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Without Kenyan Drake, the Cardinals will rely on Chase Edmonds to be their primary ball carrier. He had 58 yards on five carries and 87 yards on seven catches in Sunday night's 37-34 overtime victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

Related players: Eno Benjamin

It's not breaking news but it's good to be reassure if you're an Edmonds owner. We've had reports over the past few weeks from those who follow the team saying Edmonds deserved to get more work because he was more effective than Drake, although with lesser touches, most of this season. Edmonds is going to get his chance. Look for Benjamin to get a bump as well. Edmonds could very well be on your wire, he needs to be picked up.

Wide receiver Deebo Samuel and running back Jeff Wilson Jr., both of whom played major roles in Sunday's 33-6 win against the New England Patriots, are expected to miss extended time, according to coach Kyle Shanahan.

Related players: Kendrick Bourne, Jerick McKinnon, JaMycal Hasty

Samuel is dealing with a left hamstring strain and will "most likely" miss this week's game at the Seattle Seahawks and next week's home contest against the Green Bay Packers, according to Shanahan. Wilson is the latest 49er to suffer a high left ankle sprain and is expected to go on injured reserve this week, which means he will have to miss at least the next three games, the story said. As we reported just a bit ago, Bourne looks like he'll take over for Samuel while McKinnon could jump back into a bigger role at RB. The 49ers said they purposely cut back on McKinnon's workload this past week (surprise fantasy owners) but it should mean he gets a bigger role this week. However, the rookie Hasty has looked good and could take some of the workload at RB.

If Deebo Samuel (hamstring) can't play against the Seahawks, Kendrick Bourne likely would start opposite Brandon Aiyuk, and Dante Pettis likely would be in uniform for the first time in three weeks. The 49ers also have the option of elevating Kevin White or River Cracraft from the practice squad.

The injury happened on a run play. Samuel was second among WRs in snaps behind Aiyuk and from what the article said, Bourne would step into Samuel's role if the injury keeps him out in Week 8.

Cardinals’ RB Kenyan Drake is expected to miss “a few weeks” with a slight tear of a ligament in his ankle, per source.

Related players: Chase Edmonds

The Cardinals are treating it like a high ankle sprain, Schefter went on to say. Enter Edmonds. Many who follow the team were pushing for Edmonds to get more work over Drake, but Drake was OK against the Jets and good against the Cowboys last week. That resulted in Edmonds to get dropped to the waiver wire in some leagues. If he's out there, he's worth a pickup this week. He'll take over as the team's RB1. Eno Benjamin and Jonathan Ward are up next on the depth chart.

The Chargers need Austin Ekeler back. He will inject some life into this running game. But based on Anthony Lynn’s comments this week, I would not expect Ekeler back until Week 10 at the absolute earliest.

Related players: Justin Jackson, Joshua Kelley

Chargers running backs Kelley, Jackson and Troymaine Pope finished with just 47 yards on 18 carries. That is a 2.61 yards-per-carry average, the story said. Jackson and Kelley have not got it done for the Chargers, nor for fantasy owners, but it looks like the Bolts have a few more weeks to deal without Ekeler in the picture.

X-rays on Cardinals’ RB Kenyan Drake’s ankle at the stadium last night were negative, per source.

Related players: Chase Edmonds

Schefter went on to say Drake will have an MRI Monday to determine extent of injury and how much time he could miss. The Cards have a bye in Week 8 and then come back to play the Dolphins in Week 9. Edmonds again filled in nicely with Drake out of the picture. If Edmonds was recently dropped to your wire, you should make a play for him this week.

49ers WR Deebo Samuel suffered an apparent injury during the second half against the Patriots.

Samuel was injured on a toss play during the 49ers' field goal drive to put the team up 33-6. Hopefully it's not serious, but probably safe to say his day is done with the 49ers pretty much having this game locked up.