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Joe Mixon ran for 114 yards and a touchdown against Cleveland, sealing the game with his late score. He also caught three passes for 51 yards. It was the first time a Bengals running back had cleared the 100-yard mark in almost a year, and the highest single-game rushing total since Jeremy Hill's 168 yards against the Browns on Oct. 23, 2016.

After months of trying to figure out how to split carries with Hill and mesh with an inconsistent offensive line, Mixon hopes it’s finally been figured out. With Jeremy Hill now on injured reserve, Mixon has been getting 20 carries a game, with mixed results until last week.

“You catch a groove and once you get to feeling it, everything else will take care of itself,” Mixon said. “The line was blocking their ass off and the receivers doing the same thing. We all got committed to running downhill and that's what we did. At the end of the day, everything took care of itself. We all bought in and it was just amazing.”

Mixon was splitting carries with Hill and Giovani Bernard for much of the season, but has really seen his workload climb with Hill being out and likely done as a Bengal. The story added another positive sign for Mixson could be how he steps up on Monday night against the Steelers.

Bills QB Tyrod Taylor will have tests on his knee, but he has told people close to him that he’s going to be OK.

It's believed he has avoided major injury, according to the rest of the tweet. Early reports also varied between the injury being to his ankle and not the knee but it now seems to be the knee. Things didn't look good at first as Taylor was carted off and appeared to be visibly upset. We'll continue to monitor the injury and his status for Week 14.

Seahawks Inactives

Oday Aboushi OG
Kam Chancellor SS
Rodney Coe DT
Nazair Jones DT
Dion Jordan DE
David Moore WR

Tyrod Taylor was carted off the field to the Buffalo Bills' locker room after sustaining a left knee injury in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the New England Patriots.

Nathan Peterman replaced him at quarterback.

Taylor was quickly ruled out for the remainder of the game. Other reports say he injured his ankle so a lot seems to be up in the air at this point. Either way, Taylor appeared to be upset heading off the field which could very well mean this is a serious injury.

Matthew Stafford heading into locker room holding his right hand.

Related players: Jake Rudock

Reports say Stafford had his hand stepped on. Ruddock replaced Stafford in the game with about four minutes to go.

Panthers Inactives
Andrew Gachkar LB
Garrett Gilbert QB
LaDarius Gunter CB
Ryan Kalil C
Zach Moore DE
Greg Olsen TE
Amini Silatolu OG

Related players: Christian McCaffrey, Ed Dickson

McCaffrey was limited all week with a shoulder injury but will go against the Saints. Meanwhile, Olsen missed practice most of the week with the foot, but did make it on the field on Friday. Despite the team being optimistic, Olsen won't go today and will be replaced by Dickson.

Raiders Inactives
David Amerson CB
Connor Cook QB
Amari Cooper WR
Cory James LB
Darius Latham DT
Jihad Ward DE
Jylan Ware OT

Related players: Cordarrell Patterson

Patterson will play despite a hip issue. He's fantasy-relevant this week thanks to the suspension of Michael Crabtree and Cooper's concussion. We think he can add some points in the running game as well.

For the Packers and QB Aaron Rodgers, many factors will go into him actually playing—including the scan and the team’s standing. Today, he practiced a little and obviously not with the first team. It merely means he hasn’t had any setbacks and is on schedule.

If you're in a redraft league, are in good position for the playoffs, and Rodgers is somehow available, pick him up and stash him. The same can be said for Jordy Nelson, who may have been dropped after multiple terrible weeks. The Week 15 and 16 matchups are not great, but Rodgers is elite and Nelson is elite with Rodgers.