A year after Dan Carpenter came in and beat out incumbe...

Aug 10, 2009

A year after Dan Carpenter came in and beat out incumbent kicker Jay Feely, Carpenter suddenly faces competition for his job.

The Dolphins signed kicker Connor Barth to a two-year deal, according to agent Donal Henderson.

Fantasy Impact:

today

Panthers RB Chuba Hubbard to miss Week 5

Ian Rapoport

1 hour ago

Panthers RB Chuba Hubbard, who has been dealing with a calf injury the last couple of weeks and hasn't practiced this week, is expected to miss Sunday's game against the Dolphins. Rico Dowdle is the team's backup.

Related Players: Trevor Etienne

Fantasy Impact:

Dowdle should make for a volume-based RB2/3 but he has slightly less juice than Hubbard, and could see a bit more Etienne than we've been used to. The rookie could be in the RB4 range, but should be reserved as a desperation play in deep leagues.

yesterday

Raiders TE Brock Bowers misses Thursday practice

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 7:26 PM EDT

Raiders TE Brock Bowers, who was a limited practice participant Wednesday due to a knee injury, didn’t practice today.

Related Players: Ian Thomas

Fantasy Impact:

Hopefully this was more of a rest day, but Bowers has been dealing with this issue for a few weeks now. Ian Thomas can be left out of streaming consideration, even if the sophomore misses Week 5.

Commanders WRs Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown Out for Week 5

Ian Rapoport

yesterday · 5:10 PM EDT

The Commanders have ruled out WR Terry McLaurin, WR Noah Brown and G Sam Cosmi before traveling to LA to play the Chargers.

Related Players: Deebo Samuel, Luke McCaffrey, Zach Ertz, Chris Moore

Fantasy Impact:

Still no word on Samuel, so that's a good sign for his availability this weekend. He earned nine opportunities last week, turning them into 81 total yards and a touchdown. He'll be locked into a WR2 role unless he has a pre-game setback.