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The Lions placed TE Sam LaPorta on injured reserve.

LaPorta was already ruled out with a back injury for Sunday’s game against the Eagles. He now is out until at least Week 15. Brock Wright will step into the starting role. Wright is fine, but an obvious downgrade from LaPorta and will make a dent into the value of the Lions offense as a whole.

No Sam LaPorta or Terrion Arnold for the Lions. Amik Robertson plans to take his availability to gameday, see if he can go

Related Players: Brock Wright, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Kalif Raymond

Brock Wright is closer to the "blocking" TE prototype than someone we should be plugging into fantasy lineups, so he's out of fantasy consideration. ARSB/Jamo/Raymond could have a few more targets spread around for them, but we may be seeing a few more carries out of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery.

The Chiefs ruled out RB Isiah Pacheco (knee) for Sunday's game vs. Denver.

LT Josh Simmons and WR Xavier Worthy are off the injury report.

Related Players: Kareem Hunt, Brashard Smith, Rashee Rice, Hollywood Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Travis Kelce

With Pacheco set to miss more time, Hunt should be considered a fringe RB2/3, while Smith is more of a desperation RB4.

While Rice is still in WR1 territory, Brown is pushed out of potential WR4 range.

Texans tight end Dalton Schultz returned to practice Friday morning from shoulder injury, illness, expected to play Sunday vs. Titans

C.J. Stroud, Jalen Pitre still not practicing, under concussion protocol. Ruled out, and Ka'imi Fairbairn

Related Players: Harrison Bryant

Schultz has 13+ half-PPR points in three of his last four games, so he would be in streaming considerations if he does play, which looks like a strong possibility at this point.

Panthers injury report:
OUT -- LB Trevin Wallace, S Lathan Ransom

No designation for Derrick Brown, Rico Dowdle, Chandler Zavala or Brycen Treymayne.

Related Players: Chuba Hubbard

Dowdle has been around 75% of the offense's snaps over the last two weeks, so we should continue to assume that this is far and away his backfield to control. He gets a good matchup against the Falcons' defense here in Week 11 and should be considered in RB1 territory.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles said both Bucky Irving and Chris Godwin are out for Sunday.

Related Players: Rachaad White, Sean Tucker, Emeka Egbuka, Tez Johnson, Sterling Shepard

With Irving and Godwin out, we should expect White to be a fringe RB2/3 once again, Tucker a desperation FLEX/RB4 play, with Tez Johnson as a WR3. Egbuka is still a strong WR1 play.

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson (knee) was practicing once again Friday.

Jackson was a full participant Thursday after not practicing Wednesday.

It looks like he’s all set to start Sunday at the Browns.

Related Players: Tyler Huntley

Looks like it was nothing more than a false alarm, which puts Jackson right into top-5 consideration, even against a tough Browns defense.

Bills HC Sean McDermott said on WGR-AM that TE Dalton Kincaid and DT Phidarian Mathis are OUT vs. the Buccaneers.

WR Khalil Shakir is "heading in the right direction and should be in a good spot for the game." That's a bit of a surprise.

Related Players: Dawson Knox, Jackson Hawes, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer, Elijah Moore, Curtis Samuel

This puts Knox in deep-league streaming territory, but there should be some more readily available options on the waiver wire.

As for the WR room, it would be tough to say who would absorb a lot of the underneath work if Shakir were to miss. It's not exactly Coleman's specialty, but we could see him performing as a WR3 with a couple extra targets.

Jets placed WR Garrett Wilson on injured reserve, and he now will be out a minimum of four games.

Related Players: Tyler Johnson, Isaiah Williams, Adonai Mitchell, Allen Lazard, Mason Taylor

Unless you're in a 16-team league or deeper, we would suggest fading the Jets wide receiver room wherever possible. Tight end Mason Taylor could legitimately end up being the No. 1 pass-catcher on Thursday Night Football, which makes him a TE streamer candidate.

George Karlaftis and Xavier Worthy were limited in practice today.

Isiah Pacheco did not practice.

Related Players: Kareem Hunt, Brashard Smith, Rashee Rice, Hollywood Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Travis Kelce

With Pacheco set to miss more time, Hunt should be considered a fringe RB2/3, while Smith is more of a desperation RB4.

While Rice would still sit in WR1 territory whether or not Worthy plays, Brown would elevate into more of a boom/bust WR4 role.