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Mike Tomlin on whether LeVeon Bell will report Wed: "I hadn't thought about it. We'll see. When he gets here, that's when we'll start."

Related players: James Conner

Tomlin doesn't have much of a choice to say anything else . The Steelers have to move on at least for now. As we talked about earlier today with an ESPN story, it's possible the team can get Bell ready in five days if he reports Wednesday and is in shape and ready to go. Even so, Bell is becoming a risky option for Week 1 and Conner should be added.

The Eagles cut veteran wide receiver Markus Wheaton on their way to 53 players, but they reversed course on Tuesday.

Wheaton is back with the team after they placed tight end Richard Rodgers on injured reserve. Rodgers has a knee injury and could return after eight weeks on the list should the Eagles decide to use one of their two return slots.

Related players: Mack Hollins, Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor, Mike Wallace

Wheaton is back with Jeffery and Hollins ruled out for Thursday, the story said. Wheaton suffered through a hamstring injury, the same injury which limited him last year with the Bears. Wheaton likely won't make a huge fantasy impact despite his return.

Doug Pederson says Carson Wentz is “close” to being ready.

Related players: Nick Foles

With a nice gap until Week 2 for the Eagles, there's a chance Wentz could be ready to go against the Bucs. Peter King predicted Wentz would return for Week 3 against the Colts. The good news is all signs point to a return sooner than later.

Saquon Barkley's first NFL game should come with no limitations.

Barkley hasn't played since the New York Giants' preseason opener against the Cleveland Browns. He tweaked his hamstring on Aug. 13 and wasn't a full participant in practice until last week.

The No. 2 overall pick has looked good ever since, and doesn't expect the hamstring to have any impact on him in Sunday's season opener when the Giants host the Jacksonville Jaguars, the story said. In the story, Barkley was quoted as saying he's ready for a full workload.

Eagles wide receiver Mack Hollins was held out of the session with a groin injury, but said, via Jeff McLane of Philly.com, that he expects to be good to go for Thursday’s game against the Falcons.

Alshon Jeffery is eligible to practice with the team after being activated from the physically unable to perform list over the weekend, but he’s not ready to do so yet.

Related players: Nelson Agholor, Mike Wallace, Shelton Gibson, DeAndre Carter

Jeffery is a big loss for what is likely a couple of games. Agholor and Wallace should get a lot of targets as the Eagles top-two WRs. Expect the Birds to probably use two TE sets with Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert, as well as RBs Darren Sproles and Corey Clement getting in the passing game as well.

WR Tyrell Williams back practicing for the Chargers.

Related players: Keenan Allen, Mike Williams

Williams was out about two weeks with his foot injury and is still the team's WR2. While Allen is a top-10 fantasy WR, we have Williams down at 62 on our list because he will likely be more of a boom or bust fantasy option.

I'm told Jets are officially naming QB Sam Darnold as the starter, per sources.

Related players: Josh McCown

With Bridgewater traded to the Saints, McCown will now be the backup. This decision certainly wasn't a surprise as Darnold played very well in the preseason. Darnold is 28th on our QB list but is worth a stash in leagues where you can start multiple quarterbacks.

The Raiders are signing former #Bengals WR Brandon LaFell to a 1-year deal with upside.

Related players: Amari Cooper, Jordy Nelson

There was a need after Martavis Bryant was released, Rapoport said, but his fantasy value remains to be seen at this point. LaFell could emerge as the third option behind Nelson and Cooper and ahead of the rest of the pack: Seth Roberts, Dwayne Harris, Johnny Holton and Keon Hatcher.

Giants TE Evan Engram participated in the portion of practice open to the media.

Reports said Engram was limited, but Duggan tweeted a little later that Engram appears to be on track to play in a tough matchup Week 1 against the Jags.

Head coach Doug Pederson just told me that Nick Foles will start at QB on Thursday vs Atlanta. He is on way to announce to Media now.

Related players: Carson Wentz

Reports came out on Saturday but the team wouldn't officially confirm until today. The Eagles said all along Wentz would need to get a full week of practice in to play Week 1, but Wentz has yet to be cleared for contact. Until that happens, Foles will get the start.