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Rookies Josh Bledsoe, Rhamondre Stevenson and Cam McGrone were all placed on the non-football injury list by the Patriots today. They can come off NFI and begin practicing at any time.

This is something to keep an eye on as training camp continues, and could help Sony Michel's chances of making the 53-man roster in 2021. For now, Rhamondre Stevenson is 4for4's RB88, with expected lead back Damien Harris RB33.

#Rams RB Cam Akers suffered a torn Achilles while training, per source.

Brutal blow for L.A., which loses its leading rusher from last season a week before camp begins.

With Cam Akers out, the next man up is Darrell Henderson. Henderson served as the Rams’ lead back from Week 2 to Week 7, racking up 86 total yards (4.84 YPC) and 0.67 touchdowns on 15.5 touches per game. Those are low-end RB1 numbers, which is the sort of production that we can expect from Henderson now that he finds himself in the lead role once again. With Malcolm Brown moving on to Miami, the Rams' depth chart behind Henderson now consists of 2020 7th-rounder Raymond Calais, 2021 7th-rounder Jake Funk, undrafted second-year player Xavier Jones and undrafted rookie Otis Anderson. The Rams' RB2 role will be a camp battle to monitor. The team is now a candidate to bring another veteran in (Todd Gurley?).

"Depending on what the game is, what's happened the last couple years and why some of David's carries -- which aren't low -- haven't been quite as high is a lot of guys get it in to four-minute mode in the fourth quarter," Nagy said, via SI.com. "That's where they can get those extra four or five carries, which can bump them into the top five, you know, with 20 rushes a game. That's our goal."

"Depending on what the game is" is also code for game script so getting David Montgomery that many carries may not be so easy. There's also the fact that Tarik COhen is back and if they end up using Justin Fields, that could also take some running opportunity away from Montgomery, particularly in the red zone. He's 4for4's RB 17 in half-PPR rankings and is currently being drafted as RB20 in Underdog leagues.

Sanders is the most underrated piece to the Bills offense from a real-life and fantasy perspective. The Bills were aggressive in their pursuit of Sanders this offseason, immediately targeting him after his release from the Saints.

Some expect Davis to step into John Brown’s role from last season, but all of the Bills’ actions in the offseason were not of a team confident that Davis was ready to step into an enormous role. Allen often looked for Sanders during spring workouts, trying to establish a rapport with him through meaningful reps.

It may behoove fantasy managers to grab Emmanuel Sanders now while his ADP is somewhat depressed. Right now he's going two rounds after Gabriel Davis which should begin to even out once more training camp hype appears.

Kroft has been one of the bigger surprises of the spring. He has seen a lot of time with the starting unit and tight end is a position battle to watch in training camp. Kroft could beat out Chris Herndon for the job if Herndon does not shake out of the funk he was in last year.

Right now both Tyler Kroft and Chris Herndon are free in both best ball and redraft leagues. Neither is recommended for redraft but at their current ADPs (Kroft: 216.0, Herndon: 211.6), whoever emerges at the end of training camp is worth a dart throw.

Top rookie WR D'Wayne Eskridge continues to miss practices with a toe issue. Coach Pete Carroll calls that unfortunate for the important time he is missing in the new #Seahawks offense

It's not great that D'Wayne Eskridge is missing time while a new offense is being installed in Seattle. He has an opportunity to be the WR3 for the Seahawks, but if he can't go Freddy Swain would be the next man up.

The #Jets and WR Jamison Crowder have finalized a renegotiated contract with plans to keep him on the team for the 2021 season, source said. Crowder will be a free agent next offseason at age 28 to get another payday before age 30.

The WR room is crowded in New York, with Corey Davis, Keenan Cole and rookie Elijah Moore, along with Crowder. With all those wideouts hungry for targets from a rookie QB, it's tough to know who will emerge as fantasy relevant. Maybe training camp will provide some clarity.

Julio Jones has already been at the facility earlier this week (as we saw on @Titans) and attended a team meeting. The expectation is that he is 100% healthy and will be here today and next week for mini camp.

After an injury-filled 2020 where Julio Jones only played in nine contests, he's now in a new city and is expected to be 100% at the start of minicamp. Jones is currently ranked as WR22 in 4for4's half-PPR rankings.

Aaron Rodgers wasn’t present at the start of the 8:30 a.m. team meeting to kick off #Packers minicamp, I’m told. As expected, the NFL MVP is now officially a holdout.

Jordan Love should function as the team's starter during this week's minicamp. If Aaron Rodgers continues to hold out, Davante Adams and Aaron Jones' ADP will take a hit.

Ravens and restricted free-agent running back Gus Edwards reached agreement on a two-year, $10 million contract extension, per his agent @DrewJRosenhaus. Edwards now under contract through 2023 season.

Gus Edwards is set to function as the 1B to J.K. Dobbins' 1A in the Ravens backfield in 2021. With Mark Ingram gone, Edwards should see an increase in volume and could outperform his current RB39 ADP in Underdog drafts. He's currently ranked as RB32 in 4for4's half-PPR rankings.