roschon Johnson

Swift has continued his run as arguably the least efficient starting running back in the league, so it's hard to imagine what he'll look like if he's limited in any way in Week 3. Regardless, he remains an RB3 option despite his shortcomings as long as the Bears are fine with giving him 15-20 opportunities a game. Monangai should be a priority stash in any league where you have the room to add him.

On Thursday, Ravens TE Isaiah Likely is on field for his 2nd practice since foot surgery.

Starters not practicing:

CB Nate Wiggins
OLB Kyle Van Noy (hamstring)
DT Nnamdi Madubuike (ankle)
FB Patrick Ricard (calf)

RB Rasheen Ali (concussion) is wearing a red non-contact jersey.

Related Players: Mark Andrews

This doesn't mean Likely is cleared for action Week 3, but it's obviously an encouraging sign. What is *not* an encouraging sign is Mark Andrews' 2.9 half-PPR points despite his team scoring an insane 81 points. Andrews was a touchdown-or-bust option last season but he ended up with 11 of them, so we very rarely had to deal with the "bust" portion of that equation. It'll be hard to trust either tight end when Zay Flowers is accounting for 40% of the targets, but they can both get there as streamers from time to time, so we'll just have to grin and bear it.

Jayden Daniels (knee sprain) is not at practice.

Related Players: Marcus Mariota

This is shaping up to be a Mariota spot start, which isn't the worst place to be if you're looking for a SuperFlex fill-in. Mariota scored 19.6 points on 205 passing and 34 rushing yards in Week 7 of last season, and he'll have Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel to help prop him up against the Raiders on Sunday.

Sources classify Xavier Worthy as "50-50" to return for Week 3 against the Giants, noting optimism but also the need to see him handle a fuller practice workload. "Have to see how he looks with real practice reps," the source said. Worthy practiced in a limited capacity Thursday and Friday of last week, and the Chiefs will ramp up his workload coming off the shoulder injury.

Related Players: Hollywood Brown, Tyquan Thornton, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jason Brownlee, Travis Kelce

It would be hard to trust Worthy in fantasy lineups if he's still on 50-50 this late in the week, so he's best left on benches even if he does suit up. Brown should continue to be considered a WR3 regardless, while the rest of the WR room are only suggested in very deep leagues.

Bucs wide receiver Chris Godwin Jr. (knee) is progressing well in practices, but people I've talked to believe a Week 3 return might be ambitious. Week 4 against Philadelphia, however, feels like a real possibility.

Related Players: Emeka Egbuka, Mike Evans

There's a good chance that the Buccaneers will ease him back into his typical full-time role, but this is still promising for his second-half fantasy prospects. Ebuka has looked great through his first two games, so it's unlikely he will be pulled off the field in favor of the veteran, which could mean we get even more 3-WR sets in Tampa Bay. The three stud receivers will undoubtedly eat into each other's targets, but all of them are still very much in the weekly fantasy conversation.

Brock Purdy’s toe injury has improved to the point that he will be a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice, Kyle Shanahan said roughly an hour before the session was scheduled to begin.

Related Players: Mac Jones

Purdy still *feels* like a longshot for Week 3, but we didn't expect him back to practice this soon, either. If he's well enough to play, he's well enough to be in lineup consideration, but for now, consider Jones a streaming option in the QB15-18 range until we get more clarity on Purdy.

Dolphins TE Darren Waller, once again, has been ruled out with a hip injury. WR Jaylen Waddle is questionable with a shoulder injury.

Related Players: Tyreek Hill, Malik Washington, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine

Waddle should be fine, but if he misses, Hill will return to fringe WR1 status on the back of a ton of volume. Washington would be more interesting as a WR4 play.