Four days before his potential preseason debut, nearly three weeks before the Ravens’ regular-season opener, Lamar Jackson was locked in. His passing was accurate. His timing was on. His mood was upbeat. Only a handful of presnap penalties on the Ravens’ offensive line and skill position players had soured coach John Harbaugh’s mood.

Related players: Marquise Brown, Miles Boykin, Deon Cain, Sammy Watkins, Rashod Batemon, James Proche II, Devin Duvernay, Tylan Wallace

The story went on to say now Jackson has to find people to throw to. Brown (hamstring), Boykin (hamstring) and Cain continued to rehabilitate from early-camp injuries. Watkins missed his third straight practice. Bateman (groin) remains out until at least September. Proche II sat out his first practice of camp after appearing to tweak his back Monday. That left just two draft picks at the position available — Duvernay (20 catches as a rookie) and Wallace, a rookie this season.

Ravens WR Sammy Watkins left the practice field early with a trainer.

Related players: Marquise Brown, Rashod Bateman

There wasn't any more specific news on Watkins, but perhaps most important thing to note is the Ravens were without their top-three WRs for the last hour of practice, and perhaps longer if the injuries linger. Brown (hamstring) and Bateman (groin) are also sidelined.

The #Ravens are signing free agent WR Sammy Watkins and giving him a 1-year deal worth $6M — with $5M fully guaranteed, source said. Watkins lands and Baltimore has its weapon.

Baltimore isn't the best landing spot for any wideout, but with the lack of weapons there, Sammy Watkins could walk into a situation with a lot of targets. Watkins boasts a 321-4,665-33 line in seven years as an NFL receiver.

Brown is our WR4 with a projected 9.5 half-PPR points, and Watkins sits as WR6 with an estimated 6.6.

Sources: Chiefs' Le'Veon Bell, Sammy Watkins and Buccaneers' Antonio Brown, Antoine Winfield Jr. expected to play in Super Bowl

Sammy Watkins missed the AFC title game and only played in 10 games for the Chiefs in the regular season. If truly healthy for the Super Bowl, Watkins takes away any fantasy relevance from Byron Pringle and Demarcus Robinson. Mecole Hardman should still see similar usage and is in the DFS conversation.

Chiefs' Le'Veon Bell, Sammy Watkins and Buccaneers' Antonio Brown, Antoine Winfield Jr. expected to play in Super Bowl.

Antonio Brown missed the NFL title game with a knee injury, but has two weeks to heal before the Super Bowl matchup with the Chiefs. Brown saw three targets which he turned into 49 yards and a score in the Wild Card round against Washington, along with three more targets against New Orleans in the Divisional Round, before leaving with the knee injury.

The Chiefs will test WR Sammy Watkins pregame, but don’t sound optimistic he will play today.

Sammy Watkins got in some limited practices this week which was promising, but it's possible his calf issue took a downward turn over the weekend. If he doesn't go which seems very likely, Mecole Hardman gets the largest bump with Demarcus Robinson and Byron Pringle both in the mix for tournament DFS purposes. Both wideouts saw three targets last week to Hardman's four.

Chiefs Inactives
RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire
CB Rashad Fenton
LB Willie Gay
OG Martinas Rankin
DT Khalen Saunders
DE Tim Ward
WR Sammy Watkins