Bottom Line Up Front at TE

Mason Taylor (NYJ, thumb) and Dallas Goedert (PHI, knee) are both out, and the Rams will be without Terrance Ferguson (ankle) while also watching Colby Parkinson’s knee/shoulder Questionable tag closely. Chig Okonkwo (WAS) continues to play through a lingering hamstring issue with no game-status designation.

This week’s TE report covers 9 players: 5 out, 3 questionable, 1 cleared / no game-status designation.

Who is on this report?

Charlie Kolar (LAC), Colby Parkinson (LAR), Terrance Ferguson (LAR), Eli Raridon (NE), Noah Fant (NO), Mason Taylor (NYJ), Dallas Goedert (PHI), Ko Kieft (TB), Chig Okonkwo (WAS)

What changed since Week 3

• NEW: Charlie Kolar (LAC) — Newly appeared on the injury report this week per available sources; was not listed on the Week 3 (Sept 25) report
• UPGRADED: Chig Okonkwo (WAS) — Upgraded – was a healthy scratch/DNP for Weeks 2-3 and is now active and available
• NEW: Dallas Goedert (PHI) — Newly out – was available in Week 3
• DOWNGRADED: Ko Kieft (TB) — Downgraded to Out this week after DNP all practice week
• NEW: Noah Fant (NO) — Newly appeared on this week’s injury report; was not on the Week 3 report

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Mason Taylor (NYJ) can’t go — Jeremy Ruckert and Kenyon Sadiq split the Week 4 TE snaps; neither profiles as a trustworthy standalone streamer in a 12-team PPR league
• If Charlie Kolar (LAC) can’t go — Oronde Gadsden becomes the top healthy Chargers TE option in Kolar’s absence; Hayden Rucci is the next man up behind him
• If Dallas Goedert (PHI) can’t go — Johnny Mundt becomes the primary TE option in Philadelphia’s offense this week, though with limited standalone fantasy value
• If Ko Kieft (TB) can’t go — Negligible fantasy impact; Cade Otton remains the TE1 in the passing game
• If Terrance Ferguson (LAR) can’t go — Minimal direct fantasy impact (TE2 was not fantasy-relevant); his absence opens a few extra snaps for Davis Allen

How to read this report

• Designations reflect Friday, October 2, 2026 final injury/practice reports where filed.
• Cleveland (CLE) and Pittsburgh (PIT) already played their Week 4 game Thursday night, October 1 — their entries reflect that completed game, not an upcoming one.
• Atlanta (ATL) and New Orleans (NO) play each other Monday night, October 5 — some of their tags may not be finalized until Saturday.
• “No Final Tag Yet” means a real injury concern exists but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) an official Week 4 game-status designation as of this report.

Out (5)

Ruled out, on injured reserve, PUP, exempt, or suspended — not expected to play Week 4.

• Charlie Kolar (LAC, TE1 (starter)) — OUT (a) forearm injury; listed as Limited Participation in practice this week but ruled out for Week 4 by the Friday report.
  Injury: Forearm (since Week 4 (first appeared on the injury report this week; exact date of injury unclear from available sources)). Typical recovery: Forearm injuries typically sideline a player 1-4 weeks for a contusion/strain, or 4-6+ weeks if a fracture is involved. Expected back: Possibly as soon as Week 5 if it’s a contusion/strain; longer if fracture is confirmed (unconfirmed in available reporting). Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 at Seattle. Next 4 games: If the injury is a fracture, likely to miss multiple games into mid-to-late October; if it’s milder, could return within 1-2 weeks. Fantasy impact: Oronde Gadsden becomes the top healthy Chargers TE option in Kolar’s absence; Hayden Rucci is the next man up behind him
• Terrance Ferguson (LAR, TE2) — OUT(a) Officially ruled out for Week 4 at Philadelphia with an ankle injury after not practicing all week.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week N (prior to Week 4; exact date not disclosed)). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains of this severity (full-week DNP) typically cost 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Possibly Week 5, pending practice participation next week. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4. Next 4 games: Likely to miss at least this week; Davis Allen and Tyler Higbee pick up his TE2 snaps in the meantime. Fantasy impact: Minimal direct fantasy impact (TE2 was not fantasy-relevant); his absence opens a few extra snaps for Davis Allen
• Mason Taylor (NYJ, TE1 (starter)) — OUT (a) Thumb injury; did not practice all week and was ruled out for Week 4 vs. the Bears.
  Injury: Thumb (since Week 4, 2026 (exact onset date not specified in sources checked)). Typical recovery: A non-surgical thumb sprain/fracture typically costs 1-3 weeks, though some players play through it with a brace or cast once swelling subsides. Expected back: Uncertain; no team timeline found in sources checked — monitor the Week 5 (Oct 11-12, 2026) injury report. Week 4 status: Will not play Week 4 vs. Chicago. Next 4 games: As the rookie starting TE, his profile warrants a weekly recheck once he returns to practice; until then he has no fantasy value. Fantasy impact: Jeremy Ruckert and Kenyon Sadiq split the Week 4 TE snaps; neither profiles as a trustworthy standalone streamer in a 12-team PPR league
• Dallas Goedert (PHI, TE1) — OUT (a) Knee injury; did not practice all week on the short week and was ruled out on Friday’s final report for the Rams game.
  Injury: Knee (since Week of Sept 29-Oct 2, 2026 (exact onset date unclear from reporting)). Typical recovery: Knee injuries vary widely; a DNP-all-week case without surgery talk suggests a sprain/soreness in the 1-3 week range. Expected back: Uncertain; no firm timeline reported. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Rams. Next 4 games: Week-to-week; Johnny Mundt and E.J. Jenkins fill in until he’s cleared. Fantasy impact: Johnny Mundt becomes the primary TE option in Philadelphia’s offense this week, though with limited standalone fantasy value
• Ko Kieft (TB, TE3/4, blocking specialist – deep bench, not standalone fantasy relevant) — OUT (a) Elbow injury; did not practice all week and is ruled out for Week 4 per CBS Sports.
  Injury: Elbow (since Week 3, 2026 (approximate)). Typical recovery: Elbow sprains/contusions of this type typically cost 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Approx. Week 6 (~Oct 18, 2026) per CBS Sports. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Green Bay. Next 4 games: Expected back within the 4-game window, but he is a blocking-TE4 with minimal receiving usage regardless. Fantasy impact: Negligible fantasy impact; Cade Otton remains the TE1 in the passing game

Questionable (3)

Game-time decisions as of Friday’s final report — trust your waiver wire just in case.

• Colby Parkinson (LAR, TE1) — QUESTIONABLE(a) Did not practice all week (Wed/Thu/Fri) with a knee/shoulder injury; officially listed Questionable for Week 4 at Philadelphia.
  Injury: Knee and shoulder (since Week N (prior to Week 4; exact date not disclosed)). Typical recovery: Knee/shoulder soreness of this type typically costs 1-2 weeks if it clears. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; could return Week 5 if held out. Week 4 status: Questionable, true game-time decision given zero practice reps all week. Next 4 games: If he sits, expect Tyler Higbee (healthy, resting Friday on NIR) and Terrance Ferguson (currently Out) competing for TE1 work once healthy; outlook muddled at the position for a few weeks. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Tyler Higbee becomes the top streaming/matchup TE option for the Rams this week
• Eli Raridon (NE, TE2 (backup)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Thigh injury; limited in practice this week ahead of Sunday’s road game at Buffalo.
  Injury: Thigh (since Week 4, 2026 (exact onset date not specified in sources checked)). Typical recovery: A thigh contusion/strain that still allows limited practice participation typically costs little to no missed game time. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; full clearance timeline not specified in sources checked. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 at Buffalo. Next 4 games: Backup TE behind Hunter Henry with minimal standalone fantasy value regardless of health status. Fantasy impact: Does not affect Hunter Henry’s TE1 role; if Raridon sits, Cameron Latu is next up on the depth chart with no meaningful fantasy value
• Noah Fant (NO, TE2 (rotational, behind Juwan Johnson)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Abdomen injury; limited practice participant Thursday, carries a Week 4 Questionable tag per both NFL.com’s practice report and CBS Sports’ Friday tracker.
  Injury: Abdomen/core (since Week 4 practice week (~Oct 1, 2026)). Typical recovery: Minor core-muscle strains of this type (still able to practice in limited fashion) typically cost under 1-2 weeks. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; no extended absence currently projected. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 vs. Atlanta (Monday night) – note NO’s own tag may still be updated Saturday given the Monday game. Next 4 games: If he plays, expect his normal TE2 role; a setback would mean more snaps for Oscar Delp/Treyton Welch, though Juwan Johnson remains the lead NO tight end regardless. Fantasy impact: Low-end TE2 in New Orleans’ offense; his absence would not meaningfully change Juwan Johnson’s role but would thin the room further

Cleared / No Game-Status Designation (1)

Managing something, but carries no game-status designation and is expected to play.

• Chig Okonkwo (WAS, TE1) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (a) Managing a hamstring injury from the Week 1 opener vs. Philadelphia that cost him Weeks 2-3; practiced in a limited capacity all week and is expected to play Week 4 in London, though not yet back to a full workload.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Week 1 (season opener vs. Philadelphia Eagles)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains of this severity (missed 2 games) typically resolve in 2-4 weeks. Expected back: Available for Week 4, workload possibly still eased. Week 4 status: Expected to play Week 4 vs. Colts. Next 4 games: Snap count should build back toward full-time TE1 usage over the next couple of weeks if no setback. Fantasy impact: His return pushes John Bates and Ben Sinnott back into complementary roles; positive for Mariota’s/Daniels’ passing-game options

Sourcing: NFL.com official injury reports, team-issued injury reports, Ourlads depth charts, and beat-reporter coverage, as of Friday, October 2, 2026.

NFL Week 4 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday TE first appeared on Game On Media.

Bottom Line Up Front at WR

Justin Jefferson (MIN, ankle) is out and Terry McLaurin (WAS) picked up a brand-new hamstring issue on Friday — a real gut-punch for managers who thought his report was clean. Philadelphia is down both outside receivers (DeVonta Smith, Marquise Brown) on a short week, and Mike Evans is dealing with a new rib injury in San Francisco.

This week’s WR report covers 30 players: 1 already played this week, 13 out, 10 questionable, 3 no final tag yet (monday-night clubs), 3 cleared / no game-status designation.

Who is on this report?

Chris Moore (BAL), Zay Flowers (BAL), DJ Moore (BUF), Keon Coleman (BUF), Chris Brazzell II (CAR), Jalen Coker (CAR), Xavier Legette (CAR), Colbie Young (CIN), Tylan Wallace (CLE), Jayden Reed (GB), Jayden Higgins (HOU), Nico Collins (HOU), Ashton Dulin (IND), Keenan Allen (IND), Brenen Thompson (LAC), Ladd McConkey (LAC), Puka Nacua (LAR), Caleb Douglas (MIA), Justin Jefferson (MIN), Barion Brown (NO), Adonai Mitchell (NYJ), DeVonta Smith (PHI), Marquise Brown (PHI), Brandon Aiyuk (SF), Khadarel Hodge (SF), Mike Evans (SF), Ricky Pearsall (SF), Chris Godwin Jr. (TB), Jalen McMillan (TB), Terry McLaurin (WAS)

What changed since Week 3

• NEW: Barion Brown (NO) — Newly appeared on this week’s injury report; was not on the Week 3 report
• NEW: Brenen Thompson (LAC) — Newly appeared on the injury report this week
• NEW: Chris Moore (BAL) — Newly appeared on the injury report this week; was not listed in Week 3
• NEW: Colbie Young (CIN) — Newly appeared on the injury report for Week 4; not listed as injured in Week 3
• DOWNGRADED: DeVonta Smith (PHI) — Downgraded – played through the same injury in Week 3 (MNF vs. Bears) but could not go this week after DNP all week
• NEW: Justin Jefferson (MIN) — Newly injured — hurt during Week 3’s win over Tampa Bay (Sept 27), so this is his first missed game of the season and a new entry versus last week’s (Sept 25) clean report
• NEW: Ladd McConkey (LAC) — Newly listed this week per available sources; was not on the Week 3 (Sept 25) report
• NEW: Marquise Brown (PHI) — Newly out – no prior report of this injury
• NEW: Mike Evans (SF) — Newly injured — hurt during the Week 3 win over Arizona, so this is a new addition to the injury report since last week
• UPGRADED: Nico Collins (HOU) — Upgraded: missed Weeks 2 and 3 entirely, now cleared with no designation on the Week 4 report after progressing from limited to full practice participation
• UPGRADED: Puka Nacua (LAR) — Upgraded — missed Weeks 2-3 with groin/hip soreness, now cleared with full Friday practice and no designation
• NEW: Ricky Pearsall (SF) — Newly appeared on practice report this week; wasn’t previously a camp/injury story
• NEW: Terry McLaurin (WAS) — Newly injured – was fully healthy and WAS’s leading receiver (141 yards this season) through Week 3; this issue arose only on the final practice day
• NEW: Tylan Wallace (CLE) — Newly appeared on the injury report for Week 4; was not listed in Week 3
• DOWNGRADED: Xavier Legette (CAR) — Downgraded to Out this week after DNP all practice week; played in Week 3
• NEW: Zay Flowers (BAL) — Newly appeared on the injury report this week; was not listed in Week 3

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Adonai Mitchell (NYJ) can’t go — Isaiah Williams and Malik McClain see added offensive snaps; neither is a trustworthy fantasy play in a 12-team PPR league this week
• If Caleb Douglas (MIA) can’t go — Jalen Tolbert and Ryan Miller see added snaps opposite Chris Bell; neither is more than a desperation-level PPR flex this week
• If Tylan Wallace (CLE) can’t go — Malachi Corley and Isaiah Bond see a bump in offensive snaps; negligible ripple for CLE’s startable fantasy assets (Jeudy, Boston, Judkins, Fannin unaffected)
• If Colbie Young (CIN) can’t go — Andrei Iosivas/Ke’Shawn Williams absorb extra snaps; no impact on Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, or Joe Burrow’s outlook
• If Jayden Higgins (HOU) can’t go — His loss is why Houston traded for Kayshon Boutte (now starting) and expanded roles for Xavier Hutchinson and Jaylin Noel
• If Brenen Thompson (LAC) can’t go — Negligible — Tre’ Harris remains the starting Right WR; deep/dynasty-league relevance only
• If DeVonta Smith (PHI) can’t go — With Smith and Marquise Brown both out, Dontayvion Wicks and Makai Lemon are the clear beneficiaries in the Eagles’ receiving game, along with increased work for Saquon Barkley as a safety-valve target
• If Marquise Brown (PHI) can’t go — His absence, combined with Smith being out, pushes Dontayvion Wicks and Makai Lemon into every-down roles this week
• If Justin Jefferson (MIN) can’t go — Jordan Addison becomes the clear WR1/primary target for Minnesota this week; Jauan Jennings and Tai Felton see a bump in snaps/targets behind him
• If Jayden Reed (GB) can’t go — Skyy Moore has been named the new No. 3 receiver behind Christian Watson and Matthew Golden and should see an increased role/target share; a drop/stash decision for fantasy rosters still holding Reed
• If Jalen McMillan (TB) can’t go — His absence funnels extra snaps/targets to Tez Johnson and Kameron Johnson behind Egbuka and Godwin
• If Xavier Legette (CAR) can’t go — John Metchie III is next in line on the right side; if Jalen Coker also sits, Metchie and Brycen Tremayne see expanded roles
• If Chris Brazzell II (CAR) can’t go — None – not in the active WR rotation even when healthy
• If Brandon Aiyuk (SF) can’t go — Zero current fantasy relevance; his absence is part of why San Francisco added Mike Evans and brought back Deebo Samuel this season

How to read this report

• Designations reflect Friday, October 2, 2026 final injury/practice reports where filed.
• Cleveland (CLE) and Pittsburgh (PIT) already played their Week 4 game Thursday night, October 1 — their entries reflect that completed game, not an upcoming one.
• Atlanta (ATL) and New Orleans (NO) play each other Monday night, October 5 — some of their tags may not be finalized until Saturday.
• “No Final Tag Yet” means a real injury concern exists but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) an official Week 4 game-status designation as of this report.

Already Played This Week (1)

These players’ games were already decided by Thursday night, before this Friday report — included for full-week context and any waiver-wire fallout.

• Tylan Wallace (CLE, WR2 (backup, right side, behind Jerry Jeudy)) — OUT (a) Knee injury; did not practice at all during the short Week 4 prep week and was ruled out for Thursday night’s home game vs. Pittsburgh (played Oct. 1, Browns won 27-24).
  Injury: Knee (since Within the Week 4 prep window (late Sept./Oct. 1, 2026); exact onset not specified in available reporting). Typical recovery: A knee injury serious enough to cause a full DNP week typically costs 1-3+ weeks depending on severity. Expected back: Unclear; status for Week 5 depends on practice participation once the Browns resume a normal week. Week 4 status: Did not play Week 4 (already final). Next 4 games: Low standalone fantasy value even healthy as Cleveland’s WR2 (behind Jeudy on the right side); Malachi Corley/Isaiah Bond absorb his snaps in the interim. Fantasy impact: Malachi Corley and Isaiah Bond see a bump in offensive snaps; negligible ripple for CLE’s startable fantasy assets (Jeudy, Boston, Judkins, Fannin unaffected)

Out (13)

Ruled out, on injured reserve, PUP, exempt, or suspended — not expected to play Week 4.

• Chris Brazzell II (CAR, Deep-bench rookie WR – not currently on the active depth chart) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Knee injury; on injured reserve with no return timeline given.
  Injury: Knee (since Week 1-2, 2026 (approximate)). Typical recovery: Variable; no timeline reported, could range from several weeks to season-ending depending on severity. Expected back: Unknown – no timeline reported. Week 4 status: Out (IR) for Week 4. Next 4 games: No confirmed return timeline within this window. Fantasy impact: None – not in the active WR rotation even when healthy
• Xavier Legette (CAR, WR2 (right side starter)) — OUT (a) Knee injury; did not practice all week and is officially ruled out for Week 4 vs. Detroit per CBS Sports’ Friday tracker.
  Injury: Knee (since Week 3, 2026 (approximate)). Typical recovery: Knee sprains of this nature typically cost 2-4 weeks. Expected back: Approx. Week 6 (~Oct 18, 2026) per CBS Sports. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Detroit. Next 4 games: Expected to miss roughly 2 more games before returning around Week 6. Fantasy impact: John Metchie III is next in line on the right side; if Jalen Coker also sits, Metchie and Brycen Tremayne see expanded roles
• Colbie Young (CIN, WR2 (backup, right side, behind Tee Higgins)) — OUT (a) Knee injury; did not practice all week and is officially Out for Sunday’s Week 4 home game vs. Jacksonville.
  Injury: Knee (since Within the Week 4 practice window (late Sept./early Oct. 2026); exact onset not specified in available reporting). Typical recovery: A knee injury producing a full DNP week typically costs 1-3+ weeks depending on severity. Expected back: Unclear; at minimum will miss Week 4, status beyond that depends on next week’s practice participation. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Jacksonville. Next 4 games: Limited standalone fantasy relevance even healthy as Cincinnati’s WR2 behind Tee Higgins; Andrei Iosivas and Ke’Shawn Williams are next in line for snaps. Fantasy impact: Andrei Iosivas/Ke’Shawn Williams absorb extra snaps; no impact on Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, or Joe Burrow’s outlook
• Jayden Reed (GB, Was a rotational WR2/3 receiver before the injury; no longer on the active depth chart) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) — placed on season-ending injured reserve on September 30, 2026 after a Week 2 neck injury that requires surgery. Done for the season.
  Injury: Neck injury requiring surgery (head coach Matt LaFleur said he does not believe it is career-threatening; no further diagnosis disclosed) (since Week 2, 2026 (Packers’ win over the New York Jets)). Typical recovery: Season-ending; no return-to-play timeline has been given for this type of neck surgery. Expected back: Not expected back in 2026; no 2027 timeline given. Week 4 status: Out for the remainder of the 2026 season, including Week 4. Next 4 games: Out for all of them — season-ending injured reserve. Fantasy impact: Skyy Moore has been named the new No. 3 receiver behind Christian Watson and Matthew Golden and should see an increased role/target share; a drop/stash decision for fantasy rosters still holding Reed
• Jayden Higgins (HOU, Was ticketed as a starting outside WR before the injury; not on the current active depth chart) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Placed on season-ending injured reserve on August 21, 2026 after tearing his ACL in an August 18 joint practice against the Raiders. He was expected to start opposite Nico Collins in 2026 before the injury.
  Injury: Torn ACL (left end zone landing during 11-on-11 red zone drill) (since August 18, 2026). Typical recovery: ACL reconstructions typically require roughly 9-12 months of recovery. Expected back: Not expected back in 2026; targeting a return for the 2027 season. Week 4 status: Out for the remainder of the 2026 season. Next 4 games: Out for all of these games; no snaps expected again in 2026. Fantasy impact: His loss is why Houston traded for Kayshon Boutte (now starting) and expanded roles for Xavier Hutchinson and Jaylin Noel
• Brenen Thompson (LAC, WR2 (Right WR, backup to Tre’ Harris)) — OUT (a) quadriceps injury; did not practice this week and was ruled out on the Friday report.
  Injury: Quadriceps strain (since Week 4 (exact date unclear from available sources)). Typical recovery: Quad strains typically require 1-3 weeks depending on grade of strain. Expected back: Possible return Week 5-6. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 at Seattle. Next 4 games: Deep depth receiver; expected back within a few weeks but minimal standalone fantasy value even healthy. Fantasy impact: Negligible — Tre’ Harris remains the starting Right WR; deep/dynasty-league relevance only
• Caleb Douglas (MIA, WR2 (Right WR)) — OUT (a) Ankle injury; did not practice all week and was ruled out for Week 4 at Minnesota.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week 4, 2026 (exact onset date not specified in sources checked)). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains serious enough to cost a full week of practice typically sideline a player 1-3 weeks depending on severity. Expected back: Uncertain; no team timeline found in sources checked — monitor the Week 5 (Oct 11-12, 2026) injury report. Week 4 status: Will not play Week 4 at Minnesota. Next 4 games: Low standalone fantasy relevance even healthy, given Miami’s crowded, unproven WR room; worth only a deep-league speculative add if he returns to a clear role. Fantasy impact: Jalen Tolbert and Ryan Miller see added snaps opposite Chris Bell; neither is more than a desperation-level PPR flex this week
• Justin Jefferson (MIN, WR1 (starter)) — OUT (a) sprained ankle suffered in the first half of Week 3’s win over Tampa Bay. Did not practice at all this week (Wed/Thu/Fri DNP) and is officially ruled out for Week 4 vs. Miami.
  Injury: Ankle sprain (since September 27, 2026 (first half of the Week 3 win over Tampa Bay)). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains typically sideline a player 1-3 weeks depending on severity; no specific grade has been disclosed. Expected back: Earliest realistic return is Sunday, Oct. 11 at New Orleans (Week 5); Minnesota could also manage his workload further given the Week 6 bye. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Miami Dolphins. Next 4 games: Targeting a Week 5 return at New Orleans at the earliest; some chance the team is cautious with him further since a Week 6 bye follows. Fantasy impact: Jordan Addison becomes the clear WR1/primary target for Minnesota this week; Jauan Jennings and Tai Felton see a bump in snaps/targets behind him
• Adonai Mitchell (NYJ, WR1 (Left WR)) — OUT (a) Finger injury first flagged on Thursday’s injury report; did not practice and was ruled out for Week 4 vs. the Bears.
  Injury: Finger (since Week 4, 2026 (first appeared on the Thursday, Oct 1, 2026 injury report)). Typical recovery: A finger sprain/dislocation typically costs only days to about 2 weeks, and many players return quickly once buddy-taped or splinted. Expected back: Uncertain; given the minor typical recovery window for this injury type, a Week 5 (Oct 11-12, 2026) return is plausible pending the team’s updated report. Week 4 status: Will not play Week 4 vs. Chicago. Next 4 games: Garrett Wilson remains the Jets’ unquestioned WR1 regardless; Mitchell’s absence bumps Isaiah Williams and Malik McClain into deep-league-only roles for one week if the injury proves short-term. Fantasy impact: Isaiah Williams and Malik McClain see added offensive snaps; neither is a trustworthy fantasy play in a 12-team PPR league this week
• DeVonta Smith (PHI, WR1) — OUT (a) Hamstring injury; did not practice all week on Philadelphia’s short week and was ruled out on the Friday final report for the Rams game. He had been playing through a similar hamstring issue the prior week (started and played Monday Night Football vs. Bears) before it worsened.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Originally flagged in practice the week of the Week 3 Monday night game (week of Sept 22, 2026); recurred/worsened heading into Week 4). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains typically cost 1-3 weeks; recurrence after playing through it can extend that. Expected back: Uncertain – at minimum this week, possibly into Week 5. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Rams. Next 4 games: If it lingers beyond Week 4, expect a cautious, staggered practice ramp-up over the following 1-2 weeks. Fantasy impact: With Smith and Marquise Brown both out, Dontayvion Wicks and Makai Lemon are the clear beneficiaries in the Eagles’ receiving game, along with increased work for Saquon Barkley as a safety-valve target
• Marquise Brown (PHI, WR2 (RWR, behind DeVonta Smith)) — OUT (a) Ankle injury (also referred to by his nickname “Hollywood” Brown); did not practice all week and was ruled out on Friday’s final report for the Rams game.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week of Sept 29-Oct 2, 2026 (exact onset date unclear from reporting)). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains typically cost 1-3 weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Uncertain; no firm timeline reported. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Rams. Next 4 games: Week-to-week; expect him back once the ankle settles, likely within 1-2 weeks. Fantasy impact: His absence, combined with Smith being out, pushes Dontayvion Wicks and Makai Lemon into every-down roles this week
• Brandon Aiyuk (SF, Not on the active depth chart; listed as a reserve only) — RESERVE(c) On the 49ers’ reserve/left-squad list (Reserve-Did Not Report) rather than a standard weekly injury designation; technically still rehabbing a prior ACL/MCL tear but the team has stated he will not play for San Francisco again.
  Injury: Right knee ACL/MCL tear (originally suffered in-season prior year) (since Prior season (original injury); has remained away from the team through 2026 offseason and into this season). Typical recovery: ACL/MCL reconstruction typically 9-12 months, but return is now a roster/relationship issue rather than a medical one. Expected back: Team has stated he will not return to the 49ers; any eventual reinstatement would require him to formally petition the league, which he reportedly has not done. Week 4 status: Not an option for San Francisco this week or going forward per GM John Lynch and HC Kyle Shanahan. Next 4 games: Not expected to play for the 49ers in any of the next 4 games; situation looks like a de facto departure from the team. Fantasy impact: Zero current fantasy relevance; his absence is part of why San Francisco added Mike Evans and brought back Deebo Samuel this season
• Jalen McMillan (TB, WR depth piece (rotational outside/slot) – currently unavailable) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Knee (PCL sprain); on injured reserve, not eligible to play Week 4.
  Injury: Knee – PCL sprain (since Approx. Week 2-3, 2026 (exact date unclear)). Typical recovery: Isolated PCL sprains typically require 6-10+ weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Approx. Week 11 (~Nov 22, 2026) per CBS Sports. Week 4 status: Out (IR) for Week 4 and for several more weeks. Next 4 games: Not expected back within the next 4 games. Fantasy impact: His absence funnels extra snaps/targets to Tez Johnson and Kameron Johnson behind Egbuka and Godwin

Questionable (10)

Game-time decisions as of Friday’s final report — trust your waiver wire just in case.

• Chris Moore (BAL, WR (starter, right side) opposite Bateman) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Ankle injury; limited practice participation ahead of Sunday’s Week 4 home game vs. Tennessee.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week 4 practice week, 2026). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains typically take 1-3 weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; likely clears if he progresses to a full practice before Sunday. Week 4 status: Questionable. Next 4 games: Low fantasy relevance even at full health as a low-target-share outside receiver; monitor for roster/streaming purposes only. Fantasy impact: Devontez Walker would move into the starting outside role if Moore sits; minimal fantasy ripple given Moore’s low target share
• Zay Flowers (BAL, WR1 (slot)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Hamstring, officially listed alongside a “not injury related – resting player” note; limited practice participation ahead of Sunday’s home game vs. Tennessee.
  Injury: Hamstring (maintenance/rest designation, not described as a new acute injury) (since Week 4 practice week, 2026). Typical recovery: Hamstring tightness/strains of this type are typically day-to-day to 1-2 weeks. Expected back: Expected to be available Sunday barring a setback; game-time call. Week 4 status: Questionable, lean toward playing given the “resting player” framing. Next 4 games: No long-term concern expected; remains BAL’s clear slot/WR1 target earner. Fantasy impact: If he were to sit, rookie LaJohntay Wester would see expanded slot snaps, with Rashod Bateman and Chris Moore absorbing extra targets
• DJ Moore (BUF, WR (Right WR, starter / primary target)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Shoulder injury; limited in practice this week ahead of Sunday’s home game vs. New England.
  Injury: Shoulder (since Week 4, 2026 (exact onset date not specified in sources checked)). Typical recovery: A shoulder sprain/AC joint issue that allows limited practice participation typically does not force a missed game, though it can be managed on a reduced-snap basis. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; full clearance timeline not specified in sources checked. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 vs. New England; expected to be a game-time call. Next 4 games: As Buffalo’s primary veteran target leader, expect him to play through this unless the team’s final report escalates; monitor the shoulder on a weekly basis. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Keon Coleman and Khalil Shakir absorb the bulk of his vacated targets, with Joshua Palmer and Skyler Bell seeing deep-league-only snap bumps
• Keon Coleman (BUF, WR (Left WR, starter)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Ankle injury; limited in practice this week ahead of Sunday’s home game vs. New England. Trending toward playing but not a lock.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week 4, 2026 (exact onset date not specified in sources checked)). Typical recovery: A limited-practice ankle issue that doesn’t escalate to Doubtful/Out typically costs a player little to no missed game time, though snap count can be reduced. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; full clearance timeline not specified in sources checked. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 vs. New England; expected to be a game-time call. Next 4 games: If he plays through it, expect a normal complementary-WR role alongside DJ Moore and Khalil Shakir; worth re-checking the practice report each week this ankle is listed. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Joshua Palmer is the direct backup at his WR spot, with DJ Moore and Khalil Shakir absorbing additional target share
• Jalen Coker (CAR, Slot WR (WR3 in base package)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Quadriceps injury; limited practice participant Thursday, carrying a Week 4 Questionable tag vs. Detroit per CBS Sports’ Friday tracker.
  Injury: Quadriceps (note: this is a new/different issue from the ankle injury he was managing in Weeks 2-3) (since Week 4 practice week (~Oct 1, 2026)). Typical recovery: Quad strains of this type typically cost 1-2 weeks if mild. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; no extended absence currently projected. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 vs. Detroit. Next 4 games: If he plays through it, expect his normal slot role; a setback would elevate Metchie III and Tremayne. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Legette’s and Coker’s absences together would push significant slot/outside volume to John Metchie III and Brycen Tremayne
• Ashton Dulin (IND, Backup outside WR (right WR2)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Carries an ankle injury on the Week 4 report despite a full Friday practice.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week 4 (exact date of injury not specified in current reporting)). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains typically cost 1-3 weeks depending on severity; a full practice week points to a mild issue. Expected back: Week 4 (October 4, 2026) vs. Washington Commanders. Week 4 status: Questionable, but full practice participation points toward playing. Next 4 games: Expected to remain available in a depth/situational WR role barring setback. Fantasy impact: Low standalone fantasy relevance; mainly a thin-depth consideration if Keenan Allen were also out
• Keenan Allen (IND, Starting outside WR (right WR1)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Did not practice Friday, but the team’s own injury report flagged it as “not injury related – resting player” tied to a groin issue being managed rather than a new, acute injury.
  Injury: Groin (veteran rest/maintenance, not an acute new injury per the club’s own notation) (since Week 4 (ongoing maintenance issue; no specific injury date identified in current reporting)). Typical recovery: Veteran rest/maintenance groin issues typically do not require missed games. Expected back: Week 4 (October 4, 2026) vs. Washington Commanders. Week 4 status: Questionable but trending toward playing given the rest-day framing. Next 4 games: Likely to keep playing through this as a managed veteran workload issue; worth a weekly practice-report check. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Ashton Dulin and Darius Slayton would see expanded routes/targets
• Ladd McConkey (LAC, WR1 (Slot WR, starter)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) foot injury; Limited Participation in practice this week, officially Questionable per the Friday report.
  Injury: Foot (since Week 4 (exact date unclear from available sources; a lingering issue that surfaced on this week’s report)). Typical recovery: Foot injuries vary widely — a sprain can resolve in 1-2 weeks, but ligament or plantar-fascia-type issues can linger 3-6+ weeks. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; the Limited (not DNP) practice status suggests a real chance he plays. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 at Seattle — trending toward available. Next 4 games: If he plays through it, expect a normal target share with some week-to-week injury-report volatility; a setback could push him toward IR. Fantasy impact: Derius Davis is the direct backup in the slot; Quentin Johnston and Tre’ Harris would see a target-share bump if McConkey sits
• Mike Evans (SF, WR1 (left side, signed in free agency in 2026 after leaving Tampa Bay)) — QUESTIONABLE(a) Officially listed Questionable for Week 4 vs Denver with a ribs injury sustained in Week 3; did not practice Wed/Thu, limited Friday.
  Injury: Ribs (since Week 3 (sustained in San Francisco’s win over Arizona)). Typical recovery: Rib injuries (non-fracture) typically cost 1-2 weeks; Shanahan said it is “not expected to be long-term”. Expected back: Game-time decision Week 4; likely available by Week 5 if held out. Week 4 status: Questionable — true game-time decision; HC Kyle Shanahan said “Hopefully we’ve got a shot”. Next 4 games: If he plays, expect a snap-count/workload caution; if he sits, DeMarcus Robinson and Khadarel Hodge see boosted targets on the perimeter. Fantasy impact: If Evans sits, DeMarcus Robinson is the clearest fantasy beneficiary for added target share, with Khadarel Hodge also in the mix
• Terry McLaurin (WAS, WR1) — QUESTIONABLE (a) New hamstring issue that “popped up” in Friday’s (Oct 2) practice per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero; a surprise, last-minute addition to the injury report that was not there earlier in the week. Game-time decision for the London game vs. Colts.
  Injury: Hamstring (new, distinct from a prior-season quad injury) (since Friday, October 2, 2026 (practice)). Typical recovery: A mild hamstring strain discovered the same week can still allow a player to suit up; moderate strains cost 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; if he plays, workload could be monitored. Week 4 status: Questionable – uncertain whether he plays Sunday in London. Next 4 games: If he plays through it Week 4, expect normal role; if it lingers, 1-2 weeks of downgraded practice participation are plausible. Fantasy impact: If McLaurin sits, Stefon Diggs and Deebo-type slot usage increase, with Dyami Brown and Jaylin Lane seeing more snaps – no clean 1-for-1 handcuff since he is the clear WR1

No Final Tag Yet (Monday-Night Clubs) (3)

Carries a real injury concern, but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) its final Week 4 tag yet — check back Saturday.

• Barion Brown (NO, WR2 (right side, opposite Chris Olave)) — QUESTIONABLE (b) Hamstring injury; limited practice participant Thursday. NO’s game is Monday night (Oct 5), so this week’s designation may still be preliminary and could be updated on New Orleans’ Saturday injury report.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Week 4 practice week (~Oct 1, 2026)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains typically cost 1-3 weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Game-time decision for Monday night Week 4; no extended absence currently projected. Week 4 status: Questionable heading into Monday night vs. Atlanta; final tag may not be official until Saturday. Next 4 games: If he plays, expect a complementary WR2/3 role opposite Chris Olave; a setback would open snaps to Bryce Lance and Devaughn Vele. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Bryce Lance and Devaughn Vele would see increased snaps/targets behind Chris Olave
• Khadarel Hodge (SF, WR (right side, WR2 behind DeMarcus Robinson)) — QUESTIONABLE(b) Appeared on the 49ers’ official practice report with a knee injury (DNP Wed and Thu); he was not among the three players the team announced as ruled Out for Week 4, but no confirmed final Friday tag was found in available team reporting.
  Injury: Knee (since Week N (prior to Week 4; exact date not disclosed)). Typical recovery: unknown. Expected back: unknown. Week 4 status: Uncertain — on the practice report with a knee issue but not confirmed among the team’s Out designations; treat as a game-time watch. Next 4 games: Deep WR4/5 role regardless; limited standalone fantasy value even if he plays. Fantasy impact: Not fantasy-relevant in standard 12-team leagues either way
• Ricky Pearsall (SF, WR (rotational depth piece, not currently listed among SF’s top perimeter targets on the depth chart used for this report)) — QUESTIONABLE(b) Not on the team’s formal Week 4 injury-report table in available reporting, but Kyle Shanahan confirmed Pearsall has knee soreness and did not practice Wednesday; Pearsall himself said he is confident he would play if the game were that day.
  Injury: Knee (soreness) (since Week 3 or Week 4 practice (Shanahan was unsure of the exact play)). Typical recovery: Minor knee soreness typically does not cost game time. Expected back: Expected to play Week 4 per his own comments. Week 4 status: Likely to play; self-described as game-ready. Next 4 games: No long-term concern indicated; worth a practice-participation check in-season but not currently expected to miss time. Fantasy impact: Low-end flex/bench stash in deeper leagues given SF’s crowded WR room (Evans, Samuel, Robinson, Cowing ahead of him in target competition)

Cleared / No Game-Status Designation (3)

Managing something, but carries no game-status designation and is expected to play.

• Nico Collins (HOU, WR1 (left WR)) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (a) Not listed on the Friday injury report. Collins suffered a hamstring strain (reported as a low-grade/Grade 1 strain) on September 16, 2026, which cost him Weeks 2 and 3. He practiced on an increasing basis this week (limited Wed/Thu per some reports, full Friday per others) and multiple current sources agree he was off the final Week 4 report and full-go Friday.
  Injury: Hamstring strain (since September 16, 2026 (Wednesday practice)). Typical recovery: Grade 1 hamstring strains typically sideline a player 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Week 4 (October 4, 2026) vs. Dallas Cowboys. Week 4 status: Expected to play and resume his normal role Week 4. Next 4 games: Expected to step back in as Houston’s clear WR1 with a full route tree; workload could still be lightly monitored in his first game back after a 2-game absence. Fantasy impact: With Collins active, Houston’s passing game funnels back through him; if he were to sit, Kayshon Boutte and Xavier Hutchinson would see the added target share
• Puka Nacua (LAR, WR2/primary target (Rams’ top target alongside Davante Adams)) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION(a) Cleared with no game designation after Limited practice Wed/Thu and full participation Friday; officially “good to go” for Week 4 at Philadelphia.
  Injury: Hip (previously also dealt with groin soreness) (since Week 2 (missed two games with groin/hip issue before Week 4)). Typical recovery: Soft-tissue hip/groin injuries typically sideline a player 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Returning Week 4 vs Philadelphia. Week 4 status: Expected to play and start Week 4. Next 4 games: Expected to resume full WR1 workload now that he has been cleared; monitor practice reps in following weeks for any setback. Fantasy impact: His return pushes Jordan Whittington and Konata Mumpfield back down the target share pecking order; no real waiver-add benefit since he’s playing
• Chris Godwin Jr. (TB, Slot WR / WR2 in target share) — RESOLVED (b) Ankle; did not practice Wednesday but returned to a full practice Thursday and does not appear on the Friday Questionable/Out list, indicating he is good to go for Week 4 with no formal designation.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week 4 practice week (~Sept 30, 2026)). Typical recovery: Minor ankle soreness of this type (DNP to full in two days) typically resolves within days. Expected back: Already resolved – expected to play Week 4. Week 4 status: Expected to play Week 4 vs. Green Bay, no injury designation. Next 4 games: No expected absences tied to this ankle issue. Fantasy impact: No impact expected – full workload anticipated

Sourcing: NFL.com official injury reports, team-issued injury reports, Ourlads depth charts, and beat-reporter coverage, as of Friday, October 2, 2026.

NFL Week 4 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday WR first appeared on Game On Media.

Bottom Line Up Front at RB

Seattle’s backfield is in crisis with both Jadarian Price and Zach Charbonnet out, pushing George Holani into lead-back usage. Arizona has lost both James Conner and Trey Benson to injured reserve, handing rookie Jeremiyah Love the full-time job. Pittsburgh (already in the books Thursday) got Rico Dowdle ruled out again, with Jaylen Warren fully cleared as the lead back.

This week’s RB report covers 17 players: 2 already played this week, 9 out, 3 questionable, 1 no final tag yet (monday-night clubs), 2 cleared / no game-status designation.

Who is on this report?

James Conner (ARI), Trey Benson (ARI), Ray Davis (BUF), Jonathon Brooks (CAR), Trevor Etienne (CAR), D’Andre Swift (CHI), Travis Etienne (NO), Breece Hall (NYJ), Jaylen Warren (PIT), Rico Dowdle (PIT), George Holani (SEA), Jadarian Price (SEA), Zach Charbonnet (SEA), Bucky Irving (TB), Tyjae Spears (TEN), Austin Ekeler (WAS), Rachaad White (WAS)

What changed since Week 3

• DOWNGRADED: Breece Hall (NYJ) — Worsened/confirmed – he exited the Week 3 game vs. Detroit mid-contest with the injury and was already considered week-to-week; this week’s full DNP week and Out tag confirms he did not recover in time for Week 4
• NEW: Bucky Irving (TB) — New injury since Week 3 (left that game briefly); was fully healthy and the clear starter entering Week 3
• UPGRADED: D’Andre Swift (CHI) — New, short-lived story this week — flagged with a Thursday DNP for the first time, then cleared to full participation by Friday with no carryover concern from last week’s (Sept 25) report
• NEW: Jadarian Price (SEA) — Newly downgraded this week — was Seattle’s rookie starting RB1 before this Wednesday aggravation; now ruled out
• UPGRADED: Jaylen Warren (PIT) — Upgraded — was Questionable (shoulder) entering Week 3; no designation at all for Week 4
• NEW: Rachaad White (WAS) — Newly out – was active as the Commanders’ RB2 in Week 3 behind Croskey-Merritt
• UPGRADED: Zach Charbonnet (SEA) — Upgraded from PUP (no practice) to a return-to-practice designation this week, but still not cleared to play

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Breece Hall (NYJ) can’t go — Braelon Allen is the clear Week 4 beneficiary as the new lead back; Kene Nwangwu is a touchdown-dependent flyer in a complementary role
• If Rico Dowdle (PIT) can’t go — Jaylen Warren is the clear every-down beneficiary while Dowdle is out; Eli Heidenreich is the deep handcuff if Warren were also lost
• If Jaylen Warren (PIT) can’t go — N/A — he is the player benefiting from Dowdle’s absence; Eli Heidenreich would be next man up only if Warren himself were sidelined
• If Rachaad White (WAS) can’t go — Jacory Croskey-Merritt is the clear beneficiary as the lead back; Austin Ekeler is the passing-down/handcuff option behind him
• If Jonathon Brooks (CAR) can’t go — Chuba Hubbard remains the clear CAR1 back; AJ Dillon is the primary backup/handcuff while Brooks is out
• If Trevor Etienne (CAR) can’t go — Minimal – AJ Dillon is already ahead of him on the depth chart
• If Travis Etienne (NO) can’t go — Minimal – Alvin Kamara remains the clear lead back; Kendre Miller and CJ Donaldson are the relevant change-of-pace/handcuff options
• If James Conner (ARI) can’t go — His IR stay keeps rookie Jeremiyah Love entrenched as Cardinals’ clear RB1; Tyler Allgeier is the primary backup/handcuff
• If Trey Benson (ARI) can’t go — His absence has no direct Week 4 fantasy starter impact; it simply means Bam Knight is the RB3/practice-squad-adjacent option behind Love and Allgeier
• If Jadarian Price (SEA) can’t go — George Holani is the primary fantasy beneficiary as the lead early-down/passing-down back in Price’s absence, with Emanuel Wilson in a complementary role
• If Zach Charbonnet (SEA) can’t go — Not yet fantasy-startable; worth a bench stash in deeper leagues given his pass-catching role once healthy, but George Holani is the more immediate Week 4-5 add

How to read this report

• Designations reflect Friday, October 2, 2026 final injury/practice reports where filed.
• Cleveland (CLE) and Pittsburgh (PIT) already played their Week 4 game Thursday night, October 1 — their entries reflect that completed game, not an upcoming one.
• Atlanta (ATL) and New Orleans (NO) play each other Monday night, October 5 — some of their tags may not be finalized until Saturday.
• “No Final Tag Yet” means a real injury concern exists but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) an official Week 4 game-status designation as of this report.

Already Played This Week (2)

These players’ games were already decided by Thursday night, before this Friday report — included for full-week context and any waiver-wire fallout.

• Jaylen Warren (PIT, RB1) — RESOLVED (a) Carried a shoulder injury/Questionable tag into Week 3 vs. Cincinnati; fully practiced and carries no game-status designation for Week 4, during which he played as Pittsburgh’s workhorse back in the Thursday loss at Cleveland.
  Injury: Shoulder (Week 3 designation; no longer a concern) (since Week 3, 2026 (~Sept. 25-27)). Typical recovery: Minor shoulder strains typically clear within a week with a normal practice progression, consistent with what was observed here. Expected back: Already resolved — played through it and is fully cleared. Week 4 status: Played full workload Week 4 (game already completed). Next 4 games: Set up for a heavy workload (bellcow role, 17 carries/127 yards + receiving work in Week 3) as long as Dowdle remains sidelined. Fantasy impact: N/A — he is the player benefiting from Dowdle’s absence; Eli Heidenreich would be next man up only if Warren himself were sidelined
• Rico Dowdle (PIT, RB2 (currently inactive)) — OUT (a) Toe injury suffered in the Week 2 game at New England (exited, briefly returned, then was sidelined). Missed Week 3 vs. Cincinnati and was a Did-Not-Practice all three days of Week 4 prep, officially ruled Out for Thursday night’s game at Cleveland (played Oct 1, final score Browns 27, Steelers 24).
  Injury: Toe (turf-toe type sprain) (since Week 2, 2026 (Sept. 2026, at New England)). Typical recovery: Turf-toe sprains typically sideline a back 2-6 weeks; more severe grades can run 6-8+ weeks or require surgery. Expected back: Unclear; with zero practice reps logged across two full injury weeks, a realistic earliest return is Week 5-6. Week 4 status: Did not play Week 4 (already final); trending toward missing additional time. Next 4 games: Likely sidelined for at least the next 1-2 games; even on return, expect a timeshare/complementary role behind Warren rather than an immediate workload surge. Fantasy impact: Jaylen Warren is the clear every-down beneficiary while Dowdle is out; Eli Heidenreich is the deep handcuff if Warren were also lost

Out (9)

Ruled out, on injured reserve, PUP, exempt, or suspended — not expected to play Week 4.

• James Conner (ARI, RB (was lead back; currently IR behind rookie RB1 Jeremiyah Love)) — RESERVE-INJURED(c) On the Cardinals’ injured reserve list; coach Mike LaFleur says Conner is nearing eligibility to return to practice after sitting out four games, but no specific injury type, injury date, or target game was confirmed in available team reporting.
  Injury: unknown (specific body part not disclosed in available team reporting) (since Week N (prior to Week 4; exact date not disclosed)). Typical recovery: unknown. Expected back: Eligible to return to practice around Week 4-5 per team comments; no confirmed return game. Week 4 status: Not expected to play Week 4 vs NYG (on IR). Next 4 games: Remains on IR; team has signaled he is trending toward an eventual practice window opening, but no game is confirmed for his return within the next 4 weeks. Fantasy impact: His IR stay keeps rookie Jeremiyah Love entrenched as Cardinals’ clear RB1; Tyler Allgeier is the primary backup/handcuff
• Trey Benson (ARI, RB (depth/handcuff, behind Jeremiyah Love and Tyler Allgeier)) — RESERVE-INJURED(c) Listed on Cardinals’ injured reserve on the team’s current depth chart; no further team reporting found detailing injury type or timeline.
  Injury: unknown (since Week N (prior to Week 4; exact date not disclosed)). Typical recovery: unknown. Expected back: unknown. Week 4 status: Not expected to play Week 4 vs NYG (on IR). Next 4 games: No team reporting found projecting a return within this window; treat as out indefinitely until further news. Fantasy impact: His absence has no direct Week 4 fantasy starter impact; it simply means Bam Knight is the RB3/practice-squad-adjacent option behind Love and Allgeier
• Jonathon Brooks (CAR, RB2 behind Chuba Hubbard – currently unavailable) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Abdomen injury; on injured reserve, not eligible to play Week 4 vs. Detroit.
  Injury: Abdomen/core (since Week 3, 2026 (approximate)). Typical recovery: Core-muscle/abdomen strains typically cost 3-6 weeks. Expected back: Approx. Week 9 (~Nov 8, 2026) per CBS Sports. Week 4 status: Out (IR) for Week 4 and several more weeks. Next 4 games: Not expected back within the next 4 games. Fantasy impact: Chuba Hubbard remains the clear CAR1 back; AJ Dillon is the primary backup/handcuff while Brooks is out
• Trevor Etienne (CAR, Deep-bench RB (RB4) – currently unavailable) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Ankle injury; on injured reserve, not eligible to play Week 4 vs. Detroit.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week 2, 2026 (approximate)). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains of this severity typically cost 3-6 weeks. Expected back: Approx. Week 6 (~Oct 18, 2026) per CBS Sports. Week 4 status: Out (IR) for Week 4. Next 4 games: Could return near the end of the 4-game window. Fantasy impact: Minimal – AJ Dillon is already ahead of him on the depth chart
• Travis Etienne (NO, Depth RB behind Alvin Kamara, Kendre Miller, and CJ Donaldson – currently unavailable) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Hamstring injury; on injured reserve, not eligible to play Week 4.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Week 2-3, 2026 (approximate)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains of this severity typically cost 4-8 weeks. Expected back: Approx. Week 9 (~Nov 8, 2026) per CBS Sports. Week 4 status: Out (IR) for Week 4 and several more weeks. Next 4 games: Not expected back within the next 4 games. Fantasy impact: Minimal – Alvin Kamara remains the clear lead back; Kendre Miller and CJ Donaldson are the relevant change-of-pace/handcuff options
• Breece Hall (NYJ, RB1 (lead back)) — OUT (a) Quadriceps strain suffered in the Week 3 loss to Detroit; did not practice all week and was ruled out for Week 4 vs. the Bears. Suspected by fantasy analysts as a grade 1-2 quad strain pending full team confirmation.
  Injury: Quadriceps strain (thigh) (since Week 3, 2026 (in-game injury vs. Detroit Lions, reported Sept 28, 2026)). Typical recovery: Grade 1 quad strains typically sideline a player 2-4 weeks; grade 2 strains can run 4-6 weeks. Expected back: Uncertain; outside reporting at the time of his injury pegged him as a 3-6 week recovery, which would put a realistic return around mid-to-late October 2026 (Week 6-7) pending a formal team update. Week 4 status: Will not play Week 4 vs. Chicago. Next 4 games: Expect him sidelined multiple weeks; Braelon Allen takes over as the Jets’ early-down/lead back in the interim with Kene Nwangwu in a passing-down role. Re-check the injury report weekly before trusting a firm return week. Fantasy impact: Braelon Allen is the clear Week 4 beneficiary as the new lead back; Kene Nwangwu is a touchdown-dependent flyer in a complementary role
• Jadarian Price (SEA, RB1) — OUT(a) Officially ruled out for Week 4 vs. the Chargers after aggravating a chest injury during Wednesday practice.
  Injury: Chest (aggravation of an injury originally suffered in Week 2 vs. Arizona) (since Originally Week 2 2026 (vs. Cardinals); re-aggravated in Week 4 practice). Typical recovery: Unknown — HC Mike Macdonald said he does not yet know how long Price will be out. Expected back: Unknown; week-to-week per the coaching staff. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4; next-week status unclear. Next 4 games: Likely to miss at least this week and possibly more; George Holani and Emanuel Wilson (and potentially a practice-squad elevation of Velus Jones Jr.) absorb his touches in the meantime. Fantasy impact: George Holani is the primary fantasy beneficiary as the lead early-down/passing-down back in Price’s absence, with Emanuel Wilson in a complementary role
• Zach Charbonnet (SEA, RB2 (returning from PUP)) — OUT(a) Still working back from a torn ACL suffered in the playoffs; officially not eligible to return to game action until at least next week (Week 5) despite being activated to practice.
  Injury: Knee (torn ACL, from the prior postseason) (since Prior-season playoffs (ACL tear); opened 2026 training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list). Typical recovery: ACL reconstruction typically 9-12 months. Expected back: Earliest possible return is Week 5. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4; eligible to be activated as soon as Week 5. Next 4 games: Expect a worked-back-in role (likely a pass-catching/change-of-pace role) once activated, with George Holani holding the early-down work until Charbonnet is fully up to speed. Fantasy impact: Not yet fantasy-startable; worth a bench stash in deeper leagues given his pass-catching role once healthy, but George Holani is the more immediate Week 4-5 add
• Rachaad White (WAS, RB2) — OUT (a) Shoulder injury; did not practice all week and was ruled out for the Colts game.
  Injury: Shoulder (since Injury flagged in practice ahead of Week 4 (late Sept/early Oct 2026)). Typical recovery: A shoulder sprain/AC joint issue typically costs 1-4 weeks depending on severity. Expected back: Unclear – week-to-week; no firm return date reported. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4. Next 4 games: If the shoulder lingers, Croskey-Merritt keeps the lead-back role with Ekeler as the primary change-of-pace/passing-down piece. Fantasy impact: Jacory Croskey-Merritt is the clear beneficiary as the lead back; Austin Ekeler is the passing-down/handcuff option behind him

Questionable (3)

Game-time decisions as of Friday’s final report — trust your waiver wire just in case.

• Ray Davis (BUF, RB3 (backup/change-of-pace)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Hamstring injury; limited in practice this week ahead of Sunday’s home game vs. New England.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Week 4, 2026 (exact onset date not specified in sources checked)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains vary widely, typically 1-6 weeks depending on grade; a player still logging limited practice reps is usually on the milder end. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; full clearance timeline not specified in sources checked. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 vs. New England; expected to be a game-time call. Next 4 games: Pure James Cook III handcuff with minimal standalone value; his fantasy relevance is tied entirely to Cook’s own health, not his own hamstring, as long as he’s eventually active. Fantasy impact: If he’s out, Ty Johnson is next in line for change-of-pace/passing-down backfield touches behind James Cook III
• Bucky Irving (TB, RB1 (starter)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Lower-body injury (described variously in reporting as glute/hamstring); limited participant Wednesday and Thursday, carries a Week 4 Questionable tag per CBS Sports’ Friday tracker.
  Injury: Lower body (glute/hamstring area) (since Week 3, 2026 (~Sept 27, 2026 – left the Week 3 game briefly)). Typical recovery: Soft-tissue glute/hamstring strains typically cost 1-3 weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 4; no missed-time return date needed if he plays. Week 4 status: Questionable – game-time decision for Week 4 vs. Green Bay. Next 4 games: If he plays through it, expect a normal workload as the clear TB1 back; any setback would open touches to Kenny Gainwell. Fantasy impact: If Irving sits, Kenny Gainwell is the next man up with Sean Tucker as the deeper option
• Tyjae Spears (TEN, RB2 / passing-down back behind Tony Pollard) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Ankle injury listed on the Week 4 report; practiced fully on Friday.
  Injury: Ankle (since Week 4 (exact date of injury not specified in current reporting)). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains typically cost 1-3 weeks depending on severity; full practice participation suggests a mild issue. Expected back: Week 4 (October 4, 2026) vs. Baltimore Ravens. Week 4 status: Questionable, but full Friday practice points toward playing. Next 4 games: Expected to continue in his passing-down/change-of-pace role behind Tony Pollard if he clears this tag. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Julius Chestnut and Nicholas Singleton would see the change-of-pace/passing-down backfield work behind Pollard

No Final Tag Yet (Monday-Night Clubs) (1)

Carries a real injury concern, but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) its final Week 4 tag yet — check back Saturday.

• George Holani (SEA, RB2, elevated to lead-back duties this week) — QUESTIONABLE(b) Carries a rib injury on the practice report (Limited both Wed and Thu) but no confirmed final Friday designation was found; team reporting describes him as the back who will “carry the load” with Price out, implying he is expected to play.
  Injury: Rib (since Week N (prior to Week 4; exact date not disclosed)). Typical recovery: Rib soreness typically does not require missed time absent a fracture. Expected back: Expected to play Week 4 despite the rib notation. Week 4 status: Expected to play and lead Seattle’s backfield Week 4. Next 4 games: Primary early-down back as long as Price (out) and Charbonnet (out, not eligible until Week 5) remain sidelined. Fantasy impact: Direct beneficiary of Jadarian Price’s absence — worth a flex/streaming start and a priority waiver add in Week 4

Cleared / No Game-Status Designation (2)

Managing something, but carries no game-status designation and is expected to play.

• D’Andre Swift (CHI, RB1 (starter)) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (b) — missed Thursday’s practice with a knee issue but returned to full practice Friday and carries no injury designation for Week 4.
  Injury: Knee soreness (no structural diagnosis reported) (since This week, late Sept/early Oct 2026, during Week 4 practice prep). Typical recovery: N/A — resolved within the same practice week, no missed game time. Expected back: Already cleared; no missed time. Week 4 status: Expected to play and start Week 4 vs. New York Jets. Next 4 games: No missed time currently expected; worth a quick pregame check given the midweek DNP, but he practiced fully Friday. Fantasy impact: No real handcuff action needed since Swift is cleared; Kyle Monangai is the next man up at RB if Swift were to be a late scratch
• Austin Ekeler (WAS, RB3 (temporarily elevated passing-down role with White out)) — RESOLVED (a) No current injury designation; mentioned here only because he is working back into a larger committee role this week with Rachaad White (shoulder) out. Fully recovered from an Achilles tear suffered during the 2025 season.
  Injury: N/A currently (previously: Achilles tendon, 2025 season – fully recovered) (since N/A for any current injury). Typical recovery: N/A. Expected back: N/A – already active. Week 4 status: Expected to play and see increased work Week 4 with White out. Next 4 games: Role likely expands in the passing game/change-of-pace while White is sidelined. Fantasy impact: Streamable flex/PPR option this week as the pass-catching back behind Croskey-Merritt with White out

Sourcing: NFL.com official injury reports, team-issued injury reports, Ourlads depth charts, and beat-reporter coverage, as of Friday, October 2, 2026.

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Bottom Line Up Front at QB

Three starting quarterbacks are out this week — Jayden Daniels (WAS, elbow), Caleb Williams (CHI, hamstring) and Baker Mayfield (TB, thumb) — while the Giants are moving on from Jaxson Dart for the season after a Week 3 knee injury. Deshaun Watson, back from his Achilles tear, keeps piling up full practices and extends his streak as Cleveland’s clear starter.

This week’s QB report covers 8 players: 1 already played this week, 4 out, 2 questionable, 1 cleared / no game-status designation.

Who is on this report?

Caleb Williams (CHI), Deshaun Watson (CLE), Trey Lance (LAC), Aidan O’Connell (LV), Jaxson Dart (NYG), Baker Mayfield (TB), Jalon Daniels (TB), Jayden Daniels (WAS)

What changed since Week 3

• NEW: Baker Mayfield (TB) — Newly appeared on injury report this week (was healthy/starting through Week 3); downgraded to Out by Friday after DNP all week
• NEW: Jaxson Dart (NYG) — Newly season-ending – injury occurred in Week 3 itself; initial hope for a mid-season return was replaced by a decision to have surgery
• NEW: Trey Lance (LAC) — Newly appeared on the injury report this week

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Deshaun Watson (CLE) can’t go — N/A while active; Shedeur Sanders is the primary backup who would start if Watson were ever sidelined
• If Jayden Daniels (WAS) can’t go — Marcus Mariota starts Week 4 and is a streamable option; Daniels remains unownable/bench-only until a full practice week is confirmed
• If Jaxson Dart (NYG) can’t go — Jameis Winston is now the full-time starter and the streamable/backup QB of relevance for Giants fantasy rosters; Dart should be dropped in most redraft leagues
• If Caleb Williams (CHI) can’t go — Ben Johnson has not named a starter between Case Keenum (QB2) and Tyson Bagent (QB3) as of Friday; whichever gets the start becomes a desperation-only streamer, and the uncertainty under center is a modest drag on Bears pass-catchers Rome Odunze, Luther Burden III, Colston Loveland and Cole Kmet this week
• If Baker Mayfield (TB) can’t go — Jalon Daniels (rookie) starts in his place; expect a modest dip in volume/efficiency for Egbuka, Godwin, and the TB passing-game pieces until Mayfield returns

How to read this report

• Designations reflect Friday, October 2, 2026 final injury/practice reports where filed.
• Cleveland (CLE) and Pittsburgh (PIT) already played their Week 4 game Thursday night, October 1 — their entries reflect that completed game, not an upcoming one.
• Atlanta (ATL) and New Orleans (NO) play each other Monday night, October 5 — some of their tags may not be finalized until Saturday.
• “No Final Tag Yet” means a real injury concern exists but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) an official Week 4 game-status designation as of this report.

Already Played This Week (1)

These players’ games were already decided by Thursday night, before this Friday report — included for full-week context and any waiver-wire fallout.

• Deshaun Watson (CLE, QB1) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (b) Not on the Week 4 injury report at all (full practice participation); flagged here because he is less than a year removed from a ruptured-and-re-ruptured Achilles and only reclaimed the Browns’ starting job in August 2026 — a material ongoing fantasy/durability story even with a clean report.
  Injury: Right Achilles tendon rupture (original tear Oct. 20, 2024 vs. Cincinnati; re-ruptured shortly after, repaired via surgery Jan. 9, 2025) (since Oct. 20, 2024 (original); Jan. 9, 2025 (surgery after re-tear)). Typical recovery: Full recovery from a ruptured Achilles typically runs 9-12+ months before a return to competitive snaps. Expected back: Already returned — won the Week 1 2026 starting job over Shedeur Sanders and has started every game through Week 4. Week 4 status: Expected to start Week 5 as the healthy incumbent QB1, barring setback. Next 4 games: No limitations reported through four starts (multi-TD Week 3 outing with 11 rushes for 45 yards vs. Carolina); mobility/workload still worth monitoring given the injury’s severity, but no current red flags. Fantasy impact: N/A while active; Shedeur Sanders is the primary backup who would start if Watson were ever sidelined

Out (4)

Ruled out, on injured reserve, PUP, exempt, or suspended — not expected to play Week 4.

• Caleb Williams (CHI, QB1 (starter)) — OUT (a) Grade 2 right hamstring strain. Did not practice Wednesday or Thursday (walkthrough only reported), no Friday practice participation reported. Officially ruled out for Week 4 vs. the New York Jets — his second consecutive missed start.
  Injury: Right hamstring strain (Grade 2) (since Week 2, 2026 (exact date unclear); has already missed Week 3). Typical recovery: A Grade 2 hamstring strain typically sidelines a player 3-6 weeks. Expected back: Unclear; team has given no firm timeline beyond ‘multi-week.’ Earliest realistic return would be Week 5 (Oct 11) but is not confirmed. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. New York Jets. Next 4 games: Expected to miss additional time beyond Week 4; Chicago has not committed to a return week, so a conservative outlook has him out multiple more games before a clean hamstring allows a return. Fantasy impact: Ben Johnson has not named a starter between Case Keenum (QB2) and Tyson Bagent (QB3) as of Friday; whichever gets the start becomes a desperation-only streamer, and the uncertainty under center is a modest drag on Bears pass-catchers Rome Odunze, Luther Burden III, Colston Loveland and Cole Kmet this week
• Jaxson Dart (NYG, Former QB1, now on injured reserve / off the active depth chart) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Season-ending knee injury suffered on the Giants’ opening offensive drive of the Week 3 Monday night loss to the Rams; will have surgery and is out for the remainder of 2026. He is off the current active depth chart – Jameis Winston has taken over as the starter.
  Injury: Knee (since Week 3 (Monday night, approx. Sept 28/29, 2026, vs. L.A. Rams)). Typical recovery: Season-ending knee surgery recoveries typically run 6-9+ months. Expected back: Not expected back in 2026; timeline would point to availability for the 2027 season. Week 4 status: Out (season-ending) – will not play Week 4 or beyond in 2026. Next 4 games: Out for the rest of the season; Jameis Winston is the Giants’ starter with J.J. McCarthy as the backup. Fantasy impact: Jameis Winston is now the full-time starter and the streamable/backup QB of relevance for Giants fantasy rosters; Dart should be dropped in most redraft leagues
• Baker Mayfield (TB, QB1 (starter) – currently sidelined; Jalon Daniels elevated to starter) — OUT (a) Right thumb injury; did not practice Wednesday or Thursday of Week 4 prep, and the Buccaneers’ official Friday report and CBS Sports’ Week 4 injury tracker both list him as Out for the Packers game. Jalon Daniels has been named the Week 4 starter in his place.
  Injury: Right thumb (since Week 4 practice week (approx. Sept 30, 2026)). Typical recovery: Thumb sprains/fractures in throwing-hand typically require 3-5 weeks depending on severity (ligament sprain vs. fracture). Expected back: Approx. Week 7 (~Oct 25, 2026) per CBS Sports. Week 4 status: Out for Week 4 vs. Green Bay; rookie Jalon Daniels starts. Next 4 games: Likely to miss multiple weeks (through roughly Week 6-7); Jalon Daniels expected to start in the interim, which materially lowers the passing-game floor for Tampa Bay’s pass catchers. Fantasy impact: Jalon Daniels (rookie) starts in his place; expect a modest dip in volume/efficiency for Egbuka, Godwin, and the TB passing-game pieces until Mayfield returns
• Jayden Daniels (WAS, QB1 (currently sidelined)) — OUT (a) Left elbow dislocation suffered in Week 2 vs. Dallas (tripped on a dropback, fell on outstretched arm); imaging showed no fracture or ligament damage, but this is his second dislocation of the same elbow in two seasons. Limited practice participation all week; officially ruled out Friday for the Colts game in London.
  Injury: Left elbow dislocation (since Week 2 (game vs. Dallas Cowboys, approx. Sept 20, 2026)). Typical recovery: Elbow dislocations without fracture/ligament tear typically require 3-6 weeks; a recurrent dislocation in the same joint can run longer. Expected back: Uncertain; HC Dan Quinn says the benchmark is a full, unrestricted week of practice, which has not yet happened as of Week 4 – realistic target is Week 5 or 6. Week 4 status: Will not play Week 4 vs. Colts; Marcus Mariota starts. Next 4 games: Week 4 out; Weeks 5-7 dependent on a clean full practice week – team is being deliberately cautious given the repeat injury, so a Week 5 return is not guaranteed. Fantasy impact: Marcus Mariota starts Week 4 and is a streamable option; Daniels remains unownable/bench-only until a full practice week is confirmed

Questionable (2)

Game-time decisions as of Friday’s final report — trust your waiver wire just in case.

• Trey Lance (LAC, QB2 (backup to Justin Herbert)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) groin injury; Limited Participation in practice this week, officially Questionable per the Friday report.
  Injury: Groin strain (since Week 4 (exact date unclear from available sources)). Typical recovery: Groin strains typically require 1-3 weeks depending on severity. Expected back: Expected recovery within 1-2 weeks regardless of whether he plays through it Week 4. Week 4 status: Questionable, but irrelevant to the starting lineup — Justin Herbert (QB1) is healthy and the expected starter. Next 4 games: No fantasy relevance as a clipboard-holding backup unless Herbert is sidelined. Fantasy impact: None in standard 1-QB leagues — DJ Uiagalelei is QB3; only matters if Herbert is hurt
• Aidan O’Connell (LV, QB2 (backup to Kirk Cousins)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) personal matter, non-injury; Did Not Participate Thursday and is listed Questionable for Week 4 for a non-physical reason rather than an injury.
  Injury: N/A — non-injury personal absence, not a physical injury (since Week 4 (reported starting Thursday, Oct 1, 2026)). Typical recovery: N/A — not an injury. Expected back: Unclear; status is day-to-day pending resolution of the personal matter. Week 4 status: Questionable for Week 4 vs. Kansas City; does not affect the starting QB spot. Next 4 games: No material fantasy relevance — Kirk Cousins is the clear-cut starter and is healthy. Fantasy impact: None in a 1-QB league since starter Kirk Cousins is healthy and expected to play

Cleared / No Game-Status Designation (1)

Managing something, but carries no game-status designation and is expected to play.

• Jalon Daniels (TB, QB2, elevated to starter) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (a) Healthy; elevated to starting quarterback for Week 4 because Baker Mayfield (thumb) is Out.
  Injury: N/A – not injured (since N/A). Typical recovery: N/A. Expected back: N/A (active). Week 4 status: Expected to start Week 4 vs. Green Bay. Next 4 games: Likely to remain the starter for as long as Mayfield is out (roughly through Week 6-7). Fantasy impact: First career start for a rookie QB behind a line and skill group adjusting to a new passer; treat TB pass-catchers with slightly lowered weekly expectations until proven

Sourcing: NFL.com official injury reports, team-issued injury reports, Ourlads depth charts, and beat-reporter coverage, as of Friday, October 2, 2026.

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Bottom Line Up Front at Tight End

Tight end keeps losing bodies it cannot spare: David Njoku and Charlie Kolar went down in the same Chargers game, Dallas Goedert is out for Philadelphia with a knee sprain the team is deliberately keeping off injured reserve, and Brock Bowers’ practice week went the wrong direction — Limited, Limited, then a Friday DNP — even as his tag improved on paper from Out to Questionable.

Of the 59 tight ends on this board, 28 are out or doubtful, 3 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 27 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all. One is still waiting on a tag that does not file until Saturday.

Below is every fantasy-relevant tight end across all 32 teams carrying an injury or an absence, with the final designation, what the injury actually is, how long that class of injury normally takes to heal, where each player sits on his team’s depth chart, and who stands to gain if he can’t go.

Who is on this report?

Charlie Kolar (LAC), Mason Taylor (NYJ), Chigoziem Okonkwo (WAS), Will Mallory (IND), Joe Royer (CLE), Caleb Lohner (DEN), John Michael Gyllenborg (KC), David Njoku (LAC), Carter Runyon (LV), Justin Shorter (LV), Cole Turner (MIA), Julian Hill (NE), Moliki Matavao (NO), Eli Stowers (PHI), Jameson Geers (ARI), Tip Reiman (ARI), DJ Rogers (DAL), Princeton Fant (DAL), Luke Musgrave (GB), McCallan Castles (GB), Thomas Yassmin (GB), Carson Towt (IND), Ben Yurosek (MIN), Bryson Nesbit (MIN), Grant Calcaterra (PHI), Robbie Ouzts (SEA), Jake Tonges (SF), Jaren Kanak (TEN), Colby Parkinson (LAR), Brock Bowers (LV), Eli Raridon (NE), Dallas Goedert (PHI), Trey McBride (ARI), Kyle Pitts Sr. (ATL), Jake Ferguson (DAL), Sam LaPorta (DET), Tucker Kraft (GB), Greg Dulcich (MIA), Juwan Johnson (NO), AJ Barner (SEA), George Kittle (SF), John Bates (WAS), Adam Trautman (DEN), Tyler Higbee (LAR), Theo Johnson (NYG), Kenyon Sadiq (NYJ), Darnell Washington (PIT), Daniel Bellinger (TEN), Darren Waller (CAR), Erick All Jr. (CIN), Luke Schoonmaker (DAL), Josh Whyle (GB), Davis Allen (LAR), Seydou Traore (MIA), Oscar Delp (NO), Ben Sinnott (WAS), Nick Muse (ATL), Ja’Tavion Sanders (CAR), Zach Ertz (PHI)

What changed since Week 2

Across the 59 tight ends here: 8 are new to the report, 8 improved or cleared outright, 2 got worse, and 41 are carrying the same status they had a week ago. The pattern worth internalizing: the Week 2 designations that resolved upward mostly stayed resolved, and the new names on this list came off the field in Week 2’s games, not out of the training room.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Charlie Kolar (LAC) can’t go — Oronde Gadsden II (TE2 on the chart, now the de facto TE1) is the clear and direct beneficiary — with David Njoku on Reserve/Injured, Gadsden is the only established pass-catching tight end on the active roster. Hayden Rucci (TE3, ACT) takes the blocking and in-line snaps. Patrick Herbert and Evan Svoboda (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• If Mason Taylor (NYJ) can’t go — Kenyon Sadiq (TE2) is the direct beneficiary and steps into the starting receiving tight end role — he is the name to add. Jeremy Ruckert (TE3) takes the blocking and in-line work. Jelani Woods (TE4) fills the rotation. The Jets signed Cody Hardy to the practice squad on Sept 22 specifically to shore up this room. Beyond the tight end position, Garrett Wilson absorbs target share in an offense missing its TE1 and two of its receivers.
• If Chigoziem Okonkwo (WAS) can’t go — John Bates is the TE1 in his absence and takes the starting snaps — he is a blocking-first tight end with a low target ceiling. Ben Sinnott (TE3) is the more interesting receiving option and would absorb the pass-game role. Colson Yankoff is TE4 and Jack Westover (DEV) is the practice-squad body.
• If Joe Royer (CLE) can’t go — Harold Fannin Jr. (TE1), Blake Whiteheart (TE2) and Carsen Ryan (TE3) are all ahead of him and healthy, with practice-squad TE Messiah Swinson as further depth. His absence has no practical roster effect.
• If David Njoku (LAC) can’t go — Oronde Gadsden II (now the de facto TE1) is the primary beneficiary and, with Charlie Kolar also ruled out, is the only established pass-catching tight end the Chargers have for Week 3. Hayden Rucci (TE3, ACT) covers the in-line blocking. Patrick Herbert and Evan Svoboda (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• If Moliki Matavao (NO) can’t go — Juwan Johnson (TE1), Noah Fant (TE2), Oscar Delp (TE3) and Treyton Welch (TE4) hold the active tight end roles in his absence, with Stone Smartt (DEV) as the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• If Eli Stowers (PHI) can’t go — Already accounted for — Johnny Mundt is starting with Goedert out, E.J. Jenkins is TE2, and Zach Ertz was signed to the practice squad on Sept 22-24, 2026. Grant Calcaterra is also on the reserve list.
• If Luke Musgrave (GB) can’t go — Green Bay is deep here and his absence costs them nothing. Tucker Kraft (TE1) is an every-down starter, Jonnu Smith (TE2) is a significant receiving piece, and Josh Whyle (TE3) and Mark Redman (TE4) are both active. Drake Dabney (DEV) is the practice-squad option.
• If McCallan Castles (GB) can’t go — Already absorbed several times over — Tucker Kraft, Jonnu Smith, Josh Whyle and Mark Redman are all active, with Drake Dabney (DEV) on the practice squad.
• If Thomas Yassmin (GB) can’t go — Already absorbed — Tucker Kraft, Jonnu Smith, Josh Whyle and Mark Redman are all active, with Drake Dabney (DEV) on the practice squad.
• If Ben Yurosek (MIN) can’t go — Already absorbed — T.J. Hockenson (TE1), Josh Oliver (TE2) and Gavin Bartholomew (TE3) are all active, with Cam Grandy (DEV) on the practice squad.
• If Bryson Nesbit (MIN) can’t go — Already absorbed — T.J. Hockenson, Josh Oliver and Gavin Bartholomew are all active, with Cam Grandy (DEV) on the practice squad.
• If Grant Calcaterra (PHI) can’t go — Already accounted for — Johnny Mundt starts with Goedert out, E.J. Jenkins is TE2, and Zach Ertz (DEV) was signed to the practice squad in response to the Goedert injury.
• If Colby Parkinson (LAR) can’t go — Tyler Higbee is next in line at tight end, with Terrance Ferguson also in the rotation
• If Brock Bowers (LV) can’t go — Michael Mayer (TE2) is the primary beneficiary and has been the de facto TE1 for the first two weeks — he is the direct plug-in. Ian Thomas (TE3) picks up the blocking and rotational snaps. In the passing game, Tre Tucker (LWR1) and Jack Bech (SWR1) absorb the vacated target share from Kirk Cousins.
• If Eli Raridon (NE) can’t go — Cameron Latu (TE3) moves up to the second tight end role and would take the two-tight-end-set snaps. Tanner Arkin (TE4) fills out the rotation. Tanner Conner (DEV) is a practice-squad elevation candidate. The fantasy-relevant beneficiary is Hunter Henry (TE1), whose route participation and target share both rise when the TE2 is unavailable.

How to read this report

These are final designations, not midweek practice notes, so they mean what they say. A few timing wrinkles apply this week:

• Green Bay and Atlanta have already played. The Falcons beat the Packers 35-14 on Thursday night, September 24. For those two clubs Week 3 is settled — what matters is who got hurt in the game and what it means from Week 4 on.
• The Eagles play at Chicago on Monday night, September 28, so Philadelphia does not file its final game-status report until Saturday. Any Eagles player listed here is Friday practice participation with the final designation still to come.
• A player listed with no designation is good news. Several names below appear on an official report with a blank game-status column — that is a club formally declining to tag them, which is stronger than never having been listed at all.

Reserve-list designations — injured reserve, PUP, the Commissioner’s Exempt List, suspension — are roster transactions and are settled regardless of the day. A player placed on in-season injured reserve must miss a minimum of four games.

Ruled out or unavailable (28)

Officially ruled out, or on a reserve list. Plan around these.

Charlie Kolar — LAC (TE1 on the Ourlads chart ahead of Oronde Gadsden II and Hayden Rucci — but that ordering is now stale, because he is ruled out. He remains on the ACTIVE roster (ACT), not IR.)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Los Angeles on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills. Note that he is NOT on a reserve list: the Chargers reversed an initial plan to place him on Injured Reserve, so he keeps his active-roster spot while being ruled out for this one game.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He did not practice at any point, which is expected in the week following surgery.
• Injury: Fractured left forearm, surgically repaired. He was seen with his arm in a sling immediately after the Week 2 loss.
• When it happened: Sustained in the Week 2 game on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. Surgery was performed on Monday Sept 21, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A surgically plated forearm fracture (radius and/or ulna ORIF) in an NFL skill player is typically 4-8 weeks to return to play, and can be as short as 3-4 weeks for a linemen-style padded return when the plate is solid. The Chargers received a more favorable intraoperative prognosis than expected, which is why they reversed the IR plan — IR would have cost a mandatory four games.
• Expected back to full health: The club is optimistic he returns before its Week 7 bye, which points to a return in the Week 5 to Week 6 window — roughly mid-October 2026. Full, unpadded, unrestricted health likely late October to early November 2026.
• Next game: OUT. He will not play in the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills. This is a filed, final designation.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 at Buffalo: out, confirmed. Week 4: very likely out, still inside the post-op window. Week 5 and Week 6: this is the live return range given the club’s stated optimism about being back before the Week 7 bye. Avoiding IR is the meaningful tell — the Chargers would not have burned an active-roster spot on him for four-plus weeks if they expected a long absence.
• Who benefits if he sits: Oronde Gadsden II (TE2 on the chart, now the de facto TE1) is the clear and direct beneficiary — with David Njoku on Reserve/Injured, Gadsden is the only established pass-catching tight end on the active roster. Hayden Rucci (TE3, ACT) takes the blocking and in-line snaps. Patrick Herbert and Evan Svoboda (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy and active for Week 2. The forearm fracture, the Monday Sept 21 surgery, the initial IR plan and the subsequent reversal of that plan are all new since Sept 20.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him — he is ruled out. The actionable move in a 12-team full-PPR redraft is on the other side of this: ADD ORONDE GADSDEN II off waivers with real FAAB if he is still out there. Gadsden is the last man standing at tight end for a team that plays heavy two-tight-end personnel, and he now owns that route tree outright for at least two weeks. Kolar himself is a hold only in deep or TE-premium leagues given the pre-bye return target.

Mason Taylor — NYJ (TE1 — the Jets’ starting tight end and their No. 1 tight end target, ahead of Kenyon Sadiq, Jeremy Ruckert and Jelani Woods)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by the New York Jets on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Detroit Lions. Head coach Aaron Glenn confirmed the designation Friday. He has also been described in reporting as “week-to-week.”
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Three consecutive DNPs, the standard profile of a ruled-out player.
• Injury: Thumb. The Jets have not specified which hand or published a grade or a structure. Reporting characterizes him as week-to-week, which for a thumb suggests something more than a simple sprain — a ligament injury or a small fracture would fit the description.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, Week 2 vs the Green Bay Packers. He finished that game but the thumb kept him out of every Week 3 practice.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Thumb injuries: a sprain costs 1-2 weeks and is often played through with a club or splint; a UCL tear (gamekeeper’s thumb) costs 4-6 weeks, or 6-8 with surgical repair; a fracture costs 4-8 weeks depending on location and whether it is fixed. For a tight end the critical function is catching, which a clubbed hand largely eliminates — teams are therefore more willing to sit a receiving tight end with a thumb injury than they would a blocker. The ‘week-to-week’ framing plus three DNPs points to at least a multi-week absence, likely in the 2-4 week range.
• Expected back to full health: Realistic return window of Week 5 to Week 6 — roughly Oct 11 to Oct 18, 2026 — if this is a moderate sprain or UCL injury managed non-surgically. If it requires surgical repair, push to Week 8 or later, into November 2026. The Week 4 Wednesday practice report is the first checkpoint; watch also for a Reserve/Injured placement, which the Jets have NOT made as of Sept 25.
• Next game: OUT — will not play. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. Officially ruled out on the Jets’ final Friday report.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit: OUT, confirmed. Week 4: doubtful at best given the week-to-week framing and three DNPs. Weeks 5-6: the realistic return window. Escalation risk: if the Jets place him on Reserve/Injured, he is gone through at least Week 7. Given the Jets are already carrying Arian Smith, Omar Cooper Jr., Tim Patrick and Chip Trayanum on IR, they may prefer to keep his 53-man spot and hold him week-to-week instead.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kenyon Sadiq (TE2) is the direct beneficiary and steps into the starting receiving tight end role — he is the name to add. Jeremy Ruckert (TE3) takes the blocking and in-line work. Jelani Woods (TE4) fills the rotation. The Jets signed Cody Hardy to the practice squad on Sept 22 specifically to shore up this room. Beyond the tight end position, Garrett Wilson absorbs target share in an offense missing its TE1 and two of its receivers.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT and a significant downgrade. Mason Taylor was not on the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy and starting. He hurt his thumb in the Week 2 game vs Green Bay on Sept 20, missed all three Week 3 practices, and has been ruled OUT with a week-to-week outlook. Note the Ourlads depth chart updated Sept 24 carried a ‘D’ (doubtful) marker next to his name; the club’s final Friday report supersedes that with a firm OUT.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench or stash in 12-team full PPR. He is OUT this week and week-to-week beyond it, with a 2-4 week realistic absence. If you’re thin at tight end you can hold him one more week to see the Week 4 report; if you need the roster spot, he is droppable given the murky timeline. The actionable play is Kenyon Sadiq — he becomes the Jets’ starting receiving tight end in a game at Detroit where New York will likely be throwing to catch up, and he is a legitimate waiver add and deep-league streaming option.

Chigoziem Okonkwo — WAS (TE1 on the depth chart — the starting and primary receiving tight end, first on Ourlads (09/21/2026) ahead of John Bates, Ben Sinnott and Colson Yankoff. With him out, John Bates starts.)

• Status: OUT — (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Washington on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs the Seattle Seahawks. He appears in the club’s OUT block alongside Cosmi, Cross, Daniels and Luvu. This is his second consecutive week ruled out. He remains on the ACTIVE roster (nfl.com shows ACT as of Fri Sept 25, 2026) — Washington has not used injured reserve, which preserves a week-to-week return.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He has now gone six straight practices without participating across Weeks 2 and 3. General manager Adam Peters called him a ‘longshot’ to play and head coach Dan Quinn said it was ‘unlikely’ he would be available, even while noting he had progressed in recovery.
• Injury: Hamstring strain.
• When it happened: Suffered in mid-September 2026, before the Week 2 practice cycle. He was already ruled OUT for the Sept 20 Week 2 game vs Dallas on that week’s final report and has not practiced since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains grade at 1-2 weeks for Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2, and 8-12 weeks or more for Grade 3. Two full weeks of zero practice participation — six consecutive DNPs — rules out a Grade 1 and places this squarely in the Grade 2 band, which means a 3-6 week total absence from the date of injury.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-October 2026 — roughly Weeks 5 through 7 — on a Grade 2 hamstring timeline from a mid-September strain. Washington’s Week 4 trip to London is a meaningful complication, as clubs rarely fly a non-practicing soft-tissue case overseas. Expect a Limited-practice ramp before he is cleared.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home. This is a final, filed designation.
• Next four weeks: Out Week 3 (vs Seattle) and very likely Week 4 (London). Week 5 is the earliest realistic return and Week 6 the safer one. Hamstrings in tight ends recur often, so even his return week is likely to come with a snap-count limit. Watch for his first Limited practice — that is the reliable leading indicator, and it has not happened yet.
• Who benefits if he sits: John Bates is the TE1 in his absence and takes the starting snaps — he is a blocking-first tight end with a low target ceiling. Ben Sinnott (TE3) is the more interesting receiving option and would absorb the pass-game role. Colson Yankoff is TE4 and Jack Westover (DEV) is the practice-squad body.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 — worse. The open thread is RESOLVED: he was OUT in the baseline with a hamstring strain and he is OUT again on the Sept 25 final report, having gone six straight practices without participating. That escalates the read from a possible Grade 1 to a clear Grade 2 and pushes the return target to Week 5-7. He is still not on injured reserve.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in 12-team full-PPR unless you have an IR slot to spare — he is now looking at a third and likely fourth missed game, with Marcus Mariota under center suppressing the whole passing game when he does return. Neither Bates nor Sinnott is a startable streamer in 12-team leagues; leave this tight end room alone entirely.

Will Mallory — IND (Would-be TE3/depth receiving tight end — currently roster-list only)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried on nfl.com as status code RSR (designated to return) and ‘IR^’ on Ourlads.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 25) — on Injured Reserve, not practicing with the team.
• Injury: Thumb
• When it happened: Prior to Week 1, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: A thumb injury requiring IR placement (often surgically repaired) typically sidelines a player 4-8 weeks
• Expected back to full health: Eligible for practice window activation once his four-game IR minimum passes; realistic return window is Week 6-8
• Next game: OUT for Sept 27, 2026 vs. Houston — on Injured Reserve
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT for all four; monitor for a practice-window designation in October
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — Tyler Warren and Mo Alie-Cox handle the tight end snaps
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance in any format currently

Joe Royer — CLE (Reserve-list tight end — would compete for TE4/TE5 depth behind Harold Fannin Jr., Blake Whiteheart and Carsen Ryan on return; holds no active depth-chart slot)

• Status: PUP — (c) official reserve-list status. Precisely, he is on Reserve/Non-Football Injury-Illness (NFI), designated to return, carrying status code RSN on the nfl.com Browns roster as of Sept 25, 2026. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS any injury-report consideration — he is ineligible to practice or play and no weekly game-status designation applies. (Reported under the PUP tag per the required tag vocabulary; the exact list is Reserve/NFI, not PUP.)
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate — ineligible to practice while on the reserve/NFI list. No Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 participation exists and he appears on no Cleveland practice report.
• Injury: Non-football injury or illness, unspecified. Cleveland did not disclose the nature of the condition when placing him on the NFI list.
• When it happened: Placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury-Illness list on August 30, 2026, at the same time Cleveland set its initial 53-man roster and placed Dillon Gabriel on IR. The onset date of the underlying condition was never made public.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable with precision because the condition was never disclosed. Reserve/NFI placements carry the same four-game minimum absence as IR-designated-to-return, so the structural floor is four games regardless of the medical timeline.
• Expected back to full health: His practice window is eligible to be opened having passed the four-game threshold. A realistic activation window, if Cleveland chooses to use it, is Week 4 through Week 9 (October to early November 2026). There is no public timeline.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 vs. the Carolina Panthers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 at Huntington Bank Field. He remains on the Reserve/NFI list with no practice window opened.
• Next four weeks: Out for Week 3 with certainty and very likely for Weeks 4-6 as well. Cleveland has three healthy tight ends on the active roster plus Messiah Swinson on the practice squad, so there is no roster pressure to activate him within this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Harold Fannin Jr. (TE1), Blake Whiteheart (TE2) and Carsen Ryan (TE3) are all ahead of him and healthy, with practice-squad TE Messiah Swinson as further depth. His absence has no practical roster effect.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still on Reserve/Non-Football Injury-Illness, designated to return, status code RSN, with no practice window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: No 12-team full-PPR relevance whatsoever. Not rosterable in any redraft format. Harold Fannin Jr. is the only Cleveland tight end with fantasy value. Ignore Royer entirely.

Caleb Lohner — DEN (Reserve-list tight end — he is not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on reserve. Before the placement he was a developmental TE behind Engram, Trautman, Adkins and Bentley.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on Denver’s nfl.com roster as RSR, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened and outranks any practice-report consideration: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game vs. the Los Angeles Rams regardless of how he feels.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because reserve-list players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Lower-body injury, specifics undisclosed by the club. Denver has not named the structure involved.
• When it happened: Placed on reserve prior to the 2026 regular season; the injury dates to the preseason/roster-cutdown window in late August 2026. He has not been on the active roster at any point in the 2026 regular season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not meaningfully estimable without a named diagnosis. The controlling constraint is procedural rather than medical: a player placed on reserve before the season generally cannot return to the active roster for a defined minimum period, and Denver has given no designated-to-return signal.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate on the medical side. On the roster side, no return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams because of his reserve-list status.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout unless Denver opens a return-to-practice window, which the club has not signaled. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out and the depth chart has long since absorbed his absence. Evan Engram, Adam Trautman, Nate Adkins and Dallen Bentley are the four active tight ends and none of them would move because of him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Denver’s reserve list with the same RSR code and no designated-to-return window has been opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action. He is listed for completeness of the reserve-list picture only.

John Michael Gyllenborg — KC (Reserve-list tight end — not on the active depth chart. Before the placement he was a developmental TE behind Travis Kelce, Noah Gray, Jake Briningstool and Jared Wiley.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on Kansas City’s nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Knee injury, per the Kansas City injury listing. The club has not specified the structure or the grade.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before or early in the 2026 regular season; the injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. A pre-season Reserve/Injured placement without a designated-to-return slot generally ends the player’s season.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. No return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out. Travis Kelce (TE1), Noah Gray (TE2), Jake Briningstool (TE3) and Jared Wiley (TE4) are the active tight ends and none moves because of him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Kansas City’s Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action.

David Njoku — LAC (Reserve-list tight end — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured. Before the placement he was in the Chargers’ top-three tight end rotation alongside Charlie Kolar and Oronde Gadsden II.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Chargers’ nfl.com roster and on the club’s own roster page as Reserve/Injured, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS the fact that the injury happened in a Week 2 game and outranks any practice-report consideration: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Buffalo Bills.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Fibula injury. Reporting has variously described it as a fibula fracture and as a knee injury with fibular involvement; the club’s own transaction notice named neither, stating only the Reserve/Injured placement. Treat ‘fibula’ as the operative description.
• When it happened: Sustained in the Week 2 game on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He was placed on Reserve/Injured on Monday Sept 21, 2026, and the Chargers announced the move alongside the signing of Marquez Valdes-Scantling on Sept 23, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An isolated non-displaced fibula fracture is typically 6-10 weeks to return to play; a displaced or surgically fixed fibula fracture runs 8-12 weeks; if there is syndesmotic or ankle-joint involvement, 10-16 weeks. The IR rule sets a hard floor of four games missed regardless of how the bone heals.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest possible return is Week 7 under the four-game IR minimum, but the injury class points past that. Realistic return window is late October to late November 2026 — roughly Week 9 to Week 12. Full, unrestricted health most likely late November 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills because of his Reserve/Injured status, regardless of how the fibula is healing.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible in all four games under the IR minimum. He is unavailable for this entire stretch with certainty, not probability. Revisit around Week 7.
• Who benefits if he sits: Oronde Gadsden II (now the de facto TE1) is the primary beneficiary and, with Charlie Kolar also ruled out, is the only established pass-catching tight end the Chargers have for Week 3. Hayden Rucci (TE3, ACT) covers the in-line blocking. Patrick Herbert and Evan Svoboda (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline — he was on the ACTIVE roster and healthy for Week 2. The fibula injury (Sept 20), the Reserve/Injured placement (Sept 21) and the corresponding Marquez Valdes-Scantling signing are all new since the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: DROP HIM in a 12-team full-PPR redraft unless you have an IR slot, in which case stash and move on — he is guaranteed unavailable for at least four games and the injury class argues for longer. The actionable corollary is the same one Kolar creates: Oronde Gadsden II is a priority waiver add.

Carter Runyon — LV (Reserve-list tight end — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on reserve.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Raiders’ nfl.com roster as RSR (reserve), not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because reserve-list players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The reserve placement is the official record; Las Vegas has not named the structure involved.
• When it happened: Placed on reserve before or early in the 2026 regular season; the underlying injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. The controlling constraint is procedural rather than medical.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. No return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out. Brock Bowers, Michael Mayer and Ian Thomas are the active tight ends and none moves because of him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on the Raiders’ reserve list with the same RSR code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action.

Justin Shorter — LV (Reserve-list tight end — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Raiders’ nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The Reserve/Injured placement is the official record.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before or early in the 2026 regular season; the underlying injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. A Reserve/Injured placement at or before cutdown generally ends the season absent a designated-to-return slot.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. No return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out. Brock Bowers, Michael Mayer and Ian Thomas are the active tight ends and none moves because of him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on the Raiders’ Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action.

Cole Turner — MIA (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. When healthy he was a depth tight end behind Greg Dulcich and Will Kacmarek, with no fantasy-relevant role.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com Miami roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. He must miss a minimum of four regular-season games from the date of placement.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. Miami has not opened his 21-day practice window. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Miami has not specified the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement.
• When it happened: Early September 2026, prior to the Sept 18 baseline. He was already on Reserve/Injured with status code RES as of the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com Miami roster.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated because the injury class is undisclosed. What the list status establishes: a minimum four-game absence from the placement date, with a 21-day practice window once Miami chooses to open it, after which the club must either activate him or shut him down for the season.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate without a disclosed diagnosis. The earliest structural return window, based on the four-game minimum and the placement date, is roughly Week 5 to Week 6 — Oct 11 to Oct 18, 2026. Miami has published no activation timeline and has not opened his practice window as of Sept 25.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated for this game.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City and Week 4: ineligible, no possibility of playing. Weeks 5-6: the first theoretically possible return window, and only if Miami opens his 21-day practice window beforehand — as of Sept 25 they have not. Given Miami’s tight end room is healthy at the top with Greg Dulcich, Will Kacmarek, Seydou Traore and Justin Joly all available, there is little competitive urgency to activate him.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he was never in the Week 3 rotation and his absence is fully absorbed. Greg Dulcich, Will Kacmarek, Seydou Traore and Justin Joly constitute a four-deep healthy active tight end room, with Tre Watson on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES on the current nfl.com roster, with no practice window opened, no activation timeline, and no injury disclosure.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR. Do not roster under any circumstance — a depth tight end on IR behind four healthy tight ends has no path to fantasy-relevant usage even on activation.

Julian Hill — NE (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. When healthy he was a blocking tight end behind Hunter Henry and Eli Raridon, with no fantasy-relevant receiving role.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New England roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. Minimum four-game absence from placement.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. New England has not opened his 21-day practice window. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Undisclosed. New England has not specified the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement.
• When it happened: Early September 2026, prior to the Sept 18 baseline. He was already on Reserve/Injured with status code RES as of the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com New England roster.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated because the injury class is undisclosed. The list status establishes a minimum four-game absence from placement, with a 21-day practice window once New England opens it, after which they must activate him or shut him down for the year.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate without a disclosed diagnosis. The earliest structural return, based on the four-game minimum and an early-September placement, is roughly Week 5 to Week 6 — Oct 11 to Oct 18, 2026. No activation timeline has been published and no practice window has been opened as of Sept 25.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated for this game.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville and Week 4: ineligible. Weeks 5-6: the first theoretically possible return window if New England opens his practice window. There is a mild competitive case for activating him sooner than the other IR players here, because Eli Raridon is questionable with a thigh and New England’s tight end depth behind Hunter Henry is thin — but as of Sept 25 nothing has been done.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he was never in the Week 3 rotation. Hunter Henry (TE1), Eli Raridon (TE2, questionable), Cameron Latu (TE3) and Tanner Arkin (TE4) constitute the active tight end room, with Tanner Conner on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES on the current nfl.com roster, with no practice window opened, no activation timeline, and no injury disclosure.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR. Do not roster — he is a blocking tight end on IR with no receiving role even when healthy. Not a stash candidate in any format.

Moliki Matavao — NO (Depth tight end – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RES (Reserve/Injured with NO designated-to-return tag, No. 80), meaning he is out for the season and cannot appear on the weekly injury report.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on season-ending Reserve/Injured are not permitted to practice and do not appear on participation reports.
• Injury: Knee – both the league-wide IR tracking at sharpfootballanalysis.com and CBS Sports carry him as a knee injury, Out for Season.
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason, leading to the Reserve/Injured placement before the regular season opened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee injury severe enough to warrant a season-ending Reserve/Injured placement with no return designation is almost certainly a major ligament tear (ACL and/or MCL) or a significant meniscus repair. ACL reconstruction runs 9-12 months for a tight end; meniscus repair runs 4-6 months; multi-ligament injuries can run 12-18 months.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026 – the roster designation forecloses it regardless of how he heals. A realistic football return is the 2027 offseason, most likely spring-to-summer 2027.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 and OUT for every remaining 2026 game. He is season-ending Reserve/Injured with no return mechanism.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT all four weeks – vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5), vs Minnesota, at the New York Giants (Oct 18). There is no scenario in which he plays in 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: Juwan Johnson (TE1), Noah Fant (TE2), Oscar Delp (TE3) and Treyton Welch (TE4) hold the active tight end roles in his absence, with Stone Smartt (DEV) as the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 – still RES with no designated-to-return tag. NEW information: the injury is now identified as a knee, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as an undisclosed preseason injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy value in 2026 – he is ineligible to return this season. Drop in all redraft formats. Only deep dynasty rosters with taxi space should hold.

Eli Stowers — PHI (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list tight end. The active room runs Dallas Goedert > Johnny Mundt > E.J. Jenkins, with Zach Ertz on the practice squad.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag and outranks the practice-report cycle entirely. nfl.com lists him RES on the Eagles’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026. Philadelphia’s Monday-night game does not change this: a reserve-list status is a roster fact, not a weekly filing, so the absence of a final report is irrelevant to him.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hamstring strain plus a quadriceps injury — two separate leg injuries in the same limb chain, which is why the club used injured reserve rather than carrying him week to week.
• When it happened: Suffered before the Sept 18, 2026 baseline was taken; he was already on Reserve/Injured at that point and the status is unchanged as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Taken separately, a hamstring strain is 1-2 weeks (Grade 1), 3-6 weeks (Grade 2) or 8-12 weeks (Grade 3), and a quadriceps strain runs 2-6 weeks. Stacked in the same leg, the combined rehabilitation realistically runs 6-10 weeks because each injury slows the other’s loading progression.
• Expected back to full health: Late October to mid-November 2026 — roughly Weeks 8-11 — on a stacked hamstring-plus-quad timeline. He must miss four regular-season games minimum under the IR rule, making Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026) the earliest rules-eligible date and Weeks 8-11 the medically realistic one.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (at Chicago) and 4 with certainty under the four-game IR minimum. Weeks 5 and 6 require Philadelphia to open a 21-day practice window, which has not been reported. Treat him as unavailable through Week 6.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already accounted for — Johnny Mundt is starting with Goedert out, E.J. Jenkins is TE2, and Zach Ertz was signed to the practice squad on Sept 22-24, 2026. Grant Calcaterra is also on the reserve list.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 in his own status — still RES, still the hamstring-plus-quad combination, still no practice window opened. The open thread is RESOLVED as ‘unchanged.’ What did change around him: Dallas Goedert’s MCL sprain and the Zach Ertz signing mean the room he returns to will look different.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Worth one sentence of monitoring only: if Goedert’s MCL lingers into November and Stowers is activated, the Eagles’ tight end room could get interesting — but that is a deep-dynasty note, not a redraft action.

Jameson Geers — ARI (Reserve — depth tight end)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com Cardinals roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury carried from training camp
• When it happened: Training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Undisclosed; treated by the club as a longer-term reserve situation
• Expected back to full health: Unknown; no return timetable disclosed by Arizona
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. San Francisco
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3-6 with no disclosed return timetable
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — depth-only tight end with no fantasy role
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on Reserve/Injured.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant for fantasy purposes

Tip Reiman — ARI (Reserve — depth/blocking tight end)

• Status: PUP — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as PUP (active/Physically Unable to Perform) on the official nfl.com Cardinals roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — a player on active/PUP is barred from practicing with the team.
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried from training camp (undisclosed specifics)
• When it happened: Training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Varies by injury; PUP-list players are eligible for the practice window to open no earlier than Week 7
• Expected back to full health: Earliest practice-window eligibility is Week 7 (mid-to-late October 2026); game availability would follow a subsequent practice window
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. San Francisco — ineligible
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3-6; not eligible to open his practice window until Week 7 at the earliest
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — TE2/TE3 depth (Hunter Long, Elijah Higgins) already covers his blocking/depth role
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on active/PUP.

Fantasy takeaway: Not fantasy-relevant; no roster value in any format right now

DJ Rogers — DAL (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list tight end behind Jake Ferguson, Brevyn Spann-Ford and Luke Schoonmaker.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag and is why he does not appear on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. nfl.com lists him RES on the Cowboys’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. Dallas has not specified the injury on any public report.
• When it happened: Not publicly specified. He was already on Reserve/Injured at the Sept 18, 2026 baseline and the status is unchanged.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated with an undisclosed injury. The binding constraint is the four-game minimum an IR player must miss before activation is permitted.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown given the undisclosed injury. The earliest rules-eligible return is Week 5 (roughly Oct 11, 2026), and no 21-day practice window has been opened.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 and 4 with certainty. Weeks 5-6 hinge on a practice window Dallas has not opened. Treat him as unavailable through the window.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already off the active roster; the room runs Ferguson > Spann-Ford > Schoonmaker without him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RES on the official roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero fantasy relevance.

Princeton Fant — DAL (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list tight end behind Jake Ferguson, Brevyn Spann-Ford and Luke Schoonmaker.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag and is why he does not appear on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. nfl.com lists him RES on the Cowboys’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. Dallas has not specified the injury on any public report, which is standard for a player placed on injured reserve before the regular-season report cycle begins.
• When it happened: Not publicly specified. He was on Reserve/Injured before the Sept 18, 2026 baseline was taken and his status is unchanged.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated with an undisclosed injury. The structural constraint is the rule, not the medicine: a player placed on IR after final cuts must miss at least four regular-season games before he is eligible to be activated.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown given the undisclosed injury. The earliest rules-eligible return is after the four-game IR minimum, which would be Week 5 (roughly Oct 11, 2026) at the very soonest, and no designated-to-return window has been opened.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Week 3 (vs Baltimore) and Week 4 with certainty. Weeks 5-6 depend on Dallas opening a 21-day practice window, which has not been reported. Treat him as unavailable through the window.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already off the active roster; the tight end room functions as Ferguson > Spann-Ford > Schoonmaker without him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RES on the official roster, still no designated-to-return window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format and not a stash candidate. Zero fantasy relevance.

Luke Musgrave — GB (TE depth — off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: PUP — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code PUP on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform. This reserve-list status outranks the injury detail: a player who begins the season on Reserve/PUP is ineligible for at least the first four games and receives no weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/PUP do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report until their practice window opens.
• Injury: Neck injury. Green Bay has not published further specificity on the nature or severity.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/PUP at the start of the 2026 regular season, meaning the injury was present and unresolved at the time of the initial roster cutdown in late August 2026. The underlying issue predates the season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cervical spine injuries in tight ends span an enormous range — a cervical strain or recurrent stinger is a 2-6 week issue, while a disc herniation or foraminal stenosis finding can cost a half-season, require surgery, or raise career-continuation questions. Green Bay’s willingness to start him on Reserve/PUP rather than carry him week-to-week signals the club expected a multi-month absence, not a multi-week one.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to begin practicing after Week 4 under the Reserve/PUP rules, after which Green Bay has a 21-day window to activate him. No practice window has been opened or reported as of Sept 25, 2026. Realistic earliest availability is late October to November 2026 — Week 8 or later. He will not play in Weeks 3-6.
• Next game: Did not play in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons, and he was ineligible for it.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout. The first meaningful marker would be Green Bay opening his 21-day practice window, which cannot happen before Week 5 and has not been signaled.
• Who benefits if he sits: Green Bay is deep here and his absence costs them nothing. Tucker Kraft (TE1) is an every-down starter, Jonnu Smith (TE2) is a significant receiving piece, and Josh Whyle (TE3) and Mark Redman (TE4) are both active. Drake Dabney (DEV) is the practice-squad option.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code PUP on the baseline, status code PUP today, with no practice window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league, and not worth a stash even in deep formats — even at full health he would be the No. 3 or No. 4 tight end on his own team behind Tucker Kraft and Jonnu Smith. Drop and ignore.

McCallan Castles — GB (TE depth — off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks the injury circumstances: he is ineligible to play and receives no weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Reserve/Injured players do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Green Bay has not published a characterization of the injury.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured during the 2026 roster-setting period in late August / early September 2026, before Week 1. He has not been active for a game this season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknowable without a disclosed diagnosis. Procedurally, a player placed on IR at cutdown must miss at least four games and then complete a practice window before activation, and Green Bay has not opened one for him.
• Expected back to full health: No credible calendar estimate exists without a disclosed injury. Treat him as unavailable through at least Week 6 (mid-October 2026).
• Next game: Did not play in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons. He was ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout, with no practice window opened. Green Bay’s four healthy active tight ends give the club no urgency to bring him back.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed several times over — Tucker Kraft, Jonnu Smith, Josh Whyle and Mark Redman are all active, with Drake Dabney (DEV) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code RES on the baseline, status code RES today.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Not rosterable, not a stash. He is buried behind four healthy tight ends even if activated.

Thomas Yassmin — GB (TE depth — off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks the injury circumstances: he is ineligible and receives no weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Reserve/Injured players do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Green Bay has not published a characterization of the injury.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured during the 2026 roster-setting period in late August / early September 2026, before Week 1. He has not been active for a game this season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknowable without a disclosed diagnosis. The procedural floor applies: a four-game minimum absence and a completed practice window before any activation, and no window has been opened.
• Expected back to full health: No credible calendar estimate exists without a disclosed injury. Treat him as unavailable through at least Week 6 (mid-October 2026).
• Next game: Did not play in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons. He was ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout, with no practice window opened and four healthy active tight ends ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed — Tucker Kraft, Jonnu Smith, Josh Whyle and Mark Redman are all active, with Drake Dabney (DEV) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code RES on the baseline, status code RES today.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Not rosterable under any circumstances.

Carson Towt — IND (Depth/practice tight end — currently roster-list only)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried on nfl.com as status code RES with no designated-to-return tag, which effectively ends his 2026 season absent a corresponding move.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 25) — on Injured Reserve, not practicing with the team.
• Injury: Undisclosed
• When it happened: Prior to Week 1, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknown given undisclosed injury type
• Expected back to full health: No return timetable reported; without a designated-to-return tag, a 2026 return is unlikely absent a corresponding roster move
• Next game: OUT for Sept 27, 2026 vs. Houston — on Injured Reserve
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT for all four
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — deep TE4 with no fantasy footprint
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance

Ben Yurosek — MIN (TE depth — off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/minnesota-vikings/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks the injury circumstances: he is ineligible to play and receives no weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Reserve/Injured players do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Minnesota has not specified the injury type.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured during the 2026 roster-setting period in late August / early September 2026, before Week 1. He has not been active for a game this season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknowable without a disclosed diagnosis. The procedural constraint governs: a player placed on IR at cutdown must miss at least four games and complete a practice window before activation, and Minnesota has not opened one.
• Expected back to full health: No credible calendar estimate exists without a disclosed injury. Treat him as unavailable through at least Week 6 (mid-October 2026).
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout, with no practice window opened.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed — T.J. Hockenson (TE1), Josh Oliver (TE2) and Gavin Bartholomew (TE3) are all active, with Cam Grandy (DEV) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code RES on the baseline, status code RES today.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Not rosterable, not a stash. T.J. Hockenson is the only Minnesota tight end who matters, and he is healthy.

Bryson Nesbit — MIN (TE depth — off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/minnesota-vikings/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks the injury circumstances: he is ineligible and receives no weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Reserve/Injured players do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Minnesota has not published a characterization of the injury.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured during the 2026 roster-setting period in late August / early September 2026, before Week 1. He has not been active for a game this season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknowable without a disclosed diagnosis. The same procedural floor applies: a four-game minimum absence and a completed practice window before any activation.
• Expected back to full health: No credible calendar estimate exists without a disclosed injury. Treat him as unavailable through at least Week 6 (mid-October 2026).
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout, with no practice window opened and three healthy active tight ends ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed — T.J. Hockenson, Josh Oliver and Gavin Bartholomew are all active, with Cam Grandy (DEV) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was listed as RES on the baseline depth chart and remains status code RES today.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Not rosterable under any circumstances.

Grant Calcaterra — PHI (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list tight end.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag. nfl.com shows him with the code RSR (reserve) on the Eagles’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026. The Monday-night game and the absence of a final report do not affect a roster-list status.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on the reserve list. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. Philadelphia has not specified the injury publicly.
• When it happened: Not publicly specified. He was already on the reserve list at the Sept 18, 2026 baseline and the status is unchanged.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated with an undisclosed injury. The governing constraint is the reserve-list rule requiring a minimum four-game absence before activation.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown given the undisclosed injury. The earliest rules-eligible return is Week 5 (roughly Oct 11, 2026), and no 21-day practice window has been reported.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears. He is on the reserve list and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (at Chicago) and 4 with certainty. Weeks 5-6 depend on a practice window Philadelphia has not opened. Treat him as unavailable through Week 6.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already accounted for — Johnny Mundt starts with Goedert out, E.J. Jenkins is TE2, and Zach Ertz (DEV) was signed to the practice squad in response to the Goedert injury.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RSR on the official roster with an undisclosed injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Zero near-term fantasy relevance even with Goedert out, since he is not eligible to be activated in time to matter for Week 3 or 4.

Robbie Ouzts — SEA (Reserve — depth/blocking tight end)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com Seahawks roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury; Seattle has not detailed the body part
• When it happened: Preseason/training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Undisclosed
• Expected back to full health: Unknown; no timetable disclosed
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3-6 with no disclosed timetable
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — depth-only tight end with no fantasy role
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on Reserve/Injured.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant for fantasy purposes

Jake Tonges — SF (Reserve — was a depth/blocking tight end)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Officially placed on season-ending Injured Reserve by San Francisco on Sept 16, 2026 and confirmed as RES on the official nfl.com roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on injured reserve and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: MCL tear, right knee, requiring season-ending surgery
• When it happened: Sept 16, 2026 (Week 2 practice week)
• Typical recovery for this injury: MCL tears requiring surgical repair typically require 4-9 months of recovery
• Expected back to full health: Not expected back in 2026; target 2027 offseason
• Next game: OUT for the remainder of the 2026 season, including Sept 27 vs. Arizona
• Next four weeks: Out for the season, Weeks 3-6 and beyond
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — Luke Farrell and Brayden Willis cover his depth-chart role behind George Kittle
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on season-ending Reserve/Injured.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all redraft formats; irrelevant for 2026 fantasy purposes

Jaren Kanak — TEN (Depth tight end — currently roster-list only)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status outranks any other consideration. Confirmed on nfl.com as status code RES with no return designation; season-ending.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 25) — on season-ending Injured Reserve.
• Injury: Torn pectoral muscle
• When it happened: Prior to the 2026 regular season
• Typical recovery for this injury: Pectoral tears requiring surgical repair typically require 4-6+ months, ending the current NFL season for a player diagnosed in preseason
• Expected back to full health: Not expected back in 2026
• Next game: OUT for the remainder of the 2026 season
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT for all — season-ending
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — deep TE4/5 with no fantasy footprint
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance

Questionable — game-time calls (3)

The genuine coin flips. Watch the inactives list, which posts about 90 minutes before kickoff, and have a replacement ready.

Colby Parkinson — LAR (TE1 — starting/receiving tight end)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL official Friday game-status designation filed by the Rams on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs. Denver.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Knee
• When it happened: Week 3 practice week (first appeared Sept 23, 2026); not on the Sept 18 baseline report
• Typical recovery for this injury: A full-week DNP with a Friday Questionable tag on a knee injury typically indicates a moderate issue; recovery timelines for such knee injuries commonly run 1-3 weeks depending on the specific diagnosis, which the club has not disclosed
• Expected back to full health: Uncertain; monitor early in Week 4 practice reports (early October 2026) for clarity
• Next game: QUESTIONABLE for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Denver — a full DNP week with no practice reps is a mild red flag despite the Questionable (rather than Doubtful) tag
• Next four weeks: Game-time decision Week 3; if he sits, Tyler Higbee and Terrance Ferguson would see increased tight end snaps
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Higbee is next in line at tight end, with Terrance Ferguson also in the rotation
• Change since Week 2: New to the report. He was not listed at all on the Rams’ Sept 18 baseline injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Risky fantasy start given the full DNP week; have Higbee or Ferguson ready as a same-week alternative if Parkinson is inactive

Brock Bowers — LV (TE1 — listed first on Ourlads ahead of Michael Mayer and Ian Thomas, and the focal point of the Raiders’ passing game when available. He is on the ACTIVE roster (ACT), not a reserve list.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Las Vegas on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints. This is a genuine coin flip: head coach Klint Kubiak said Bowers will work out prior to the game Sunday to determine whether he is ready to make his 2026 season debut.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25) — a DOWNGRADE on the day. Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. The Friday DNP is the single most important data point on him and is why the tag is Questionable rather than a clean no-designation.
• Injury: Left knee — torn meniscus, repaired with an arthroscopic meniscus trim (partial meniscectomy) rather than a meniscus repair.
• When it happened: Injured during training camp; diagnosed the week of Sept 1, 2026. Surgery was performed Sept 8, 2026. He has not played a snap in the 2026 season — he missed Week 1 vs. Miami and Week 2 at the Los Angeles Chargers.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Arthroscopic meniscus TRIM (partial meniscectomy) is the fast version: typically 3-6 weeks to return to play, sometimes as little as 2-4 weeks for elite athletes with a small resection. A meniscus REPAIR (suturing rather than trimming) is a far longer 3-5 months. He is at Week 2.5 post-op as of Sept 25, 2026 — at the very front edge of the trim window, which is precisely why this has dragged into a third week of uncertainty.
• Expected back to full health: Realistic full, unrestricted health in early-to-mid October 2026 — Week 5 or Week 6. Even if he suits up in Week 3 expect a managed snap count for one to two weeks after the debut.
• Next game: TRUE COIN FLIP, lean toward PLAY on a limited snap count. He is Questionable for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints, and the club has explicitly deferred the call to a pregame workout. The Friday DNP is a real warning sign; do not treat this as a formality. The Raiders have now held him out twice when he practiced late in the week and was not ready, so their demonstrated pattern is caution.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 at New Orleans (Sun Sept 27): coin flip, and even if active expect a snap cap and a reduced route tree. Week 4: strong odds he is active and closer to normal. Weeks 5-6: expected full-go and back to being a top-three fantasy tight end. The arc to bet on is ‘limited Week 3 or 4, full by Week 5.’
• Who benefits if he sits: Michael Mayer (TE2) is the primary beneficiary and has been the de facto TE1 for the first two weeks — he is the direct plug-in. Ian Thomas (TE3) picks up the blocking and rotational snaps. In the passing game, Tre Tucker (LWR1) and Jack Bech (SWR1) absorb the vacated target share from Kirk Cousins.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED, and the practice trend is worse even though the tag improved. Baseline Sept 18: DOUBTFUL, with DNP Wed -> DNP Thu -> Limited Fri, and he did NOT play in Week 2 at the Chargers. Now: the tag is upgraded to QUESTIONABLE, but the practice arc reversed — Limited Wed -> Limited Thu -> DNP Fri. He remains on the ACTIVE roster, not IR, and has still not played a snap in 2026. The club has now added an explicit pregame-workout decision point.

Fantasy takeaway: DO NOT START HIM in Week 3 in a 12-team full-PPR redraft unless you have a viable Sunday-afternoon pivot on your bench and can wait out the inactives — the game is a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff, so you WILL know before lineups lock for that window, but you will not know before the 1:00 p.m. ET slate locks. Have a Plan B tight end you can start at 1:00 p.m. if he is ruled out. Absolutely hold him — this is a top-three positional asset at full health and a two-to-three-week problem, not a season-long one. If a frustrated manager in your league will sell him for a TE1-ish price, buy aggressively.

Eli Raridon — NE (TE2 — the rookie third-round pick and second tight end behind Hunter Henry, ahead of Cameron Latu and Tanner Arkin)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by New England on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Jacksonville Jaguars. New England’s own reporting says he “has a chance to play” despite missing the last two practices.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. This is a DOWNWARD trajectory — two consecutive DNPs to close the week — which makes the Questionable tag considerably shakier than the word normally implies.
• Injury: Thigh. New England has not specified side, structure, or grade. A ‘thigh’ listing typically denotes a quadriceps strain or a quadriceps contusion (a deep thigh bruise); the club has not distinguished between them.
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026. It surfaced on New England’s Week 3 practice report — he was a limited participant Wednesday Sept 23 before being downgraded to DNP on Thursday. It is not traceable to a specific Week 2 play against Pittsburgh.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Quadriceps strains: Grade I 1-2 weeks, Grade II 2-4 weeks, Grade III 6+ weeks or surgical. Quadriceps contusions (thigh bruises) typically cost 1-2 weeks but can become myositis ossificans in bad cases, which extends to 4-8 weeks. The Limited-then-DNP-then-DNP pattern is the concerning direction: a player improving toward gameday moves the other way. Two DNPs to close a week with a Questionable tag usually reflects a club preserving optionality rather than genuine confidence.
• Expected back to full health: If a Grade I strain or simple contusion, full health by roughly Oct 4-11, 2026 — Week 4 to Week 5. If it is a Grade II quad strain, push to mid-to-late October, Weeks 6-7. The Week 4 Wednesday practice report is the checkpoint that will separate these.
• Next game: LEAN OUT, despite the Questionable tag. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars, EverBank Stadium. Two consecutive DNPs closing the week is a poor signal and historically converts to inactive more often than active. New England’s public framing of ‘a chance to play’ is soft. Treat him as unlikely.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville: lean out. Week 4: plausible return if the thigh is a contusion or Grade I strain, which the single limited practice on Wednesday weakly supports. Weeks 5-6: should be available and back in the TE2 rotation. Escalation risk is modest — thigh injuries rarely draw IR placements — but a second week of DNPs would push the return toward Week 5 or 6.
• Who benefits if he sits: Cameron Latu (TE3) moves up to the second tight end role and would take the two-tight-end-set snaps. Tanner Arkin (TE4) fills out the rotation. Tanner Conner (DEV) is a practice-squad elevation candidate. The fantasy-relevant beneficiary is Hunter Henry (TE1), whose route participation and target share both rise when the TE2 is unavailable.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Eli Raridon was not on the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy. He appeared on New England’s Week 3 report Wednesday Sept 23 with a thigh, was limited that day, then did not practice Thursday or Friday, and drew a QUESTIONABLE tag on the final report. A fresh downgrade with a negative within-week trajectory.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in 12-team full PPR and not worth a roster spot — he is a rookie TE2 with a bad practice trend. The actionable read is on Hunter Henry: with Raridon likely out, A.J. Brown on IR, and New England’s receiver room thin, Henry’s target share concentrates further and he is a solid TE1 streaming play at Jacksonville. Drop Raridon if you’re holding him for dynasty-adjacent reasons in a redraft league.

Final tag still pending (1)

The Monday night teams file a day later than everyone else. Real situations, final tag still to come.

Dallas Goedert — PHI (TE1 — the starter and primary seam/red-zone tight end, listed first on Ourlads (09/24/2026) with an ‘O’ marker, ahead of Johnny Mundt and E.J. Jenkins.)

• Status: OUT — (d) a report not yet made official. Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago, so its final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 27 and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. The OUT call rests on ESPN’s Adam Schefter and multiple club-side reports that he will miss ‘a few weeks’ with the MCL sprain, plus three straight DNPs. He is NOT on injured reserve — nfl.com still lists him ACT on the Eagles’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026, and the club is reported to be avoiding IR to preserve a faster return.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He has not practiced in any capacity since the injury.
• Injury: Right knee — MCL sprain.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, in the Week 2 win over the Tennessee Titans. He had one reception before exiting and did not return.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An isolated MCL sprain grades out at 1-2 weeks for Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2, and 6-10 weeks or surgery for Grade 3. The ‘few weeks’ reporting plus the decision to stay off IR (a four-game minimum) points to a Grade 1-2, i.e. a 2-4 week absence.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-October 2026, roughly Oct 11-18 — Week 5 or Week 6 — on a Grade 2 MCL timeline from a Sept 20 injury. The club’s choice not to use IR implies it believes he beats the four-game threshold.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears. Three consecutive DNPs and ‘few weeks’ reporting make this effectively certain even though no final tag exists yet.
• Next four weeks: Out Week 3 (at Chicago) and very likely Week 4. Week 5 is the realistic return target and Week 6 the safe one. Expect a Limited-practice ramp to precede his first game back, so watch the Wednesday report in the week he returns.
• Who benefits if he sits: Johnny Mundt (TE2) takes over as the starter and is the primary beneficiary of snaps. E.J. Jenkins (TE3) moves into the rotation. Zach Ertz, signed to the practice squad on Sept 22-24, 2026 specifically in response to this injury, is an elevation candidate and the name to watch for red-zone work. Eli Stowers (RES) and Grant Calcaterra (RSR) are both unavailable.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR change since Sept 18. He carried no designation in the baseline and was the healthy TE1. He sprained his MCL in the Sept 20 Week 2 win over Tennessee, has been DNP all three Week 3 practices, and is reported out multiple weeks. Philadelphia responded by signing Zach Ertz to the practice squad. He is NOT on IR — a correction worth flagging, since the club is deliberately preserving a sub-four-game return.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him in 12-team full-PPR for Week 3 and Week 4 — do not drop him, since a Week 5-6 return to a TE1 role in this offense is worth the IR/bench slot. The startable replacement is nobody yet: Mundt is a volume-light TE2 streamer at best, and Zach Ertz is the speculative add if Philadelphia elevates him, since Ertz’s red-zone history is the one path to actual fantasy points from this room.

Cleared — listed this week but carrying no designation (27)

The good news. Every player here carried an injury or a listing at some point this week and finished it without a designation.

Trey McBride — ARI (TE1 — lead pass-catching tight end)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on Arizona’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 game vs. San Francisco.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: Back / veteran rest day (Week 2)
• When it happened: Week 2 practice week (mid-September 2026), coded as a rest day, not an acute injury
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not an injury requiring recovery — a scheduled workload-management rest day
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. San Francisco
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 as Arizona’s clear TE1 and a top-tier fantasy tight end
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: Changed since Sept 18: last week he still carried a back/rest entry on the Friday report (no designation); this week he has dropped off the injury report completely.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in weekly TE1 start with no injury risk on the radar

Kyle Pitts Sr. — ATL (TE1 – primary receiving tight end)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on Atlanta’s FINAL Week 3 official injury report (filed Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 for the Thursday Sept 24 game at Green Bay). He had been carried as a limited participant on Atlanta’s Week 2 practice reports during the Carolina preparation week; that issue is now entirely off the paperwork.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (final report, Wednesday Sept 23). Full week: not listed Mon Sept 21 -> not listed Wed Sept 23. No limitation at any point in the Week 3 cycle.
• Injury: Undisclosed issue that made him a limited practice participant during Week 2 preparation (now resolved)
• When it happened: Appeared on Atlanta’s Week 2 practice report in the week of Sept 15-18, 2026. Atlanta never assigned it a game-status designation and never specified the body part publicly.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A practice-report-only issue that never earned a game-status tag and cleared within one week is by definition minor – typically under seven days of managed participation.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Sept 23, 2026 (Week 3). No residual restriction.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete. He was healthy and PLAYED at Green Bay on Thursday Sept 24, 2026, catching 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards in a run-dominated 35-14 win. For Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 he is expected to carry no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 at Green Bay (done, 2 targets). Week 4 at New Orleans (Mon Oct 5, MNF) – New Orleans has been beatable over the middle. Week 5 vs Baltimore, Week 6 vs Chicago. The health is fine; the problem is target share. Two targets in Penix’s first start is a warning that Atlanta’s offense is running through Bijan Robinson and Drake London.
• Who benefits if he sits: Charlie Woerner (TE2) and Austin Hooper (TE3) would split the work, with Hooper taking the receiving snaps and Woerner the in-line blocking. Nick Muse (TE4) would move up. None of them would be startable.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 – improvement. He was a limited participant on Atlanta’s Week 2 practice reports; he is now completely off the Week 3 injury report and practiced without restriction all week. Report him as CLEARED.

Fantasy takeaway: Hold in 12-team full-PPR as a low-end TE1 / high-end TE2, but temper expectations after a 2-target Week 3. The health question is closed. The usage question is open – give him two more games with Penix Jr. before you cut bait, because the QB upgrade is real even if Week 3 did not show it in his box score.

Jake Ferguson — DAL (TE1 — the clear starter and a primary red-zone target, first on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) tight end order ahead of Brevyn Spann-Ford and Luke Schoonmaker.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he is entirely absent from the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. He was evaluated in the medical tent for a possible concussion during the Sept 20 win over Washington, but he returned to that game, cleared the protocol, and never appeared on a Week 3 practice report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: Head — a sideline concussion evaluation only. He was cleared on the spot and the club never listed a concussion on any official report.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, during the Week 2 win over the Washington Commanders. He went to the medical tent, was cleared, and returned to finish with 4 catches for 43 yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A negative sideline concussion screen carries no recovery window at all. Had he entered the protocol, a Stage 1-5 NFL concussion return typically runs 5-10 days, with roughly half of cases clearing in time for the next game.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). He was never placed in the protocol.
• Next game: ACTIVE and a full-go starter for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro. No designation, no practice restriction.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and expected to start and carry a full route share through Weeks 3-6, beginning with Baltimore.
• Who benefits if he sits: Brevyn Spann-Ford is TE2 and would take the starting job, with Luke Schoonmaker (TE3) rotating in as the move tight end. Princeton Fant and DJ Rogers are both on Reserve/Injured and unavailable.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. He is not in the Sept 18 baseline. He picked up a Week 2 sideline concussion evaluation on Sept 20, cleared it in-game, and is reported here as CLEARED rather than dropped silently.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a TE1 in 12-team full-PPR. The Week 2 tent visit resolved with no protocol entry and no practice restriction, and he scored twice in that same game. Buy any lingering discount from managers who saw the injury chyron.

Sam LaPorta — DET (TE1 — every-down starting tight end and a primary target in the middle of the field)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) confirmed by the absence of any entry for LaPorta on Detroit’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the New York Jets. The only two names in that final filing were G Ben Bartch and S Thomas Harper, both Out. LaPorta carries no game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Unlisted on every day of the report.
• Injury: None active. The back issue that framed his offseason is behind him.
• When it happened: The underlying event was back surgery in the 2026 offseason. He completed his rehabilitation before the regular season and has not missed a game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — resolved. For context, the lumbar procedures tight ends typically undergo (microdiscectomy class) carry a 6-12 week return-to-play window, and LaPorta cleared his well before Week 1.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Will play, unrestricted, in Week 3 vs the New York Jets, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 at Ford Field.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: no injury concern. Week 3 sets up unusually well — the Jets ruled their own starting TE Mason Taylor out and are down safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (groin), which thins the middle of their coverage. Week 4 is at Carolina on Sunday night Oct 4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Brock Wright (TE2) would handle the in-line work and Tyler Conklin (TE3) would take the receiving snaps; Thomas Gordon (DEV) is the practice-squad option.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already marked resolved on the baseline and remains fully clear.

Fantasy takeaway: Confident weekly TE1 start in 12-team full-PPR. The back storyline is closed and should no longer factor into your lineup decisions. Week 3 vs the Jets, with their starting safety out, is a solid streaming-up spot if you were considering an alternative.

Tucker Kraft — GB (TE1 — every-down starting tight end and a featured target in the passing game)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) confirmed by the absence of any entry for Kraft on Green Bay’s FINAL official report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons. He carried no game-status designation, was active, and played in that game.
• Practice this week: Full. Full week for Green Bay’s compressed Thursday schedule: Full Monday Sept 21 -> Full Tuesday Sept 22 -> Full Wednesday Sept 23. He is unlisted on every day of the Week 3 participation report.
• Injury: None active. He carried an injury storyline into the 2026 season that has fully cleared.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. The prior storyline was already marked resolved on Green Bay’s Sept 18 report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — resolved, and he has not missed a game.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Played in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons (Packers lost 35-14). He was active and unrestricted, and absorbed extra middle-of-field volume with Jayden Reed out.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Thu Sept 24 vs Atlanta): played. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 at Tampa Bay), Week 5 (division game vs Chicago) and Week 6: no injury concern. His volume outlook is the story — with Jayden Reed out indefinitely and Savion Williams on IR, Kraft is a clear top-three option in this passing game.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jonnu Smith (TE2) would take the receiving role and Josh Whyle (TE3) the in-line work, with Mark Redman (TE4) also active. Green Bay would not need an elevation.
• Change since Week 2: No change in health since Sept 18 — already resolved on the baseline and still clear. His target environment improved because Jayden Reed went down.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a top-8 TE in 12-team full-PPR and buy if a manager will sell. The health question is closed and the opportunity has improved materially — Reed’s absence concentrates targets into Kraft, Matthew Golden and Christian Watson. A bottom-three run-blocking offensive line also means Green Bay is throwing more than it wants to, which helps him.

Greg Dulcich — MIA (TE1 — the Dolphins’ starting tight end and primary receiving option at the position)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Kansas City Chiefs. He is entirely off the report for the second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None currently. The last tracked issue was an undisclosed injury reported earlier in September 2026 that resolved before the Week 2 game and has not recurred.
• When it happened: Not applicable for Week 3 — no current injury. The prior undisclosed issue dates to early September 2026 and was resolved before the Sept 20 game at San Francisco.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no current injury. He has logged full participation in every practice Miami has held across Weeks 2 and 3.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions, no maintenance days, no listing.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. No designation of any kind.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City and Weeks 4-6: fully healthy in the starting tight end role. His usage should RISE over this window rather than hold steady — Caleb Douglas is out, Ryan Miller is questionable with hip/back, and Chris Bell is managing a knee, which concentrates targets on the healthiest pass catchers. Dulcich is the clearest beneficiary at his position.
• Who benefits if he sits: Will Kacmarek (TE2) would take over the starting receiving role. Seydou Traore (TE3) and Justin Joly (TE4) would fill the rotation. Miami’s tight end room is four-deep and healthy on the active roster.
• Change since Week 2: No change to his health since Sept 18 — he was RESOLVED on the baseline and remains RESOLVED, with three full practices and no listing. What HAS changed is the opportunity around him: Caleb Douglas is OUT, Ryan Miller is questionable and Chris Bell is carrying a knee, all of which raise his projected target share.

Fantasy takeaway: A genuine streaming target at tight end in 12-team full PPR this week. He is fully healthy, he is the TE1 on a team that has lost its starting X receiver and may be without its RB2, and Miami projects to trail Kansas City badly enough to throw a lot. In a position as thin as tight end, a healthy starter with a rising target share in a negative game script is exactly the profile you stream. Add and start if you’re desperate at TE.

Juwan Johnson — NO (TE1 – primary receiving tight end ahead of Noah Fant)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on New Orleans’ Week 3 injury reports – not Wednesday Sept 23, not Thursday Sept 24, and not on the FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game vs Las Vegas. He is completely off the paperwork.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. No limitation on any of the three days.
• Injury: Illness, non-orthopedic (now resolved)
• When it happened: Emerged in mid-September 2026 during Week 2 preparation – he was a DNP on Wednesday Sept 16, upgraded to Limited on Thursday Sept 17, and practiced fully on Friday Sept 18 before playing at Baltimore.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A common in-season illness costs an NFL player one to three days of practice and almost never a game. Johnson’s DNP-to-Full progression inside a single week was textbook, and by definition there is no orthopedic re-injury risk once it has cleared.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – confirmed by three clean unlisted practice days as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. No residual effect.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, fully healthy and unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He carries no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5, MNF), Week 5 vs Minnesota, Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). Three home games in four and a softening schedule. With Barion Brown OUT and the New Orleans receiver room thin behind Chris Olave, the tight ends should see a bump in targets – Johnson is the one to own.
• Who benefits if he sits: Noah Fant (TE2) would take over as the primary receiving tight end and would be a legitimate streaming option. Oscar Delp (TE3) and Treyton Welch (TE4) would move up, with Stone Smartt (DEV) as the practice-squad option now that Moliki Matavao is on season-ending Reserve/Injured.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 – an upgrade. He was ON the Week 2 final report with an illness (blank game status after a Friday full practice). He is now completely OFF the Week 3 report with three clean unlisted practices. Report him as CLEARED.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a streaming TE1 / strong TE2 in 12-team full-PPR. The illness is fully behind him and the situation improved this week – Barion Brown OUT means fewer pass-catchers competing for looks behind Chris Olave. In full PPR his reception volume matters, and this is a good week to deploy him.

AJ Barner — SEA (TE1 — starting tight end)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Washington.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: None — an undisclosed minor issue from earlier in the season has fully resolved
• When it happened: Early September 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — already resolved
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 as Seattle’s clear TE1
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains fully resolved and off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in weekly TE1/TE2-caliber start with no injury concern

George Kittle — SF (TE1 — starting tight end)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on San Francisco’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Arizona.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: Achilles — ongoing maintenance on the tendon he tore in 2025 and returned from ahead of the 2026 season
• When it happened: Original tear in 2025; the maintenance entries have appeared periodically through the 2026 season’s first two weeks
• Typical recovery for this injury: Chronic maintenance of a surgically repaired Achilles is managed on an ongoing basis rather than a discrete recovery timeline
• Expected back to full health: Considered fully game-available; periodic practice-rest entries may recur in future weeks as standard maintenance
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 as San Francisco’s clear TE1; watch for maintenance-related practice-report entries returning in a future week, which would not be expected to affect game status
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: Changed since Sept 18: last week he still carried an Achilles entry on the Friday report (limited practice days, no designation); this week he has dropped off the injury report completely.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in weekly TE1 start with no game-availability concern

John Bates — WAS (TE1 for Week 3 — elevated to the starting tight end with Chigoziem Okonkwo ruled out. He is TE2 on the standing Ourlads (09/21/2026) order and is a blocking-first player.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation of any kind on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. He does not appear on the report at all.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury to date in 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and the starting tight end for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home, with Okonkwo ruled out for a second straight week.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and expected to start Weeks 3 (vs Seattle) and 4 (London) while Okonkwo recovers, then revert to a TE2 blocking role around Weeks 5-6 when Okonkwo returns.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ben Sinnott (TE3) would take the receiving snaps and Colson Yankoff (TE4) the rotational work; Jack Westover (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 in role, not health. He was RESOLVED and healthy in the baseline. He is now the de facto starting tight end for a second straight week with Okonkwo OUT.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league despite the starting job. He is a blocking tight end with a low target ceiling, and Marcus Mariota under center caps the passing volume further. If you must stream a Washington tight end, Ben Sinnott is the better receiving bet — but the honest answer is to stream elsewhere.

Adam Trautman — DEN (TE2 behind Evan Engram — the blocking-first tight end in Denver’s 12-personnel looks.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) no injury designation of any kind. He does not appear on Denver’s Week 3 practice report for Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, and received no final game-status designation on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs. the Los Angeles Rams.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 23, not on the report Thu Sept 24, not on the report Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None currently. Fully healthy with no active issue.
• When it happened: Not applicable — there is no current injury. He carried no injury into Week 3 and none arose during the week.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no current injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. Active with no restriction for the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: healthy and active. He is a blocking tight end in a Denver offense that funnels receiving work to Evan Engram, so his fantasy ceiling is a touchdown-dependent spike week and nothing more.
• Who benefits if he sits: Nate Adkins (TE3) would take the TE2 blocking snaps, with Dallen Bentley (TE4, ACT) behind him and Lucas Krull (DEV) available for elevation.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already resolved and off the report on the Sept 18 baseline and remains fully healthy and unlisted.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. He is tracked here only because he sat on last week’s list — the healthy resolution is the news. No action.

Tyler Higbee — LAR (TE2 — behind Colby Parkinson)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear on the Rams’ FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 game vs. Denver.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: None active
• When it happened: N/A
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Denver
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6; stands to see a bump in snaps/targets if Colby Parkinson (Questionable) sits
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is the primary beneficiary if Parkinson is out
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains fully off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Streamable TE2 upside this week given Parkinson’s Questionable tag and full-week DNP

Theo Johnson — NYG (TE2 — second on the Ourlads (09/23/2026) tight end order behind Isaiah Likely, ahead of Chris Manhertz and Thomas Fidone II.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he is entirely absent from the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee, for a second consecutive week. The shoulder issue that listed him in Week 1 is closed.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None. The shoulder is resolved.
• When it happened: N/A for Week 3. The shoulder listing was a Week 1 item and closed before the Sept 18 baseline.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy. The underlying shoulder issue was a minor strain-class listing that never cost him a game.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and available for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium, in a TE2 role behind Isaiah Likely.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6. His target share is capped by Likely ahead of him and further dented by the quarterback change to Jameis Winston.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Manhertz (TE3) and Thomas Fidone II (TE4) would split the rotational snaps behind Isaiah Likely.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still fully resolved and off the report.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league while Isaiah Likely is healthy and Jameis Winston is under center. A waiver-wire name only if Likely goes down.

Kenyon Sadiq — NYJ (TE2 on the Ourlads depth chart, but functionally the STARTING tight end for Week 3 with Mason Taylor ruled OUT — the direct beneficiary of the Jets’ biggest Week 3 absence)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on the Jets’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Detroit Lions. He is entirely off the report for the second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None currently. The prior groin listing was a maintenance entry only and was fully resolved before the Week 2 game. He has not appeared on a Jets injury report in Week 2 or Week 3.
• When it happened: Not applicable for Week 3 — no current injury. The prior groin maintenance listing dates to early September 2026 and resolved before the Sept 20 game vs Green Bay.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no current injury. He has logged full participation in every practice the Jets have held across Weeks 2 and 3.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions, no maintenance days, no listing.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted, and STARTING. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. No designation. With Mason Taylor ruled out, Sadiq steps into the No. 1 receiving tight end role.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit: starting receiving tight end with a genuinely expanded role. Week 4 through Week 6: his usage tracks Mason Taylor’s recovery — Taylor is week-to-week with a realistic Week 5-6 return, so Sadiq could hold this elevated role for two or three more games. If Taylor ends up on Reserve/Injured, Sadiq holds it through at least Week 7. This is one of the better opportunity-driven situations at a thin fantasy position.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jeremy Ruckert (TE3) would start and handle in-line blocking and receiving. Jelani Woods (TE4) would fill the rotation. Cody Hardy, signed to the practice squad on Sept 22, is an elevation candidate. The Jets would be extremely thin at tight end in that scenario.
• Change since Week 2: No change to his health since Sept 18 — he was RESOLVED on the baseline and remains RESOLVED, with three full practices and no listing. His ROLE has changed dramatically: Mason Taylor’s OUT designation promotes him from TE2 to the starting receiving tight end for Week 3, and potentially for several weeks beyond.

Fantasy takeaway: PRIORITY WAIVER ADD and a legitimate streaming start at tight end in 12-team full PPR. This is the cleanest opportunity play in the division. He is fully healthy, he inherits the starting receiving tight end job with Mason Taylor OUT, and he does so in a road game at Detroit that projects a negative game script and high passing volume — on a team that has also lost Arian Smith for the season, has Omar Cooper Jr. and Tim Patrick on IR, and has Adonai Mitchell playing with a wrapped catching hand. There are very few pass catchers left in this offense. Add him and start him if you’re streaming tight end.

Darnell Washington — PIT (TE2 — second-team tight end on the Ourlads Steelers depth chart behind Pat Freiermuth, ahead of Robert Tonyan; primarily a blocking tight end with occasional red-zone usage)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the matter is closed. Washington appears NOWHERE on Pittsburgh’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 home game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. No practice designation, no game-status tag.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: full and unlisted Wed Sept 23 -> full and unlisted Thu Sept 24 -> full and unlisted Fri Sept 25. He was never added to the Week 3 report at any point.
• Injury: None — this was a NON-INJURY, personal-matter absence, now fully closed. He has no medical condition of any kind.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury occurred. He was listed as a non-participant on Wednesday Sept 16 and Thursday Sept 17, 2026 for a personal issue ahead of the Week 2 game at New England. Head coach Mike McCarthy confirmed the matter was clarified and that players in personal situations are typically able to play. Washington returned to full practice Friday Sept 18, drew no game-status tag, and has not appeared on a report since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no injury to recover from. The personal matter resolved within a single practice week and has not recurred.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). He was never unhealthy.
• Next game: FULL GO, no designation, for Week 3 vs. the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at Acrisure Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6 with no restriction. His fantasy profile is unchanged and unexciting — he is a blocking-first TE2 behind Pat Freiermuth in an offense that funnels tight-end targets to Freiermuth. Expect occasional red-zone and two-tight-end-set usage with no consistent target volume.
• Who benefits if he sits: Robert Tonyan (TE3) would take his snaps, with practice-squad TE Lake McRee as further depth. Pat Freiermuth is ahead of him and unaffected.
• Change since Week 2: UPGRADED and fully closed. On Sept 18 he was on the practice report as a non-participant Wednesday and Thursday for personal reasons before a full Friday, with NO game-status tag filed. He is now off the injury report entirely for Week 3 — the personal matter is resolved and he is unlisted.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in 12-team full PPR. He is a blocking tight end behind an established TE1 and his target share does not support weekly usage even in favorable matchups. Pat Freiermuth is the only Pittsburgh tight end worth rostering. Drop Washington if you are holding him from a preseason stash.

Daniel Bellinger — TEN (TE2 — backup/in-line tight end behind Gunnar Helm)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday outcome: cleared to play, no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag on Tennessee’s official Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27, 2026 road game at his former team, the New York Giants.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> Did Not Participate Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Illness
• When it happened: First appeared on Tennessee’s Thursday Sept 24, 2026 practice report
• Typical recovery for this injury: A short-term illness with no game-status tag by Friday indicates a routine, non-lingering issue
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively resolved heading into Sunday
• Next game: Cleared to play Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 at his former team, the New York Giants
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: no expected absence; remains the TE2 behind Gunnar Helm
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — David Martin-Robinson/Kylen Granson would see marginal extra snaps in the unlikely event he is a late scratch
• Change since Week 2: NEW to the injury report since Sept 18 (illness, since cleared) — no lasting fantasy impact.

Fantasy takeaway: Not fantasy-relevant as a TE2 with Gunnar Helm entrenched as the pass-catching lead tight end

Darren Waller — CAR (TE3 – veteran receiving tight end behind Tommy Tremble and Mitchell Evans)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) he appears on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 road game at Cleveland listed as ‘Non-injury’ (veteran rest / load management) with a BLANK Game Status column. This is not an injury designation at all.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 (the club’s Thursday report notes he was a full participant on a scheduled rest day) -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None – this is scheduled veteran rest / load management, not a diagnosed injury. Carolina lists it on the report as ‘Non-injury’, which is the required NFL reporting convention for a scheduled veteran rest day.
• When it happened: Not applicable – there is no injury. The rest designation is a routine in-season workload management decision by Carolina for a veteran tight end who came out of retirement.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable. Veteran rest days carry no recovery timeline and no re-injury risk. They are a scheduling tool, and a player on a rest designation is fully available to play.
• Expected back to full health: He is fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). There is nothing to recover from.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. A non-injury rest designation with a blank game status and a Full Friday practice means available. There is no injury risk to this one.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: available all four – Week 3 at Cleveland (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Detroit (Sun Oct 4, SNF), Week 5 BYE, Week 6 at Philadelphia (Oct 18). Expect Carolina to keep giving him a scheduled rest day most weeks, which will keep producing these non-injury report lines without ever threatening his availability. The thing to actually watch is not health but snaps – he is TE3 behind Tommy Tremble and Mitchell Evans.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tommy Tremble (TE1) and Mitchell Evans (TE2) are already ahead of him, so nobody ‘benefits’ in a meaningful sense. Feleipe Franks (TE4) and Ja’Tavion Sanders (TE5) provide the depth behind them.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Same non-injury veteran rest designation, same blank game status, same TE3 role. He practiced fully on Friday for the second straight week.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in 12-team full-PPR as the third tight end. He is a speculative hold only if you believe Carolina is about to expand his role – and with both starting receivers banged up, this week is the best chance he has had to see real red-zone targets. A very deep-league dart, nothing more. Do not read the report line as an injury risk.

Erick All Jr. — CIN (TE3 — third-team tight end on the Ourlads depth chart behind Drew Sample and Mike Gesicki, ahead of Jack Endries)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming no active issue exists. All appears NOWHERE on Cincinnati’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 game at Pittsburgh. He carries no designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: full and unlisted Wed Sept 23 -> full and unlisted Thu Sept 24 -> full and unlisted Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None active. His relevant history is a prior major knee injury (ACL) from a previous season, fully rehabbed; he is on the active roster with status code ACT and carries no current designation.
• When it happened: No current injury date applies. The underlying ACL injury dates to a prior season and was fully rehabbed before the 2026 campaign; he has practiced and played without restriction all season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: For context on his history: ACL reconstruction in a tight end typically requires 9-12 months to return to play and 12-18 months to full pre-injury explosiveness. All is well beyond both windows and shows no residual restriction on any practice report.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). No restriction of any kind.
• Next game: FULL GO, no designation, for Week 3 at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET. Availability is not in question; his snap share is a coaching decision, not a medical one.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6. The Iosivas IR placement opens an opportunity for the tight end room broadly, but Cincinnati’s stated committee approach leans on Mike Gesicki first — All would need an injury ahead of him or a scheme change to break into real usage across this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jack Endries (TE4) is the next man up behind him, with practice-squad TE Tanner Hudson available for elevation. Drew Sample and Mike Gesicki are ahead of him and unaffected.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already marked RESOLVED on the baseline with no active designation, and he remains off the Week 3 report entirely.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in 12-team full PPR. He is the TE3 in a room where Mike Gesicki is the designated beneficiary of the Iosivas absence and Drew Sample holds the starting job. Monitor only — if Gesicki were to go down, All’s athletic profile makes him the more interesting speculative add than Endries, but that is a contingency, not a current play.

Luke Schoonmaker — DAL (TE3 — third on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) tight end order behind Jake Ferguson and Brevyn Spann-Ford.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he is entirely absent from the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore, for the second consecutive week. His Week 1 absence was Not Injury Related and there was never an injury to resolve.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: None — and there never was one. The Week 1 absence was a Not Injury Related designation, not a medical issue.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury at any point in 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and available for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro, in a rotational TE3 role.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6, but buried behind Ferguson and Spann-Ford. Meaningful snaps require an injury ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: James Mitchell and Michael Trigg are the practice-squad tight ends (both DEV) and would be elevation candidates. Princeton Fant and DJ Rogers remain on Reserve/Injured.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains fully resolved and off the report.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. He is the third tight end in a room with a clear TE1. Streaming interest only if Ferguson misses time and Spann-Ford also goes down.

Josh Whyle — GB (TE3 — in-line and rotational tight end behind Tucker Kraft and Jonnu Smith)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Green Bay’s FINAL official report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons carried no entry for Whyle. He was available and carried no designation.
• Practice this week: Full. Full week on Green Bay’s compressed Thursday schedule: Full Monday Sept 21 -> Full Tuesday Sept 22 -> Full Wednesday Sept 23. Unlisted on every day of the Week 3 participation report.
• Injury: None active. The stinger (brachial plexus / cervical nerve traction injury) that put him on an earlier report has resolved.
• When it happened: The stinger dates to early September 2026 and was already marked resolved on Green Bay’s Sept 18 report. He has not missed a game because of it.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — resolved. Stingers typically resolve within days to two weeks provided strength returns fully; recurrent stingers can become a multi-week or evaluation-driven issue, but Whyle’s did not.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Played in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons. He was available with no designation.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Thu Sept 24 vs Atlanta): available. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 at Tampa Bay) through Week 6: no injury concern. He remains the TE3 behind Tucker Kraft and Jonnu Smith and is unlikely to see meaningful receiving volume unless one of them goes down.
• Who benefits if he sits: Mark Redman (TE4, ACT) is the next man up, with Drake Dabney (DEV) on the practice squad. Green Bay carries four active tight ends, so no elevation would be needed.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He carried no designation on the baseline and carries none now; the stinger remains resolved.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. He is the third tight end on a team whose TE1 (Tucker Kraft) is a top-8 fantasy option and whose TE2 (Jonnu Smith) already takes the leftover receiving snaps. Ignore unless Kraft goes down, and even then Smith is the add.

Davis Allen — LAR (TE3/4 — deep depth tight end)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry on the Rams’ Week 3 practice reports or the FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026, and head coach Sean McVay confirmed his concussion evaluation was cleared weeks ago.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: Head injury / concussion evaluation (resolved in Week 2)
• When it happened: Week 2 (mid-September 2026)
• Typical recovery for this injury: NFL’s concussion protocol has no fixed timeline, but he cleared within the same week it occurred
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Denver
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 in a deep depth role
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy, deep depth-chart piece
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains fully cleared and off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Not fantasy-relevant; no role change expected

Seydou Traore — MIA (TE3 — third on the Ourlads tight end depth chart behind Greg Dulcich and Will Kacmarek; a rotational blocking and situational-receiving role)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs Kansas City as a practice-participation entry with a thumb listing, but Miami assigned him NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag. He is available to play.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Three consecutive full participations with only a listing carried for disclosure purposes.
• Injury: Thumb. Miami has not specified side or grade. Note the change from the baseline: he was previously listed with BOTH a thumb and an Achilles issue. The Achilles listing has dropped off Miami’s Week 3 report entirely — only the thumb remains.
• When it happened: Early-to-mid September 2026. The thumb has been carried on Miami’s reports since Week 2 (limited all three days that week). The now-dropped Achilles listing dated to the same period.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Thumb injuries in NFL players span sprains (1-2 weeks, often played through in a splint or club), ulnar collateral ligament tears / gamekeeper’s thumb (4-6 weeks, or surgical with a 6-8 week timeline), and fractures (4-8 weeks). Three consecutive FULL practices places this firmly at the sprain end — a player with a structural thumb injury does not log full participation. For a tight end, a taped or lightly splinted thumb mainly affects catch security, not availability.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally available now. The listing may persist for several weeks as disclosure while the thumb is taped. True full health, no tape, estimated early-to-mid October 2026 — Week 5 or so.
• Next game: PLAYING. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. Three full practices and no game-status designation.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City and Weeks 4-6: available throughout, in his established TE3 rotational role. The upgrade from ‘thumb and Achilles’ to ‘thumb only,’ paired with a move from limited practices in Week 2 to full practices in Week 3, is a genuine week-over-week improvement. No meaningful absence risk unless the thumb is re-injured.
• Who benefits if he sits: Justin Joly (TE4) would take his rotational snaps. Will Kacmarek (TE2) would absorb the blocking work. Tre Watson (DEV) is a practice-squad elevation option. Greg Dulcich’s role would be unaffected.
• Change since Week 2: IMPROVED. On the Sept 18 baseline he was listed with BOTH a thumb and an Achilles injury and was Limited in all three practices with no designation. On the Week 3 report the Achilles listing has been dropped entirely and he has progressed from Limited to FULL participation on all three days, still with no designation. Two separate positive changes.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR. He is the TE3 on a team whose TE1, Greg Dulcich, is healthy and holding the receiving role. The only thing to take from this entry is the negative: it confirms Miami’s tight end room is healthy at the top, so there is no Dulcich-related opportunity to chase. Leave Traore on waivers.

Oscar Delp — NO (TE3 – third tight end behind Juwan Johnson and Noah Fant)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on New Orleans’ Week 3 injury reports – not Wednesday Sept 23, not Thursday Sept 24, and not on the FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game vs Las Vegas. He is completely off the paperwork.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. No limitation on any of the three days.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (now resolved)
• When it happened: Emerged in mid-September 2026 during Week 2 preparation – he was Limited on Wednesday Sept 16 and Thursday Sept 17 before practicing fully on Friday Sept 18 and playing at Baltimore without a designation.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks. Delp’s cleared inside a single week without ever missing a practice outright, which is the mildest end of Grade 1. Standard caution applies: hamstrings carry elevated re-injury risk for roughly four weeks after return, so a Week 4 or Week 5 reappearance on the report would not be surprising.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – confirmed by three clean unlisted practice days as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Past the elevated re-injury window by roughly Week 6, mid-October 2026.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, fully healthy and unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He carries no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: available all four – Week 3 vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5, MNF), Week 5 vs Minnesota, Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). As TE3 he is a blocking and rotational piece; his fantasy path requires an injury to Juwan Johnson or Noah Fant.
• Who benefits if he sits: Treyton Welch (TE4) would move up, with Stone Smartt (DEV) as the practice-squad elevation candidate. Juwan Johnson (TE1) and Noah Fant (TE2) are already ahead of him, so no fantasy-relevant player gains from his absence.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 – an upgrade. He was ON the Week 2 final report with a hamstring (blank game status after a Friday full practice). He is now completely OFF the Week 3 report with three clean unlisted practices. Report him as CLEARED.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league as the third tight end. He is a dynasty-watch name only. The health item is closed – he is clean – but the opportunity is not there behind Johnson and Fant.

Ben Sinnott — WAS (TE3 — third on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) tight end order behind Chigoziem Okonkwo and John Bates, and the more natural receiving option of the two available tight ends.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he is entirely absent from Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle, for a second consecutive week. The oblique strain that listed him in Week 1 is closed.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None. The oblique strain is fully resolved and never reduced his practice participation even when listed.
• When it happened: N/A for Week 3. The oblique listing was a Week 1 item (early September 2026) and is closed.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy. An oblique strain typically costs 1-3 weeks; his never cost him a practice rep, indicating the mildest grade.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and available for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home, with an expanded pass-game role available to him while Okonkwo is out.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6. His snap share is elevated through Weeks 3-4 with Okonkwo out and compresses again when Okonkwo returns around Weeks 5-6.
• Who benefits if he sits: Colson Yankoff (TE4) and Jack Westover (DEV) are the remaining depth behind John Bates.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 in opportunity, not health. He was RESOLVED in the baseline and remains fully resolved and off the report. What changed is around him: a second straight week without Okonkwo raises his receiving-snap share.

Fantasy takeaway: A desperation streamer in deeper 12-team full-PPR leagues only. He is the receiving-tier tight end available while Okonkwo is out, but Bates gets the starter’s snaps and Mariota caps the ceiling. Do not spend meaningful FAAB.

Nick Muse — ATL (TE4 – blocking and special-teams tight end behind Kyle Pitts Sr., Charlie Woerner and Austin Hooper)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) FINAL official designation filed by Atlanta on its Week 3 report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 road game at Green Bay (final report filed Wednesday Sept 23 on the short week). He appears on that report listed with ‘Shoulder’ but carries a BLANK Game Status column.
• Practice this week: Full (final report, Wednesday Sept 23). Full week (short week): Limited Mon Sept 21 -> Full Wed Sept 23. Walkthrough sessions with estimated participation per the club’s note.
• Injury: Shoulder – the club has not specified AC joint versus rotator cuff versus contusion
• When it happened: First appeared on Atlanta’s injury report Monday Sept 21, 2026, which points to the Week 2 home game against Carolina on Sunday Sept 20 as the most likely origin.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An unspecified shoulder issue that goes Limited-to-Full in 48 hours is almost always a contusion or a Grade 1 AC sprain, which cost 0-2 weeks. A Grade 2 AC sprain runs 2-4 weeks and a labral tear can end a season – neither is consistent with this practice pattern.
• Expected back to full health: Already functionally healthy – he practiced fully Sept 23, 2026 and was available for Week 3. No further restriction expected.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete. He was available and undesignated at Green Bay on Thursday Sept 24, 2026. For Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 he should carry no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: irrelevant to fantasy across the whole stretch – Week 3 at Green Bay (done), Week 4 at New Orleans, Week 5 vs Baltimore, Week 6 vs Chicago. He is the fourth tight end on a team that already splits work between Kyle Pitts Sr., Charlie Woerner and Austin Hooper.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jack Velling (DEV) would be the practice-squad elevation. In practice Atlanta would simply play more Charlie Woerner (TE2) and Austin Hooper (TE3) snaps – no fantasy-relevant player gains anything.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list. He was added Monday Sept 21 with a shoulder issue, practiced fully by Wednesday, and drew no game-status tag.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league, healthy or not. Do not roster. He is listed here only because he carried a designation-eligible injury on Atlanta’s final Week 3 report.

Ja’Tavion Sanders — CAR (TE5 – fifth tight end behind Tommy Tremble, Mitchell Evans, Darren Waller and Feleipe Franks)

• Status: RESOLVED – (c) roster-list status rather than a game-status designation. nfl.com’s live roster lists him ACT (active) as of Friday Sept 25, 2026, and he does not appear anywhere on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official injury report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at Cleveland. He is healthy and available.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. He carried no practice limitation at any point in the Week 3 cycle.
• Injury: None currently. He is off all injury paperwork and carries an ACT roster code.
• When it happened: Not applicable – no current injury. He is the subject of ongoing 2026 trade speculation rather than an injury story, with multiple outlets reporting in early-to-mid September 2026 that Carolina has fielded interest in him.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable – there is no current injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). No restriction of any kind.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE for the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, carrying no designation. Whether he is active on gameday is a healthy-scratch roster decision, not an injury one, given he is fifth on the tight end depth chart.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: healthy and available for Week 3 at Cleveland (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Detroit (Sun Oct 4, SNF), Week 5 BYE, Week 6 at Philadelphia (Oct 18). The realistic storyline over this window is not injury but transaction – the NFL trade deadline sits in early November and he has drawn reported interest. A trade would be the only thing that changes his outlook.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A for fantasy purposes – he is TE5, so Tommy Tremble (TE1), Mitchell Evans (TE2), Darren Waller (TE3) and Feleipe Franks (TE4) are all ahead of him and nobody’s role changes if he is unavailable.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT, as a roster addition rather than an injury. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline depth chart for Carolina at all; he now shows ACT on nfl.com’s live roster and TE5 on Ourlads’ Sept 25, 2026 depth chart. He is healthy with no designation – flagged here so the baseline correction is visible rather than silent.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league as the fifth tight end on the depth chart. He is a dynasty/trade-watch name only – if he is moved to a team with an open tight end job, re-evaluate immediately. Until then, no action.

Zach Ertz — PHI (Practice-squad tight end — behind Johnny Mundt and E.J. Jenkins on the active roster, and signed specifically as the response to Dallas Goedert’s knee injury. He is an elevation candidate for Monday night.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) a practice-report-only status with no final tag, since Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. He does not appear on any of the three Week 3 practice reports. nfl.com carries him with the code DEV (practice squad) on the Eagles’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he practiced without restriction all three days as he learns the game plan.
• Injury: None. Healthy. He is on this report as a roster and depth-chart development rather than an injury case.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. His arrival is a transactional consequence of Dallas Goedert’s Sept 20, 2026 MCL sprain.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). The open question is game-plan readiness after only a few days in the building, not physical health.
• Next game: PRACTICE SQUAD for Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears. He would need a standard practice-squad elevation to be active. Given Goedert is out and the Eagles signed him for exactly this reason, an elevation is plausible but has not been confirmed as of Friday Sept 25.
• Next four weeks: Likely to be elevated or signed to the active roster at some point across Weeks 3-6 while Goedert recovers, beginning at Chicago. His role would be red-zone and possession work rather than a full-time starter’s snap share, and it shrinks the moment Goedert returns around Week 5-6.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is the depth addition himself; Johnny Mundt and E.J. Jenkins are the active tight ends ahead of him.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report and NEW to the roster. He is not in the Sept 18 baseline at all. Philadelphia signed him to the practice squad on Sept 22-24, 2026 in direct response to Dallas Goedert’s MCL sprain. nfl.com now carries him DEV. This is a roster correction against the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: A speculative waiver add in deeper 12-team full-PPR leagues, and only if Philadelphia elevates him for Monday night. His long red-zone track record is the one realistic route to fantasy points from this tight end room while Goedert is out — but Johnny Mundt gets the starter’s snaps, so wait for confirmation of an elevation before spending FAAB.

Rosters and depth charts for all 32 teams were verified against official league roster pages before this report was compiled, and every player listed was confirmed to be on the roster shown. Designations come from the final official club and league injury reports filed Friday, September 25, 2026. Recovery timelines describe how long a class of injury typically sidelines an NFL player and are not a prediction for any individual.

NFL Week 3 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday TE first appeared on Game On Media.

Bottom Line Up Front at Wide Receiver

Wide receiver’s worst week landed in San Francisco, where Mike Evans and Demarcus Robinson were hurt in the same Week 2 game and the 49ers’ receiver room is now down to its fifth and sixth options. Houston is still without Nico Collins, the Rams may be without Puka Nacua for a second straight week, and Green Bay lost Jayden Reed to a frightening neck injury that required a hospital stay.

Of the 86 wide receivers on this board, 41 are out or doubtful, 10 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 34 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all. One is still waiting on a tag that does not file until Saturday.

Below is every fantasy-relevant wide receiver across all 32 teams carrying an injury or an absence, with the final designation, what the injury actually is, how long that class of injury normally takes to heal, where each player sits on his team’s depth chart, and who stands to gain if he can’t go.

Who is on this report?

Nico Collins (HOU), A.J. Brown (NE), Jayden Higgins (HOU), Tank Dell (HOU), Alec Pierce (IND), Andrei Iosivas (CIN), Jayden Reed (GB), Demarcus Robinson (SF), Ja’Kobi Lane (BAL), Ashton Dulin (IND), Barion Brown (NO), Tyrell Shavers (BUF), Brenen Thompson (LAC), Beaux Collins (ATL), Chris Brazzell II (CAR), Jeff Caldwell (KC), Jimmy Holiday (KC), KeAndre Lambert-Smith (LAC), Corey Rucker (LV), Dont’e Thornton Jr. (LV), Jeremiah Webb (NE), Brock Rechsteiner (NO), Jordyn Tyson (NO), Mason Tipton (NO), Arian Smith (NYJ), Omar Cooper Jr. (NYJ), Tim Patrick (NYJ), David Sills (TB), Kendrick Law (DET), Savion Williams (GB), Caleb Douglas (MIA), Jeshaun Jones (MIN), Calvin Austin III (NYG), Gunner Olszewski (NYG), Johnny Wilson (PHI), Cole Burgess (PIT), Jake Bobo (SEA), Christian Kirk (SF), De’Zhaun Stribling (SF), Ricky Pearsall (SF), Puka Nacua (LAR), Zay Flowers (BAL), DJ Moore (BUF), Ryan Miller (MIA), Mike Evans (SF), Xavier Legette (CAR), Michael Pittman Jr. (PIT), Jalen Coker (CAR), Marvin Mims Jr. (DEN), Keon Coleman (BUF), Adonai Mitchell (NYJ), DeVonta Smith (PHI), Rome Odunze (CHI), Ja’Marr Chase (CIN), Jerry Jeudy (CLE), CeeDee Lamb (DAL), Christian Watson (GB), Brian Thomas Jr. (JAX), Rashee Rice (KC), Ladd McConkey (LAC), Davante Adams (LAR), Chris Olave (NO), Malik Nabers (NYG), Jalen McMillan (TB), Terry McLaurin (WAS), Tee Higgins (CIN), Jakobi Meyers (JAX), Xavier Worthy (KC), Cooper Kupp (SEA), Chris Moore (BAL), Jauan Jennings (MIN), Emeka Egbuka (TB), Zachariah Branch (ATL), Devontez Walker (BAL), Derius Davis (LAC), Jordan Whittington (LAR), Marquise Brown (PHI), Tory Horton (SEA), Jaylin Lane (WAS), Skyler Bell (BUF), Troy Franklin (DEN), Dareke Young (LV), Greg Dortch (BUF), Elijah Moore (PHI), Khalil Shakir (BUF), Chris Bell (MIA)

What changed since Week 2

Across the 86 wide receivers here: 11 are new to the report, 19 improved or cleared outright, 4 got worse, and 52 are carrying the same status they had a week ago. The pattern worth internalizing: the Week 2 designations that resolved upward mostly stayed resolved, and the new names on this list came off the field in Week 2’s games, not out of the training room.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Nico Collins (HOU) can’t go — Kayshon Boutte moves into the WR1/outside role with Xavier Hutchinson and Jaylin Noel absorbing extra slot/outside snaps; Boutte is the primary fantasy beneficiary
• If A.J. Brown (NE) can’t go — Romeo Doubs (LWR1) has taken over as the lead receiver in his absence and is the primary beneficiary. Mack Hollins (RWR1) holds the other boundary spot. DeMario Douglas (SWR1) runs the slot and absorbs short-area volume. Kyle Williams (LWR2) and Efton Chism III (SWR2) fill the rotation. TE Hunter Henry is a meaningful target-share beneficiary in a receiver room missing its best player.
• If Alec Pierce (IND) can’t go — Darius Slayton, signed Sept 21, 2026 specifically in response to this injury, is the direct WR2/outside-depth beneficiary alongside Deion Burks
• If Andrei Iosivas (CIN) can’t go — A committee rather than a single replacement, per Zac Taylor. Mike Gesicki (TE2) is the primary target-share beneficiary and led the Bengals with 78 yards in Week 1. Dohnte Meyers (first-team Slot WR on Ourlads) and Colbie Young (second-team Right WR) each step up on the perimeter, and Ke’Shawn Williams is expected to be active for the first time this season against Pittsburgh.
• If Jayden Reed (GB) can’t go — Skyy Moore (WR4) is the direct slot backup and saw increased snaps against Atlanta, though with minimal production. The real beneficiaries are the outside starters: Matthew Golden posted the first 100-yard receiving game of his career in Week 3 with Reed out, and Christian Watson (188 receiving yards and 3 TDs on the season) remains the target leader. TE Tucker Kraft also absorbed extra middle-of-field volume. Bo Melton and J. Michael Sturdivant are the next men up on the outside.
• If Demarcus Robinson (SF) can’t go — KhaDarel Hodge and Jordan Watkins are the direct beneficiaries in the rotation, with Jacob Cowing also seeing added snaps
• If Ja’Kobi Lane (BAL) can’t go — Chris Moore was promoted from the practice squad specifically to fill Lane’s roster spot and now holds the first-team Right WR listing. Devontez Walker and Elijah Sarratt also absorbed his developmental snaps.
• If Barion Brown (NO) can’t go — Devaughn Vele (WR2, slot) absorbs the slot snaps and is the direct beneficiary. Bryce Lance (right outside) stays in his role. Chris Olave (WR1) is the biggest winner in target-share terms with one fewer mouth to feed. On the practice squad, Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper and Cedric Tillman are elevation candidates, with Palmer the most likely given his return-game experience.
• If Brenen Thompson (LAC) can’t go — Marquez Valdes-Scantling — newly signed to the ACTIVE roster on Sept 23, 2026 — is the direct beneficiary and slots in as the rotational outside receiver. Derius Davis (SWR2) also absorbs snaps. Gary Jennings and Theo Wease Jr. (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• If Beaux Collins (ATL) can’t go — Chris Blair (WR5, ACT) is holding the roster spot and depth snaps in his absence. Dylan Drummond, Antwane Wells Jr. and Vinny Anthony II (all DEV) are the practice-squad elevation options.
• If Chris Brazzell II (CAR) can’t go — Carolina’s active receiver room in his absence is Tetairoa McMillan (WR1), Xavier Legette (WR2), Jalen Coker (WR3), John Metchie III (WR4) and Brycen Tremayne (WR5), with David Moore, Casey Washington, Ja’Seem Reed and Ihmir Smith-Marsette on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• If KeAndre Lambert-Smith (LAC) can’t go — Already absorbed — Gary Jennings was signed in the corresponding roster move and Marquez Valdes-Scantling has since been added to the ACTIVE roster. Derius Davis (SWR2) and Marquez Valdes-Scantling cover the vacated rotational snaps.
• If Brock Rechsteiner (NO) can’t go — Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Bryce Lance and Barion Brown (currently OUT) hold the active receiver roles, with Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper, Cedric Tillman and Kyrese Rowan on the practice squad.
• If Jordyn Tyson (NO) can’t go — Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Bryce Lance and Barion Brown (currently OUT) are the active receivers in his absence, with Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper, Cedric Tillman and Kyrese Rowan on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• If Mason Tipton (NO) can’t go — Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2) and Bryce Lance hold the active roles, with Barion Brown currently OUT. Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper, Cedric Tillman and Kyrese Rowan (all DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• If Arian Smith (NYJ) can’t go — Malik McClain was elevated to the active roster to take his place in the receiver room and is now the LWR2. Isaiah Williams (SWR1) holds the slot. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson were signed to the practice squad after this injury and are expected elevation candidates. Garrett Wilson and Adonai Mitchell absorb the target share.
• If Omar Cooper Jr. (NYJ) can’t go — Isaiah Williams (SWR1) holds the slot role Cooper would have competed for. Malik McClain was elevated to the active roster to fill the receiver-room vacancy. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson, both signed to the practice squad, are expected gameday elevation candidates. Garrett Wilson and Adonai Mitchell absorb the target share.
• If Tim Patrick (NYJ) can’t go — Malik McClain was elevated to the active roster and now holds a receiver-room spot. Isaiah Williams (SWR1) and Adonai Mitchell (LWR1) start alongside Garrett Wilson. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson, both recently signed to the practice squad, are expected gameday elevation candidates this week.
• If David Sills (TB) can’t go — Ted Hurst III and Kameron Johnson hold the back-end active receiver roles in his absence, with Garrett Greene, Dean Patterson IV and Eric Rivers Jr. (all DEV) as practice-squad elevation candidates. Jalen McMillan, Chris Godwin Jr. and Emeka Egbuka are unaffected.
• If Kendrick Law (DET) can’t go — Already absorbed by the depth behind him: Jackson Meeks, Tay Martin and Tom Kennedy (all ACT) hold the back-end receiver jobs, with Dominic Lovett and Lucky Jackson (both DEV) on the practice squad. N/A in fantasy terms.
• If Savion Williams (GB) can’t go — Already absorbed. Skyy Moore (WR4), Bo Melton (WR5) and J. Michael Sturdivant (WR6) are handling the back-end receiver snaps, with Isaiah Neyor and Quincy Skinner Jr. (both DEV) on the practice squad.
• If Caleb Douglas (MIA) can’t go — Ryan Miller (RWR2, QUESTIONABLE with hip/back) is the direct positional replacement and caught a 77-yard touchdown in Week 2 — but he is himself compromised. Jalen Tolbert (LWR2) slides up and is the healthiest veteran option. Kevin Coleman Jr. (SWR2) sees expanded three-receiver work. Malik Washington (SWR1) absorbs target share. Miami re-signed AJ Henning to the practice squad on Sept 24 specifically to cover this thinning, and he is an elevation candidate. TE Greg Dulcich also stands to gain targets in a depleted receiver room.
• If Jeshaun Jones (MIN) can’t go — Already absorbed — Tai Felton (WR4) and Myles Price (WR5) hold the back-end active receiver jobs, with Dillon Bell and Michael Briscoe (both DEV) on the practice squad.
• If Calvin Austin III (NYG) can’t go — Malachi Fields and Odell Beckham Jr. already absorb the snaps he would have taken; Jalin Hyatt, Braxton Berrios, Dalen Cambre and Charlie Jones (all DEV) are the practice-squad depth.
• If Gunner Olszewski (NYG) can’t go — Braxton Berrios and Charlie Jones (both DEV) are the practice-squad return options; Malachi Fields and Odell Beckham Jr. handle the receiver snaps.
• If Johnny Wilson (PHI) can’t go — Already accounted for — Darius Cooper and Britain Covey hold the back-end active roles, with Xavier Gipson (DEV) on the practice squad.
• If Cole Burgess (PIT) can’t go — Kaden Wetjen (second-team Slot WR), Ben Skowronek (second-team Left WR) and Germie Bernard (second-team Right WR) hold the depth roles he would have competed for, with practice-squad receivers Brandon Smith, Brandon Johnson, Isaiah Hodgins and Darius Rush available for elevation.
• If Christian Kirk (SF) can’t go — Jordan Watkins, Jacob Cowing, and KhaDarel Hodge absorb his snaps in the interim
• If Puka Nacua (LAR) can’t go — Davante Adams remains the clear top target; Tutu Atwell and Jordan Whittington see expanded snaps and target share with Nacua out
• If Zay Flowers (BAL) can’t go — Rashod Bateman (WR, first-team Left WR) absorbs the alpha-target share and is the cleanest beneficiary. LaJohntay Wester (Slot WR2) slides directly into the vacated slot snaps. Devontez Walker (Right WR2, now fully off the injury report) is explicitly flagged by beat coverage as the man who ‘will see more work than usual if Flowers has to miss another game.’ Chris Moore (first-team Right WR) and TE Mark Andrews also see a target bump.
• If DJ Moore (BUF) can’t go — Khalil Shakir (SWR1) absorbs the target share first and is the primary beneficiary. Josh Palmer (LWR2) moves into a full-time perimeter role. Skyler Bell (RWR2) slides up to take Moore’s snaps on the right. Greg Dortch, signed to the active roster Friday Sept 25, adds slot/return depth and would be in the three-receiver rotation. Dalton Kincaid (TE1) also gains target volume in a thinned-out receiver room — note Keon Coleman is questionable the same week, so Buffalo could be down both perimeter starters.
• If Ryan Miller (MIA) can’t go — Jalen Tolbert (LWR2) would slide over to the right side. Kevin Coleman Jr. (SWR2) sees expanded snaps. AJ Henning, re-signed to Miami’s practice squad on Sept 24, is a live gameday-elevation candidate. Malik Washington absorbs targets from the slot. If both Miller and Douglas were out, Miami’s receiver room would be down to Chris Bell, Malik Washington, Jalen Tolbert and Kevin Coleman Jr., which is why the practice-squad move was made.
• If Mike Evans (SF) can’t go — Deebo Samuel Sr. becomes the clear top target, with Jacob Cowing and Jordan Watkins seeing expanded roles given Demarcus Robinson is also out
• If Xavier Legette (CAR) can’t go — John Metchie III (WR4) is listed directly behind Legette on the right side and would start. Brycen Tremayne (WR5) also moves up. Tetairoa McMillan (WR1) is the biggest beneficiary of volume. With Jalen Coker also Questionable, Carolina could be down two of its top three receivers, which would make Metchie a surprise volume play and push tight ends Tommy Tremble and Mitchell Evans into more targets than usual.
• If Michael Pittman Jr. (PIT) can’t go — Germie Bernard (second-team Right WR) is the direct next man up and would see the biggest snap increase. Roman Wilson (first-team Slot WR) and Ben Skowronek (second-team Left WR) would absorb additional targets, and TE Pat Freiermuth would see a target bump in a Steelers offense that leans on him.
• If Jalen Coker (CAR) can’t go — John Metchie III (WR4) is the direct slot replacement and the primary beneficiary. Brycen Tremayne (WR5) moves up on the outside. With Xavier Legette ALSO Questionable, Tetairoa McMillan (WR1) becomes an enormous target-share play and Metchie could see a genuine starter’s workload. David Moore, Casey Washington, Ja’Seem Reed and Ihmir Smith-Marsette (all DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• If Marvin Mims Jr. (DEN) can’t go — Troy Franklin (WR5, RWR2 behind Jaylen Waddle) absorbs the outside snaps; Lil’Jordan Humphrey (LWR2) covers the big-slot work. Pat Bryant stays the primary slot either way. On returns, Troy Franklin and Tyler Badie are the fallback options.
• If Keon Coleman (BUF) can’t go — Josh Palmer (LWR2) is the direct positional replacement and would start on the left boundary. Skyler Bell (RWR2) and newly active Greg Dortch round out the three- and four-receiver sets. Khalil Shakir (SWR1) is the biggest volume beneficiary regardless. With DJ Moore also questionable, Buffalo’s realistic worst case is a Sunday where Shakir, Palmer, Bell and Dortch are the receiver room, which would funnel enormous target volume to Shakir and TE Dalton Kincaid.
• If Adonai Mitchell (NYJ) can’t go — Isaiah Williams (SWR1) and Malik McClain (LWR2, recently elevated to the active roster) would start. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson, both recently signed to the practice squad, are expected gameday elevation candidates — reporting says to expect one if not both to be elevated for this game. Garrett Wilson would absorb an enormous target share. Kenyon Sadiq (TE2, starting with Mason Taylor out) would also gain targets.

How to read this report

These are final designations, not midweek practice notes, so they mean what they say. A few timing wrinkles apply this week:

• Green Bay and Atlanta have already played. The Falcons beat the Packers 35-14 on Thursday night, September 24. For those two clubs Week 3 is settled — what matters is who got hurt in the game and what it means from Week 4 on.
• The Eagles play at Chicago on Monday night, September 28, so Philadelphia does not file its final game-status report until Saturday. Any Eagles player listed here is Friday practice participation with the final designation still to come.
• A player listed with no designation is good news. Several names below appear on an official report with a blank game-status column — that is a club formally declining to tag them, which is stronger than never having been listed at all.

Reserve-list designations — injured reserve, PUP, the Commissioner’s Exempt List, suspension — are roster transactions and are settled regardless of the day. A player placed on in-season injured reserve must miss a minimum of four games.

Ruled out or unavailable (40)

Officially ruled out, or on a reserve list. Plan around these.

Nico Collins — HOU (WR1 — outside/X receiver)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Houston on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27, 2026 road game at the Indianapolis Colts.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (Grade 1, originally suffered in Week 1)
• When it happened: Originally injured in the Texans’ Week 1 game; re-aggravated/still symptomatic through Week 2 and Week 3 practice weeks
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains in NFL receivers typically cost 1-3 weeks; a strain that has now kept a player out two straight weeks without practicing at all often drags into a 3-4+ week absence given re-aggravation risk
• Expected back to full health: No firm timetable given by Houston; realistic target is Week 4 (Oct 4/5) at the earliest, with Week 5 more likely if he needs a full practice week first
• Next game: OUT for Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 at the Indianapolis Colts — his second consecutive missed game
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3 (at IND); Week 4 opponent TBD-monitor Wednesday practice reports for any return to limited work; even if he returns Week 4 or 5, expect a snap-count restriction in his first game back given the recurrence
• Who benefits if he sits: Kayshon Boutte moves into the WR1/outside role with Xavier Hutchinson and Jaylin Noel absorbing extra slot/outside snaps; Boutte is the primary fantasy beneficiary
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — Collins was OUT for Week 2 vs Cincinnati and remains OUT for Week 3 at Indianapolis, still without a single full practice.

Fantasy takeaway: Full bench/drop-from-lineup for Week 3 in all formats; Kayshon Boutte is a streamable flex in 12-team full-PPR leagues off the added target share, with Xavier Hutchinson a deeper-league add

A.J. Brown — NE (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. When healthy he is the unambiguous WR1 and the centerpiece of New England’s passing game, ahead of Romeo Doubs and Mack Hollins.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New England roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. He was placed on IR on or about Sept 11, 2026, immediately after the season opener, requiring a minimum four-game absence.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. New England has NOT opened his 21-day practice window as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Right high ankle sprain (syndesmotic), MRI-confirmed. Ian Rapoport’s reporting indicated he is NOT expected to require surgery, which is the key detail — surgical syndesmotic repairs with a tightrope or screw fixation push timelines toward 8-12 weeks.
• When it happened: Wednesday Sept 9, 2026, in New England’s season opener against the Seattle Seahawks. He was placed on injured reserve on or about Sept 11, 2026, two days later.
• Typical recovery for this injury: High (syndesmotic) ankle sprains are the slow-healing class: Grade I 2-4 weeks, Grade II 4-8 weeks, Grade III 8-12 weeks or surgical. For wide receivers specifically, the functional recovery lags the structural one — the ability to plant and cut at full speed typically returns two to three weeks after the ankle is medically cleared. Rapoport’s reported six-week estimate places this at a Grade II syndesmotic sprain. The no-surgery report is the single most important positive in this profile.
• Expected back to full health: Six weeks from the Sept 9, 2026 injury date is approximately Oct 21, 2026. Earliest eligible return is Week 6 (roughly Oct 18) against the New York Jets; the more realistic return, accounting for a ramp-up practice week and the cut-and-plant recovery lag, is Week 7 (roughly Oct 22) against the Chicago Bears. Full explosiveness and unrestricted route-running: early November 2026, Weeks 8-9.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars, EverBank Stadium. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated; the four-game minimum has not elapsed.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville, Week 4 and Week 5: ineligible, no possibility of playing. Week 6 (roughly Oct 18) vs the New York Jets is the first week he is eligible to return, and it requires New England to open his 21-day practice window in the days beforehand — they have NOT done so as of Sept 25. Week 7 vs the Chicago Bears is the more realistic target. The actionable signal to watch for is a ‘designated to return / 21-day practice window opened’ transaction, which would likely land in early-to-mid October.
• Who benefits if he sits: Romeo Doubs (LWR1) has taken over as the lead receiver in his absence and is the primary beneficiary. Mack Hollins (RWR1) holds the other boundary spot. DeMario Douglas (SWR1) runs the slot and absorbs short-area volume. Kyle Williams (LWR2) and Efton Chism III (SWR2) fill the rotation. TE Hunter Henry is a meaningful target-share beneficiary in a receiver room missing its best player.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES on the current nfl.com New England roster. His 21-day practice window has NOT been opened, no activation timeline has been published, and the Week 6 earliest-eligible / Week 7 realistic return projection from the baseline is unchanged. This directly resolves the open thread from last week: there has been no development.

Fantasy takeaway: Hold in an IR slot if your league has one — he is a bona fide WR1 when healthy and a six-week absence on a no-surgery high ankle sprain is a stash worth making in 12-team full PPR. Do NOT hold him on your active bench if it costs you a startable player; the return is at minimum three more weeks away. Buy-low window: his trade cost is at its floor right now and he should return to WR1 production by Week 8. On the flip side, Romeo Doubs and Hunter Henry are the weekly beneficiaries and both are startable while Brown is out.

Jayden Higgins — HOU (Would-be WR2 if healthy — season-ending reserve)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried on nfl.com as status code RES with no designated-to-return tag, and ‘IR’ (plain, non-return) on Ourlads.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 25) — season-ending injured reserve, not eligible to return this season.
• Injury: Torn ACL
• When it happened: Suffered in preseason/early September 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstructions typically require 9-12 months; ends the current season by rule once formally placed on season-ending IR
• Expected back to full health: Not expected back in 2026; target return would be for the start of the 2027 season
• Next game: OUT for the remainder of the 2026 season, including Sept 27 at the Colts
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT for all — season-ending
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — his snaps have already been absorbed into the Boutte/Hutchinson/Noel rotation for the season
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — confirmed season-ending, no new information.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all redraft formats; dynasty players should treat 2026 as a lost season for his development

Tank Dell — HOU (Would-be WR2/slot if healthy — currently roster-list only)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status outranks the underlying injury. Carried on nfl.com as status code RSR (Reserve/Injured, designated to return) and tagged ‘IR^’ on Ourlads.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 25) — not on the 53-man active roster and not eligible to practice with the team until designated for return from IR.
• Injury: Multi-ligament left knee reconstruction (ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus damage) suffered in a Nov. 2024 car accident, with a setback that pushed his placement onto IR in late August 2026
• When it happened: Original injury Nov. 2024; placed on Reserve/Injured (designated to return) Aug. 30, 2026 after his recovery hit a snag in camp
• Typical recovery for this injury: Multi-ligament knee reconstructions of this severity typically require 10-14+ months; players are frequently limited or never return to pre-injury explosiveness in year one back
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible to return to practice is roughly Week 5-6 (four-game minimum from his Aug. 30 IR designation), with an actual game return more realistic in Week 7-8 given the injury complexity
• Next game: OUT for Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 at the Colts — remains on Reserve/Injured and not eligible to be activated yet
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT for all four; earliest realistic activation window opens around Week 6-7 once his 21-day practice window can begin
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A at his specific role — Houston is instead leaning on Kayshon Boutte, Xavier Hutchinson and Jaylin Noel in the receiver rotation
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — still on Reserve/Injured (designated to return), not yet practicing.

Fantasy takeaway: Undraftable/stash-only in dynasty; no 2026 redraft value until at minimum Week 6-7, and likely a limited-snap role even then

Alec Pierce — IND (Was WR2/outside deep threat — now on season reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status outranks where the injury happened. Placed on Injured Reserve Sept. 23, 2026; no designated-to-return tag has been reported, so he is ineligible to return before Week 7 by rule (4-game minimum).
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 25) — on Injured Reserve, not practicing with the team.
• Injury: Left heel injury — re-aggravation of a heel he had surgically repaired in March 2026; injury recurred in the Week 2 game (Sept 20/21) at Kansas City
• When it happened: Re-aggravated in the Sept 20-21, 2026 Week 2 game at Kansas City; placed on IR Sept 23, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Recurring post-surgical heel injuries in NFL receivers are notoriously unpredictable; head coach Shane Steichen said he has ‘no timetable’ and did not rule out further surgery — outlooks like this often run 6-10+ weeks or end a season
• Expected back to full health: Unclear; earliest possible activation is Week 7 (four-game IR minimum from Sept 23), but a realistic best case is closer to Week 9-10, with a real chance he does not return in 2026
• Next game: OUT for Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 vs. Houston — on Injured Reserve
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT for all four given the 4-game IR minimum and uncertain recovery; re-evaluate in late October
• Who benefits if he sits: Darius Slayton, signed Sept 21, 2026 specifically in response to this injury, is the direct WR2/outside-depth beneficiary alongside Deion Burks
• Change since Week 2: NEW since Sept 18 — Pierce carried no game-status designation on the Sept 18 baseline; he has since re-aggravated the heel in Week 2 and been placed on Injured Reserve on Sept 23, 2026. This is a roster correction against the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in redraft leagues for now; Darius Slayton is a streaming/waiver add in Colts-heavy or deep leagues given the added outside-WR opportunity next to Daniel Jones, his former Giants quarterback

Andrei Iosivas — CIN (WR3 — was Cincinnati’s third receiving option behind Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins and a productive historical performer against Pittsburgh; now off the active depth chart entirely)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Cincinnati placed him on injured reserve on Sept 24, 2026 after thumb surgery, and he is carried as OUT/IR on the Bengals’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27 game at Pittsburgh. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where the injury happened — it does not matter that it occurred in the Week 2 game; the IR placement governs and he must miss at least four games. NOTE: the nfl.com Bengals roster page still rendered him as ACT at the time of the Sept 25 pull, which reflects transaction-processing lag, not his actual status — the team announcement, the Friday injury report and multiple independent reports all confirm IR.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He was a non-participant all three days before the IR transaction was processed.
• Injury: Torn ligament in the thumb, surgically repaired
• When it happened: Suffered during the Week 2 victory over the Houston Texans on Sept 20, 2026. He underwent surgery in the days immediately following and was placed on injured reserve on Sept 24, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgically repaired thumb ligament (typically a UCL or collateral ligament repair) in a receiver: 4-8 weeks, with ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reporting a 4-6 week expectation in this case. Receivers often return in a splint or club with meaningfully reduced catch reliability for the first 1-2 games back. Head coach Zac Taylor confirmed this is not a season-ending injury.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 7 (week of Oct 18, 2026) given the four-game IR minimum starting from Week 3. The 4-6 week medical window points to late October to early November 2026 — realistically Week 7 to Week 9 — with full catch confidence likely lagging into early November.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET. He is on injured reserve and must miss a minimum of four games.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3, 4, 5 and 6 with no activation path — the four-game IR minimum runs through Week 6. Week 7 is his first eligible game. Expect his absence to persist across the entire Weeks 3-6 window covered by this report.
• Who benefits if he sits: A committee rather than a single replacement, per Zac Taylor. Mike Gesicki (TE2) is the primary target-share beneficiary and led the Bengals with 78 yards in Week 1. Dohnte Meyers (first-team Slot WR on Ourlads) and Colbie Young (second-team Right WR) each step up on the perimeter, and Ke’Shawn Williams is expected to be active for the first time this season against Pittsburgh.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. Iosivas did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all — he was a healthy active WR3. The thumb injury occurred in the Week 2 win at Houston on Sept 20, surgery followed, and the IR placement was made Sept 24. This is the single biggest roster change in Cincinnati since the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop Iosivas in 12-team full PPR — four guaranteed missed games plus a splinted return is not worth a bench spot in a redraft league. The actionable move is the other side of it: Mike Gesicki is the best full-PPR add from this injury and a legitimate streaming TE1 in Week 3 given Cincinnati’s pass volume. Dohnte Meyers and Colbie Young are deep-league-only speculative adds because the snaps are being split three ways.

Jayden Reed — GB (WR3 / slot — the starting slot receiver on Green Bay’s published chart, ahead of Skyy Moore)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL game-status designation filed by Green Bay on the official report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons. That game has been played (Falcons 35, Packers 14) and Reed did not dress. His injury is listed officially as ‘Neck.’
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate. Full week for Green Bay’s compressed Thursday schedule: DNP Monday Sept 21 walkthrough -> DNP Tuesday Sept 22 -> DNP Wednesday Sept 23. He did not practice at all in advance of the Thursday game.
• Injury: Neck as listed on the official report. Note the complication: Green Bay’s own follow-up reporting revised the working diagnosis toward a BACK injury rather than a neck injury, which the beat framed as good news because neck injuries carry heavier long-term implications. Both characterizations are in circulation; the official league filing says neck.
• When it happened: Saturday’s game is not the reference — it was Sunday Sept 20, 2026, on the opening possession of Green Bay’s Week 2 game at the New York Jets. Reed took a helmet hit to the head-and-neck area after a tackle by Jets LB Demario Davis, collapsed on the turf, and was carted/stretchered off. He spent that night in a New Jersey hospital before returning to Wisconsin.
• Typical recovery for this injury: The range here is unusually wide because the diagnosis itself moved. A cervical strain or stinger class injury costs 1-3 weeks. A lumbar/thoracic back strain typically costs 2-4 weeks. A disc or more structural cervical finding can cost 6-8 weeks or end a season, and in the worst cases becomes a career question. Head coach Matt LaFleur’s own words on the timeline were ‘It’s way too early for that right now. He’s got a lot going on,’ which is not the language of a one-week absence.
• Expected back to full health: No firm date. Reporting characterizes a return at some point this season as ‘a very realistic possibility’ but explicitly not a sure thing. A cautious estimate is mid-to-late October 2026 at the earliest — Week 7 or later — with real downside risk of an IR placement that would push it to November or end his year.
• Next game: Already missed Week 3 — he was ruled OUT for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons and did not play. Green Bay’s next game is Week 4 at Tampa Bay on Sunday Oct 4, 2026, and he should be considered unlikely for it.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Thu Sept 24 vs Atlanta): missed. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 at Tampa Bay): lean out; watch for an IR placement, which would formally cost him Weeks 4-7. Week 5 (division game vs Chicago) and Week 6: doubtful without a meaningful diagnostic update. The single most important thing to watch is whether Green Bay moves him to Reserve/Injured in the coming days — with Savion Williams already on IR, the club has an incentive to open the roster spot.
• Who benefits if he sits: Skyy Moore (WR4) is the direct slot backup and saw increased snaps against Atlanta, though with minimal production. The real beneficiaries are the outside starters: Matthew Golden posted the first 100-yard receiving game of his career in Week 3 with Reed out, and Christian Watson (188 receiving yards and 3 TDs on the season) remains the target leader. TE Tucker Kraft also absorbed extra middle-of-field volume. Bo Melton and J. Michael Sturdivant are the next men up on the outside.
• Change since Week 2: New to this report. Reed carried no injury entry on Green Bay’s Sept 18 baseline — this injury happened after it, on the opening drive of the Week 2 game at the Jets on Sept 20.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him immediately and stash only if you have IR-eligible roster room; in a 12-team full-PPR league with a tight bench he is droppable given the open-ended timeline and the nature of the injury. The actionable move is on the other side: Matthew Golden is the waiver priority out of this backfield-and-receiver group after his 100-yard Week 3, and Christian Watson is a confident WR2 start the rest of this stretch. Tucker Kraft gets a modest bump as a top-8 TE.

Demarcus Robinson — SF (WR3 — rotational receiver)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL official Friday game-status designation filed by San Francisco on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 home game vs. Arizona.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: High ankle sprain (right ankle) — was carted off the field
• When it happened: Week 2, Sept 20, 2026 vs. Miami — carted off after suffering the injury during the blowout win
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle sprains of this severity (cart-off, no practice reps in the following week) typically require 3-6 weeks; the club has publicly estimated 3-to-6 weeks and is reportedly considering an injured-reserve placement
• Expected back to full health: Realistic return window is Week 6-9 (mid-October to early November 2026) if the 3-6 week estimate holds; watch for a possible IR move which would guarantee at least a 4-game absence
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3 and likely 4-6 as well given the 3-6 week estimate; San Francisco has already reinforced the room by signing veteran WR Brandin Cooks to the practice squad
• Who benefits if he sits: KhaDarel Hodge and Jordan Watkins are the direct beneficiaries in the rotation, with Jacob Cowing also seeing added snaps
• Change since Week 2: New to the report. He was not listed at all on San Francisco’s Sept 18 baseline injury report; this is a Week 2 in-game injury with a real possibility of an IR move to follow.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop/bench in all redraft formats for at least the next several weeks; not a viable stash outside of very deep leagues

Ja’Kobi Lane — BAL (Rookie depth WR — was competing for WR4/WR5 perimeter snaps before the injury; currently occupies no active depth-chart slot while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, shown as status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster as of Sept 25, 2026. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or how the injury happened: regardless of the Week 1 game context, he is ineligible to play or practice until his IR window opens, so no weekly game-status tag applies to him.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured. He has no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 participation to report and appears on no Baltimore practice report.
• Injury: Wrist injury requiring surgery (torn/displaced wrist structure; the Ravens did not specify the exact bone or ligament)
• When it happened: Suffered in the FIRST HALF of the Week 1 season opener at the Indianapolis Colts on Sept 13, 2026. He underwent successful wrist surgery on the morning of Wednesday Sept 16, 2026, per head coach Jesse Minter, and was placed on injured reserve the same day.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgically repaired wrist injuries in receivers typically require 4-8 weeks before return to contact, with grip-strength and catch-confidence recovery sometimes trailing the bone/ligament timeline by another 2-3 weeks. Minter publicly targeted the four-game IR minimum, which is the aggressive end of that range.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 6 vs. the Cleveland Browns (week of Oct 12, 2026), which Minter explicitly named as the target. More realistic for full catch-radius and grip confidence is Week 7-Week 8 (mid-to-late October 2026).
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro. He is on injured reserve and cannot be activated until he has missed the required four games.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3, 4 and 5 with no path to activation. Week 6 vs. Cleveland is his first eligible game and the club’s stated target. Even on activation, expect a limited rotational role behind Flowers, Bateman, Moore and Walker rather than immediate fantasy relevance.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Moore was promoted from the practice squad specifically to fill Lane’s roster spot and now holds the first-team Right WR listing. Devontez Walker and Elijah Sarratt also absorbed his developmental snaps.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES, the wrist surgery is behind him, and Week 6 vs. Cleveland remains the stated earliest-return target.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all 12-team full-PPR redraft leagues if you have not already — a rookie WR5 who cannot play until Week 6 and returns to a crowded room is not worth a bench spot. Keep him only in deep dynasty formats where his pre-injury upside still carries value. Do not speculatively add for a Week 6 return.

Ashton Dulin — IND (WR4/depth outside receiver and core special-teamer)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Indianapolis on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27, 2026 home game vs the Houston Texans.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25 — has not practiced in two full weeks.
• Injury: Ankle
• When it happened: Originally injured in Week 1; has not practiced since
• Typical recovery for this injury: A lower-ankle sprain that has already cost a player two full practice weeks without any limited work typically indicates a more significant sprain, often a 3-5 week absence overall
• Expected back to full health: Described by beat reporters as ‘week-to-week’; realistic target is Week 4-5
• Next game: OUT for Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 vs. the Houston Texans — his second consecutive missed game
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3; monitor Wednesday practice reports in following weeks for any return to limited work
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A for fantasy — Dulin is a marginal WR4/special-teams piece; his absence has no material redraft-lineup impact
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — was OUT for Week 2 at Kansas City and remains OUT for Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Not fantasy-relevant even when healthy; no action needed for redraft managers

Barion Brown — NO (WR4 – slot receiver behind Devaughn Vele, and the team’s primary return specialist)

• Status: OUT – (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by New Orleans on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He did not practice at all during the Week 3 cycle.
• Injury: Hamstring strain
• When it happened: First appeared on the Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 injury report. Local reporting noted at the time that it was not clear whether he hurt himself at practice or whether something was detected after the Week 2 win over Baltimore on Sunday Sept 20, so the precise mechanism is unconfirmed – but it emerged in the 72 hours after that game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost an NFL receiver 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks. A full DNP-DNP-DNP week culminating in an OUT designation rules out the mildest presentation and points to at least a solid Grade 1, more likely a Grade 2. Expect New Orleans to be cautious with a rookie return man whose value depends on top-end speed.
• Expected back to full health: Realistically Week 5 to Week 6, roughly October 8-18, 2026, assuming a Grade 1-to-2 strain. If he is still not practicing by the middle of next week, slide that to Week 6-7 and treat an IR placement as a live possibility.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. This is a definitive ruling, not a question mark.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3 (vs Las Vegas, Sept 27). Week 4 vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5, MNF) is genuinely in doubt and depends entirely on whether he practices next week – the Monday night game buys him one extra day. Week 5 vs Minnesota is the realistic return target. Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18) he should be back. Watch for an IR placement if he misses two games, since New Orleans is already thin at receiver.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devaughn Vele (WR2, slot) absorbs the slot snaps and is the direct beneficiary. Bryce Lance (right outside) stays in his role. Chris Olave (WR1) is the biggest winner in target-share terms with one fewer mouth to feed. On the practice squad, Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper and Cedric Tillman are elevation candidates, with Palmer the most likely given his return-game experience.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all. He was added Wednesday Sept 23 with a hamstring, never practiced during the week, and was ruled OUT on the final Friday report.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in 12-team full-PPR this week – he is OUT. He was only a deep-league flier to begin with. The actionable takeaway is the knock-on: Chris Olave’s target share should be at its season high on Sunday, and Devaughn Vele becomes a viable deep-league PPR dart with the slot to himself. Drop Brown in 12-team leagues unless you have an IR slot.

Tyrell Shavers — BUF (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/PUP. When healthy he projects as WR5/WR6 and a core special-teams contributor, not a fantasy-relevant route runner.)

• Status: PUP — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code PUP on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com Buffalo roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/PUP outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible to be designated Out/Doubtful/Questionable because he is not on the active roster at all. He was placed on Reserve/PUP at the Aug 30, 2026 cutdown, which means he must miss at least the first four regular-season games.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/PUP is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. Buffalo has not opened his 21-day practice window. For the record, per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Buffalo has not specified the injury. It is a training-camp injury that predated the regular season — the qualifying condition for Reserve/PUP, which is available only to players who were unable to pass a physical at the start of camp and never practiced.
• When it happened: Training camp, late July or August 2026. The placement on Reserve/PUP was made at the Aug 30, 2026 roster cutdown to 53.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated with any precision because the injury class is undisclosed. What the list status itself tells you: Reserve/PUP requires the player to miss a minimum of four regular-season games, so the earliest he can practice is the Week 5 window and the earliest he can play is Week 5. Buffalo then has a 21-day window from his first practice to activate him or shut him down for the year.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest possible practice return is the week of Oct 5, 2026 (Week 5). Earliest possible game return is Week 5, Oct 11, 2026. Given Buffalo has published no activation timeline and no practice-window opening, a realistic return is Week 6 through Week 8 (mid-to-late October 2026), and a full-season shutdown remains possible.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers. He is on Reserve/PUP and cannot be activated for this game under any circumstance; the four-game minimum has not elapsed.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs LA Chargers and Week 4 vs the next opponent: ineligible, no possibility of playing. Week 5 (Oct 11) is the first week he could theoretically appear, and only if Buffalo opens his 21-day practice window in the preceding days — as of Sept 25 they have not. Weeks 5-6 are speculative at best. Watch for a ‘designated to return / practice window opened’ transaction as the only meaningful signal.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A in any practical sense — he was never in the Week 3 rotation. His absence is already fully priced into a receiver room of Keon Coleman, DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Josh Palmer, Skyler Bell and the newly active Greg Dortch. Greg Dortch’s Friday Sept 25 promotion to the active roster is effectively the move that covers the depth Shavers would have provided.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/PUP with status code PUP on the current nfl.com roster, no practice window opened, no activation timeline published, and no injury disclosure. The only adjacent development is Greg Dortch’s promotion to the active roster on Sept 25, which further buries any path to snaps.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR. Do not roster, do not stash — even a best-case Week 5 activation returns him to a WR5/special-teams role on a team with two established starters and three other actives ahead of him. This is an IR-stash-league-only name, and even there the opportunity cost is too high.

Brenen Thompson — LAC (WR5 — RWR2 on Ourlads behind Tre’ Harris; a rotational speed receiver who, by the club’s own account, has not been a meaningful part of the game plan through two weeks.)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Los Angeles on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He never got on the practice field.
• Injury: Quadriceps injury — strain, grade unspecified by the club.
• When it happened: Surfaced on the Chargers’ Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 practice report as a DNP, which points to an injury in or shortly after the Week 2 game on Sept 20, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 quadriceps strain: roughly 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3 (including rectus femoris tear): 8-12 weeks and frequently surgical. A three-day DNP week with an OUT tag but no IR move suggests the club is treating this as a short-term absence, most likely Grade 1 or a mild Grade 2.
• Expected back to full health: Realistic return in the Week 4 to Week 5 window, i.e. early-to-mid October 2026, if it is a low-grade strain. Full unrestricted health by mid-October 2026.
• Next game: OUT. He will not play in the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills. This is a filed, final designation.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 at Buffalo: out, confirmed. Week 4: questionable to return depending on grade. Weeks 5-6: expected back in the rotational role. Even healthy his fantasy relevance is negligible — he sits behind Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston, Tre’ Harris and now Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
• Who benefits if he sits: Marquez Valdes-Scantling — newly signed to the ACTIVE roster on Sept 23, 2026 — is the direct beneficiary and slots in as the rotational outside receiver. Derius Davis (SWR2) also absorbs snaps. Gary Jennings and Theo Wease Jr. (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED, and reversed. Baseline Sept 18: RESOLVED — the hip issue that had him on the Week 1 practice report had cleared and he was off the Week 2 report entirely. Now he is back on the report with a NEW quadriceps injury and is ruled OUT for Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft and not startable. Drop him if he is somehow on your bench. The only relevant downstream effect is that his absence plus the tight end injuries further concentrates Justin Herbert’s targets on Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston and Tre’ Harris.

Beaux Collins — ATL (WR6 – depth receiver, currently occupying no active-roster role while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return, No. 88), so he is not on Atlanta’s weekly injury report at all and cannot be given Out/Doubtful/Questionable while on the list.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the practice participation report. He is eligible to begin practicing again as his designated-to-return window opens.
• Injury: Concussion – the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before the 2026 regular season. The concussion diagnosis is reported by the league-wide IR tracking at sharpfootballanalysis.com as of Sept 24, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: NFL concussion protocol is a five-step graduated return with no fixed timetable; most players clear in 1-3 weeks. A player held long enough to warrant an IR placement (minimum four games in 2026) is in the prolonged-symptom minority, where recovery runs 4-8 weeks and occasionally longer.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return in Week 5, the week of October 5-11, 2026. Whether Atlanta activates him then is a separate roster decision from whether he is medically cleared.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete and he was NOT available for it – he was on Reserve/Injured for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game at Green Bay and will be for Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 as well. His first possible game back is Week 5 vs Baltimore.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3 (at Green Bay, done) and OUT Week 4 (at New Orleans, Mon Oct 5). Eligible to be activated in Week 5 vs Baltimore and Week 6 vs Chicago. Even if activated, he returns as a WR5/WR6 behind Drake London, Jahan Dotson, Olamide Zaccheaus and Zachariah Branch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Blair (WR5, ACT) is holding the roster spot and depth snaps in his absence. Dylan Drummond, Antwane Wells Jr. and Vinny Anthony II (all DEV) are the practice-squad elevation options.
• Change since Week 2: Status unchanged since Sept 18 – still RSR on the live nfl.com roster. What is NEW is the specificity: the injury is now identified as a concussion with a Week 5 return eligibility, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as undisclosed.

Fantasy takeaway: Ignore in 12-team full-PPR redraft. Even a Week 5 activation puts him fifth or sixth in a receiver room that only meaningfully feeds Drake London. Not a stash.

Chris Brazzell II — CAR (Depth receiver – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RES (Reserve/Injured with NO designated-to-return tag, No. 19), which means he is out for the season and cannot appear on the weekly injury report.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on season-ending Reserve/Injured are not permitted to practice and do not appear on participation reports.
• Injury: Knee – the league-wide IR tracking at sharpfootballanalysis.com and CBS Sports both carry him as a knee injury, Out for Season.
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason, leading to the Reserve/Injured placement before the regular season opened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee injury severe enough to warrant a season-ending Reserve/Injured placement with no return designation is almost certainly a major ligament tear (ACL and/or MCL) or a significant meniscus repair. ACL reconstruction runs 9-12 months for a wide receiver; meniscus repair runs 4-6 months; a major multi-ligament injury can run 12-18 months.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026 under any circumstance – the roster designation forecloses it. A realistic football return is the 2027 offseason, most likely spring-to-summer 2027 depending on the exact procedure.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 and OUT for every remaining 2026 game. He is season-ending Reserve/Injured with no return mechanism available.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT all four weeks – at Cleveland (Sept 27), vs Detroit (Oct 4), BYE, at Philadelphia (Oct 18). There is no scenario in which he plays in 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: Carolina’s active receiver room in his absence is Tetairoa McMillan (WR1), Xavier Legette (WR2), Jalen Coker (WR3), John Metchie III (WR4) and Brycen Tremayne (WR5), with David Moore, Casey Washington, Ja’Seem Reed and Ihmir Smith-Marsette on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 – still RES with no designated-to-return tag. NEW information: the injury is now identified as a knee, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as an undisclosed preseason injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy value in 2026 – he is ineligible to return this season. Drop in all redraft formats. Dynasty managers with deep taxi squads can hold, but the knee severity implied by a season-ending placement makes even that speculative.

Jeff Caldwell — KC (Reserve-list receiver — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured. He was a back-end depth receiver before the placement.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on Kansas City’s nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened and outranks any practice-report consideration: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Knee injury, per the Kansas City injury listing. The club has not specified the structure or the grade.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before or early in the 2026 regular season; the injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026. He has not been active in a 2026 regular-season game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not meaningfully estimable without a named diagnosis. A player placed on Reserve/Injured at or before roster cutdown generally cannot return to the active roster for the full season unless the club used a designated-to-return slot, which Kansas City has not signaled here.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. On the roster side there is no path back to the active roster in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Miami Dolphins because of his Reserve/Injured status.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. No return window has been opened and none is expected in this stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out and the receiver room has long since absorbed his absence. Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Tyquan Thornton, Jalen Royals, Cyrus Allen and Nikko Remigio are the six active receivers and none moves because of him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Kansas City’s Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action. Listed for completeness of the reserve-list picture.

Jimmy Holiday — KC (Reserve-list receiver — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on Kansas City’s nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. Kansas City has not named the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement; the placement itself is the official record.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before or early in the 2026 regular season; the underlying injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. The controlling constraint is procedural: a pre-season Reserve/Injured placement without a designated-to-return slot generally ends the player’s season.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. No return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out and the active receiver room absorbed his absence before Week 1.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Kansas City’s Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action.

KeAndre Lambert-Smith — LAC (Reserve-list receiver — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Chargers’ nfl.com roster as RES and confirmed on the club’s own roster page under Reserve/Injured, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS the fact that the injury happened in a Week 1 game and outranks any practice-report consideration: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Buffalo Bills.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Hamstring strain. Head coach Jim Harbaugh identified it publicly, and the severity was sufficient to justify an IR placement rather than a week-to-week designation.
• When it happened: Sustained in the Week 1 loss on Sept 13, 2026. He was placed on Reserve/Injured in the days following that game, with Gary Jennings signed in the corresponding move.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 2 hamstring strain: roughly 3-6 weeks. Grade 3 (full-thickness or avulsion): 8-12 weeks and sometimes surgical. An IR placement rather than a weekly designation implies at least Grade 2. The IR rule also imposes a hard four-game minimum absence independent of healing.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 6 under the four-game IR minimum, which lands in mid-October 2026. Realistic return window is mid-to-late October 2026, with full unrestricted health by late October.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills because of his Reserve/Injured status.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-5: ineligible with certainty. Week 6 is the first game for which he could be activated, and only if the Chargers open a return-to-practice window in the preceding weeks. Even on return he re-enters behind Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston, Tre’ Harris, Derius Davis and now Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed — Gary Jennings was signed in the corresponding roster move and Marquez Valdes-Scantling has since been added to the ACTIVE roster. Derius Davis (SWR2) and Marquez Valdes-Scantling cover the vacated rotational snaps.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on the Chargers’ Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code and no return-to-practice window has been opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. Drop if rostered — four-plus games out and a crowded depth chart to climb on return. No action beyond that.

Corey Rucker — LV (Reserve-list receiver — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Raiders’ nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The Reserve/Injured placement is the official record.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before or early in the 2026 regular season; the underlying injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. A Reserve/Injured placement at or before cutdown generally ends the season absent a designated-to-return slot.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. No return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out and the active receiver room absorbed his absence before Week 1.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on the Raiders’ Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action.

Dont’e Thornton Jr. — LV (Reserve-list receiver — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Raiders’ nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened and outranks any practice-report consideration: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The Reserve/Injured placement itself is the official record; Las Vegas has not named the structure involved.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before or early in the 2026 regular season; the underlying injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. The controlling constraint is procedural: a Reserve/Injured placement at or before cutdown generally ends the season absent a designated-to-return slot, which the Raiders have not signaled here.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. No return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints because of his Reserve/Injured status.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out and the receiver room absorbed his absence before Week 1. Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor, Jack Bech, Malik Benson and Dareke Young are the five active receivers and none moves because of him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on the Raiders’ Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action. Listed for completeness of the reserve-list picture.

Jeremiah Webb — NE (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. When healthy he was a depth receiver with no established role in the offensive rotation.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New England roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. Minimum four-game absence from placement.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. New England has not opened his 21-day practice window. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Undisclosed. New England has not specified the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement.
• When it happened: Early September 2026, prior to the Sept 18 baseline. He was already on Reserve/Injured with status code RES as of the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com New England roster.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated because the injury class is undisclosed. The list status establishes a minimum four-game absence from placement, with a 21-day practice window once opened, after which New England must activate him or shut him down for the season.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate without a disclosed diagnosis. The earliest structural return, based on the four-game minimum and an early-September placement, is roughly Week 5 to Week 6 — Oct 11 to Oct 18, 2026. No activation timeline published, no practice window opened as of Sept 25.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated for this game.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville and Week 4: ineligible. Weeks 5-6: the first theoretically possible return window. With A.J. Brown also on IR, New England’s receiver depth is genuinely thin, which gives a marginal competitive case for activating Webb when eligible — but he would return as a WR5/WR6, not a contributor.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he was never in the Week 3 rotation. Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins, DeMario Douglas, Kyle Williams and Efton Chism III are the active receiver room, with Chandler Brayboy, Kyle Dixon and Cameron Dorner on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES on the current nfl.com roster, with no practice window opened, no activation timeline, and no injury disclosure.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR. Do not roster and do not stash — a depth receiver on IR with no established role has no fantasy path even on activation.

Brock Rechsteiner — NO (Depth receiver – not on the active depth chart while serving a suspension)

• Status: SUSPENDED – (c) official roster-list status, NOT an injury designation at all. nfl.com’s live roster lists him SUS (No. 89). He is not injured; he is serving a league disciplinary suspension, and a roster-list status outranks any weekly game-status designation. He does not appear on New Orleans’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 injury report.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Suspended players may not practice with the club and do not appear on the injury or participation reports.
• Injury: None – this is a disciplinary suspension, not an injury of any kind.
• When it happened: Not applicable. The suspension was imposed before the 2026 regular season and runs through Week 6, with CBS Sports listing him as suspended until the Week 7 game against Pittsburgh.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable – there is nothing medical to recover from. The relevant timeline is purely administrative: he is reinstated at the conclusion of the suspension term and may resume practicing at the point the league’s reinstatement rules allow.
• Expected back to full health: He is presumed healthy throughout. His availability is governed by the suspension calendar, which runs through Week 6 (October 18, 2026), with a Week 7 reinstatement.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 – suspended and ineligible, not injured.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible all four weeks – vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5), vs Minnesota, at the New York Giants (Oct 18). He becomes eligible in Week 7 against Pittsburgh. Even then he returns as a back-end depth receiver who would have to earn a roster spot.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Bryce Lance and Barion Brown (currently OUT) hold the active receiver roles, with Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper, Cedric Tillman and Kyrese Rowan on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 – still SUS on the live nfl.com roster and still not an injury item. NEW information: the suspension end point is now pinned down – he is suspended through Week 6 and eligible to return in Week 7 vs Pittsburgh.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy value in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Do not roster. He is listed here only because a suspension is a roster-list status that belongs on a complete availability report – not because he has any fantasy path.

Jordyn Tyson — NO (Depth receiver – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return), so he does not appear on New Orleans’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report and cannot be given Out/Doubtful/Questionable.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the practice participation report until their designated-to-return practice window opens.
• Injury: Hamstring – the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason, leading to the Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return placement before the regular season opened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks and occasionally requires surgical repair at the tendon origin. A strain that holds a player through the 2026 IR minimum of four games implies a Grade 2 or worse.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return in Week 5, the week of October 5-11, 2026. Given New Orleans’ receiver thinness with Barion Brown out and Mason Tipton on PUP, the club has real incentive to activate him as soon as he is medically ready.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3 (vs Las Vegas, Sept 27), OUT Week 4 (vs Atlanta, Mon Oct 5), eligible to be activated for Week 5 vs Minnesota, and available for Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). The receiver room behind Chris Olave is genuinely thin, so an activation could come with immediate snaps rather than a slow ramp.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Bryce Lance and Barion Brown (currently OUT) are the active receivers in his absence, with Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper, Cedric Tillman and Kyrese Rowan on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: Status unchanged since Sept 18 – still RSR on the live nfl.com roster. NEW information: the injury is now identified as a hamstring with a Week 5 return eligibility, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as undisclosed. His opportunity also improved with Barion Brown ruled OUT.

Fantasy takeaway: A legitimate speculative stash in deeper 12-team full-PPR leagues with an IR slot. He is eligible in Week 5 into a receiver room that has Chris Olave and very little else, and Barion Brown’s hamstring only widens that door. If you have a spare bench spot, this is a defensible one. Do not use a standard roster spot on him in a shallow league.

Mason Tipton — NO (Depth receiver – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: PUP – (c) official reserve-list status (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform), which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him PUP (No. 15), so he does not appear on New Orleans’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report and cannot be given Out/Doubtful/Questionable.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on the reserve/PUP list are barred from practicing until their 21-day practice window is opened.
• Injury: Leg injury carried over from the offseason – the injury that prevented him from passing his preseason physical and landed him on reserve/PUP.
• When it happened: Carried over from the 2026 offseason. Because he failed to pass the physical at the start of training camp, the placement is dated to the opening of camp in July-August 2026 rather than to any in-season event.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not determinable without a specific diagnosis. The procedural facts are what matter: a reserve/PUP player must miss at least the first four games, after which the club may open a 21-day practice window before activating him. His listed Week 5 eligibility is consistent with that minimum.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return in Week 5, the week of October 5-11, 2026. Activation requires New Orleans to open a 21-day practice window first, so the practical return could slip to Week 6 or later even if he is medically ready.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is on reserve/PUP and ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3 (vs Las Vegas, Sept 27), OUT Week 4 (vs Atlanta, Mon Oct 5), eligible to begin the practice window in Week 5 vs Minnesota, and possibly available by Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). Expect the practice window to open before he plays, so treat Week 6 as the realistic first game rather than Week 5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2) and Bryce Lance hold the active roles, with Barion Brown currently OUT. Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper, Cedric Tillman and Kyrese Rowan (all DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 – still PUP on the live nfl.com roster. NEW information: the injury is now identified as a leg injury with a Week 5 return eligibility, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as an undisclosed offseason carryover.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a stash in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Unlike Jordyn Tyson, Tipton needs a 21-day practice window opened before he can even suit up, which pushes his realistic debut into mid-October, and he profiles as a WR4/WR5 when he does return. Leave him on the waiver wire.

Arian Smith — NYJ (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured, season-ending. He was the RWR2 on the Sept 18 baseline depth chart behind Garrett Wilson.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New York Jets roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. He was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday Sept 22, 2026, and this placement is SEASON-ENDING — he has already undergone surgery.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. He has had surgery and will not practice again this season. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Torn ACL, confirmed, with season-ending reconstructive knee surgery already performed. This is the most severe injury in the AFC East this week and it is definitive — there is no return timeline within the 2026 season.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, Week 2 vs the Green Bay Packers. He was placed on injured reserve two days later on Tuesday Sept 22, 2026, in the same transaction batch that placed DL David Onyemata and LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball on IR. Surgery followed promptly.
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction is a 9-12 month rehabilitation for return to play, and NFL wide receivers commonly need a full 12 months plus a training camp before regaining their pre-injury explosiveness and change-of-direction ability. A September 2026 tear with prompt surgery places a realistic return at the start of the 2027 season at the earliest, with full pre-injury form more likely arriving during the 2027 season rather than at its opening.
• Expected back to full health: Out for the entire 2026 season with no possibility of return. Medical clearance projects to roughly June through September 2027; realistic return to full game form is the 2027 regular season, with pre-injury explosiveness possibly not arriving until late 2027. There is no calendar date within 2026 at which he becomes relevant.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible, season-ending. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions. He is on season-ending Reserve/Injured after ACL surgery and cannot be activated at any point in 2026.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3, 4, 5 and 6: OUT for all of them, and for every remaining week of the 2026 season. There is no return window, no 21-day practice window, and no scenario in which he plays again this year. Reporting has framed the injury as potentially the beginning of the end of his time with the Jets given his contract situation.
• Who benefits if he sits: Malik McClain was elevated to the active roster to take his place in the receiver room and is now the LWR2. Isaiah Williams (SWR1) holds the slot. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson were signed to the practice squad after this injury and are expected elevation candidates. Garrett Wilson and Adonai Mitchell absorb the target share.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT and the single most severe change in the division. Arian Smith was HEALTHY on the Sept 18 baseline, listed as an ACT player and the RWR2 on the Jets’ depth chart. He tore his ACL in the Week 2 game vs Green Bay on Sept 20, was placed on injured reserve Sept 22, and has already had season-ending surgery. This is also a direct ROSTER CORRECTION against the baseline, which had him as ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop immediately in all 12-team full PPR redraft formats. He is done for 2026 with a torn ACL. Do not use an IR slot on him unless your league’s IR spots are unlimited and you are in a keeper format — even then, ACL recoveries for receivers frequently cost the following season’s first half too. The actionable consequence is that the Jets’ receiver room is now dangerously thin, which concentrates enormous target share on Garrett Wilson: he is a must-start WR1 with a ceiling that just went up.

Omar Cooper Jr. — NYJ (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. He was the SWR2 (ACT) on the Sept 18 baseline depth chart. A rookie first-round draft pick.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New York Jets roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. He was placed on injured reserve on Saturday Sept 19, 2026, requiring a minimum four-game absence.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. The Jets have not opened his 21-day practice window. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Sprained ankle, MRI-confirmed. Reporting has variously described it as a sprained ankle and specifically as a HIGH ankle sprain with a four-week timeline, which is the more severe characterization and is consistent with the IR placement.
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026, in the run-up to or during the Week 2 period. The Jets placed him on injured reserve on Saturday Sept 19, 2026 — the day before the Week 2 game vs Green Bay, which he had already been ruled OUT for on the Sept 18 final report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: High (syndesmotic) ankle sprains: Grade I 2-4 weeks, Grade II 4-8 weeks, Grade III 8-12 weeks or surgical. Low/lateral ankle sprains are faster at 1-4 weeks. The reported four-week timeline combined with an IR placement (which itself mandates four missed games) points to a Grade I-to-II high ankle sprain. For a rookie receiver, the functional recovery — the ability to run a full route tree at speed — typically trails medical clearance by an additional one to two weeks.
• Expected back to full health: The four-game IR minimum from a Sept 19 placement makes Week 6 (roughly Oct 18, 2026) his first eligible game. Accounting for the ramp-up and the rookie adjustment, a realistic return is Week 6 to Week 7, mid-to-late October 2026, with full form by early November. The Jets must open a 21-day practice window before he can be activated; they have not done so as of Sept 25.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated for this game; the four-game minimum has not elapsed.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit, Week 4 and Week 5: ineligible, no possibility of playing. Week 6 (roughly Oct 18) is his first eligible week, and only if the Jets open his 21-day practice window beforehand. Given that Arian Smith is lost for the season and Tim Patrick is also on IR, the Jets have strong competitive incentive to activate Cooper at the earliest opportunity, which makes a Week 6 or Week 7 return more likely than it would otherwise be. Watch for the practice-window transaction in early-to-mid October.
• Who benefits if he sits: Isaiah Williams (SWR1) holds the slot role Cooper would have competed for. Malik McClain was elevated to the active roster to fill the receiver-room vacancy. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson, both signed to the practice squad, are expected gameday elevation candidates. Garrett Wilson and Adonai Mitchell absorb the target share.
• Change since Week 2: MATERIAL DOWNGRADE and a ROSTER CORRECTION. This resolves one of the open threads from last week. On the Sept 18 baseline he was on the ACTIVE roster (ACT, SWR2) and carried an OUT designation — a final Friday game-status tag for the Week 2 game vs Green Bay. The Jets then placed him on INJURED RESERVE on Saturday Sept 19, 2026, the day after that report. His status code on the current nfl.com roster is RES, not ACT. The baseline’s ACT listing is now wrong and is corrected here. Additionally, the injury has been characterized in later reporting as a HIGH ankle sprain with a four-week timeline, which is more specific and more severe than the baseline’s ‘sprained ankle, MRI-confirmed.’

Fantasy takeaway: IR-stash only in 12-team full PPR, and only if you have a dedicated IR slot. He is a rookie first-round pick whose target share on return should be meaningful precisely because the Jets’ receiver room has been gutted — Arian Smith is out for the year and Tim Patrick is on IR. That is a genuine Week 6-7 upside play. Do NOT hold him on an active bench spot; three more weeks of zeroes is too expensive. Drop him in leagues without an IR slot.

Tim Patrick — NYJ (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. He was listed as RES on the Sept 18 baseline as well, behind the starting receiver group.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New York Jets roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. He was placed on injured reserve on Saturday Sept 12, 2026, requiring a minimum four-game absence.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. The Jets have NOT opened his 21-day practice window as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Groin strain. The Jets have not specified a grade or a side. It remains the same injury that produced the original IR placement, with no change in characterization.
• When it happened: Early-to-mid September 2026, before the Sept 12 IR placement. He was already on Reserve/Injured as of the Sept 18, 2026 baseline.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin (adductor) strains: Grade I 1-2 weeks, Grade II 3-6 weeks, Grade III 8-12 weeks or surgical. A strain severe enough to warrant an IR placement rather than week-to-week management implies at least a Grade II. Groin strains are also high on the re-injury list, and teams are typically conservative with the return, especially for a receiver whose job requires explosive lateral push-off.
• Expected back to full health: The four-game minimum from a Sept 12, 2026 placement makes Week 5 (roughly Oct 11, 2026) his first eligible game. Given no practice window has been opened as of Sept 25, a realistic return is Week 5 to Week 7 — mid-to-late October 2026. Full health and unrestricted route running: late October into early November 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated for this game.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit and Week 4: ineligible, no possibility of playing. Week 5 (roughly Oct 11) is his first eligible week and requires the Jets to open his 21-day practice window beforehand — they have not as of Sept 25. Week 6 at the Patriots is a plausible target. The Jets have real competitive incentive to get him back given that Arian Smith is out for the season and Omar Cooper Jr. is also on IR, so a Week 5 or Week 6 activation is more likely than the absence of news suggests. Watch for a ‘designated to return’ transaction in early October.
• Who benefits if he sits: Malik McClain was elevated to the active roster and now holds a receiver-room spot. Isaiah Williams (SWR1) and Adonai Mitchell (LWR1) start alongside Garrett Wilson. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson, both recently signed to the practice squad, are expected gameday elevation candidates this week.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18, which directly resolves the open thread from last week. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES on the current nfl.com roster, with the same groin strain, no practice window opened, and no activation timeline published. The context around him has worsened considerably — Arian Smith’s season-ending ACL tear and Omar Cooper Jr.’s IR placement both happened since the baseline — which raises the likelihood the Jets activate him as soon as he is eligible in Week 5.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR right now. He is on IR, has no opened practice window, and is a veteran depth receiver rather than a target hog. The one thing that makes him worth a watchlist spot rather than a total ignore: the Jets’ receiver room has been devastated — Arian Smith season-ending, Omar Cooper Jr. on IR, Mason Taylor out — so a healthy Tim Patrick would walk into real snaps around Week 5 or 6. Watchlist, do not roster.

David Sills — TB (Depth receiver – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return, No. 80), so he does not appear on Tampa Bay’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report and cannot be given Out/Doubtful/Questionable.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the practice participation report until their designated-to-return practice window is opened.
• Injury: Knee – the league-wide IR tracking at sharpfootballanalysis.com carries him as a knee injury with a Week 5 return eligibility.
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason, leading to the Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return placement before the regular season opened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee injury that carries a designated-to-return tag rather than a season-ending placement is typically a Grade 1-2 MCL sprain (1-5 weeks), a meniscus trim (3-6 weeks), or a significant bone bruise. The four-game IR minimum plus a Week 5 eligibility is consistent with a meniscus procedure or a Grade 2-3 MCL.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return in Week 5, the week of October 5-11, 2026. Tampa Bay would need to open a practice window before activating him, so a Week 5 or Week 6 return is the realistic band.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3 (vs Minnesota, Sept 27), OUT Week 4 (vs Green Bay, Oct 4), eligible to be activated for Week 5 vs Dallas, and available for Week 6 vs Pittsburgh (Oct 18). Even when activated he returns behind Jalen McMillan, Chris Godwin Jr., Emeka Egbuka, Tez Johnson, Kameron Johnson and Ted Hurst III – there may not be a roster spot for him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ted Hurst III and Kameron Johnson hold the back-end active receiver roles in his absence, with Garrett Greene, Dean Patterson IV and Eric Rivers Jr. (all DEV) as practice-squad elevation candidates. Jalen McMillan, Chris Godwin Jr. and Emeka Egbuka are unaffected.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 – still RSR on the live nfl.com roster. NEW information: the injury is now identified as a knee with a Week 5 return eligibility, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as undisclosed.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a stash in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Tampa Bay’s receiver room is six deep on the active roster before he returns, and he would slot seventh. No fantasy path. Leave him on waivers.

Kendrick Law — DET (Deep WR depth — off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/detroit-lions/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks the injury circumstances entirely: he is ineligible to play and receives no weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Reserve/Injured players do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Detroit has not published a characterization of the injury and no beat reporting has specified it.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured during the 2026 roster-setting period in late August / early September 2026, before Week 1. He has not been active for a game this season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknowable without a disclosed diagnosis. The procedural constraint is what matters: a player placed on IR at cutdown must miss at least four games and then complete a 21-day practice window before he can be activated.
• Expected back to full health: No credible calendar estimate exists without a disclosed injury. Treat him as unavailable through at least Week 6 (mid-October 2026).
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 vs the New York Jets, Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout. No practice window has been opened.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed by the depth behind him: Jackson Meeks, Tay Martin and Tom Kennedy (all ACT) hold the back-end receiver jobs, with Dominic Lovett and Lucky Jackson (both DEV) on the practice squad. N/A in fantasy terms.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code RES on the baseline, status code RES today.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Not rosterable, not a stash. Detroit’s fantasy-relevant receivers are Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, both healthy.

Savion Williams — GB (WR depth — off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, designated to return. Verified as status code RSR on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks the injury: he is ineligible to play right now regardless of how the ankle feels, and carries no weekly game-status designation. The RSR code, as distinct from plain RES, means Green Bay used a designated-to-return slot on him, so he has a defined path back this season.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report until their 21-day window is opened.
• Injury: High ankle sprain (syndesmotic). Initially reported as undisclosed when the placement was made.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured with a designation to return in early September 2026, alongside EDGE Collin Oliver. The injury itself dates to the late-August 2026 preseason and camp period.
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle (syndesmotic) sprains are markedly slower than lateral ankle sprains: grade I runs 2-4 weeks, grade II 4-8 weeks, and grade III often requires tightrope fixation with an 8-12 week return. Receivers who rely on hard cutting tend to sit at the longer end of whichever grade applies. The IR-with-return rule independently requires a minimum four missed games before he may be activated.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to begin practicing once Green Bay opens his 21-day window, and eligible to be activated after the four-game minimum is served — which, counting the Thursday Sept 24 game as his fourth missed contest, means he can be activated from Week 4 onward. Realistic activation: mid-October 2026, Weeks 5-7.
• Next game: Did not play in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons, and he was ineligible for it.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Thu Sept 24 vs Atlanta): missed, ineligible. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 at Tampa Bay): eligible to be activated but only if Green Bay opens his practice window first — no window has been reported open as of Sept 25. Weeks 5-6: the likeliest activation range, and Jayden Reed’s absence gives the club a concrete reason to accelerate it.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed. Skyy Moore (WR4), Bo Melton (WR5) and J. Michael Sturdivant (WR6) are handling the back-end receiver snaps, with Isaiah Neyor and Quincy Skinner Jr. (both DEV) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change in status since Sept 18 — still status code RSR with no practice window opened. What changed is the context around him: Jayden Reed’s Week 2 injury has created a real path to snaps that did not exist on the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: A speculative deep-league stash only, and only if you have IR-eligible roster space in your 12-team full-PPR league. With Jayden Reed out indefinitely there is a genuine opening for snaps when he returns, which makes him more interesting than a typical IR receiver — but he has not practiced yet and Green Bay’s passing game is currently concentrated in Matthew Golden, Christian Watson and Tucker Kraft. Watch for the practice-window announcement as the trigger to add.

Caleb Douglas — MIA (RWR1 — rookie starting right wide receiver, the Dolphins’ leading Week 1 producer (5 catches, 94 yards in his debut))

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Miami on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. He was ruled out on the final report after three days without practice.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Three consecutive DNPs, the classic profile of a player who is ruled out rather than listed doubtful.
• Injury: Ankle sprain. Miami has not published a grade and has not specified high vs low or left vs right. Head coach Jeff Hafley initially said it was “too early to tell” on severity, which combined with three DNPs and an OUT tag points to something more than trivial.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, Week 2 at the San Francisco 49ers, in the fourth quarter. He had been limited earlier in that game before the ankle ended his day.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Low/lateral ankle sprains: Grade I 1-2 weeks, Grade II 2-4 weeks, Grade III 4-8 weeks. High (syndesmotic) ankle sprains: 4-6 weeks minimum, frequently 6-8, with surgery in the worst cases. Miami’s refusal to characterize it plus three straight DNPs is consistent with at least a Grade II low sprain and does not rule out a high sprain. The absence of an IR placement through Friday is mildly encouraging — a confirmed high ankle sprain often draws an immediate IR move, and Miami chose to keep the 53-man spot.
• Expected back to full health: If a Grade II low sprain, a return around Week 5, roughly Oct 11, 2026, with full explosiveness by mid-to-late October. If it proves to be a high ankle sprain, push the return to Week 7 or Week 8, late October into early November 2026. The Week 4 Wednesday practice report is the decisive checkpoint: a DNP there materially raises the odds of an IR placement.
• Next game: OUT — will not play. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. Officially ruled out on Miami’s final Friday report.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City: OUT, confirmed. Week 4: genuinely uncertain and leaning out — three DNPs in Week 3 rarely converts to a Week 4 return without an intervening full-participation practice. Weeks 5-6: the realistic return window if this is a low sprain. Watch for two things: a Wednesday limited practice in Week 4 (the positive signal) or a Reserve/Injured placement (the negative one, which would end his season through at least Week 7).
• Who benefits if he sits: Ryan Miller (RWR2, QUESTIONABLE with hip/back) is the direct positional replacement and caught a 77-yard touchdown in Week 2 — but he is himself compromised. Jalen Tolbert (LWR2) slides up and is the healthiest veteran option. Kevin Coleman Jr. (SWR2) sees expanded three-receiver work. Malik Washington (SWR1) absorbs target share. Miami re-signed AJ Henning to the practice squad on Sept 24 specifically to cover this thinning, and he is an elevation candidate. TE Greg Dulcich also stands to gain targets in a depleted receiver room.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Caleb Douglas did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline at all — he was healthy and starting. He was injured in the Week 2 game at San Francisco on Sept 20, missed all three Week 3 practices, and has been ruled OUT. This is a fresh, significant downgrade and the single biggest change in Miami’s receiver room.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench or drop in 12-team full PPR. He is OUT with no clear return date and a real IR risk. If you have the roster space and an IR slot, hold — the Week 1 usage was legitimately exciting for a rookie. If you’re squeezed, he is droppable given the murky timeline. The actionable side: Malik Washington is the Miami receiver whose floor rises most, and Jalen Tolbert is a deep-league streamer this week in a game that projects to be played from behind against Kansas City, which means volume.

Jeshaun Jones — MIN (WR depth — off the active depth chart while serving a league suspension)

• Status: SUSPENDED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code SUS on https://www.nfl.com/teams/minnesota-vikings/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. This is a league disciplinary suspension, not an injury, and the reserve-list status outranks everything else: he is ineligible to play, may not practice with or attend team activities, and receives no weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Suspended players may not practice with or attend team activities and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: None — this is a league disciplinary suspension, not an injury. He is physically healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. The suspension was in effect at the start of the 2026 regular season and he has been on the reserve/suspended list throughout.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no medical recovery applies. The governing timeline is the length of the league-imposed ban, after which he reverts to the active roster automatically provided Minnesota has a spot for him.
• Expected back to full health: Physically available now; administratively unavailable. No reinstatement date has been reported. Assume unavailable through at least Week 6 (mid-October 2026) absent a specific announcement.
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: expect unavailable throughout unless the league announces a reinstatement date. Even upon reinstatement he would return to the back of a receiver room fronted by Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and Jauan Jennings.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed — Tai Felton (WR4) and Myles Price (WR5) hold the back-end active receiver jobs, with Dillon Bell and Michael Briscoe (both DEV) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code SUS on the baseline, status code SUS today.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Not rosterable, not a stash. Even reinstated he is the fifth or sixth receiver on a team that concentrates targets in Justin Jefferson.

Calvin Austin III — NYG (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list receiver. The active order runs Malik Nabers > Darnell Mooney > Malachi Fields > Odell Beckham Jr.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag and is why he does not appear on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee. nfl.com lists him RES on the Giants’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Torn ACL (knee).
• When it happened: Suffered before the Sept 18, 2026 baseline was taken; he was already on Reserve/Injured at that point and his status is unchanged.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A torn ACL requiring reconstruction is a 9-12 month rehabilitation for an NFL wide receiver, and receivers specifically often need the full 12 months plus a ramp before the cutting and top-end speed return to pre-injury form.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. A realistic return to football activity is mid-to-late 2027 — roughly June through September 2027 depending on surgery date.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (vs Tennessee), 4, 5 and 6 and for the entire 2026 season. A torn ACL in September ends the year.
• Who benefits if he sits: Malachi Fields and Odell Beckham Jr. already absorb the snaps he would have taken; Jalin Hyatt, Braxton Berrios, Dalen Cambre and Charlie Jones (all DEV) are the practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RES with a season-ending knee injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format and not a stash. Drop if somehow still held.

Gunner Olszewski — NYG (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list receiver and return specialist.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag and is why he does not appear on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee. nfl.com lists him RES on the Giants’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Achilles (rupture with surgical repair).
• When it happened: Suffered before the Sept 18, 2026 baseline; he was already on Reserve/Injured at that point and the status is unchanged.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A ruptured and repaired Achilles is a 9-12 month rehabilitation, and for a player whose value is built on burst and return-game explosiveness the functional recovery frequently stretches past 12 months.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. A realistic return to football activity is mid-to-late 2027, roughly June through September 2027.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (vs Tennessee), 4, 5 and 6 and for the entire 2026 season.
• Who benefits if he sits: Braxton Berrios and Charlie Jones (both DEV) are the practice-squad return options; Malachi Fields and Odell Beckham Jr. handle the receiver snaps.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RES with a season-ending Achilles injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero fantasy relevance outside deep return-yardage formats, and none even there this season.

Johnny Wilson — PHI (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list receiver. The active order runs DeVonta Smith > Dontayvion Wicks > Makai Lemon > Marquise Brown > Britain Covey > Elijah Moore > Darius Cooper.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag. nfl.com lists him RES on the Eagles’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026. The absence of a final Monday-night report does not affect a roster-list status.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. Philadelphia has not specified the injury publicly.
• When it happened: Not publicly specified. He was already on Reserve/Injured at the Sept 18, 2026 baseline and the status is unchanged.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated with an undisclosed injury. The governing constraint is the four-game minimum an IR player must miss before activation is permitted.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown given the undisclosed injury. The earliest rules-eligible return is Week 5 (roughly Oct 11, 2026), with no 21-day practice window reported.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (at Chicago) and 4 with certainty. Weeks 5-6 depend on a practice window Philadelphia has not opened.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already accounted for — Darius Cooper and Britain Covey hold the back-end active roles, with Xavier Gipson (DEV) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RES with an undisclosed injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero fantasy relevance.

Cole Burgess — PIT (Reserve-list receiver — was a camp-body depth WR competing for the back end of the receiver room before the injury; holds no active depth-chart slot)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, status code RES on the nfl.com Steelers roster as of Sept 25, 2026. He was waived/injured, cleared waivers and reverted to Pittsburgh’s injured reserve. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS any injury-report consideration — he is ineligible to practice or play and no weekly game-status designation applies to him.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured. He has no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 participation to report and appears on no Pittsburgh practice report.
• Injury: Lower-body injury, unspecified. He was carted off the practice field after making a catch during training camp; the Steelers never disclosed the specific diagnosis.
• When it happened: Suffered during Steelers training camp in August 2026. He was carted off the field at practice, subsequently waived/injured, cleared waivers, and reverted to the team’s injured reserve list in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable with precision because the diagnosis was never disclosed. A cart-off at practice combined with an immediate waived/injured transaction conventionally signals a significant lower-body injury — the club’s willingness to waive rather than carry him indicates a season-long or near-season-long horizon.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown and not publicly reportable. As a player who reverted to IR after clearing waivers, he is out for the 2026 season absent an injury settlement. Any return to football activity would realistically be 2027.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 vs. the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 at Acrisure Stadium, and effectively out for the 2026 season as a waived/injured reversion to IR.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3, 4, 5 and 6 and the balance of the 2026 season. There is no realistic activation path.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaden Wetjen (second-team Slot WR), Ben Skowronek (second-team Left WR) and Germie Bernard (second-team Right WR) hold the depth roles he would have competed for, with practice-squad receivers Brandon Smith, Brandon Johnson, Isaiah Hodgins and Darius Rush available for elevation.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still on Reserve/Injured with status code RES following the training-camp cart-off, the waived/injured transaction and the waiver-clearance reversion.

Fantasy takeaway: No 12-team full-PPR relevance in any format. Not rosterable. He was a camp-body depth receiver before the injury and is now out for the season on the reserve list. The only Pittsburgh receivers worth rostering are DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr. and, in deep leagues, Roman Wilson.

Jake Bobo — SEA (Reserve — was WR depth before the injury)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com Seahawks roster as of Sept 25, 2026, with no designation to return.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on a season-ending reserve list and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Knee, suffered on a leaping catch attempt during a joint practice
• When it happened: Preseason 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Season-ending knee injuries of this type typically require 4-9 months of recovery depending on the specific procedure
• Expected back to full health: Not expected back in 2026; target 2027 offseason
• Next game: OUT for the remainder of the 2026 season, including Sept 27 vs. Washington
• Next four weeks: Out for the season, Weeks 3-6 and beyond
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — deep depth receiver with minimal fantasy relevance
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on season-ending Reserve/Injured.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant for 2026 fantasy purposes

Christian Kirk — SF (Reserve — was a projected starting-caliber veteran receiver before the season)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RSR (Reserve/Injured, Designated to Return) on the official nfl.com 49ers roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Calf injury, sustained in training camp and determined to be more serious than initially believed
• When it happened: Training camp 2026; placed on IR to begin the season
• Typical recovery for this injury: IR-designated-to-return players must miss a minimum of four games from the transaction; calf strains of this reported severity typically run 4-8 weeks
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible to return to practice is around Week 5 (early-to-mid October 2026), pending health
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona — ineligible
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3 and 4 by rule; earliest possible activation is Week 5, especially notable now given the injuries to Evans and Robinson in the same room
• Who benefits if he sits: Jordan Watkins, Jacob Cowing, and KhaDarel Hodge absorb his snaps in the interim
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on Reserve/Injured, Designated to Return.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep stash-only given the increasingly banged-up 49ers receiver room; not currently rosterable in most redraft leagues but worth watching for an early-October return

De’Zhaun Stribling — SF (Reserve — was a rotational rookie receiver before the injury)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status, which now outranks his prior week’s OUT tag. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com 49ers roster as of Sept 25, 2026, after undergoing ankle surgery.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on injured reserve and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Left ankle — underwent surgery
• When it happened: Suffered in San Francisco’s 2026 season opener; placed on IR and had surgery around Sept 16, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: The club has given an explicit ~10-week recovery/absence estimate following the surgery
• Expected back to full health: Approximately 10 weeks post-surgery, which projects to roughly late November 2026 (in the Week 12-13 range)
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona — ineligible while on IR
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3-6 and well beyond given the 10-week club estimate
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A at his depth slot; the receiver snaps that would have gone to him are absorbed by Jordan Watkins, Jacob Cowing, and KhaDarel Hodge
• Change since Week 2: Changed since Sept 18: last week he carried an OUT designation while still on the 53-man active roster; he has since been formally placed on Injured Reserve and undergone ankle surgery with a ~10-week outlook.

Fantasy takeaway: Not fantasy-relevant for the foreseeable future; drop in all redraft formats

Ricky Pearsall — SF (Reserve — was in the WR rotation before the injury)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com 49ers roster as of Sept 25, 2026, with no designation to return.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on a season-ending reserve list and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Knee (PCL) requiring season-ending surgery
• When it happened: Preseason/early season 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: PCL reconstruction/repair surgery typically requires 6-9 months of recovery
• Expected back to full health: Not expected back in 2026; target 2027 offseason
• Next game: OUT for the remainder of the 2026 season, including Sept 27 vs. Arizona
• Next four weeks: Out for the season, Weeks 3-6 and beyond
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing absorb his role
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on season-ending Reserve/Injured.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all redraft formats; irrelevant for 2026 fantasy purposes

Doubtful (1)

Doubtful means the club expects him not to play. Treat it as out unless you see a pregame report saying otherwise.

Puka Nacua — LAR (WR1 — lead receiver)

• Status: DOUBTFUL — (a) FINAL official Friday game-status designation filed by the Rams on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. Denver.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hip/groin soreness (head coach Sean McVay specified it is groin-related rather than a hip injury)
• When it happened: First appeared on the injury report ahead of the Sept 18, 2026 Week 2 report (a DNP that week too, with no final tag because the Rams played Monday night)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin strains grade 1-2 typically sideline a player 1-3 weeks; this is his second straight week of a full DNP week
• Expected back to full health: McVay indicated that barring a setback, Nacua should be available for the following week’s game vs. Philadelphia (Week 4, early October 2026)
• Next game: DOUBTFUL for Sunday Night Football Sept 27 vs. Denver — per McVay, ‘more unlikely than likely to play’
• Next four weeks: Expected to sit out Week 3 vs. Denver, then return Week 4 vs. Philadelphia barring a setback; workload may be managed initially upon return
• Who benefits if he sits: Davante Adams remains the clear top target; Tutu Atwell and Jordan Whittington see expanded snaps and target share with Nacua out
• Change since Week 2: Resolved from ambiguity: last week’s Sept 18 baseline had no final tag (Monday game, DNP Friday with no designation yet); this week Los Angeles has now filed an official DOUBTFUL tag after a second consecutive full DNP week.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench/DFS-fade Nacua this week given the doubtful tag and full DNP week; Davante Adams and Tutu Atwell get a fantasy bump as the primary beneficiaries

Questionable — game-time calls (10)

The genuine coin flips. Watch the inactives list, which posts about 90 minutes before kickoff, and have a replacement ready.

Zay Flowers — BAL (WR1 overall — first-team Slot WR on the Ourlads depth chart, ahead of LaJohntay Wester; Baltimore’s primary target-earner when healthy)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Baltimore on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game at the Dallas Cowboys at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. Head coach Jesse Minter called him a true game-time decision who will be tested on the field in Brazil before a final call.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25, walk-through estimation held in Rio). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25. Friday was his first on-field work of the week; the Ravens reported he was in uniform and practicing at Botafogo’s facility in Rio.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (left), the same hamstring that flared in the season opener at Indianapolis and traces back to training camp
• When it happened: Originally aggravated in the Week 1 season opener at the Indianapolis Colts (Sept 13, 2026) — he left in the first half and did not return for the second half. Root cause dates to a training-camp hamstring issue in August 2026. He then missed the entire Week 2 home game vs. New Orleans on Sept 20.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: 1-3 weeks of missed time; Grade 2: 3-6 weeks; Grade 3 (full tear/avulsion): 8-12+ weeks and often surgery. Flowers’ presentation reads as a low Grade 1 to low Grade 2 that has been repeatedly re-aggravated — recurrent hamstrings carry roughly a 25-30% re-injury rate inside the first month back, which is exactly why Baltimore has held him out two straight weeks rather than rushing him.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally available but not unrestricted by late September 2026. Best estimate for a genuinely unrestricted, no-snap-count Flowers is Week 4 (Oct 4, 2026) to Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026). Even if he suits up Week 3 on Sept 27, expect a managed snap count rather than full health.
• Next game: Genuine coin flip, leaning PLAY-BUT-LIMITED for Week 3 at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro. He practiced Friday for the first time all week, which is a meaningful upgrade over last week’s Doubtful tag, but Ian Rapoport reported midweek that the missed practices did not bode well, and Baltimore has prioritized long-term health twice already. Treat him as a true game-time decision with a real chance of a snap-count cap if active.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 at Dallas (Sept 27, Rio): questionable, likely limited if active. Week 4: should return to a full role as the hamstring gets a normal week of work. Week 5: expect full WR1 usage. Week 6 vs. Cleveland: full go, and that is also the week rookie Ja’Kobi Lane becomes IR-eligible, which slightly deepens the room behind him. The trajectory is upward across Weeks 3-6 provided he avoids a third re-aggravation.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rashod Bateman (WR, first-team Left WR) absorbs the alpha-target share and is the cleanest beneficiary. LaJohntay Wester (Slot WR2) slides directly into the vacated slot snaps. Devontez Walker (Right WR2, now fully off the injury report) is explicitly flagged by beat coverage as the man who ‘will see more work than usual if Flowers has to miss another game.’ Chris Moore (first-team Right WR) and TE Mark Andrews also see a target bump.
• Change since Week 2: UPGRADED from DOUBTFUL (Sept 18 baseline) to QUESTIONABLE. Practice trend also flipped direction: last week was DNP Wed -> DNP Thu -> Limited Fri and he sat; this week is DNP Wed -> DNP Thu -> Limited Fri but the Friday work happened in Brazil and Baltimore chose Questionable rather than Doubtful, which is a deliberate signal that he has a real path to playing.

Fantasy takeaway: In 12-team full PPR, do not start Flowers unless you get confirmation he is active AND uncapped — a Rio game with an early window and no pregame beat access makes late news hard to get, so have a plug-and-play WR3 slotted next to him in your lineup. If you are thin, Rashod Bateman is a defensible FLEX/WR3 against a Dallas secondary that has been throwing-game-friendly, and Devontez Walker is a legitimate deep-league dart in full PPR. Hold Flowers in all formats — this is a usage-and-timing problem, not a talent problem.

DJ Moore — BUF (RWR1 — perimeter X/Z and the Bills’ volume target alongside Khalil Shakir; co-WR1 in the passing game)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Buffalo on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Los Angeles Chargers. Head coach Joe Brady explicitly framed him as a game-time decision: “I’m going to give them all the way through till game time.”
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25), in a red non-contact jersey. Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 (red non-contact jersey, individual drills) -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: AC joint sprain, left shoulder, with an accompanying stinger (nerve/brachial-plexus irritation). Buffalo lists it on the official report simply as “shoulder.” X-rays taken in the locker room during the game were negative for fracture.
• When it happened: Thursday Sept 17, 2026, Week 2 vs the Detroit Lions, with just under three minutes left in the second quarter, on a contested catch attempt in the end zone. He walked off under his own power with trainers and was downgraded to out for the remainder of that game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: AC joint (shoulder) sprains are graded I-III. Grade I (ligament stretch, no separation) typically costs 0-2 weeks and is regularly played through with a pad/harness. Grade II (partial AC ligament tear, minor separation) typically 2-4 weeks. Grade III (complete AC and coracoclavicular disruption, visible separation) typically 6-8 weeks or surgery. The accompanying stinger is usually a transient neurapraxia resolving in days, though recurrent stingers can linger. Moore’s practice trajectory — back on the field six days post-injury in a non-contact jersey, negative X-rays, no IR placement, no surgery talk — points squarely at Grade I, at worst a mild Grade II.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally available now, playing through it. Full unrestricted health (no pad, no non-contact jersey, full contested-catch confidence) expected by the first week of October 2026 — Week 4 or Week 5. Soreness on contact may persist into mid-October without costing him snaps.
• Next game: LEAN PLAY, but a true game-time decision. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers at Highmark Stadium. He practiced Wednesday and Friday, told reporters “Felt great. Still gotta go through some things, but we gonna be good,” and Buffalo did not rule him out. Expect him to suit up; the risk is a reduced snap count or an in-game re-aggravation rather than a scratch.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs LA Chargers: expected to play through it, possibly snap-managed. Week 4 through Week 6: with a normal week of practice and no setback he should be a full-go, unrestricted WR1-usage player. The only path to missed time is a re-aggravation on a hit to that left shoulder, which would likely cost him one to two games rather than a stint on IR. Monitor Wednesday practice reports each week — a return to DNP Wednesdays is the tell that the joint is not settling.
• Who benefits if he sits: Khalil Shakir (SWR1) absorbs the target share first and is the primary beneficiary. Josh Palmer (LWR2) moves into a full-time perimeter role. Skyler Bell (RWR2) slides up to take Moore’s snaps on the right. Greg Dortch, signed to the active roster Friday Sept 25, adds slot/return depth and would be in the three-receiver rotation. Dalton Kincaid (TE1) also gains target volume in a thinned-out receiver room — note Keon Coleman is questionable the same week, so Buffalo could be down both perimeter starters.
• Change since Week 2: MATERIAL CHANGE. On Sept 18 he was OUT — an in-game ruling from the Thursday Sept 17 loss of availability vs Detroit, with no practice data and no diagnosis published. He has now been diagnosed (AC joint sprain, left shoulder, plus stinger), has practiced twice in Week 3, and has been upgraded to QUESTIONABLE with a final Friday designation. Buffalo did not place him on IR. Net: meaningfully better than a week ago.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him if he’s active, but you must handcuff the decision: hold a bench flex you can pivot to and check the 90-minute inactives list before kickoff. In 12-team full PPR he is a WR2 with WR1 upside when healthy; a questionable tag with two limited practices and a non-contact jersey is a mild ding, not a fade. If you cannot wait out the inactives (early Sunday roster lock), Khalil Shakir is the safest Buffalo pivot and is a strong WR2 play in his own right this week.

Ryan Miller — MIA (RWR2 — the backup right wide receiver, now promoted into effective starter status with Caleb Douglas ruled out. Caught a 77-yard touchdown in Week 2.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Miami on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Kansas City Chiefs. The Friday full practice is a strong positive signal that he plays.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. A dip-then-recover arc; the Friday full participation is the number that matters and is why this is Questionable rather than Doubtful.
• Injury: Hip and back — both listed on Miami’s official report. Two separate listings, likely related (a hip issue commonly refers pain into the low back and vice versa). Miami has not specified sides or grades.
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026. It surfaced on Miami’s Week 3 practice report on Wednesday Sept 23 rather than as an in-game Week 2 injury; he played and produced a 77-yard touchdown in the Week 2 game at San Francisco on Sept 20, so this appears to have developed in the days after that game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hip flexor and hip pointer injuries typically cost 1-3 weeks; a labral or deeper structural hip issue is far longer. Low-back strains and spasms generally cost 1-2 weeks and are highly responsive to treatment, though they recur. The Wednesday-limited, Thursday-DNP, Friday-full pattern is the textbook profile of a soft-tissue issue being managed with a mid-week rest day rather than a progressive injury — teams routinely sit a player Thursday to get him full on Friday.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively now — the Friday full participation indicates he is functionally ready. Full unrestricted health with no maintenance days expected by Week 4, roughly Oct 4, 2026.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. A Questionable tag backed by a Friday full practice converts to active at a very high rate. With Caleb Douglas ruled out, Miami needs him on the field.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City: expected to play and, with Douglas out, to start on the right side with a materially expanded role. Weeks 4-6: should hold that expanded role for as long as Douglas is sidelined, which could be several weeks. This is the clearest opportunity-driven usage spike in the Miami receiver room. Risk: the hip/back is the kind of issue that recurs, so a Wednesday DNP in Week 4 would be a warning.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jalen Tolbert (LWR2) would slide over to the right side. Kevin Coleman Jr. (SWR2) sees expanded snaps. AJ Henning, re-signed to Miami’s practice squad on Sept 24, is a live gameday-elevation candidate. Malik Washington absorbs targets from the slot. If both Miller and Douglas were out, Miami’s receiver room would be down to Chris Bell, Malik Washington, Jalen Tolbert and Kevin Coleman Jr., which is why the practice-squad move was made.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Ryan Miller was not on the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy and produced a 77-yard touchdown in Week 2. He appeared on the Week 3 report Wednesday with a hip/back listing, was downgraded to DNP Thursday, recovered to full Friday, and carries a QUESTIONABLE tag. Net: a minor health downgrade paired with a major opportunity upgrade, since Caleb Douglas is out.

Fantasy takeaway: Speculative start and a priority waiver add in 12-team full PPR. The combination of a Friday full practice, Caleb Douglas ruled OUT, Jaylen Wright doubtful, and a game Miami projects to trail badly against Kansas City adds up to volume. He is a flex-viable dart with genuine spike-week upside given his demonstrated big-play ability. Add him where available; start him only in deeper formats or as a desperation flex.

Mike Evans — SF (WR1 — lead receiver)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL official Friday game-status designation filed by San Francisco on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 home game vs. Arizona.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday’s word reflects the week’s trend — actually Limited on Friday). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hip injury
• When it happened: Week 2, Sept 20, 2026 vs. Miami — left that game early with the hip issue
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hip strains/contusions of this grade typically cost 1-3 weeks; his upgrade to Limited by Friday is a positive signal after two DNP days
• Expected back to full health: Trending toward full clearance within 1-2 weeks if no setback; realistic target is Week 4-5 (early-to-mid October 2026) for a fully unrestricted practice week
• Next game: QUESTIONABLE for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona — game-time decision after DNP-DNP-Limited practice week
• Next four weeks: Questionable Week 3; if he plays, expect a workload check; risk of a setback or a Week 4 downgrade remains given the DNP-heavy week
• Who benefits if he sits: Deebo Samuel Sr. becomes the clear top target, with Jacob Cowing and Jordan Watkins seeing expanded roles given Demarcus Robinson is also out
• Change since Week 2: New to the report. He was not listed at all on San Francisco’s Sept 18 baseline injury report; this is a Week 2 in-game injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Risky fantasy start; check inactives Sunday morning before starting him, and have Deebo Samuel Sr. as a safer alternative given San Francisco’s receiver room is significantly banged up

Xavier Legette — CAR (WR2 – starting outside receiver opposite Tetairoa McMillan)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE – (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Carolina on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 road game at the Cleveland Browns.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Knee. He underwent an MRI on Monday Sept 22, 2026 which revealed no severe injury – no structural/ligament damage reported.
• When it happened: Sustained in or around Carolina’s Week 2 game against Atlanta on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. The MRI followed on Monday Sept 22. Notably he still practiced FULLY on Wednesday Sept 23 before being held out entirely on Thursday, which suggests soreness or swelling that flared after the Wednesday session rather than an acute new event.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee injury with a clean MRI is typically a bone bruise, a contusion, or a Grade 1 MCL sprain. Bone bruises and contusions cost 1-3 weeks and are driven by pain and swelling tolerance. A Grade 1 MCL sprain runs 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-5 weeks. The clean MRI is the single most important fact here – it rules out the ACL/meniscus outcomes that would change his season.
• Expected back to full health: Week 4 to Week 6, early-to-mid October 2026. Like Coker, the Week 5 BYE is his real recovery window, and Week 6 at Philadelphia on Oct 18, 2026 is when he should be unambiguously clean.
• Next game: LEAN PLAY, but genuinely questionable, for the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. A Full Wednesday practice and a Limited Friday with a clean MRI is the profile of a player who suits up. The Thursday DNP is what keeps this from being a confident call. Verify at the 90-minute inactives.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 at Cleveland (Sept 27) – Questionable, probable but snap-managed. Week 4 vs Detroit (Sun Oct 4, SNF) – a primetime matchup against a Detroit defense that will force Carolina to throw. Week 5 BYE. Week 6 at Philadelphia (Oct 18). He should be through this inside the Weeks 3-4 window with the bye as a safety valve.
• Who benefits if he sits: John Metchie III (WR4) is listed directly behind Legette on the right side and would start. Brycen Tremayne (WR5) also moves up. Tetairoa McMillan (WR1) is the biggest beneficiary of volume. With Jalen Coker also Questionable, Carolina could be down two of its top three receivers, which would make Metchie a surprise volume play and push tight ends Tommy Tremble and Mitchell Evans into more targets than usual.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all. He hurt the knee in or around the Week 2 game vs Atlanta, had a clean MRI on Sept 22, practiced fully Wednesday, sat Thursday, returned Limited Friday, and drew a QUESTIONABLE tag.

Fantasy takeaway: A risky WR4/flex in 12-team full-PPR. Legette’s target share is real but his efficiency has been inconsistent and a knee-managed snap count caps him. If you have any comparable option, sit him. The clean MRI means do not panic-drop him – this is a one-to-two-week issue, not a season-altering one. Hold through the bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. — PIT (WR2 — first-team Right WR on the Ourlads Steelers depth chart ahead of Germie Bernard, and the No. 2 target behind DK Metcalf. ROSTER VERIFICATION: confirmed on the live nfl.com Pittsburgh Steelers roster at jersey No. 11 with status code ACT. He is a Steeler, not a Colt.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Pittsburgh on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 home game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. Note that Pittsburgh holds a weekly walk-through on Fridays, so its Friday participation figures are the club’s estimation rather than a measured practice.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25, walk-through estimation). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25. A flat, three-day Limited week with no DNP and no escalation to Full.
• Injury: Foot injury (mid-foot; the Steelers have not specified a Lisfranc or a plantar-plate diagnosis, and head coach Mike McCarthy publicly clarified it as a manageable foot issue rather than a structural one)
• When it happened: First surfaced on the Week 2 practice report in mid-September 2026, limiting him Wednesday Sept 16 before a DNP on Thursday Sept 17 and a DNP on Friday Sept 18. He was Questionable for the Week 2 road game at New England on Sept 20. The originating event was not publicly pinned to a single play.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Depends heavily on the structure involved. A simple foot contusion or plantar bruise: 1-2 weeks. A plantar-plate or turf-toe variant: 2-6 weeks. A Lisfranc sprain: 6-10 weeks non-surgical, 4-6 months surgical. Pittman’s three straight limited practices and McCarthy’s public clarification strongly indicate a soft-tissue/contusion-class issue at the mild end, not a Lisfranc.
• Expected back to full health: Trending toward full health but not there yet. Best estimate for an unrestricted, non-limited Pittman is Week 4 (Oct 4, 2026) to Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026). He has practiced in some form all three days this week, which is a meaningful improvement over last week’s two DNPs.
• Next game: LEAN PLAY for Week 3 vs. the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at Acrisure Stadium. Three consecutive limited practices — an upgrade from last week’s Limited/DNP/DNP pattern — combined with McCarthy’s encouraging public comments point to him suiting up. Expect a possible snap-count cap rather than a full workload.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 vs. Cincinnati: likely plays, possibly capped. Weeks 4-5: should shed the designation as the foot settles, assuming no setback. Week 6: expect a full role. The overarching risk is that foot injuries in receivers are notoriously prone to lingering — a single aggravation could reset this timeline, so monitor the Wednesday report each week rather than assuming linear progress.
• Who benefits if he sits: Germie Bernard (second-team Right WR) is the direct next man up and would see the biggest snap increase. Roman Wilson (first-team Slot WR) and Ben Skowronek (second-team Left WR) would absorb additional targets, and TE Pat Freiermuth would see a target bump in a Steelers offense that leans on him.
• Change since Week 2: IMPROVED practice trend, SAME designation. Last week he was QUESTIONABLE after Limited Wed -> DNP Thu -> DNP Fri. This week he is QUESTIONABLE again but after Limited Wed -> Limited Thu -> Limited Fri — three practice days instead of one, which is a clear directional upgrade even though the tag is unchanged. ROSTER CORRECTION CONFIRMED: the baseline’s placement of him on Pittsburgh is correct and verified against the live nfl.com Steelers roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Startable as a WR3/FLEX in 12-team full PPR if you can confirm he is active, but hold a backup plan. The practice trend is genuinely positive — three limited sessions beats last week’s two DNPs — and a home divisional game against Cincinnati’s secondary is a decent spot. The snap-count risk is real though, so if you have a clean WR3 alternative with no designation, use it. Do not drop him; this is a short-term availability question, not a role question.

Jalen Coker — CAR (WR3 – starting slot receiver)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE – (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Carolina on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 road game at the Cleveland Browns. This is a downgrade from the BLANK game status he carried on the Sept 18 report.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Ankle – a reaggravation of the rolled ankle he carried through Week 2. He wore a walking boot on Monday Sept 22, 2026 as a precaution. Head coach Dave Canales said he ‘looked good Friday’.
• When it happened: Originally rolled in the week leading into Week 2 (mid-September 2026); aggravated or worsened around the Week 2 game against Atlanta on Sunday Sept 20, 2026, with the walking boot appearing Monday Sept 22.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low ankle sprain costs an NFL receiver 1-3 weeks for Grade 1 and 3-6 weeks for Grade 2. A high ankle sprain is 4-8 weeks. Coker’s DNP-to-Limited progression plus a precautionary boot and no imaging red flags reads as a Grade 1-to-2 low sprain being managed week to week rather than a high sprain.
• Expected back to full health: Realistically Week 5 or Week 6, mid-to-late October 2026. Carolina’s Week 5 BYE is the natural reset point – expect him to be genuinely clean coming out of it for Week 6 at Philadelphia on Oct 18, 2026.
• Next game: TRUE COIN FLIP, leaning PLAY on a snap count, for the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. The Friday upgrade back to Limited plus Canales’s positive comment points to active, but a Questionable tag on an ankle a receiver has already been in a boot for means you cannot count on a full route tree. Check the 90-minute inactives.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 at Cleveland (Sept 27) – Questionable, likely limited snaps. Week 4 vs Detroit (Sun Oct 4, 8:20 ET SNF) – the ankle will still be in play on a short turnaround from a road game. Week 5 BYE – the best thing that could happen to this ankle. Week 6 at Philadelphia (Oct 18) – expect him closer to full, though the Eagles matchup is rough. The bye is the pivot point for the whole stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: John Metchie III (WR4) is the direct slot replacement and the primary beneficiary. Brycen Tremayne (WR5) moves up on the outside. With Xavier Legette ALSO Questionable, Tetairoa McMillan (WR1) becomes an enormous target-share play and Metchie could see a genuine starter’s workload. David Moore, Casey Washington, Ja’Seem Reed and Ihmir Smith-Marsette (all DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 – a downgrade. He was on the Week 2 final report with a BLANK game status after a Full Friday practice. He is now QUESTIONABLE, he wore a walking boot Monday Sept 22, and he missed Thursday’s practice outright. The ankle is worse than it was a week ago, not better.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him in 12-team full-PPR unless you are desperate – a Questionable ankle receiver on a snap count is exactly the profile that returns 3 points. Have a replacement ready before the 90-minute inactives. The real play is stacking Tetairoa McMillan, whose target share should spike with both Coker and Legette compromised. If Coker sits, John Metchie III is a legitimate one-week FAAB dart in deeper 12-team formats.

Marvin Mims Jr. — DEN (WR4 overall — Ourlads lists him SWR2 behind Pat Bryant; he is also Denver’s primary punt and kick returner, which keeps him active on game day even in weeks his route volume is thin.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Denver on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25. Three straight limited days is a meaningful upgrade on Week 2, when he did not practice at all.
• Injury: Foot injury — the same foot that has had him on Denver’s report since mid-September. The club has not specified the structure involved beyond ‘foot’.
• When it happened: Aggravated in the week leading into the Week 2 game vs. Jacksonville (he was DNP all three days Sept 16-18 and was ruled OUT for the Sept 20 game). The underlying foot problem traces to the Week 1 loss at Kansas City on Sept 14, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Generic soft-tissue/midfoot foot irritation without a Lisfranc or fracture component typically costs 1-3 weeks; a low-grade plantar or midfoot sprain is 2-4 weeks; a true Lisfranc sprain is 6-10 weeks and surgical Lisfranc is season-ending. His week-over-week trajectory (DNP x3 -> Limited x3) is consistent with the mildest of those categories, not a Lisfranc.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally available now with residual soreness; full unrestricted practice most likely by the week of Oct 1-2, 2026, i.e. Week 4 vs. Seattle. Call it fully healthy by early October 2026.
• Next game: Lean PLAY, with snap-count risk. Questionable after three limited days and an explicit return to practice points to him dressing for the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams. Denver has no reason to hide him — the bigger question is whether he is a full-route participant or return-specialist-plus-spot-snaps.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 vs. Rams (Sun Sept 27): likely active, limited route tree. Week 4 vs. Seattle: expected full. Week 5 and Week 6: expected full, no restriction. Even at full health his standing is the problem, not the foot — with Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle and Pat Bryant ahead of him, Mims is a boom-or-bust deep-shot and return-yardage asset rather than a target-volume play.
• Who benefits if he sits: Troy Franklin (WR5, RWR2 behind Jaylen Waddle) absorbs the outside snaps; Lil’Jordan Humphrey (LWR2) covers the big-slot work. Pat Bryant stays the primary slot either way. On returns, Troy Franklin and Tyler Badie are the fallback options.
• Change since Week 2: UPGRADED. Baseline Sept 18: OUT, DNP all three days, missed the Week 2 game vs. Jacksonville. Now QUESTIONABLE with three straight limited practices and an explicit club statement that he returned to practice this week.

Fantasy takeaway: In a 12-team full-PPR redraft, Mims is a bench stash / bye-week dart, not a startable flex in Week 3. If you need him active for a flex slot you are already in trouble at WR. Hold if you rostered him for the return upside and the big-play equity in a Sunday-night shootout script vs. the Rams; drop him for a startable RB if your bench is tight.

Keon Coleman — BUF (LWR1 — Ourlads has him as the first-team left wide receiver ahead of Josh Palmer; the Bills’ big-bodied boundary/red-zone target)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Buffalo on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Los Angeles Chargers. Joe Brady grouped him with DJ Moore as a game-time decision.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25) — his first practice participation of the week, in a regular (non-red) jersey. Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Ankle. Buffalo has not specified left or right, nor a grade, and has not indicated whether it is a high (syndesmotic) or low (lateral) sprain. Reporting describes it as an ankle that forced him briefly out of the Week 2 game before he returned to finish it, then stiffened up during the week.
• When it happened: Thursday Sept 17, 2026, Week 2 vs the Detroit Lions. He left the game briefly, was evaluated, and returned to play — the tell that it was not severe at the moment of injury. It worsened enough during the following week to cost him Wednesday and Thursday practices.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low/lateral ankle sprain typically costs 1-3 weeks: Grade I 1-2 weeks, Grade II 2-4 weeks, Grade III 4-8 weeks. A high (syndesmotic) ankle sprain is the more punishing class at 4-6 weeks minimum and often 6-8. The fact that he returned to the Week 2 game and was back on the practice field Friday without a red non-contact jersey argues strongly for a low-ankle sprain in the Grade I-II range, not a high ankle sprain. Ankles of this class characteristically feel worse on days 2-4 than on day 1, which fits his DNP-DNP-Limited arc precisely.
• Expected back to full health: Full, unrestricted health estimated at roughly Oct 4-11, 2026 — Week 4 to Week 5. Ankle sprains commonly linger as a cut-and-burst limiter for two to three weeks after the player returns, so expect diminished separation on breaking routes even once he’s active.
• Next game: COIN FLIP, leaning play but the shakier of Buffalo’s two questionable receivers. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers. Two straight DNPs is a genuine red flag; the Friday upgrade to limited in a regular jersey is the counterweight. Treat him as a true 50/50 that resolves at the 90-minute inactives deadline.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs LA Chargers: genuinely uncertain, and if he plays he is likely snap-limited with reduced route-running efficiency. Weeks 4-6: assuming this is the low-ankle sprain the evidence suggests, he should be fully available and back to his normal boundary role by Week 4, with full explosiveness by Week 5. Escalation risk: if this turns out to be a high ankle sprain, the timeline stretches through Week 6 and IR becomes a live possibility — the Wednesday Week 4 report is the checkpoint.
• Who benefits if he sits: Josh Palmer (LWR2) is the direct positional replacement and would start on the left boundary. Skyler Bell (RWR2) and newly active Greg Dortch round out the three- and four-receiver sets. Khalil Shakir (SWR1) is the biggest volume beneficiary regardless. With DJ Moore also questionable, Buffalo’s realistic worst case is a Sunday where Shakir, Palmer, Bell and Dortch are the receiver room, which would funnel enormous target volume to Shakir and TE Dalton Kincaid.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Keon Coleman was RESOLVED on the Sept 18 baseline — he carried no designation and no injury listing on Buffalo’s final Week 2 report. He was injured in that Thursday Sept 17 game, played through it, and has now appeared on the Week 3 report with an ankle, missed two practices, and drawn a QUESTIONABLE tag. This is a straight downgrade from a clean bill of health.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him blind in 12-team full PPR. He is a WR3/flex when healthy and this is not healthy — two DNPs plus a Friday limited is the profile of a player who either sits or plays at 60 percent. If your lineup locks before inactives, bench him. If you can wait, he is startable only as a desperation flex. The actionable move is the opposite side of the trade: Khalil Shakir’s floor and ceiling both rise this week, and Josh Palmer is a live deep-league streamer if Coleman is ruled out.

Adonai Mitchell — NYJ (LWR1 — the Jets’ starting left wide receiver and their No. 2 target behind Garrett Wilson (9 catches for 123 yards through two games, second on the team to Wilson’s 11))

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by the New York Jets on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Detroit Lions. Head coach Aaron Glenn said Friday that Mitchell “should be good to go,” and Glenn also said he did not think Mitchell broke the finger.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25), seen with a bulky wrap on his right hand. Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 (he was healthy) -> Limited Thu Sept 24 (added to the report after the injury occurred in that day’s practice) -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Finger, right hand. The injury occurred when his finger caught in a jersey during practice. Aaron Glenn said he did not believe the finger was broken. The Jets have not specified which finger or published imaging results.
• When it happened: Thursday Sept 24, 2026, during a Jets practice — not in a game. His finger was caught in a jersey. He was added to that day’s injury report as a limited participant.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Finger injuries vary enormously by structure. A jammed finger or PIP joint sprain costs 0-2 weeks and is routinely played through with a buddy tape. A dislocation costs 1-3 weeks. A fracture costs 3-6 weeks, and for a receiver often means either sitting or playing with a club that eliminates catching. A tendon avulsion (jersey finger — mallet or FDP avulsion) is precisely the mechanism described here, a finger caught in a jersey, and that injury frequently requires surgery with a 6-12 week timeline. Glenn’s statement that it is likely not broken is the key mitigating detail, but the mechanism warrants caution.
• Expected back to full health: If it is a sprain or jam, functionally healthy now with a wrap, and fully unrestricted by roughly Oct 4-11, 2026 — Week 4 to Week 5. If imaging later reveals a tendon avulsion, the timeline extends to November or beyond and surgery becomes likely. As of Sept 25 the club’s public position is the optimistic one.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, but with a real production warning. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. Glenn said he should be good to go and the Jets have only three other healthy receivers on the main roster, so they need him. The concern is not availability but function — a bulky wrap on the catching hand materially degrades a receiver’s ability to secure targets.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit: expected active but compromised by the hand wrap. Weeks 4-6: should improve steadily if the finger is a sprain, with the wrap shrinking week over week. His opportunity is enormous across this window — Arian Smith is out for the season, Omar Cooper Jr. is on IR, Tim Patrick is on IR and Mason Taylor is out, leaving him and Garrett Wilson as the only established pass catchers. If the finger proves structural, that opportunity evaporates and the Jets’ receiver room becomes a genuine crisis.
• Who benefits if he sits: Isaiah Williams (SWR1) and Malik McClain (LWR2, recently elevated to the active roster) would start. Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson, both recently signed to the practice squad, are expected gameday elevation candidates — reporting says to expect one if not both to be elevated for this game. Garrett Wilson would absorb an enormous target share. Kenyon Sadiq (TE2, starting with Mason Taylor out) would also gain targets.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Adonai Mitchell was not on the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy and starting. He caught his finger in a jersey during Thursday Sept 24 practice, was added to that day’s report as a limited participant, practiced limited again Friday with a bulky right-hand wrap, and drew a QUESTIONABLE tag. Note the baseline had him as the LWR starter, which is unchanged.

Fantasy takeaway: Risky start — fade him in 12-team full PPR if you have an alternative. The opportunity is outstanding (the Jets’ receiver room is decimated and Detroit’s pace should force volume), but a bulky wrap on the catching hand is a genuine efficiency killer, and at least one analyst is explicitly recommending avoiding him this week. He is a boom-or-bust flex. The cleaner play from this same situation is Garrett Wilson, who is a locked-in WR1 with a target share that should be enormous, and Kenyon Sadiq as a TE streamer.

Final tag still pending (1)

The Monday night teams file a day later than everyone else. Real situations, final tag still to come.

DeVonta Smith — PHI (WR1 — the top target, listed first at right wide receiver on Ourlads (09/24/2026), with Dontayvion Wicks on the left and Makai Lemon in the slot.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (b) a practice-report-only status with no final tag. Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago, so its final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 27 and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. He appears on all three Week 3 practice reports with a hamstring, and his Friday upgrade to full participation is the strongest available signal that he plays.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He was present at Thursday’s session but did not participate; he returned to full work Friday and was reported to have ‘looked pretty good’ in the early portion of practice.
• Injury: Hamstring.
• When it happened: Not tied to a game snap. He came out of the Sept 20 Week 2 win over Tennessee healthy — he posted 10 catches for 117 yards and a touchdown in that game — and the hamstring surfaced in the Week 3 practice week, first showing as a Wednesday Sept 23 absence.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains grade at 1-2 weeks for Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2, and 8-12 weeks or more for Grade 3. Going DNP-DNP-Full inside a single week is the signature of a Grade 1 tweak or a precautionary rest, not a true strain — a Grade 2 does not return to full participation in 72 hours.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally healthy now, Week 3 (Monday Sept 28, 2026), given the Friday full session. Fully past re-injury risk by roughly Week 5 (mid-October 2026).
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears. He practiced fully Friday. The formal designation will land on Saturday Sept 27 and a Questionable tag would not be a surprise even with a full Friday, given hamstrings.
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 3-6, beginning at Chicago. Hamstrings recur, so treat every Wednesday report through mid-October as a checkpoint. With Dallas Goedert out for multiple weeks, Smith’s target share should rise, not fall, over this stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Dontayvion Wicks would take the alpha role, Makai Lemon would see a large slot-target bump, and Marquise Brown would move up on the outside. Britain Covey, Elijah Moore and Darius Cooper round out the room. Johnny Wilson is on Reserve/Injured.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. He is not in the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy and unlisted, and he went for 10-117-1 in the Week 2 win over Tennessee. The hamstring surfaced during the Week 3 practice week, costing him Wednesday and Thursday before a full Friday return.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR1 in 12-team full-PPR, with a Saturday-report check before locking lineups. DNP-DNP-Full is the reassuring version of this week, and Goedert’s absence concentrates targets. Because it is a Monday night game you have the full Sunday slate to see the Saturday designation — no need to guess early.

Cleared — listed this week but carrying no designation (34)

The good news. Every player here carried an injury or a listing at some point this week and finished it without a designation.

Rome Odunze — CHI (WR1 — the X, split left, and Chicago’s primary outside target)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) practice-report only, established by absence. Odunze carries no entry on any day of Chicago’s Week 3 participation report. The club plays Monday Sept 28 so no final tag exists yet, but an unlisted player cannot be designated.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None active. The calf strain that shadowed him through the first two weeks is fully resolved. Chicago never disclosed which leg.
• When it happened: Originated at a Halas Hall practice on Sept 3, 2026, when he left the session early alongside D’Andre Swift, ahead of Week 1. It had already cleared by the Sept 18 final report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — resolved. Calf strains generally run 1-3 weeks for grade I and 3-6 weeks for grade II; Odunze’s tracked to the short end and cost him no game time.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Will play, unrestricted, in Week 3 vs the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday Sept 28, 2026.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Mon Sept 28 vs Philadelphia) through Week 6: no injury concern at all. The entire question for Odunze over this stretch is quarterback play, not health — Case Keenum in Week 3, likely Tyson Bagent in Week 4 vs the New York Jets, and Caleb Williams targeted for a Week 5 or Week 6 return.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jahdae Walker (WR4) is the direct backup at the left/X spot on Chicago’s chart. Luther Burden III (WR2) and Kalif Raymond (slot) would see target share redistributed their way.
• Change since Week 2: No change in his own health since Sept 18 — the calf was already resolved on that baseline and remains resolved. What changed is entirely around him: his quarterback is now Case Keenum instead of Caleb Williams.

Fantasy takeaway: Healthy but downgraded. In a 12-team full-PPR league he stays in your lineup as a WR2/WR3 on talent and target volume, but this is the week to lower expectations and consider a sit if you have a healthy alternative with a real quarterback — a Monday-night matchup with Philadelphia’s defense and a QB3 under center is a bad combination. Buy-low window if a manager in your league is panicking; his value rebounds the moment Williams is back.

Ja’Marr Chase — CIN (WR1 — first-team Left WR and the offense’s alpha target; unquestioned No. 1 receiver)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. Chase appears NOWHERE on Cincinnati’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 game at Pittsburgh. No practice designation, no game-status tag.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: full and unlisted Wed Sept 23 -> full and unlisted Thu Sept 24 -> full and unlisted Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Knee — minor, no structural damage. Fully historical, not an active condition.
• When it happened: A minor knee issue that surfaced in early September 2026 during the lead-in to the season. It never produced a game-status designation and was closed out before the Week 2 report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor knee contusion or bone bruise with no structural damage: 1-2 weeks of managed practice with typically zero missed games. Chase’s followed that path exactly and required no missed time.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026), and has been since before Week 2.
• Next game: FULL GO, no designation, for Week 3 at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET. Expect a full workload.
• Next four weeks: Healthy Weeks 3-6 barring new injury. With Andrei Iosivas on IR through Week 6, Chase’s target share should climb further — Cincinnati’s pass-catcher pool is now effectively Chase, Higgins, Gesicki and a committee, which is the most concentrated it has been all season.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tee Higgins (first-team Right WR) would absorb the alpha role, with Dohnte Meyers (Slot WR1) and Colbie Young moving up the perimeter rotation. Mike Gesicki would see a further target bump.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already marked RESOLVED on the baseline with the knee issue closed, and he remains completely off the injury report for Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Lock-and-load WR1 in 12-team full PPR — start him every week without a second thought. The Iosivas IR placement is a direct positive for his target floor and ceiling. No injury concern exists; he carries no designation for a second consecutive week.

Jerry Jeudy — CLE (WR1 — first-team Right WR on the Ourlads depth chart ahead of Tylan Wallace; Cleveland’s leading target earner)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. Jeudy appears NOWHERE on Cleveland’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 home game vs. the Carolina Panthers. No practice designation, no game-status tag.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: full and unlisted Wed Sept 23 -> full and unlisted Thu Sept 24 -> full and unlisted Fri Sept 25. He was never added to the Week 3 report at any point.
• Injury: Wrist — now fully resolved. Historical, not an active condition.
• When it happened: A wrist issue that appeared on Cleveland’s Week 2 practice report in mid-September 2026. He was a full participant all three days that week (Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18), drew no game-status tag, and played.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor wrist sprain or contusion with no structural damage: 1-3 weeks of managed practice with taping, typically zero missed games. Jeudy’s followed exactly that path — full participation throughout and no missed time, then removal from the report entirely.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). No restriction, no taping limitation reported.
• Next game: FULL GO, no designation, for Week 3 vs. the Carolina Panthers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at Huntington Bank Field.
• Next four weeks: Healthy Weeks 3-6. His fantasy outlook across this window is governed by quarterback play rather than health — Deshaun Watson’s efficiency and Cleveland’s offensive-line issues (RG Teven Jenkins out a third straight game) are the real constraints on his ceiling. The Carolina matchup in Week 3 is favorable given Carolina’s pass-heavy profile driving game script.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tylan Wallace (second-team Right WR) is the direct next man up, with KC Concepcion (Slot WR1), Denzel Boston (first-team Left WR) and Isaiah Bond absorbing the remaining target share.
• Change since Week 2: UPGRADED. On Sept 18 he was on the practice report with a wrist issue (Full Wed -> Full Thu -> Full Fri) and NO game-status tag filed. He is now off the injury report entirely — a clean upgrade from ‘listed but untagged’ to ‘fully cleared and unlisted.’

Fantasy takeaway: Startable as a WR2/FLEX in 12-team full PPR. The wrist is a closed issue and he carries no designation for a second consecutive week, so there is no availability risk. His value is capped by Cleveland’s quarterback situation rather than his health — treat him as a volume-dependent WR2 with a soft weekly floor, and note that he is Cleveland’s only receiver you can start with confidence.

CeeDee Lamb — DAL (WR1 — the alpha target, listed first at right wide receiver on Ourlads (09/21/2026), with George Pickens as the X opposite him.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear anywhere on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. Dallas filed only four defenders plus LB James Houston and zero offensive skill players.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy. Flagged here specifically because a prior-season ankle-sprain story about him ranks highly in search and is not current — see excluded_and_why.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury to date in 2026. The widely-circulating ‘Lamb ruled out multiple weeks with ankle sprain’ item carries a Sept 23, 2025 dateline and describes the 2025 season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and a full-go starter for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro. No designation and no practice restriction.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and expected to hold a full alpha target share through Weeks 3-6, beginning with Baltimore.
• Who benefits if he sits: George Pickens would inherit the alpha role, with Ryan Flournoy (slot) and KaVontae Turpin moving up and Jonathan Mingo seeing an expanded rotation.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was healthy then and is healthy now. He is added to this report only to document the stale-source screen — the circulating ankle story is a 2025 article, not a 2026 one.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR1 in 12-team full-PPR without hesitation. If a leaguemate panic-shops him off a recycled 2025 ankle headline, that is a buy-low window, not a real injury.

Christian Watson — GB (WR1 — split left on the published chart and, with Jayden Reed out, Green Bay’s clear No. 1 target)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Green Bay’s FINAL official report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons carried no entry for Watson. He was active and played.
• Practice this week: Full. Full week on Green Bay’s compressed Thursday schedule: Full Monday Sept 21 -> Full Tuesday Sept 22 -> Full Wednesday Sept 23. Unlisted on every day of the Week 3 participation report.
• Injury: None active. Watson carries a long-documented career injury history, but nothing is currently flagged.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. He has not appeared on a Green Bay injury report during the 2026 regular season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — nothing to recover from. The standing caution is historical: Watson’s career pattern of soft-tissue and lower-body injuries means he carries a higher-than-average week-to-week risk even when he is not listed, which is a roster-construction consideration rather than a current status.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Played in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons (Packers lost 35-14). He was active and unrestricted, and caught at least one touchdown from Jordan Love in that game.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Thu Sept 24 vs Atlanta): played. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 at Tampa Bay), Week 5 (division game vs Chicago) and Week 6: no injury concern flagged. He entered Week 3 with 188 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns and profiles as the target leader while Jayden Reed is out and Savion Williams is on IR.
• Who benefits if he sits: Bo Melton (WR5) is his direct backup at the left/X spot on the published chart. Matthew Golden (WR2) and Skyy Moore (WR4) would absorb the redistributed volume.
• Change since Week 2: No change in his own status since Sept 18 — no designation then, none now. His usage outlook improved because Jayden Reed was injured in Week 2 and did not play in Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR2 with WR1 weeks in 12-team full-PPR. With Reed out indefinitely and Savion Williams on IR, the target concentration in Green Bay is now Watson, Matthew Golden and Tucker Kraft — a three-man tree, which is exactly the environment that produces reliable PPR volume. His injury history argues for holding a bench receiver you trust, not for benching him.

Brian Thomas Jr. — JAX (WR1 — outside/X receiver, Trevor Lawrence’s top target)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) final Friday outcome: fully cleared, no injury and no game-status tag on Jacksonville’s official Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27, 2026 home game vs. the New England Patriots.
• Practice this week: Full participation (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25 — off the injury report entirely.
• Injury: Left shoulder (now resolved)
• When it happened: Originally an in-game injury from Week 1/2 that he played through
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — cleared
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now
• Next game: Expected to play Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 vs. the New England Patriots with no injury designation
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: no expected missed time; full workload as Jacksonville’s clear WR1
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully cleared
• Change since Week 2: CLEARED since Sept 18 — carried a shoulder practice note (limited, no designation) on the Sept 18 baseline; he is now off the injury report entirely.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in WR1 start in 12-team full-PPR with no injury caveat for Week 3

Rashee Rice — KC (WR1 — Ourlads lists him as the slot receiver (SWR1) ahead of Jalen Royals, and he is Kansas City’s primary target earner.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appears on Kansas City’s Week 3 practice report with a knee listing but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Knee — a maintenance/monitoring listing. The club has not described a new event or a grade, and it has never produced a practice restriction this week.
• When it happened: No new injury date. The knee listing traces to his prior knee surgery and has been carried on the weekly report throughout September 2026 without an in-season aggravation being reported.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable as an active injury. For reference, the LCL/knee reconstruction class of injury is a 6-9 month return; he is long past it and has practiced fully on all three days of Week 3 practice.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. The entry is administrative maintenance.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted, as Kansas City’s WR1. He is active for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: expected to play every game as the top target. The knee listing will likely stay on the weekly report as maintenance without ever generating a game status. The only genuine risk is a fresh injury, not this one.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jalen Royals (SWR2) would take the slot snaps, with Xavier Worthy (RWR1) and Tyquan Thornton (LWR1) absorbing the target share. Nikko Remigio and Cyrus Allen are the depth options behind them.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Same knee maintenance listing, same three full practices, same absence of a final game-status tag.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM as a confident WR1/WR2 in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. Three full practices and no tag. His slot alignment plus a Mahomes target funnel is exactly the full-PPR profile you want. The report line is not a reason to sit or sell.

Ladd McConkey — LAC (WR1 — SWR1 on Ourlads ahead of Derius Davis, and Justin Herbert’s clear primary target from the slot.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he carries a rib listing on the Chargers’ Week 3 practice report but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills. He practiced his way completely off the game-status list.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Three straight full practices — a total reversal of the prior week.
• Injury: Rib injury (contusion, with possible cartilage involvement — the club has never specified). Now functionally resolved.
• When it happened: Sustained in the Week 1 game on Sept 13, 2026. It kept him limited through Week 2 preparation and he carried a QUESTIONABLE tag into the Sept 20 game vs. Las Vegas.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A rib contusion is typically 1-3 weeks; costochondral (cartilage) separation runs 3-6 weeks; an actual rib fracture is 4-8 weeks. Going from DNP-DNP-Limited in Week 2 to Full-Full-Full in Week 3 is the arc of a contusion that has settled, not a fracture.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Residual contact-soreness risk exists but no practice or snap restriction applies.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted, as the WR1. Three full practices and no game-status designation for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills. This is a clean green light.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 at Buffalo (Sun Sept 27): full go, and his target share should INCREASE — Charlie Kolar is out, David Njoku is on IR, and Brenen Thompson is out, so the Chargers are down three pass-catchers around him. Weeks 4-6: expected full and, if the tight end room stays depleted, carrying an inflated target share throughout. The only caveat is that ribs are re-aggravation-prone on contact.
• Who benefits if he sits: Derius Davis (SWR2) would take the slot snaps, with Quentin Johnston (LWR1) and Tre’ Harris (RWR1) absorbing the vacated targets. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, newly signed to the active roster, is the fourth option outside.
• Change since Week 2: RESOLVED. Baseline Sept 18: QUESTIONABLE with DNP Wed -> DNP Thu -> Limited Fri. Now: Full Wed -> Full Thu -> Full Fri and NO game-status designation of any kind. Complete reversal in one week.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM as a confident WR1 in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. This is the single cleanest ‘concern resolved’ story in the division. Better still, the environment improved around him: with Kolar out, Njoku on IR and Thompson out, Justin Herbert has fewer places to go with the ball. If anyone in your league is still discounting him over the Week 2 rib scare, buy now — the window closes Sunday.

Davante Adams — LAR (WR1 — top target, elevated further with Nacua doubtful)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on the Rams’ FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 game vs. Denver.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: None — a prior Thursday absence in Week 2 was coded Not-Injury-Related (administrative, e.g. rest/personal), not medical
• When it happened: N/A
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no medical injury
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Denver
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 and the clear top receiving option, especially with Nacua doubtful for Week 3
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains fully off the injury report; his Week 2 NIR entry was administrative, not medical.

Fantasy takeaway: Strong WR1 fantasy start this week; target share should spike further with Nacua doubtful

Chris Olave — NO (WR1 – primary outside receiver (left) and the focal point of the New Orleans passing game)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on New Orleans’ Week 3 injury reports – not on the Wednesday Sept 23 report, not on the Thursday Sept 24 report, and not on the FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders. He has been removed from the paperwork entirely.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. He carried no practice limitation on any of the three days.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (now resolved)
• When it happened: Sustained in mid-September 2026 during Week 2 preparation; he first appeared on the Week 2 practice report as a limited participant on Thursday Sept 17, 2026 and carried a QUESTIONABLE tag into the Sept 20 game at Baltimore.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost an NFL receiver 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks. Olave’s resolving in roughly one week without missing a game places it firmly at the mild end of Grade 1. The standing caution is that hamstrings carry an elevated re-injury rate for about four weeks after return, and Olave has a documented injury history, so monitor his Thursday practice reports through mid-October.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). Past the elevated hamstring re-injury window by roughly Week 6, mid-October 2026.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, fully unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He carries no designation and was a full participant all three practice days.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Las Vegas (Sept 27) – a home opener against a Raiders secondary he should beat. Week 4 vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5, MNF) – a divisional primetime game. Week 5 vs Minnesota. Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). That is a genuinely favorable four-game run, three of them at home. With Barion Brown OUT this week, Olave’s target share should be at its season high.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devaughn Vele (WR2, slot) and Bryce Lance (right outside) would absorb the outside snaps, with Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Jalen Moreno-Cropper and Cedric Tillman (all DEV) as practice-squad elevation options. Given that Barion Brown is already OUT and Mason Tipton is on PUP, New Orleans has very little receiver depth behind Olave – his absence would be close to catastrophic for this passing game.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 – a clean upgrade. He was QUESTIONABLE with a hamstring strain and limited practices on the Week 2 final report. He is now completely off the injury report with three full unlisted practice days. Report him as CLEARED.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with full confidence as a WR2 in 12-team full-PPR, and this is a buy-window if his manager is still nervous. The hamstring is fully off the report after three clean practices, Barion Brown is OUT, and Weeks 3-6 set up favorably. Full PPR rewards his route volume. This was last week’s biggest NFC South question mark and it resolved in the best possible direction.

Malik Nabers — NYG (WR1 — the alpha target, listed first at left wide receiver on Ourlads (09/23/2026) with Darnell Mooney in the slot and Malachi Fields on the right.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries NO designation on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee. He is available. The Giants’ final report lists Jaxson Dart as Out and Brian Burns, Deonte Banks and Tyler Nubin as Questionable — Nabers appears on none of those lines. Note that Ourlads carried a ‘Q’ beside his name on its 09/23/2026 depth chart; that pre-dates the Friday filing and is superseded by it.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He was upgraded to full participation on Thursday and held it Friday.
• Injury: Left shoulder — a dislocation that reduced spontaneously on the field. Separate from and unrelated to the torn ACL he rehabbed coming into 2026.
• When it happened: Monday Sept 21, 2026, in the Week 2 game at the Los Angeles Rams. The shoulder dislocated during the game and popped back in; he said he was ‘OK’ after the game and has practiced since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A first-time shoulder subluxation or dislocation that reduces on the field, with no labral surgery indicated, typically costs an NFL receiver 1-3 weeks and is frequently played through in a harness. A dislocation requiring closed reduction in the locker room runs 2-4 weeks; one with a Bankart or labral tear needing repair is 4-6 months. His progression to full practice inside four days points squarely at the mildest tier.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally available now (Week 3, Sept 27, 2026), with lingering soreness and a likely shoulder harness for several weeks. Structurally clean by roughly mid-to-late October 2026 (Weeks 6-8) barring a re-dislocation.
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to start and play a full snap share in Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium. He carries no designation on the final report.
• Next four weeks: Expected to play Weeks 3-6, starting with Tennessee. The real risk is re-injury rather than absence — a second dislocation would change the calculus toward surgery. His production ceiling is capped less by the shoulder than by the quarterback change to Jameis Winston, plus a wind-and-rain Week 3 forecast.
• Who benefits if he sits: Darnell Mooney (slot) would draw the largest target bump, with Malachi Fields sliding up on the outside and Odell Beckham Jr. taking a bigger rotational share. Calvin Austin III and Gunner Olszewski are both on Reserve/Injured.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 and the open thread is now RESOLVED. He carried no designation in the baseline and CONFIRMED PLAYED in the Monday Sept 21 game at the Rams, where he dislocated his left shoulder. The baseline’s framing was left-knee load management from the prior ACL; that is no longer the story. The Week 3 injury is a new, separate left-shoulder issue, he practiced Limited-Full-Full, and he again carries no final designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him in 12-team full-PPR, but at a downgraded WR2 rather than the WR1 he was drafted as. He is confirmed available with no designation, and the shoulder is a play-through issue — the real haircut is Jameis Winston under center plus a rain-and-wind forecast. Favorable matchup vs Tennessee keeps him in lineups; temper the ceiling.

Jalen McMillan — TB (WR1 on the club’s published Week 3 depth chart – he is listed at the X spot ahead of Ted Hurst III, with Chris Godwin Jr. at Z and Emeka Egbuka in the slot)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) FINAL Friday status on Tampa Bay’s Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game against the Minnesota Vikings. He appears on the report listed with ‘Knee’ but carries a BLANK Game Status column after three consecutive full practices. This is a clean upgrade from the QUESTIONABLE tag he carried on the Sept 18 report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He practiced without restriction on all three days.
• Injury: Knee – Tampa Bay has never specified the structure involved, and the practice record (three straight full sessions across two consecutive weeks) indicates it is being managed rather than treated.
• When it happened: Originated earlier in September 2026 and carried into the Week 2 preparation cycle, when he first drew a QUESTIONABLE tag for the Sept 20 home game against Cleveland. He practiced fully throughout that week too and played.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee issue that permits full practice participation every single day across two consecutive weeks is by definition minor – a contusion, patellar tendinitis, or a Grade 1 sprain, all of which cost 0-2 weeks and are typically managed in-season without missed games. The two-week run of full practices is the strongest available evidence that this is maintenance, not a developing problem.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). The report listing is administrative. Expect him to drop off the injury report entirely within the next one to two weeks, by roughly Week 4-5, early October 2026.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, fully unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 (4:05 p.m. ET). No designation plus three full practices is as close to a lock as an injury-report player gets.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Minnesota (Sept 27) – a tough Minnesota secondary but a home game. Week 4 vs Green Bay (Sun Oct 4, 1:00 ET). Week 5 vs Dallas – the best matchup of the run. Week 6 vs Pittsburgh (Oct 18). All four are at home, which is a real schedule advantage. The knee should stop being a story inside this window; the receiver-room competition with Chris Godwin Jr. and Emeka Egbuka is the thing that actually governs his output.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Godwin Jr. (Z) and Emeka Egbuka (slot) would absorb the target share and are the direct beneficiaries. Ted Hurst III is listed directly behind McMillan at the X spot and would start there. Kameron Johnson and Tez Johnson round out the active depth, with Garrett Greene, Dean Patterson IV and Eric Rivers Jr. (all DEV) as practice-squad elevation options. David Sills is on Reserve/Injured.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 – a clean upgrade. He was QUESTIONABLE (knee) on the Week 2 final report despite practicing fully all week. He now carries NO game-status designation at all after a second straight week of three full practices. This was one of last week’s open threads and it resolved in the player’s favor.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him in 12-team full-PPR as a WR3/flex. The health question from last week is fully resolved – three full practices and no designation. Tampa Bay’s own Week 3 depth chart lists him at the X ahead of Ted Hurst III, and he was heavily featured in 11 personnel alongside Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 2. He is a volume play in a crowded room, but the injury risk you were pricing in last week is gone.

Terry McLaurin — WAS (WR1 — the alpha target, listed first at left wide receiver on Ourlads (09/21/2026), with Stefon Diggs in the slot and Dyami Brown on the right.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation of any kind on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. He does not appear on the report at all.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy. He is on this report because the Jayden Daniels injury materially changes his outlook, not because of any injury of his own.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury to date in 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and a full-go starter for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home. No designation and no practice restriction — the concern is his quarterback, not his health.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and expected to start through Weeks 3-6, beginning with Seattle, but with a reduced ceiling for as long as Marcus Mariota is under center — realistically Weeks 3 and 4 (London) and possibly Week 5. His outlook improves sharply whenever Jayden Daniels is cleared.
• Who benefits if he sits: Stefon Diggs would take the alpha role, with Dyami Brown moving up outside and Jaylin Lane and Luke McCaffrey absorbing slot snaps.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report as a tracked name. He is not in the Sept 18 baseline and has no injury of his own. He is included because Jayden Daniels’ Sept 20 elbow dislocation and Friday Sept 25 OUT designation materially change his fantasy outlook for the next several weeks.

Fantasy takeaway: Still a start in 12-team full-PPR, but downgrade him from a WR1 to a low-end WR2 for the two-to-three week Mariota stretch, beginning with a hard Week 3 matchup against the 2-0 Seahawks. Do not sell at a steep discount — Daniels is on a 3-6 week clock, not season-ending IR, and McLaurin’s value snaps back the week Daniels returns.

Tee Higgins — CIN (WR2 — first-team Right WR on the Ourlads depth chart, ahead of Colbie Young; Cincinnati’s No. 2 target and primary red-zone receiver)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. Higgins appears NOWHERE on Cincinnati’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 game at Pittsburgh. No practice designation, no game-status tag.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: full and unlisted Wed Sept 23 -> full and unlisted Thu Sept 24 -> full and unlisted Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Foot — heel contusion. Fully historical, not an active condition.
• When it happened: A heel contusion that surfaced in the preseason-to-Week-1 window in early September 2026. He missed a Wednesday practice during that stretch but the issue never produced a game-status designation and was closed before the Week 2 report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Heel contusion / plantar bruise: 1-3 weeks of managed practice, usually with no missed games once pain tolerance allows cutting. Persistent cases can linger for a month but rarely cost games. Higgins’ resolved on the fast end.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026), and has been since before Week 2.
• Next game: FULL GO, no designation, for Week 3 at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET.
• Next four weeks: Healthy Weeks 3-6. With Andrei Iosivas on IR through Week 6, Higgins is the clearest volume beneficiary behind Chase and should see an elevated target share across the entire window, particularly in the red zone where Cincinnati has fewer bodies.
• Who benefits if he sits: Colbie Young (second-team Right WR) would step into the perimeter role, with Dohnte Meyers and Ke’Shawn Williams rotating and Mike Gesicki absorbing red-zone looks.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already marked RESOLVED on the baseline with the heel contusion closed, and he remains completely off the injury report for Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Confident WR1/WR2 start in 12-team full PPR. The heel is a non-issue and he is off the report for a second straight week. The Iosivas injury makes him a buy-high-adjacent hold — if a manager in your league is undervaluing him, the concentrated target tree through Week 6 argues for acquiring rather than moving him.

Jakobi Meyers — JAX (WR2 — outside/possession receiver opposite Brian Thomas Jr.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday outcome: he appeared on Jacksonville’s official Sept 25, 2026 report as a practice participant but the club filed no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag for the Sept 27, 2026 home game vs. the New England Patriots.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Thumb
• When it happened: Ongoing issue carried since Week 2
• Typical recovery for this injury: A thumb injury that progresses to full practice by Friday with no game tag is a non-issue for game availability, often managed with a small brace/tape
• Expected back to full health: Effectively full health entering Sunday
• Next game: Expected to play Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 vs. the New England Patriots, no injury designation
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: no expected missed time; remains the clear WR2/possession option in Trevor Lawrence’s passing game
• Who benefits if he sits: Parker Washington would see the added slot/outside target share if Meyers were ever held out
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — improved to full practice by Friday, but the underlying thumb issue and lack of designation carry over from last week.

Fantasy takeaway: Fully startable WR3/flex in 12-team full-PPR for Week 3; no contingency plan needed

Xavier Worthy — KC (WR2 — RWR1 on Ourlads, the field-stretching outside receiver opposite Tyquan Thornton with Rashee Rice in the slot.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) fully cleared. He does not appear anywhere on Kansas City’s Week 3 injury report for Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, and received no final game-status designation on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 23, not on the report Thu Sept 24, not on the report Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None currently. The right shoulder issue that had him on the Week 1 report has fully cleared and has not recurred.
• When it happened: The shoulder issue dates to early September 2026 and had already resolved by the Week 2 report. There has been no new event since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A shoulder subluxation/AC sprain of the type he had is typically 1-4 weeks depending on grade; he is beyond that window and has been unlisted for two consecutive weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026, and has been since the Week 2 report.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. He is active with no restriction for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: healthy and active throughout barring new injury. His week-to-week fantasy variance is a function of the deep-shot role, not health — expect boom-bust scoring in a Kansas City offense that spreads it around.
• Who benefits if he sits: Nikko Remigio (RWR2) would take the outside snaps with Tyquan Thornton (LWR1) and Jalen Royals absorbing the vacated targets. Cyrus Allen is the fourth option.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already RESOLVED and unlisted on the Sept 18 baseline and remains fully cleared and off the report.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM as a WR2/flex in a 12-team full-PPR redraft with full confidence in his availability. The health question is closed — two straight weeks off the report. Price him on role and matchup, not injury risk.

Cooper Kupp — SEA (WR2 — veteran receiver in the rotation)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Washington.
• Practice this week: Limited (Wed Sept 23) -> improved to Full by Friday Sept 25, then removed from the report entirely.
• Injury: Back soreness (non-specific)
• When it happened: Ahead of the Week 3 practice week (first appeared Sept 23, 2026); a milder version had also appeared in the Sept 18 baseline
• Typical recovery for this injury: Non-specific back soreness with a Limited-to-Full progression typically resolves within the same week
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy heading into Sunday
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 in Seattle’s receiving rotation
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: No change in outcome since Sept 18 — carried a back entry with no designation last week and is fully off the report this week.

Fantasy takeaway: Safe weekly flex/WR2 start with no game-availability concern

Chris Moore — BAL (WR3 by depth-chart position — first-team Right WR on the Ourlads depth chart, ahead of Devontez Walker. Veteran promoted from the practice squad on Sept 16 to fill Ja’Kobi Lane’s roster spot; primarily a special-teams and rotational perimeter piece despite the first-team listing)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday outcome. Baltimore carried Moore on the Sept 25, 2026 official practice report with an ankle issue but filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 27 game at Dallas, which means the club expects him to play without restriction.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. A clean, textbook ascending-participation week ending in a full session and no tag.
• Injury: Ankle sprain (low ankle, lateral)
• When it happened: Emerged from the Week 2 home opener vs. the New Orleans Saints on Sept 20, 2026. He first appeared on the injury report as a limited participant on Wednesday Sept 23 with the ankle issue.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 low-ankle sprain: 1-2 weeks, often zero missed games with taping; Grade 2: 3-5 weeks; high-ankle (syndesmotic) sprain: 4-8 weeks and frequently a boot. Moore’s progression to a full Friday practice inside four days is consistent with a mild Grade 1 low-ankle sprain, not a high-ankle injury.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively full health now, Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). Any residual soreness should be gone by Week 4 (Oct 4, 2026).
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, no restriction, for Week 3 at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro. A full Friday practice plus no filed tag is as close to a guarantee as an in-week report gets.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6. His snap share is inversely tied to Zay Flowers’ availability and, from Week 6 vs. Cleveland onward, to Ja’Kobi Lane’s return from IR. Expect him to hold a rotational perimeter and special-teams role throughout with minimal target volume.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devontez Walker (second-team Right WR) is the direct next man up at his listed spot, with Elijah Sarratt and practice-squad WR Shedrick Jackson providing further depth.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. Moore did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all. The ankle issue surfaced out of the Week 2 game vs. New Orleans and was added to the report on Wednesday Sept 23.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR. His first-team Right WR listing on Ourlads overstates his real offensive role — he is a 30-year-old special-teams veteran promoted off the practice squad, not a target earner. Ignore the depth-chart line; do not chase him even if Flowers sits.

Jauan Jennings — MIN (WR3 / slot — the starting slot receiver on the published chart, behind Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison in the target pecking order)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) confirmed by the absence of any entry for Jennings on Minnesota’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at Tampa Bay. He returned to the team and to practice, was not listed on Wednesday’s report, and carries NO game-status designation. The Week 2 absence was a non-injury personal matter, and it is closed.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He returned to practice on Wednesday Sept 23 and was not listed on the injury report that day, which indicates full clearance — a clean reversal from the DNP/DNP/DNP week that preceded his Week 2 ruling.
• Injury: None — this was never an injury. Minnesota listed the Week 2 absence officially under the report’s non-injury category as ‘Personal,’ and reporting connected it to a death in his family.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. He was away from the team during the week of Sept 15-20, 2026 and did not play in Minnesota’s 9-3 Week 2 win at Chicago on Sept 20.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no medical recovery applies. A bereavement absence has no clinical timeline; the only appropriate framing is that he returned to the building when he was ready, which was Wednesday Sept 23. This is a personal matter and should be treated with discretion rather than analyzed as an injury.
• Expected back to full health: He is available and practicing in full as of Sept 25, 2026. There was never a physical limitation.
• Next game: Expected to play in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 at Raymond James Stadium, in his usual role as Minnesota’s No. 3 receiver.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sun Sept 27 at Tampa Bay) through Week 6: available, with no restriction expected. Kyler Murray’s return is a modest positive for his outlook relative to the Carson Wentz weeks. He remains the third option behind Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison.
• Who benefits if he sits: Myles Price (WR5) is his direct backup in the slot on the published chart, with Tai Felton (WR4) the other active option. Dillon Bell and Michael Briscoe (both DEV) are practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: Fully reversed and resolved. On the Sept 18 baseline he was ruled OUT for personal reasons after DNP Wed / DNP Thu / DNP Fri and missed the Week 2 game. He has returned to the team, practiced in full all week, and carries no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: A WR4/bench hold in 12-team full-PPR — he is available again, but he is the No. 3 receiver on a team that funnels volume to Justin Jefferson first and Jordan Addison second. Start him only in deeper formats or as a bye-week fill. The relevant point for managers is simply that he is back and no longer a zero.

Emeka Egbuka — TB (Slot receiver on the club’s published Week 3 depth chart, paired with Tez Johnson – effectively the WR3 in the rotation behind Jalen McMillan (X) and Chris Godwin Jr. (Z))

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on Tampa Bay’s Week 3 injury reports – not Wednesday Sept 23, not Thursday Sept 24, and not on the FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game vs Minnesota. This is the second consecutive week he has been fully off the report.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. No limitation on any of the three days.
• Injury: Toe (resolved before Week 2 and still resolved)
• When it happened: Originated in early September 2026 around the Week 1 cycle. He was already entirely off Tampa Bay’s Week 2 injury and practice reports by Sept 17-18, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A simple toe sprain or contusion costs an NFL receiver 1-2 weeks. A true turf toe (first MTP joint sprain) is a different and much more serious injury at 3-8 weeks for a Grade 2 and 8-16 weeks or surgery for a Grade 3, and it tends to linger all season once it happens. Egbuka clearing inside two weeks with zero practice limitations strongly indicates the mild version, not turf toe.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – confirmed clean for a second straight week as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. No residual restriction. Treat this thread as closed.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, healthy and unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 (4:05 p.m. ET). He carries no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Minnesota (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Green Bay (Oct 4), Week 5 vs Dallas – the softest secondary of the run, Week 6 vs Pittsburgh (Oct 18). All four at home. The health is a non-issue; his ceiling is governed by a three-way target split with Jalen McMillan and Chris Godwin Jr., which is the real reason to be cautious rather than any toe concern.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tez Johnson is listed directly alongside him in the slot and would take those snaps. Chris Godwin Jr. and Jalen McMillan would absorb the target share. Kameron Johnson and Ted Hurst III provide outside depth, with Garrett Greene, Dean Patterson IV and Eric Rivers Jr. (all DEV) as practice-squad options.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already marked RESOLVED on the baseline and remains completely off the injury report for a second consecutive week.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR3/flex in 12-team full-PPR and stop worrying about the toe – it is two weeks clean. Slot volume plays well in full PPR. The honest caveat is the crowded room: Tampa Bay is splitting targets three ways, so his weekly range is wide even when he is perfectly healthy. Week 5 vs Dallas is the week to make sure he is in your lineup.

Zachariah Branch — ATL (WR4 – slot receiver behind Olamide Zaccheaus, plus the primary kickoff returner)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on Atlanta’s FINAL Week 3 official injury report (filed Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 for the Thursday Sept 24 game at Green Bay). This is the second consecutive week he has been fully off the report, following the hamstring issue that cleared before Week 2.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (final report, Wednesday Sept 23). Full week: not listed Mon Sept 21 -> not listed Wed Sept 23. No limitation at any point.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (resolved before Week 2 and still resolved)
• When it happened: Originated in early September 2026 during Week 1 preparation. He had already cleared it by the Sept 18 final report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost an NFL receiver 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks. Branch’s cleared inside the Grade 1 band. The relevant caution is that hamstrings re-injure at a materially higher rate in the four weeks after return, especially for a player who also returns kicks.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Sept 18, 2026 and confirmed again Sept 23 (Week 3). Past the elevated re-injury window by roughly Week 5, mid-October 2026.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete. He was healthy and PLAYED at Green Bay on Thursday Sept 24, 2026 – 1 target with no catch, plus a 22-yard kickoff return. For Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 he is expected to carry no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 at Green Bay (done, 1 target). Week 4 at New Orleans (Mon Oct 5), Week 5 vs Baltimore, Week 6 vs Chicago. Health is a non-issue. He is fourth in the receiver pecking order behind Drake London, Jahan Dotson and Olamide Zaccheaus, and Atlanta threw sparingly in Week 3.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Blair (WR5) would take the depth snaps and Olamide Zaccheaus (WR3) would absorb the slot work. Dylan Drummond (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already marked RESOLVED on the baseline and remains completely off the injury report, with a second consecutive clean week.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league right now. He is a deep dynasty/keeper hold and a return-game asset, not a weekly fantasy option. Revisit only if Drake London or Jahan Dotson misses time.

Devontez Walker — BAL (WR4 — second-team Right WR behind Chris Moore on the Ourlads depth chart; rotational perimeter receiver who gains snaps whenever Flowers is down)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. Walker appears NOWHERE on Baltimore’s Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 game at Dallas. He carries no practice designation and no game status of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. He was removed from the report entirely before the week began.
• Injury: Groin (adductor) strain — now fully resolved
• When it happened: Sustained in practice in mid-September 2026, ahead of the Week 2 home opener vs. New Orleans on Sept 20. He was carried on the Sept 18 report with the groin issue but drew no game-status tag and was available.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 adductor/groin strain: 1-2 weeks; Grade 2: 3-6 weeks; Grade 3: 8-12 weeks. Walker’s was clearly a Grade 1 that resolved inside the normal window with no missed games.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). No lingering restriction.
• Next game: FULL GO for Week 3 at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro. No designation, no practice limitation, no snap restriction expected.
• Next four weeks: Healthy through Weeks 3-6. His fantasy value across that stretch is entirely a function of Zay Flowers’ hamstring: with Flowers out or capped he is a rotational WR3/WR4 with real snaps, and with Flowers back to full he drops to a low-volume WR5 role. Week 6 vs. Cleveland adds Ja’Kobi Lane back into the room, which would squeeze him further.
• Who benefits if he sits: Elijah Sarratt (second-team Left WR) and LaJohntay Wester (Slot WR2) would split his perimeter reps. N/A is not applicable here — Baltimore has adequate depth behind him.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED. On Sept 18 he was on the practice report with a groin issue (Limited Wed -> Full Thu -> Full Fri) and drew NO game-status tag. He is now off the injury report entirely — a clean upgrade from ‘listed but untagged’ to ‘fully cleared and unlisted.’

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in 12-team full PPR as a default. He becomes a viable deep-league or best-ball dart only in weeks Flowers is confirmed out, and Week 3 in Rio is one of those possible weeks. Streaming-only; not worth a roster spot in standard 12-team redraft unless you already roster Flowers and want the handcuff-adjacent upside.

Derius Davis — LAC (WR4 — SWR2 on Ourlads behind Ladd McConkey; a slot and return specialist.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) fully cleared. He does not appear anywhere on the Chargers’ Week 3 injury report for Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, and received no final game-status designation on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Buffalo Bills.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days, which on an NFL report means unrestricted participation. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 23, not on the report Thu Sept 24, not on the report Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None currently. The minor, unspecified issue that put him on the Chargers’ early-week practice report ahead of Week 2 has cleared completely.
• When it happened: The issue first surfaced on the Chargers’ Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 practice report. It never produced a game-status tag and is now gone entirely.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Minor unspecified soreness of the early-week-listing variety typically resolves in under a week and rarely costs a game. Disappearing from the report inside seven days is the expected course.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. He is active with no restriction for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: healthy and active throughout barring new injury. His snap share should tick up in Week 3 with Brenen Thompson ruled out, but he remains fourth in the receiver pecking order and his fantasy value is tied to return yardage in leagues that score it.
• Who benefits if he sits: Marquez Valdes-Scantling (newly on the ACTIVE roster) would take the rotational receiver snaps, with Ladd McConkey (SWR1) holding the primary slot role. Gary Jennings and Theo Wease Jr. (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: IMPROVED and confirmed. Baseline Sept 18: on the Chargers’ early-week practice report with no final game-status tag. Now he is off the report entirely on all three days — fully cleared.

Fantasy takeaway: Waiver-wire depth only in a 12-team full-PPR redraft, and not startable in Week 3 even with Brenen Thompson out. He is a return-yardage play in leagues that score returns and nothing more. No action.

Jordan Whittington — LAR (WR4 — depth/rotational receiver, elevated role with Nacua doubtful)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on the Rams’ FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 game vs. Denver with a quad entry, but carries no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Quad strain
• When it happened: First appeared on the injury report ahead of the Sept 18, 2026 Week 2 report
• Typical recovery for this injury: Mild-to-moderate quad strains typically resolve in 1-3 weeks with a graded practice return; his progression (DNP -> Limited -> Full) matches a clean recovery
• Expected back to full health: Effectively at full health now, cleared with no game-status restriction
• Next game: Good to go, no restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Denver
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6; likely to see increased opportunity in Week 3 specifically with Nacua doubtful
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is now cleared himself and stands to benefit as a backup should Nacua sit
• Change since Week 2: Cleared since Sept 18: last week he was a DNP with no final tag filed yet (Monday game); this week he practiced fully Friday and carries no designation at all.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-league/PPR streamer this week with Nacua doubtful; his practice progression to a full Friday session removes any lingering concern

Marquise Brown — PHI (WR4 — listed as the second option at right wide receiver behind DeVonta Smith on Ourlads (09/24/2026), which renders his name as ‘Hollywood Brown’. The club and nfl.com roster spelling is Marquise Brown.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) a practice-report-only observation, since Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. He is entirely absent from all three Week 3 practice reports (Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24, Fri Sept 25), which resolves the precautionary hamstring listing he carried in Week 2.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23, not listed Thu Sept 24, not listed Fri Sept 25 — no participation level is filed for a player absent from the report, meaning he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: None. The Week 2 hamstring listing is resolved — it was minor and evidently precautionary, since he practiced fully on the day he was listed and never missed a session.
• When it happened: N/A for Week 3. The hamstring listing was a Week 2 item (mid-September 2026) and is closed.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy. The underlying issue never progressed past a precautionary listing with full practice participation, which is the mildest possible presentation.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears, with no injury limitation. With DeVonta Smith’s hamstring in play, his snap share could rise.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6, starting at Chicago. His volume depends on whether Smith’s hamstring costs him snaps and on how the offense redistributes targets with Dallas Goedert out.
• Who benefits if he sits: Britain Covey, Elijah Moore and Darius Cooper are the remaining active receivers; Xavier Gipson (DEV) is the practice-squad option.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 — improved. The baseline had him on the Week 2 final report with a blank Game Status column and a hamstring. He is now entirely off the Week 3 report across all three days. Reported as CLEARED rather than dropped silently.

Fantasy takeaway: A bench/deep-league flex in 12-team full-PPR, not a weekly starter — but he is the contingency to own if DeVonta Smith’s hamstring flares again. Healthy with no listing at all this week.

Tory Horton — SEA (WR4 — depth/rotational receiver)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Washington.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: Hamstring strain (fully healed)
• When it happened: Preseason/training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains typically cost 1-4 weeks depending on grade; his had already resolved by the Sept 18 report
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 in a depth/rotational role
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains fully resolved and off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-league depth option only; no injury concern

Jaylin Lane — WAS (WR4 — listed second on the slot line on Ourlads (09/21/2026) behind Stefon Diggs, and fourth overall in the receiver room behind Terry McLaurin, Diggs and Dyami Brown.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. The club’s final filing lists five players OUT (Cosmi, Cross, Daniels, Luvu, Okonkwo) and one Questionable (Leo Chenal); Lane is on neither list, which means he was cleared off the report after his Friday upgrade to full participation.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He was upgraded to full work on Friday and cleared off the final report.
• Injury: Groin strain — a recurrence of the issue that listed him in Week 2 and was reported resolved, now fully cleared again.
• When it happened: The original groin strain dates to early-to-mid September 2026; it resolved before Week 2, then recurred as a Limited listing on the Wednesday Sept 23 Week 3 practice report before clearing again Friday Sept 25.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A groin (adductor) strain runs 1-2 weeks for Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2, and 6-12 weeks for Grade 3. A recurrence that goes Limited-Limited-Full inside one week and clears the final report is a Grade 1 management case, not a structural problem.
• Expected back to full health: Already functionally healthy as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). Groin strains recur, so treat Weeks 4-5 (early October 2026) as the window in which the risk fully passes.
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to play Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home, with no designation and no practice restriction.
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 3-6, beginning with Seattle. This is now the second groin flare-up in three weeks, so monitor every Wednesday report — recurrent adductor issues in a speed-role receiver often eventually cost a game.
• Who benefits if he sits: Luke McCaffrey is the next slot option, with Treylon Burks and Antonio Williams on the outside rotation; Jaden Bradley and Van Jefferson (both DEV) are the practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 — the groin RECURRED and then re-cleared. The baseline had him upgraded off the Week 2 report with the groin resolved. He reappeared Limited on Wed Sept 23 and Thu Sept 24 before returning to full participation Friday Sept 25 and clearing the final report again.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. He is WR4 in his own offense, behind McLaurin, Diggs and Dyami Brown, and Marcus Mariota under center shrinks the target pie further. The groin recurrence is a reason to avoid, not a buy-low.

Skyler Bell — BUF (RWR2 on Ourlads — the backup to DJ Moore on the right side. Rotational WR5 in the current healthy pecking order.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he is entirely absent from Buffalo’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Los Angeles Chargers. He is HEALTHY and carries no injury designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None — he is not injured. He is carried in this report solely because he is the direct depth-chart beneficiary if DJ Moore sits, and because he was tracked on the Sept 18 baseline.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026, with no restrictions.
• Next game: PLAYING. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers at Highmark Stadium. No designation. His snap count is the variable, not his availability — it scales directly with whether DJ Moore and Keon Coleman are active.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs LA Chargers: snap count is leveraged to the two questionable starters ahead of him; a Moore-out scenario would put him in a starting perimeter role. Weeks 4-6: reverts to WR5 rotational work once Moore and Coleman are healthy, roughly 10-20 percent of snaps.
• Who benefits if he sits: Greg Dortch (newly active) and Josh Palmer would cover his snaps. Trent Sherfield or Ja’Mori Maclin could be elevated from the practice squad if the room thinned further.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was carried on the baseline explicitly as a healthy record-correction entry with no designation, and he remains exactly that — healthy, unlisted, no designation, three full practices. His depth role is unchanged at RWR2.

Fantasy takeaway: Waiver-wire watch only in 12-team full PPR. He is not startable as things stand. The speculative add case is narrow: if DJ Moore is ruled out Sunday AND Keon Coleman is also out, Bell would be a starting boundary receiver in a Josh Allen offense, which is a live deep-league dart throw. Short of that double-out scenario, ignore.

Troy Franklin — DEN (WR5 — RWR2 behind Jaylen Waddle on Ourlads; rotational outside receiver and the first man up if Waddle or Sutton misses time.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) he has been cleared. He does not appear anywhere on Denver’s Week 3 practice report for Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, and received no final game-status designation on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs. the Los Angeles Rams.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days, which on an NFL report means unrestricted participation. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 23, not on the report Thu Sept 24, not on the report Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None currently. The minor, unspecified knee listing that carried him through Denver’s Week 2 practice report has cleared entirely.
• When it happened: The knee listing first surfaced on Denver’s Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 practice report ahead of the Week 2 game vs. Jacksonville. It never produced a game-status tag and is now gone.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Minor unspecified knee soreness of the maintenance-listing variety typically resolves in under a week and rarely costs a game. His disappearance from the report inside seven days is the expected course.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. No further timeline applies.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. He will be active for the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams with no restriction of any kind.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: healthy and active throughout, barring new injury. His fantasy relevance is purely contingent — it spikes only if Courtland Sutton or Jaylen Waddle goes down. With Marvin Mims Jr. also limited, Franklin is the likeliest Bronco to see a bump in outside snaps in Week 3.
• Who benefits if he sits: Lil’Jordan Humphrey (LWR2) and Marvin Mims Jr. (SWR2) would split the rotational receiver snaps; Dane Key (DEV) would be the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: IMPROVED. Baseline Sept 18: on the practice report all three days with a knee listing, though he carried no final game-status tag. Now he is off the report entirely — fully cleared.

Fantasy takeaway: Waiver-wire depth only in a 12-team full-PPR redraft — not a startable option in Week 3. He is a speculative add in leagues where you are stockpiling contingent value behind an aging Courtland Sutton, and nothing more. No action required.

Dareke Young — LV (WR5 — SWR2 on Ourlads behind Jack Bech; a rotational slot and special-teams receiver.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appears on the Raiders’ Week 3 practice report with a hamstring listing but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the New Orleans Saints. He practiced his way off the game-status list.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Two consecutive closing full practices.
• Injury: Hamstring — grade unspecified by the club.
• When it happened: Surfaced on the Raiders’ Week 3 practice report as a limited participant on Wednesday Sept 23, 2026, which points to an aggravation in or shortly after the Week 2 game at the Los Angeles Chargers on Sept 20.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: roughly 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3: 8-12 weeks. Going limited-to-full inside three days and drawing no game status is the signature of the mildest version — a tweak rather than a strain.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively full as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Elevated re-aggravation risk for roughly two weeks, through about Oct 8, 2026.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. No designation filed for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints. Expect his normal rotational and special-teams role.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: expected active throughout. His fantasy relevance is essentially nil unless two of Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor and Jack Bech miss time simultaneously. Watch only for a hamstring recurrence, which is the standard tail risk.
• Who benefits if he sits: Malik Benson (RWR2) and Jack Bech (SWR1) would cover the snaps. Deven Thompkins, Ronnie Bell and Cody White are the practice-squad elevation candidates behind them.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline — the hamstring listing is new as of Wednesday Sept 23, 2026, and he has already practiced his way back to full with no game-status tag.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. No action. He is tracked because he carried a practice-report injury listing this week and cleared it.

Greg Dortch — BUF (WR6 / slot depth and the primary punt and kick returner. Newly promoted to the 53-man active roster; a special-teams role with situational offensive snaps, not a starting job.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (c) a roster/list status change, not an injury status. He is HEALTHY and carries no injury designation of any kind. He appears here solely to correct the record against the baseline: Buffalo signed him from the practice squad to the ACTIVE ROSTER on Friday Sept 25, 2026 at 4:14 PM ET, in the same transaction that placed DB Jordan Hancock on injured reserve.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted — he carries no injury and appears on no practice report. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted throughout. Note that for Wednesday and Thursday he practiced as a practice-squad player.
• Injury: None. He is entirely healthy. This entry documents a roster move, not an injury.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury. The relevant date is the transaction date: Friday Sept 25, 2026, when he was signed to the active roster.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026, with no restrictions of any kind.
• Next game: PLAYING. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers at Highmark Stadium. Now on the 53-man active roster, so he no longer requires a gameday elevation. He returned five punts for 46 yards and five kicks for 133 yards across the first two games as an elevated practice-squad player.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs LA Chargers: locked in as the return man with situational slot snaps, and his offensive role scales up if DJ Moore and/or Keon Coleman are inactive or limited. Weeks 4-6: assuming Moore and Coleman get healthy, he settles back into a returner-first role with single-digit offensive snaps. His roster spot is now secure, which it was not as a week-to-week elevation.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ja’Mori Maclin (DEV) or Trent Sherfield (DEV) would need a gameday elevation to cover returns; Khalil Shakir would absorb any slot snaps. Buffalo has no other rostered returner, which is precisely why they used a 53-man spot on him.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT and a direct roster correction against the Sept 18 baseline. The baseline listed him as ‘Greg Dortch (DEV, SWR2)’ — a practice-squad player. As of Friday Sept 25, 2026 he is on the ACTIVE ROSTER (ACT). Note that the nfl.com roster page still showed him as DEV when pulled earlier Friday; the 4:14 PM transaction post-dates that snapshot, and the buffalobills.com transaction announcement is the authoritative source.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a fantasy-relevant add in 12-team full PPR — he is a returner with a marginal offensive role. The one conditional: if BOTH DJ Moore and Keon Coleman are ruled out Sunday, Dortch becomes a deep-league desperation flex dart with return-yard upside in leagues that score return yardage. In standard full PPR scoring, leave him on waivers.

Elijah Moore — PHI (WR6 — third on the slot line on Ourlads (09/24/2026), behind Makai Lemon and Britain Covey.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) a practice-report-only observation, since Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. He is entirely absent from all three Week 3 practice reports, which resolves the minor neck listing he carried in Week 2.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23, not listed Thu Sept 24, not listed Fri Sept 25 — no participation level is filed for a player absent from the report, meaning he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: None. The Week 2 neck listing is resolved — practicing in full on the day of the listing indicated a minor issue from the outset.
• When it happened: N/A for Week 3. The neck listing was a Week 2 item (mid-September 2026) and is closed.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy. The underlying issue never progressed past a precautionary listing with full practice participation.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears, in a rotational slot role behind Makai Lemon and Britain Covey.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6, starting at Chicago. He sits sixth in a deep receiver room, so meaningful volume requires injuries ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Darius Cooper is the next active receiver; Xavier Gipson (DEV) is the practice-squad option.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 — improved. The baseline had him on the Week 2 final report with a blank Game Status column and a neck issue. He is now entirely off the Week 3 report across all three days. Reported as CLEARED rather than dropped silently.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Too far down a crowded depth chart to matter even with Smith’s hamstring in play — Wicks, Lemon and Brown all rank ahead of him for any redistributed targets.

Khalil Shakir — BUF (SWR1 — the Bills’ primary slot receiver and, with both perimeter starters questionable, the most reliable target in the offense this week)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on Buffalo’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Los Angeles Chargers. He is fully off the report for the second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None currently. The historical entry stems from a 2026 training-camp issue that was fully resolved before the regular season and has not recurred. He carries no active injury.
• When it happened: Not applicable for Week 3 — no current injury. The prior training-camp issue dates to August 2026 and resolved before Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no current injury to recover from. He has been a full participant in every practice Buffalo has held in Weeks 2 and 3.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions, no maintenance days, no listing.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers at Highmark Stadium. No designation of any kind.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs LA Chargers and Weeks 4-6: fully healthy with no restrictions. His outlook is defined not by his own health but by the health of DJ Moore and Keon Coleman — both questionable this week. Every week those two are compromised, Shakir’s target share and red-zone looks climb. He is the one Buffalo pass catcher whose workload has no injury-related cap right now.
• Who benefits if he sits: Greg Dortch, promoted to the active roster Friday Sept 25, is the natural slot replacement and would see a meaningful snap bump. Josh Palmer can kick inside on three-receiver sets. Dalton Kincaid (TE1) would absorb much of the intermediate middle-of-field work.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was RESOLVED on the baseline and remains RESOLVED — three full practices, no listing, no designation. What HAS changed is his surrounding context: both DJ Moore and Keon Coleman are now questionable, which materially raises his projected usage without changing his health status.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence — and consider him a buy this week specifically. In 12-team full PPR he is a solid WR2 on baseline usage, and with DJ Moore (shoulder) and Keon Coleman (ankle) both carrying QUESTIONABLE tags, his realistic Week 3 ceiling is WR1 output on a target share that could push past 28 percent. He is the correct pivot if you’re forced off Moore or Coleman at the inactives deadline.

Chris Bell — MIA (LWR1 — the Dolphins’ first-team left wide receiver on the Ourlads depth chart)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs Kansas City as a practice-participation entry with a knee listing, but Miami assigned him NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag. Under league rules that means the club considers him available to play. He has publicly said he intends to play.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25. Three consecutive limited practices with no final designation — the profile of managed maintenance work rather than a genuine availability question.
• Injury: Knee. Miami has not specified side or grade. Reporting connects it to the rehab from a college ACL reconstruction rather than a new traumatic injury — i.e., ongoing management of a surgically repaired knee, not a fresh tear. Bell has stated he plans to play through it.
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026 as a listing; the underlying condition is the pre-existing college ACL reconstruction. It is not traceable to a specific Week 2 play — it surfaced as a Wednesday Sept 23 practice-report entry.
• Typical recovery for this injury: This is chronic management, not an acute recovery timeline. Players in year one back from ACL reconstruction commonly carry a recurring knee listing and a weekly limited-practice day for most of the season without missing games — the limitation is soreness and swelling management. The relevant risk class is not re-tear (rare within a season) but effusion and patellofemoral irritation that can cost a game here or there. A genuine red flag would be a DNP or a Questionable tag, neither of which is present.
• Expected back to full health: He is available now. Expect the knee listing and weekly limited practices to persist through the 2026 season as maintenance — there is no calendar date at which the listing disappears. Functionally full health for game purposes: already there, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: PLAYING. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. No game-status designation on the final report and a public statement from the player that he will play.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City: playing, and with Caleb Douglas out he is the most established healthy body in the receiver room. Weeks 4-6: expect the same pattern — limited midweek practices, no designation, playing on Sunday. His usage should be stable or rising while Douglas is sidelined. Monitor for any week the limited practices convert to DNP, which would signal the knee has flared.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jalen Tolbert (LWR2) is the direct positional replacement on the left side. Kevin Coleman Jr. and Malik Washington would absorb snaps in three-receiver sets. AJ Henning (practice squad, re-signed Sept 24) is an elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Chris Bell was not on the Sept 18 baseline — he carried no listing. He appeared on Miami’s Week 3 report Wednesday Sept 23 with a knee, practiced limited all three days, and drew NO final designation. The health change is minor and manageable; the opportunity change is significant given Douglas’s absence.

Fantasy takeaway: Flex-viable in 12-team full PPR and safe to start. The knee listing is noise — three limited practices with no designation and a player saying he’ll play is about as clean as a listed player gets. With Caleb Douglas OUT and Ryan Miller questionable, Bell is arguably Miami’s WR1 for Week 3 and should see a strong target share in a game script that forces Miami to throw. He is a better start this week than his season-long ranking suggests.

Rosters and depth charts for all 32 teams were verified against official league roster pages before this report was compiled, and every player listed was confirmed to be on the roster shown. Designations come from the final official club and league injury reports filed Friday, September 25, 2026. Recovery timelines describe how long a class of injury typically sidelines an NFL player and are not a prediction for any individual.

NFL Week 3 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday WR first appeared on Game On Media.

Bottom Line Up Front at Running Back

Running back’s damage this week is concentrated in one building: Pittsburgh is down to Jaylen Warren on a bad shoulder as its lone healthy back after Rico Dowdle’s toe injury, and it is not alone — Denver, Tennessee and Chicago each have a real Sunday game-time decision at the position. Green Bay’s Josh Jacobs remains on the Commissioner’s Exempt List with no return date attached.

Of the 74 running backs on this board, 23 are out or doubtful, 2 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 47 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all. 2 are still waiting on tags that do not file until Saturday.

Below is every fantasy-relevant running back across all 32 teams carrying an injury or an absence, with the final designation, what the injury actually is, how long that class of injury normally takes to heal, where each player sits on his team’s depth chart, and who stands to gain if he can’t go.

Who is on this report?

James Conner (ARI), Josh Jacobs (GB), Jonathon Brooks (CAR), Isiah Pacheco (DET), Rico Dowdle (PIT), Malik Davis (DAL), Jonah Coleman (DEN), Isaac Guerendo (SF), Adam Randall (BAL), Trey Sermon (ATL), Trevor Etienne (CAR), Chris Collier (LV), Jordan Mason (MIN), Myles Montgomery (NE), Ty Chandler (NO), Chip Trayanum (NYJ), Trey Benson (ARI), Brittain Brown (CHI), Dylan Sampson (CLE), Zach Charbonnet (SEA), Jeremy McNichols (WAS), Jaylen Wright (MIA), Kene Nwangwu (NYJ), Jaylen Warren (PIT), Tyjae Spears (TEN), Saquon Barkley (PHI), Kyle Monangai (CHI), Chuba Hubbard (CAR), D’Andre Swift (CHI), Quinshon Judkins (CLE), Javonte Williams (DAL), J.K. Dobbins (DEN), Jahmyr Gibbs (DET), Ashton Jeanty (LV), De’Von Achane (MIA), Aaron Jones (MIN), Reggie Gilliam (NE), TreVeyon Henderson (NE), Travis Etienne Jr. (NO), Cam Skattebo (NYG), Breece Hall (NYJ), Jadarian Price (SEA), Christian McCaffrey (SF), Tony Pollard (TEN), Jacory Croskey-Merritt (WAS), Jeremiyah Love (ARI), Brian Robinson (ATL), Ty Johnson (BUF), Samaje Perine (CIN), Emari Demercado (DAL), RJ Harvey (DEN), DJ Giddens (IND), Keaton Mitchell (LAC), DeeJay Dallas (MIN), Rhamondre Stevenson (NE), Alvin Kamara (NO), Tank Bigsby (PHI), Kaelon Black (SF), Rachaad White (WAS), Tyler Goodson (DAL), LeQuint Allen Jr. (JAX), Ollie Gordon II (MIA), Najee Harris (NYG), Isaiah Davis (NYJ), Will Shipley (PHI), Emanuel Wilson (SEA), Sean Tucker (TB), Kaytron Allen (WAS), Israel Abanikanda (DAL), Kendre Miller (NO), Tyrone Tracy Jr. (NYG), Pierre Strong (GB), Audric Estime (NO), Kyle Juszczyk (SF)

What changed since Week 2

Across the 74 running backs here: 13 are new to the report, 14 improved or cleared outright, 1 got worse, and 46 are carrying the same status they had a week ago. The pattern worth internalizing: the Week 2 designations that resolved upward mostly stayed resolved, and the new names on this list came off the field in Week 2’s games, not out of the training room.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If James Conner (ARI) can’t go — Tyler Allgeier is Arizona’s clear early-down RB1 with Jeremiyah Love in a complementary passing-down role behind him
• If Josh Jacobs (GB) can’t go — Green Bay is running a genuine three-way committee with no lead back. Chris Brooks (RB1 on the published chart), Kaleb Johnson (the Week 3 snap leader among the group) and MarShawn Lloyd (who fell to RB3 in the Week 3 snap counts) all split work. Through two weeks Lloyd had 19 carries for 57 yards and a TD, Brooks 11 for 40, Johnson 8 for 32. Pierre Strong and Damon Bankston (both DEV) are practice-squad depth.
• If Jonathon Brooks (CAR) can’t go — Chuba Hubbard (RB1) is the primary beneficiary and now has the backfield essentially to himself – he is the 27-year-old team captain with 22 carries for 102 yards and a TD through two games. AJ Dillon (RB2) inherits the change-of-pace and short-yardage role and becomes the direct handcuff. Anthony Tyus III and Ahmani Marshall (both DEV) are the practice-squad depth. Carolina worked out free-agent Austin Ekeler on Sept 23, 2026 but was not expected to sign him that day – watch that thread, because an Ekeler signing would cut directly into Dillon’s passing-down snaps.
• If Isiah Pacheco (DET) can’t go — His absence is already priced in — Sione Vaki (RB2) has the complementary job and Jacob Saylors (RB3) is the third back. The real beneficiary is Jahmyr Gibbs (RB1), whose touch share is elevated because Detroit never replaced Pacheco.
• If Rico Dowdle (PIT) can’t go — Jaylen Warren (RB1, himself Questionable with a shoulder) is the direct and primary beneficiary and becomes the clear lead back. Eli Heidenreich (RB3) moves into the backup role and would be the emergency lead if Warren’s shoulder flares. Practice-squad backs Travis Homer, Max Hurleman and Lew Nichols III are elevation candidates.
• If Malik Davis (DAL) can’t go — Emari Demercado is the clear-cut Javonte Williams handcuff and the RB2. Tyler Goodson (signed off the Atlanta practice squad Sept 15, 2026) is RB3. Israel Abanikanda re-signed to the practice squad Sept 17, 2026 and is the emergency body.
• If Jonah Coleman (DEN) can’t go — RJ Harvey (RB2) is the direct beneficiary and is back to full practice, so he reclaims the passing-down and change-of-pace work Coleman inherited in Week 2. J.K. Dobbins (RB1) gets a slightly larger workload ceiling. Tyler Badie (RB4, ACT) is the emergency third back and would be elevated in the rotation; Cody Schrader (DEV) is the practice-squad insurance.
• If Adam Randall (BAL) can’t go — Rasheen Ali (RB3) holds the depth role Randall would compete for, with practice-squad RB Jonathan Ward as the emergency body behind Derrick Henry and Justice Hill.
• If Trey Sermon (ATL) can’t go — Bijan Robinson (RB1) and Brian Robinson (RB2) are the active backfield. Cash Jones and Khalil Herbert (both DEV) are the practice-squad depth. Tyler Goodson, who had been the other depth option, was signed away by Dallas off Atlanta’s practice squad.
• If Trevor Etienne (CAR) can’t go — Chuba Hubbard (RB1) and AJ Dillon (RB2) are the active backfield in his absence. Anthony Tyus III and Ahmani Marshall (both DEV) are the practice-squad options if Carolina needs a body.
• If Jordan Mason (MIN) can’t go — His absence is what created the current structure: Aaron Jones (RB1) is carrying the backfield, DeeJay Dallas (RB2) is the handcuff, and Demond Claiborne (RB3) is the rookie third option. Minnesota signed Jaret Patterson to the practice squad in the week of Sept 22, 2026 explicitly because of the thinned room.
• If Ty Chandler (NO) can’t go — Travis Etienne Jr. (RB1), Alvin Kamara (RB2), CJ Donaldson (RB3) and Kendre Miller (RB4) hold the active backfield roles, with Zamir White (DEV) the lone practice-squad running back now that Audric Estime has been waived off IR with an injury settlement.
• If Brittain Brown (CHI) can’t go — His roster spot is already absorbed — Roschon Johnson (RB3) holds the third active back job, with Salvon Ahmed and Zavier Scott (both DEV) on the practice squad as elevation candidates. N/A in any meaningful fantasy sense.
• If Dylan Sampson (CLE) can’t go — Raheim Sanders (RB2) and Jaleel McLaughlin (RB3) have split the work behind Quinshon Judkins in his absence, with McLaughlin handling most of the change-of-pace and passing-down snaps Sampson would otherwise take.
• If Jeremy McNichols (WAS) can’t go — Already accounted for — Kaytron Allen holds the RB3 role, with Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. (both DEV) as practice-squad depth.
• If Jaylen Wright (MIA) can’t go — Ollie Gordon II (RB3) is the direct beneficiary and moves into the RB2 role behind De’Von Achane — he becomes the primary handcuff and would carry the load if Achane went down. DJ Herman (FB) absorbs short-yardage and goal-line work. Jarquez Hunter (DEV) and Carlos Washington (DEV) are practice-squad elevation candidates. The larger effect is on De’Von Achane, whose already-dominant snap share has one fewer body to share with.
• If Kene Nwangwu (NYJ) can’t go — Isaiah Davis (RB3) covers the RB depth. Braelon Allen (RB2) is the primary backup to Breece Hall and the real handcuff. Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is a practice-squad elevation option. For kick returns specifically the Jets would need to designate an alternative, most likely Isaiah Williams or a practice-squad elevation. Breece Hall’s workload is unaffected.
• If Jaylen Warren (PIT) can’t go — Eli Heidenreich (RB3) would become the lead back by default, an alarming proposition for Pittsburgh given Rico Dowdle is already OUT. Practice-squad backs Travis Homer, Max Hurleman and Lew Nichols III would be elevation candidates. If both Warren and Dowdle were unavailable, Pittsburgh would likely need a practice-squad elevation to field a functional backfield.
• If Tyjae Spears (TEN) can’t go — Julius Chestnut and Nicholas Singleton would absorb his change-of-pace/passing-down touches if Spears sits

How to read this report

These are final designations, not midweek practice notes, so they mean what they say. A few timing wrinkles apply this week:

• Green Bay and Atlanta have already played. The Falcons beat the Packers 35-14 on Thursday night, September 24. For those two clubs Week 3 is settled — what matters is who got hurt in the game and what it means from Week 4 on.
• The Eagles play at Chicago on Monday night, September 28, so Philadelphia does not file its final game-status report until Saturday. Any Eagles player listed here is Friday practice participation with the final designation still to come.
• A player listed with no designation is good news. Several names below appear on an official report with a blank game-status column — that is a club formally declining to tag them, which is stronger than never having been listed at all.

Reserve-list designations — injured reserve, PUP, the Commissioner’s Exempt List, suspension — are roster transactions and are settled regardless of the day. A player placed on in-season injured reserve must miss a minimum of four games.

Ruled out or unavailable (21)

Officially ruled out, or on a reserve list. Plan around these.

James Conner — ARI (Reserve — was Arizona’s presumptive RB1 before the season began)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RSR (Reserve/Injured, Designated to Return) on the official nfl.com Cardinals roster as of Sept 25, 2026; this reserve status outranks the underlying injury for practice/game eligibility purposes.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and ineligible to practice or play until formally activated.
• Injury: Foot injury, described as complications carried over from the foot injury that ended his 2025 season in Week 3
• When it happened: Placed on Injured Reserve (Designated to Return) on August 30, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: IR-designated-to-return players must miss a minimum of four games from the transaction date before returning to practice
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible to return to practice/be activated is Week 5 (early-to-mid October 2026); no guarantee he is ready that exact week
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. San Francisco — ineligible to be activated
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3 and 4 by rule; earliest possible return is Week 5, pending a corresponding roster move and health confirmation from the club
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Allgeier is Arizona’s clear early-down RB1 with Jeremiyah Love in a complementary passing-down role behind him
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on Reserve/Injured, Designated to Return.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in redraft leagues right now; stash only in deep dynasty/keeper formats given his uncertain Week 5 timeline

Josh Jacobs — GB (Would be the unquestioned RB1 and bell-cow — currently off the active depth chart entirely while on the Commissioner’s Exempt List)

• Status: EXEMPT — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code EXE on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. He is on the Commissioner’s Exempt List under the NFL Personal Conduct Policy. This reserve-list status outranks everything else about the situation: it is not an injury, and no game-status designation applies. He is paid but may not practice, attend team activities or play, and Green Bay may not activate him — only the Commissioner’s office can.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Players on the Commissioner’s Exempt List are barred from practicing with the club and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: None. This is a legal and disciplinary matter, not a physical injury. He is physically healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. The relevant dates are procedural: he was placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List in early September 2026 and has missed all three Green Bay games to date, including the Thursday Sept 24 Week 3 game vs Atlanta.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no medical recovery applies. The governing timeline is the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy investigation. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler has reported Jacobs could face a four- to six-game suspension once the league concludes its review, with credit for time already served on the exempt list. That credit is the key mechanic: if a six-game ban lands and the three exempt games count, he could be eligible as early as Week 7.
• Expected back to full health: Physically available now; administratively unavailable. THIS IS THE KEY UPDATE SINCE SEPT 18: on Sept 19, 2026, Brown County Circuit Court Judge Marc Hammer DENIED the motion to permanently seal the case evidence and lifted the temporary sealing order, sending the records to the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department to handle under Wisconsin’s public-records balancing test. That removes the barrier to the NFL obtaining the surveillance video, which means the league investigation can now move to a conclusion. Separately, Jacobs pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery (a $1,000 fine) and criminal damage to property (deferred judgment, follow-up hearing set for Sept 10, 2027). No return date has been announced. A realistic earliest on-field return is Week 7 (late October 2026); a longer absence is entirely plausible if the league adds suspension games beyond the exempt credit.
• Next game: Did not play in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 game was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 night game vs the Atlanta Falcons, which the Packers lost 35-14. Jacobs was ineligible for it and will be ineligible for Week 4 at Tampa Bay on Sunday Oct 4 unless the league acts first.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Thu Sept 24 vs Atlanta): missed. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 at Tampa Bay): expect unavailable. Week 5 (division game vs Chicago) and Week 6: the window where a resolution could plausibly land, but nothing is scheduled and the league has announced no decision date. Treat every week through Week 6 as out until the NFL says otherwise.
• Who benefits if he sits: Green Bay is running a genuine three-way committee with no lead back. Chris Brooks (RB1 on the published chart), Kaleb Johnson (the Week 3 snap leader among the group) and MarShawn Lloyd (who fell to RB3 in the Week 3 snap counts) all split work. Through two weeks Lloyd had 19 carries for 57 yards and a TD, Brooks 11 for 40, Johnson 8 for 32. Pierre Strong and Damon Bankston (both DEV) are practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: Significant change. On Sept 18 the open item was that his former girlfriend’s attorneys had moved on Sept 16 to permanently seal the case evidence. That motion was DENIED on Sept 19, 2026 by Judge Marc Hammer, and the temporary seal was lifted — the evidence, including video, is now routed through the police department under Wisconsin’s public-records test, clearing the NFL’s path to it. His roster status itself is unchanged (still EXE), and he has now missed a third game.

Fantasy takeaway: In a 12-team full-PPR redraft league Jacobs is a hold-if-you-can-afford-it, drop-if-you-cannot. He is a top-5 back the moment he is reinstated, but you are paying a roster spot for something with no announced return date and a four-to-six-game suspension still looming on top. If you are 0-3 and need help now, cut him; if you are 2-1 with bench room, the Week 7-plus payoff is worth one seat. Do NOT chase the Green Bay committee — the three-way split behind a bottom-three run-blocking offensive line makes all of Brooks, Johnson and Lloyd unstartable outside of desperation, and PFF flatly called the split untrustworthy after Week 3.

Jonathon Brooks — CAR (Was RB2 behind Chuba Hubbard on the Sept 18 depth chart – now off the active depth chart entirely on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks the fact that the injury happened in the Week 2 game. nfl.com’s live roster now lists him RES (No. 25) after Carolina placed him on Reserve/Injured on Wednesday Sept 23, 2026. He cannot be given Out/Doubtful/Questionable while on the list, and he does not appear on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 25 report for the Sept 27 game at Cleveland.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. He was placed on Reserve/Injured on Wednesday before the practice week began and has had surgery.
• Injury: Groin injury requiring surgery. Reported as a training-camp strain that he aggravated in the Week 2 game, after which he underwent a surgical repair. Some outlets list the body part as ‘abdomen’, which is the common adductor/core-muscle overlap with a groin diagnosis.
• When it happened: Aggravated on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 in Carolina’s Week 2 game against Atlanta, on top of an initial strain from 2026 training camp. Carolina initially called him week-to-week on Monday Sept 21, then announced surgery and the Reserve/Injured placement on Wednesday Sept 23, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgical groin/adductor repair (including core-muscle/sports-hernia style procedures) typically costs an NFL running back 6-10 weeks from the date of surgery, with 8 weeks the common midpoint. Non-surgical Grade 2 groin strains run 4-6 weeks, which is why the surgical decision is the meaningful data point here. Carolina’s own announcement said ‘at least the next four weeks’ (the 2026 IR minimum), while the AP source reporting said roughly six weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return in Week 8 under the four-game IR minimum, with the realistic football return in Week 9 – roughly the week of October 26 – November 1, 2026. Full pre-injury burst is more likely a November 2026 proposition, and that assumes no setback in a player with a torn-ACL history in both 2023 and 2024.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible. Earliest possible return is Week 8.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT all four weeks – Week 3 at Cleveland (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Detroit (Sun Oct 4, 8:20 ET), Week 5 BYE, Week 6 at Philadelphia (Oct 18). Carolina’s bye in Week 5 quietly helps here, burning an IR week at no competitive cost. Earliest activation is Week 8.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chuba Hubbard (RB1) is the primary beneficiary and now has the backfield essentially to himself – he is the 27-year-old team captain with 22 carries for 102 yards and a TD through two games. AJ Dillon (RB2) inherits the change-of-pace and short-yardage role and becomes the direct handcuff. Anthony Tyus III and Ahmani Marshall (both DEV) are the practice-squad depth. Carolina worked out free-agent Austin Ekeler on Sept 23, 2026 but was not expected to sign him that day – watch that thread, because an Ekeler signing would cut directly into Dillon’s passing-down snaps.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR CHANGE since Sept 18. He was listed ACT and RB2 on the baseline depth chart and had been marked RESOLVED from a groin issue. He aggravated that groin in the Week 2 game vs Atlanta, had surgery, and was placed on Reserve/Injured on Sept 23, 2026. This is the single biggest roster change in the NFC South this week.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop Brooks in 12-team full-PPR redraft – a Week 8-9 return for a back who has now lost three straight seasons to injury is not worth a bench spot for six weeks in a 12-team league. The actionable move is the other side of it: Chuba Hubbard is now a locked-in RB2 with a clean path to 18-20 touches, and AJ Dillon is a must-add handcuff who has standalone flex value in a run-first Dave Canales offense. If you hold Hubbard, spend FAAB on Dillon this week.

Isiah Pacheco — DET (Would be RB2 behind Jahmyr Gibbs — currently off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/detroit-lions/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks the injury itself: whatever the knee and back do, Reserve/Injured makes him ineligible and no weekly game-status designation applies.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: MCL sprain (knee), with an accompanying back injury. ESPN’s reporting at the time of the placement cited both.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured on Sept 2, 2026, at the initial roster cutdown, before Week 1. The injury itself was sustained during the August 2026 training-camp and preseason period.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An isolated MCL sprain runs roughly 1-2 weeks (grade I), 3-6 weeks (grade II) or 6-12 weeks and occasionally surgical (grade III). The concurrent back injury is the complicating factor and is the reason Detroit chose the reserve list over a week-to-week designation. Procedurally, a player placed on IR at cutdown must miss at least four games before he is eligible to be designated to return.
• Expected back to full health: Detroit GM Brad Holmes and the club have publicly said they ‘hope’ he returns this season and that he has been ‘steadily feeling better.’ The earliest realistic activation is once his four-game minimum is served and a 21-day practice window is opened and completed — realistically late October to November 2026, i.e. Week 8 or later. He will not be available in Weeks 3-6.
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 vs the New York Jets, Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout. Detroit has not opened a practice window for him. Watch for the club to open one in the Week 6-7 range at the earliest; even then, a 21-day window means activation would follow well after.
• Who benefits if he sits: His absence is already priced in — Sione Vaki (RB2) has the complementary job and Jacob Saylors (RB3) is the third back. The real beneficiary is Jahmyr Gibbs (RB1), whose touch share is elevated because Detroit never replaced Pacheco.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was status code RES on the baseline and remains status code RES, with no practice window opened. The one refinement is the injury detail: the placement was for an MCL sprain AND a back injury, not the knee alone.

Fantasy takeaway: Droppable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league unless you have a deep IR slot. If you can stash him at no roster cost, there is late-season standalone value if he returns to a complementary role, but he is not worth an active bench spot through Week 6. Sione Vaki is the Detroit backfield player who actually matters right now.

Rico Dowdle — PIT (RB2 — second-team running back on the Ourlads Steelers depth chart behind Jaylen Warren; had been operating as the co-lead in a genuine timeshare before the injury)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Pittsburgh on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 home game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. He is formally ruled out and will not play.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He did not practice in any capacity on any day and was observed wearing a walking boot at practice.
• Injury: Toe injury (the Steelers have not confirmed whether this is a turf-toe/plantar-plate variant or a fracture; the boot at practice and the cart-off suggest a significant soft-tissue toe injury)
• When it happened: Suffered in the FIRST HALF of the Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots on Sept 20, 2026. He was carted off the field, remarkably returned to play in the second half, and was then ruled out for the remainder of that game. Ian Rapoport reported the injury is viewed as day-to-day, which suggests he avoided a worst-case structural diagnosis.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Turf toe / plantar-plate injury by grade — Grade 1: 1-2 weeks; Grade 2: 2-6 weeks; Grade 3: 8-12+ weeks and sometimes surgery. A simple toe contusion or sprain: 1-3 weeks. Rapoport’s day-to-day characterization combined with three straight DNPs and a boot is most consistent with a Grade 1 to low Grade 2 turf-toe variant — short-term but genuinely week-to-week.
• Expected back to full health: Best estimate for a return to practice is the Week 4 practice week (week of Sept 28-Oct 4, 2026), with a realistic full-health, unrestricted return in Week 4 (Oct 4) to Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026). Toe injuries in running backs are notoriously slow to fully resolve because push-off is directly loaded, so treat any Week 4 return as likely capped.
• Next game: OUT — formally ruled out for Week 3 vs. the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at Acrisure Stadium. He will not play; do not start him under any circumstance.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 vs. Cincinnati: OUT. Week 4: plausible return given the day-to-day characterization, but likely on a reduced snap count. Weeks 5-6: expect a return to the Warren/Dowdle committee if healthy. The Weeks 3-6 window is essentially a write-off for Week 3 with escalating value from Week 4 onward, contingent on how the toe responds to load.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jaylen Warren (RB1, himself Questionable with a shoulder) is the direct and primary beneficiary and becomes the clear lead back. Eli Heidenreich (RB3) moves into the backup role and would be the emergency lead if Warren’s shoulder flares. Practice-squad backs Travis Homer, Max Hurleman and Lew Nichols III are elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. Dowdle did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all — he was a healthy active RB2 in a timeshare. The toe injury occurred in the Week 2 loss at New England on Sept 20 (carted off in the first half, returned, then ruled out), and he has not practiced since.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him in 12-team full PPR — he is formally OUT for Week 3, full stop. Hold him on your bench rather than dropping: a day-to-day toe injury with a Week 4 return path and a genuine committee role on his return retains real value. The actionable move this week is to start Jaylen Warren and, if you have a spare bench spot, add Eli Heidenreich as a lottery ticket given that Pittsburgh’s only other healthy back is playing through a shoulder injury.

Malik Davis — DAL (Off the active depth chart entirely — was the RB3/change-of-pace body before the injury; the roster now reads Javonte Williams > Emari Demercado > Tyler Goodson > Hunter Luepke (FB) > Israel Abanikanda (practice squad).)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag and is the reason he appears nowhere on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. nfl.com lists him RES on the Cowboys’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026. Dallas moved him to injured reserve on Sept 12, 2026.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 and will not practice at any point in 2026.
• Injury: Non-contact hip injury requiring surgery — season-ending.
• When it happened: Suffered in practice in the week before the Week 1 season opener against the New York Giants; placed on injured reserve Sept 12, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgical hip repair (labral/FAI-class or a hip-joint reconstruction) in an NFL running back is a 4-6 month rehabilitation at minimum, and non-contact hip injuries severe enough to need in-season surgery routinely run 6-9 months before full cutting and contact clearance.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. A realistic return to football activity is spring 2027 (roughly March-June 2027), i.e. the 2027 offseason program.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro. He is on Reserve/Injured and is ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (vs Baltimore), 4, 5 and 6 and for the balance of the season. Season-ending IR with surgery already performed; there is no designated-to-return path being discussed.
• Who benefits if he sits: Emari Demercado is the clear-cut Javonte Williams handcuff and the RB2. Tyler Goodson (signed off the Atlanta practice squad Sept 15, 2026) is RB3. Israel Abanikanda re-signed to the practice squad Sept 17, 2026 and is the emergency body.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RES. The downstream consequence has now been fully confirmed: Demercado is the outright handcuff and Goodson sits RB3 on the active roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Drop or leave on waivers. His only fantasy value is the one he already conferred: he cleared the path that makes Emari Demercado the handcuff worth holding.

Jonah Coleman — DEN (RB3 on Ourlads behind J.K. Dobbins and RJ Harvey, but he functioned as the de facto RB2 in Week 2 with Harvey out, and scored his first career touchdown in that game.)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Denver on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs. the Los Angeles Rams. He is the only Bronco ruled out.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He was the lone Bronco who did not practice on Wednesday and never got on the field all week.
• Injury: Ankle injury. Denver has not graded it publicly or specified high vs. low ankle.
• When it happened: Sustained in or immediately after the Week 2 win over Jacksonville on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 — the same game in which he scored his first career touchdown. He first appeared on the report as a DNP on Wednesday Sept 23.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low (lateral) ankle sprain is typically 1-3 weeks: Grade 1 roughly 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 roughly 2-4 weeks. A high ankle sprain (syndesmotic) is materially worse at 4-6 weeks for Grade 1-2 and 8+ weeks or surgical tightrope for Grade 3. A three-day DNP with no IR move suggests the club expects a short-term absence rather than a multi-month one.
• Expected back to full health: If it is a low sprain, realistic return is Week 4 (vs. Seattle, early October 2026) or Week 5. Target mid-October 2026 for full, unrestricted health. If it proves to be a high ankle sprain, push that to late October / Week 7-8 and expect an IR move next week.
• Next game: OUT. He will not play in the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams. This is a filed, final designation, not a projection.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 vs. Rams: out, confirmed. Week 4 vs. Seattle: genuine coin flip, trending toward a return if it is a low sprain. Weeks 5-6: expected back and re-slotted at RB3 behind Dobbins and Harvey. The catch is that Harvey’s simultaneous return to full practice erases the Week 2 opportunity that made Coleman a waiver darling in the first place — even healthy he is back to the third chair.
• Who benefits if he sits: RJ Harvey (RB2) is the direct beneficiary and is back to full practice, so he reclaims the passing-down and change-of-pace work Coleman inherited in Week 2. J.K. Dobbins (RB1) gets a slightly larger workload ceiling. Tyler Badie (RB4, ACT) is the emergency third back and would be elevated in the rotation; Cody Schrader (DEV) is the practice-squad insurance.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline at all — he was healthy and active for Week 2, where he scored. The ankle injury is entirely new since Sept 20.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him. If you burned FAAB on Coleman off his Week 2 touchdown, this is the bad outcome: he is out, and Harvey is healthy behind him. He is a hold only in deep leagues or if you also roster Dobbins as a handcuff-of-a-handcuff. In a 12-team full-PPR redraft he is droppable for any startable flex.

Isaac Guerendo — SF (Reserve — was RB3/depth back before the season)

• Status: PUP — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as PUP (active/Physically Unable to Perform) on the official nfl.com 49ers roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — a player on active/PUP is barred from practicing with the team.
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried from training camp, undisclosed by the club
• When it happened: Training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Varies by injury; PUP-list players are eligible for the practice window to open no earlier than Week 7
• Expected back to full health: Earliest practice-window eligibility is Week 7 (mid-to-late October 2026)
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona — ineligible
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3-6; not eligible to open his practice window until Week 7 at the earliest
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — Kaelon Black and Jordan James cover the backfield behind Christian McCaffrey
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on active/PUP.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep stash-only in dynasty; no near-term redraft value

Adam Randall — BAL (Rookie RB depth — was battling for the RB4 role behind Derrick Henry, Justice Hill and Rasheen Ali before landing on IR; holds no active depth-chart slot at present)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, DESIGNATED TO RETURN. Status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster as of Sept 25, 2026. The reserve-list status OUTRANKS the circumstances of the injury itself: he cannot practice or play until his 21-day activation window is opened, so no weekly game-status designation applies.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate — ineligible to practice until his 21-day activation window is opened. No Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 participation exists, and he appears on no Baltimore practice report.
• Injury: Undisclosed — Baltimore did not specify the nature of the injury when placing him on injured reserve with a return designation
• When it happened: Placed on injured reserve, designated to return, in late August / very early September 2026 during final roster construction. The precise date of the underlying injury was never announced by the club.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable with precision because the injury was never disclosed. The IR-designated-to-return mechanism requires a minimum four-game absence, so the structural floor on his return is four games regardless of the medical timeline.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to have his practice window opened from roughly Week 5 (Oct 4, 2026) onward. A realistic activation window is Week 5 through Week 8 (early-to-late October 2026), entirely at Baltimore’s discretion.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro. He remains on injured reserve with no practice window opened.
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3 and 4 with certainty. Weeks 5 and 6 are the first plausible activation windows, but Baltimore has no roster pressure to rush him with Henry, Hill and Ali all healthy. Expect him to remain on IR through most or all of this stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rasheen Ali (RB3) holds the depth role Randall would compete for, with practice-squad RB Jonathan Ward as the emergency body behind Derrick Henry and Justice Hill.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still on Reserve/Injured with a return designation, still status code RES, still no practice window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero 12-team full-PPR relevance now or in the foreseeable future. Do not roster. Derrick Henry’s true handcuff is Justice Hill (passing downs) with Rasheen Ali the early-down contingency — Randall is not in that conversation even when healthy.

Trey Sermon — ATL (Depth running back – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RES (Reserve/Injured with NO designated-to-return tag), so he is season-ending and cannot appear on the weekly injury report.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on season-ending Reserve/Injured do not appear on practice participation reports and are not permitted to practice.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury sustained during the 2026 preseason. Atlanta has not specified the body part. The league-wide IR tracking at sharpfootballanalysis.com carries him as ‘Undisclosed – Out for Season’.
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason. Atlanta announced the Reserve/Injured placement on August 19, 2026, while the team was in Indianapolis for joint practices with the Colts – nine days after signing him on August 10, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not determinable without a diagnosis. The operative fact is procedural rather than medical: a player placed on Reserve/Injured with no designated-to-return tag is ineligible to play for the remainder of the 2026 season regardless of how his body heals.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown medically. Irrelevant for 2026 – he cannot be activated this season. Realistic football return is the 2027 offseason.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 game (Thursday Sept 24, 2026 at Green Bay, already played) and OUT for every remaining 2026 game including Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026. He is season-ending Reserve/Injured with no return mechanism.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT all four weeks – at Green Bay (done), at New Orleans (Mon Oct 5), vs Baltimore, vs Chicago. There is no scenario in which he plays in 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: Bijan Robinson (RB1) and Brian Robinson (RB2) are the active backfield. Cash Jones and Khalil Herbert (both DEV) are the practice-squad depth. Tyler Goodson, who had been the other depth option, was signed away by Dallas off Atlanta’s practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RES on the live nfl.com roster with no designated-to-return tag. The one addition is sourcing precision: the placement date is confirmed as August 19, 2026 via the club’s own announcement.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy value in 2026. Not a stash in any redraft format – he is ineligible to return this season. Drop and forget.

Trevor Etienne — CAR (Depth running back – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return, No. 23), so he does not appear on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report and cannot be given Out/Doubtful/Questionable.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the practice participation report until their designated-to-return practice window is opened.
• Injury: Ankle – the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason, leading to the Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return placement before the regular season opened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low ankle sprain costs 1-3 weeks (Grade 1) or 3-6 weeks (Grade 2); a high ankle sprain runs 4-8 weeks and a surgically stabilized one runs 8-12 weeks. A placement that holds a player to a Week 6 return eligibility implies at minimum a high ankle sprain or a Grade 2-plus low sprain.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return in Week 6, the week of October 12-18, 2026. Carolina’s Week 5 BYE means he could realistically be activated for the Week 6 game at Philadelphia on Oct 18, 2026.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT Week 3 (at Cleveland, Sept 27), OUT Week 4 (vs Detroit, Sun Oct 4), Week 5 BYE, and eligible to be activated for Week 6 at Philadelphia (Oct 18). With Jonathon Brooks now on IR as well, Carolina has a real incentive to get him back the moment he is eligible – the RB room is down to Chuba Hubbard and AJ Dillon on the active roster.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chuba Hubbard (RB1) and AJ Dillon (RB2) are the active backfield in his absence. Anthony Tyus III and Ahmani Marshall (both DEV) are the practice-squad options if Carolina needs a body.
• Change since Week 2: Status unchanged since Sept 18 – still RSR on the live nfl.com roster. NEW information: the injury is now identified as an ankle with a Week 6 return eligibility, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as undisclosed. His path back also got clearer with Brooks going on IR.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a redraft add in 12-team full-PPR right now, but move him to your watch list. Carolina’s backfield is suddenly two-deep and he is eligible in Week 6 – if Hubbard or Dillon gets hurt before then, Etienne becomes an immediate speculative add. Dynasty managers should hold.

Chris Collier — LV (Reserve-list running back — not on the active depth chart and cannot occupy a depth role while on Reserve/Injured.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Raiders’ nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS where or when the injury happened: he is ineligible to play in the Sunday Sept 27 game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 practice-report entry exists for him because Reserve/Injured players are excluded from that document by rule.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The Reserve/Injured placement is the official record.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured before or early in the 2026 regular season; the underlying injury dates to the preseason/cutdown window in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. A Reserve/Injured placement at or before cutdown generally ends the season absent a designated-to-return slot.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate medically. No return to the active roster is in view through at least October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. He cannot be activated for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: ineligible throughout. Treat him as unavailable for the entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is already out. Ashton Jeanty, Mike Washington Jr. and Dylan Laube are the active backs and none moves because of him.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on the Raiders’ Reserve/Injured list with the same RES code.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero action.

Jordan Mason — MIN (Would be the complementary early-down back behind Aaron Jones — currently off the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/minnesota-vikings/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. He is on short-term IR with a designation to return. The reserve-list status outranks the injury: regardless of how the thumb heals, he is procedurally ineligible until the minimum absence is served and a practice window is completed, and no weekly game-status designation applies to him.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report until a 21-day window is opened.
• Injury: Fractured thumb, surgically repaired.
• When it happened: The fracture occurred in Minnesota’s Week 1 game against Green Bay in early September 2026. He underwent surgery and was placed on short-term Reserve/Injured on Sept 16, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Thumb fractures in running backs typically run 4-8 weeks depending on whether the fracture is non-displaced (often managed in a cast or with a screw and a faster return, 4-6 weeks) or involves the metacarpal base / Bennett-type pattern (6-8+ weeks). Backs return faster than receivers from hand injuries because ball security, not catching, is the limiting function, and many play in a club or cast. The surgical fixation Mason received generally supports the shorter end of that range.
• Expected back to full health: The IR placement date of Sept 16 makes him first eligible to return in Week 6, as established on the Sept 18 baseline and unchanged. That corresponds to roughly mid-October 2026. Minnesota would first need to open a 21-day practice window. He will not be available in Weeks 3, 4 or 5.
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He is ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sun Sept 27 at Tampa Bay), Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs Miami) and Week 5: ineligible throughout. Week 6: first eligible, contingent on Minnesota opening his practice window in time. Watch for the window announcement around the Week 5 practice period as the trigger.
• Who benefits if he sits: His absence is what created the current structure: Aaron Jones (RB1) is carrying the backfield, DeeJay Dallas (RB2) is the handcuff, and Demond Claiborne (RB3) is the rookie third option. Minnesota signed Jaret Patterson to the practice squad in the week of Sept 22, 2026 explicitly because of the thinned room.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code RES on the baseline, status code RES today, still first eligible in Week 6, with no practice window opened yet.

Fantasy takeaway: Hold him on IR if your 12-team full-PPR league has an IR slot — he is a genuine Week 6 return candidate into a real role, which is a rare thing to get for free. If you have no IR slot and a tight bench, he is a reasonable drop for a startable player, but understand you are giving up the second-best back in a 2-0 offense. Do not start him in Weeks 3-5 under any circumstance.

Myles Montgomery — NE (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. When healthy he was a depth running back behind Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson and Corey Kiner, with no fantasy-relevant role.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New England roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. He must miss a minimum of four regular-season games from the date of placement.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. New England has not opened his 21-day practice window. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Undisclosed. New England has not specified the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement.
• When it happened: Early September 2026, prior to the Sept 18 baseline. He was already on Reserve/Injured with status code RES as of the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com New England roster.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated because the injury class is undisclosed. What the list status establishes: a minimum four-game absence from placement, with a 21-day practice window once New England chooses to open it, after which the club must activate him or shut him down for the season.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate without a disclosed diagnosis. The earliest structural return, based on the four-game minimum and an early-September placement, is roughly Week 5 to Week 6 — Oct 11 to Oct 18, 2026. New England has published no activation timeline and has not opened his practice window as of Sept 25.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated for this game.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville and Week 4: ineligible, no possibility of playing. Weeks 5-6: the first theoretically possible return window, and only if New England opens his 21-day practice window. With TreVeyon Henderson, Rhamondre Stevenson and Corey Kiner all healthy on the active roster, there is no competitive urgency to activate him.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he was never in the Week 3 rotation and his absence is fully absorbed by a healthy three-deep backfield of TreVeyon Henderson, Rhamondre Stevenson and Corey Kiner, plus FB Reggie Gilliam.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES on the current nfl.com roster, with no practice window opened, no activation timeline, and no injury disclosure. Note one adjacent roster correction: Lan Larison, listed as a practice-squad RB on the baseline, no longer appears on New England’s roster, and Hassan Haskins shows as CUT.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR. Do not roster. Even on activation he would be the fourth running back on the depth chart with no path to meaningful touches.

Ty Chandler — NO (Depth running back – not on the active depth chart while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED – (c) official reserve-list status, which OUTRANKS any weekly game-status designation and outranks where the injury happened. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RES (Reserve/Injured with NO designated-to-return tag, No. 32), meaning he is out for the season and cannot appear on the weekly injury report.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. Players on season-ending Reserve/Injured are not permitted to practice and do not appear on participation reports.
• Injury: Knee – both the league-wide IR tracking at sharpfootballanalysis.com and CBS Sports carry him as a knee injury, Out for Season.
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason, leading to the Reserve/Injured placement before the regular season opened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee injury severe enough to warrant a season-ending Reserve/Injured placement with no return designation is almost certainly a major ligament tear or a significant meniscus repair. ACL reconstruction runs 9-12 months for a running back – and backs historically need the longer end of that band before their cutting burst returns. Meniscus repair runs 4-6 months.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026 – the roster designation forecloses it. A realistic football return is the 2027 offseason, most likely spring-to-summer 2027.
• Next game: OUT for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 and OUT for every remaining 2026 game. He is season-ending Reserve/Injured with no return mechanism.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT all four weeks – vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5), vs Minnesota, at the New York Giants (Oct 18). There is no scenario in which he plays in 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: Travis Etienne Jr. (RB1), Alvin Kamara (RB2), CJ Donaldson (RB3) and Kendre Miller (RB4) hold the active backfield roles, with Zamir White (DEV) the lone practice-squad running back now that Audric Estime has been waived off IR with an injury settlement.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 – still RES with no designated-to-return tag. NEW information: the injury is now identified as a knee, where the Sept 18 baseline could only record it as an undisclosed preseason injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy value in 2026 – he is ineligible to return this season. Drop in all redraft formats.

Chip Trayanum — NYJ (Not on the active depth chart — reserve/injured. When healthy he was a depth running back behind Breece Hall, Braelon Allen, Isaiah Davis and Kene Nwangwu, with no fantasy-relevant role.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 25, 2026 nfl.com New York Jets roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/Injured outranks and supersedes any practice or game-status tag: he is ineligible for an Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation because he is not on the active roster. Minimum four-game absence from placement.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the team and does not appear on the official practice report. The Jets have not opened his 21-day practice window. Per the rule: DNP Wed Sept 23 / DNP Thu Sept 24 / DNP Fri Sept 25, by list status rather than by injury choice.
• Injury: Undisclosed. The Jets have not specified the injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement.
• When it happened: Early September 2026, prior to the Sept 18 baseline. He was already on Reserve/Injured with status code RES as of the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com New York Jets roster.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated because the injury class is undisclosed. The list status establishes a minimum four-game absence from placement, with a 21-day practice window once the Jets open it, after which they must activate him or shut him down for the season.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate without a disclosed diagnosis. The earliest structural return, based on the four-game minimum and an early-September placement, is roughly Week 5 to Week 6 — Oct 11 to Oct 18, 2026. No activation timeline published and no practice window opened as of Sept 25.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions. He is on Reserve/Injured and cannot be activated for this game.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit and Week 4: ineligible. Weeks 5-6: the first theoretically possible return window if the Jets open his practice window. With Breece Hall, Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis all healthy and active, there is little competitive urgency — though Kene Nwangwu’s doubtful status and lack of progress marginally increases the case for adding backfield depth.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he was never in the Week 3 rotation. Breece Hall (RB1), Braelon Allen (RB2) and Isaiah Davis (RB3) are all healthy and active, with Andrew Beck at fullback and Al-Jay Henderson on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES on the current nfl.com roster, with no practice window opened, no activation timeline, and no injury disclosure.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR. Do not roster — a fifth-string running back on IR has no fantasy path even on activation. Braelon Allen is the only Jets backfield handcuff worth owning.

Trey Benson — ARI (Reserve — was in the RB rotation before the injury)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com Cardinals roster as of Sept 25, 2026, with no designation to return.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on a season-ending reserve list and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Knee injury requiring surgery
• When it happened: Preseason/training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Season-ending knee surgery of this type typically requires 4-9 months depending on the specific procedure
• Expected back to full health: Not expected back in 2026; target 2027 offseason for full clearance
• Next game: OUT for the remainder of the 2026 season, including Sept 27 vs. San Francisco
• Next four weeks: Out for the season, Weeks 3-6 and beyond
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is not part of Arizona’s active-game rotation planning; Allgeier and Love handle the workload
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on season-ending Reserve/Injured.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all redraft formats; irrelevant for 2026 fantasy purposes

Brittain Brown — CHI (RB depth — off the active depth chart entirely while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/chicago-bears/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. His reserve-list placement outranks anything about where or how the injury occurred: regardless of the underlying issue, Reserve/Injured makes him ineligible to play, and no game-status designation applies to him at all.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Players on Reserve/Injured do not practice with the team and are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Undisclosed. Chicago has not published a characterization of the injury that put him on Reserve/Injured, and no beat reporting has pinned it down.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured during the 2026 roster-setting period in late August / early September 2026, before the regular season. He has not been active for a game this year.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknowable without a disclosed diagnosis. What is knowable is the procedural floor: a player placed on Reserve/Injured from the initial 53-man cutdown is out for the entire season unless the club uses one of its limited return-from-IR designations on him, and Chicago has spent its early practice windows on DT Shemar Turner (knee/ACL) and LB Noah Sewell (Achilles), not on Brown.
• Expected back to full health: No credible calendar estimate exists without a disclosed injury. Treat him as unavailable through at least Week 6 (mid-October 2026) and quite possibly the full season.
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 vs the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday Sept 28, 2026. He is ineligible, not injured-questionable.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: unavailable throughout. Chicago has not opened a 21-day practice window for him, which is the prerequisite for any return, and the two windows the club has used this month went to defensive players.
• Who benefits if he sits: His roster spot is already absorbed — Roschon Johnson (RB3) holds the third active back job, with Salvon Ahmed and Zavier Scott (both DEV) on the practice squad as elevation candidates. N/A in any meaningful fantasy sense.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was status code RES on the Sept 18 baseline and remains status code RES today, with no practice window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league — not rosterable, not a stash, not a handcuff. Drop him if he is somehow still on your bench.

Dylan Sampson — CLE (Was the passing-down / change-of-pace back behind Quinshon Judkins before the injury; currently holds no active depth-chart slot while on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, status code RES on the nfl.com Browns roster as of Sept 25, 2026. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS the circumstances of the injury: it does not matter that the knee sprain happened in the Week 1 season opener — the IR placement governs, he must miss at least four games, and no weekly game-status designation applies to him.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured. He has no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 participation to report and appears on no Cleveland practice report.
• Injury: Sprained knee (the Browns did not publicly grade the sprain or name the specific ligament)
• When it happened: Suffered in the Week 1 season opener on Sept 13, 2026. Cleveland placed him on injured reserve on Sept 15, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Knee sprain by grade — MCL Grade 1: 1-3 weeks; MCL Grade 2: 3-6 weeks; MCL Grade 3: 6-10 weeks. PCL sprains run 4-8 weeks. An IR placement rather than week-to-week management implies at minimum a Grade 2 equivalent with a multi-week horizon, which is consistent with the mandatory four-game absence.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 6 (week of Oct 12, 2026) after the four-game minimum. A realistic return to a full role, accounting for cutting confidence and conditioning, is Week 6 to Week 8 — mid-to-late October 2026.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 vs. the Carolina Panthers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 at Huntington Bank Field. He is on injured reserve and cannot be activated until he has missed the required four games.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3, 4 and 5 with no activation path. Week 6 is his first eligible game and the realistic target. If he returns on schedule he would slot back into passing-down work, which would cap Quinshon Judkins’ receiving upside in the back half of this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Raheim Sanders (RB2) and Jaleel McLaughlin (RB3) have split the work behind Quinshon Judkins in his absence, with McLaughlin handling most of the change-of-pace and passing-down snaps Sampson would otherwise take.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He remains on Reserve/Injured with status code RES, placed there on Sept 15 following the Week 1 knee sprain, with Week 6 as the earliest eligible return.

Fantasy takeaway: Stash-only in 12-team full PPR if you have a deep bench or an IR slot — his Week 6 return into a backfield where the starter is averaging 2.3 YPC gives him real standalone appeal, and a Judkins injury would make him immediately startable. In shallower 12-team leagues with no IR slot, drop him and re-add closer to Week 6. Do not start him at any point in Weeks 3-5.

Zach Charbonnet — SEA (Reserve — was in a committee role at RB before the season)

• Status: PUP — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as PUP (active/Physically Unable to Perform) on the official nfl.com Seahawks roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — a player on active/PUP is barred from practicing with the team.
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried from training camp, undisclosed by the club
• When it happened: Training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Varies by injury; PUP-list players are eligible for the practice window to open no earlier than Week 7
• Expected back to full health: Beat reporting indicates a practice-return date is ‘coming soon,’ but no confirmed date yet; earliest eligibility remains Week 7
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington — ineligible
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3-6; monitor for a practice-window opening announcement, which beat writers describe as approaching
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — Jadarian Price and George Holani handle the backfield in his absence
• Change since Week 2: No change in roster status since Sept 18 — remains on active/PUP, though beat reporting now suggests his return to practice may be approaching.

Fantasy takeaway: Stash-only in deeper leagues given reports his return to practice may be nearing; not yet a redraft add

Jeremy McNichols — WAS (Off the active depth chart — a reserve-list running back. The active room runs Jacory Croskey-Merritt > Rachaad White > Kaytron Allen.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks any weekly game-status tag and is why he does not appear on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. nfl.com shows him with the code RSR (reserve) on the Commanders’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on the reserve list. He did not practice Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Quadriceps injury.
• When it happened: Suffered before the Sept 18, 2026 baseline was taken; he was already on the reserve list at that point and the status is unchanged.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A quadriceps strain runs 2-3 weeks for Grade 1, 4-6 weeks for Grade 2, and 8-12 weeks or surgical for a Grade 3 or a full tear. Placement on the reserve list rather than week-to-week management indicates at least a Grade 2.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026 at the earliest on a Grade 2 quad timeline, and the reserve-list four-game minimum independently rules out any return before Week 5 (roughly Oct 11, 2026). No 21-day practice window has been reported.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home. He is on the reserve list and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (vs Seattle) and 4 (London) with certainty under the four-game minimum. Weeks 5-6 depend on Washington opening a practice window, which has not happened.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already accounted for — Kaytron Allen holds the RB3 role, with Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. (both DEV) as practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still RSR on the official roster with a quadriceps injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. Zero fantasy relevance — he is behind three healthy backs and cannot be activated in time to matter.

Doubtful (2)

Doubtful means the club expects him not to play. Treat it as out unless you see a pregame report saying otherwise.

Jaylen Wright — MIA (RB2 — the primary backup and change-of-pace back behind De’Von Achane, ahead of Ollie Gordon II)

• Status: DOUBTFUL — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Miami on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Kansas City Chiefs. Doubtful in NFL usage means roughly a 25 percent chance of playing; the overwhelming majority of doubtful players do not suit up.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. This is a DOWNWARD trajectory — limited early, then off the field entirely on the final day — which is why the tag is Doubtful rather than Questionable.
• Injury: Stinger plus a foot injury — two separate listings on Miami’s official report. The stinger is a brachial-plexus / cervical-nerve traction injury; the foot is unspecified as to side or structure. He was described as day-to-day early in the week.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, Week 2 at the San Francisco 49ers, sustained in the second quarter. He did not finish the game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Stingers (burners) are usually transient neurapraxia resolving within days to two weeks; the danger is recurrence, and repeat stingers in a short window warrant cervical imaging and can become multi-week absences. Foot injuries span an enormous range: a bone bruise or midfoot sprain costs 1-3 weeks, a Lisfranc injury costs 8-12 weeks or requires surgery, and a fifth-metatarsal (Jones) fracture costs 6-10 weeks. The combination of two injuries in one week and a Friday DNP is what pushes this to Doubtful. Miami has disclosed nothing that would let anyone narrow the foot component, which is itself a mild caution.
• Expected back to full health: If the foot is a simple sprain or bruise and the stinger resolves normally, a return around Week 4 to Week 5 — roughly Oct 4 to Oct 11, 2026. If the foot proves structural, this becomes a multi-week or season-altering absence extending past Week 8. The Week 4 Wednesday report is the checkpoint.
• Next game: EXPECTED OUT. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. Doubtful plus a Friday DNP is, in practice, a near-certain inactive. Treat him as out.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City: effectively out. Week 4: plausible return if the foot is minor, but far from assured. Weeks 5-6: should be back and in his RB2 role assuming no structural foot finding. The escalation risk is a Reserve/Injured placement if the foot diagnosis worsens, which would cost him at least four games through Week 7.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ollie Gordon II (RB3) is the direct beneficiary and moves into the RB2 role behind De’Von Achane — he becomes the primary handcuff and would carry the load if Achane went down. DJ Herman (FB) absorbs short-yardage and goal-line work. Jarquez Hunter (DEV) and Carlos Washington (DEV) are practice-squad elevation candidates. The larger effect is on De’Von Achane, whose already-dominant snap share has one fewer body to share with.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Jaylen Wright was not on the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy. He was hurt in the Week 2 game at San Francisco on Sept 20 with a stinger and a foot injury, practiced limited Wednesday and Thursday, then dropped to DNP Friday and drew a DOUBTFUL tag. A fresh downgrade, and the trajectory within the week was negative.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him in 12-team full PPR — Doubtful plus a Friday DNP is a non-start. The real actionable move is Ollie Gordon II: he becomes the outright De’Von Achane handcuff this week, and in a game Miami projects to trail against Kansas City, he has standalone deep-league flex appeal on passing-down and garbage-time work. If you roster Achane, Gordon is a must-add. Achane himself is a locked-in RB1 with a marginally larger workload.

Kene Nwangwu — NYJ (RB4 on the Ourlads depth chart behind Breece Hall, Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis; primarily a kick returner rather than an offensive contributor)

• Status: DOUBTFUL — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by the New York Jets on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Detroit Lions. Doubtful in NFL usage means roughly a 25 percent chance of playing. Note this is an UPGRADE from his Week 2 status, when he was ruled OUT.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Three consecutive DNPs, and reporting describes him as having made “no progress” on the back.
• Injury: Back, as listed on the official league injury report. The Jets have not specified a structure, a side or a grade. It has now cost him practice time across two consecutive weeks with no reported improvement.
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026. He was already carrying the back injury on the Sept 18 baseline, where he was ruled OUT for the Week 2 game vs Green Bay after three DNPs. The onset predates that report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Back injuries are the least predictable class in football because the listing covers everything from a muscular strain or spasm (1-2 weeks) to a facet joint issue (2-4 weeks) to a disc herniation with radicular symptoms (6-12 weeks or season-ending, sometimes surgical). Two full weeks of DNPs with explicit reporting of ‘no progress’ is a poor sign and moves the probability mass away from a simple strain. The mitigating factor is that the Jets have not placed him on Reserve/Injured, which they would likely do for a disc issue.
• Expected back to full health: Genuinely indeterminate given two weeks without progress. If it is a muscular or facet issue that finally responds, a return around Week 5 — roughly Oct 11, 2026. If the lack of progress continues into a third week, expect a Reserve/Injured placement, which would end his involvement through at least Week 8, late October 2026. The Week 4 practice report is the checkpoint.
• Next game: EXPECTED OUT. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. Doubtful plus three DNPs plus reported lack of progress is, in practice, a near-certain inactive. Treat him as out.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit: effectively out. Week 4: unlikely without a change in the practice pattern. Weeks 5-6: possible if the back finally responds, but the trajectory does not support optimism. Watch specifically for a Reserve/Injured transaction, which is the most likely resolution if a third week of DNPs follows. His return, when it comes, is to a kick-return role rather than an offensive one.
• Who benefits if he sits: Isaiah Davis (RB3) covers the RB depth. Braelon Allen (RB2) is the primary backup to Breece Hall and the real handcuff. Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is a practice-squad elevation option. For kick returns specifically the Jets would need to designate an alternative, most likely Isaiah Williams or a practice-squad elevation. Breece Hall’s workload is unaffected.
• Change since Week 2: SLIGHTLY IMPROVED ON PAPER, UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE. On the Sept 18 baseline he was OUT — a final Friday designation for the Week 2 game vs Green Bay after DNP/DNP/DNP. He has been upgraded to DOUBTFUL for Week 3, but the underlying picture is identical: another three DNPs and explicit reporting of ‘no progress’ on the back. The designation improved by one notch; the health did not.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR. He is the RB4 and a return specialist, doubtful with a back that has shown no progress in two weeks. Do not roster. The only Jets backfield name worth owning behind Breece Hall is Braelon Allen, who is the RB2 and the true handcuff.

Questionable — game-time calls (2)

The genuine coin flips. Watch the inactives list, which posts about 90 minutes before kickoff, and have a replacement ready.

Jaylen Warren — PIT (RB1 — first-team running back on the Ourlads Steelers depth chart ahead of Rico Dowdle; with Dowdle ruled out he becomes the clear lead back if he plays)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Pittsburgh on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 home game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. Pittsburgh’s Friday participation is a walk-through estimation.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25, walk-through estimation). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25. He practiced in some capacity all three days and never missed a session.
• Injury: Shoulder injury (the Steelers have not specified an AC joint sprain versus a stinger or a contusion)
• When it happened: Suffered during the Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots on Sept 20, 2026. He finished the game and was productive despite it, posting 77 yards on 13 total touches, then appeared on Wednesday’s Week 3 report as a limited participant.
• Typical recovery for this injury: AC joint sprain Grade 1: 1-2 weeks, often no missed games with a pad and taping; Grade 2: 2-4 weeks; Grade 3: 6-12 weeks and sometimes surgery. A shoulder contusion or stinger: 3-10 days. Warren playing through it in Week 2 and practicing all three days this week points squarely at a Grade 1 AC sprain or a contusion — the mildest end of the range.
• Expected back to full health: Best estimate for full, pain-free health is Week 4 (Oct 4, 2026) to Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026). He is functionally available now with shoulder padding and taping; the designation reflects soreness management rather than a genuine availability question.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY for Week 3 vs. the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at Acrisure Stadium. He practiced all three days, he played through the same injury in Week 2, and with Rico Dowdle ruled OUT Pittsburgh has strong roster incentive to have him available. The one caveat is that a shoulder injury on a back who will now carry a heavier workload carries genuine in-game aggravation risk.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 vs. Cincinnati: expected to play with an expanded role given Dowdle’s absence. Week 4: Dowdle’s toe injury is described as day-to-day, so the backfield likely returns to a committee split. Weeks 5-6: assume a shared backfield with Dowdle unless one of them misses more time. Warren’s Weeks 3-6 value is front-loaded into Week 3, which is his clearest bellcow opportunity of the stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Eli Heidenreich (RB3) would become the lead back by default, an alarming proposition for Pittsburgh given Rico Dowdle is already OUT. Practice-squad backs Travis Homer, Max Hurleman and Lew Nichols III would be elevation candidates. If both Warren and Dowdle were unavailable, Pittsburgh would likely need a practice-squad elevation to field a functional backfield.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. Warren did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all — he was a healthy active RB1. The shoulder injury occurred in the Week 2 loss at New England on Sept 20 and put him on the Week 3 report from Wednesday onward.

Fantasy takeaway: Strong RB2 with RB1 upside in 12-team full PPR for Week 3 — this is the single best start-him opportunity in the Pittsburgh backfield all season so far. Rico Dowdle is OUT, Warren practiced all three days, and he catches passes, which matters enormously in full PPR. Confirm he is active before kickoff, but plug him in with confidence. If you own Warren and have a bench spot, speculatively add Eli Heidenreich as insurance — the Steelers have no other healthy back of consequence.

Tyjae Spears — TEN (RB2 — change-of-pace/passing-down back behind Tony Pollard)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Tennessee on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27, 2026 road game at the New York Giants.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Did Not Participate Wed Sept 23 -> Did Not Participate Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Ankle
• When it happened: First appeared on Tennessee’s Week 3 injury report (Wednesday Sept 23, 2026)
• Typical recovery for this injury: An ankle injury that progresses from two DNP days to a single Friday limited session is a real game-time-decision profile; if he plays, a snap-count/role reduction is likely; if it lingers, a 1-2 week absence is plausible
• Expected back to full health: Likely resolves within 1-2 weeks even if he sits Week 3
• Next game: QUESTIONABLE for Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 at the New York Giants — true game-time decision
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: uncertain Week 3 outlook; if he sits, expect a near-full-season-long shelving; if he plays, expect a reduced early role that could build back up by Week 4-5
• Who benefits if he sits: Julius Chestnut and Nicholas Singleton would absorb his change-of-pace/passing-down touches if Spears sits
• Change since Week 2: NEW to the injury report since Sept 18 — Spears was fully healthy with no injury designation on the Sept 18 baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench/flex-with-caution in 12-team full-PPR; check Sunday-morning inactives before locking your lineup, and have Julius Chestnut on your radar as a very deep-league speculative add if Spears is ruled out

Final tag still pending (2)

The Monday night teams file a day later than everyone else. Real situations, final tag still to come.

Saquon Barkley — PHI (RB1 — the bell-cow lead back, first on the Ourlads (09/24/2026) order with a ‘Q’ marker, ahead of Tank Bigsby and Will Shipley.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (b) a practice-report-only status with no final tag. Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago, so its final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 27 and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. He has been Limited in all three Week 3 practices with a stinger and is reported to expect to play.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25. He practiced in some capacity on all three days, which is itself the good news with a stinger.
• Injury: Stinger — a brachial plexus / cervical nerve traction injury affecting the shoulder and arm. He underwent an MRI after the game.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, in the Week 2 comeback win over the Tennessee Titans. He returned to that game in the third quarter on limited snaps, finishing with 4 carries and 1 reception.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A stinger is usually a same-game or few-day issue — most resolve in 24-72 hours with full strength returning quickly. But stingers linger: a case with persistent weakness or paresthesia can run 1-3 weeks, and recurrent stingers occasionally cost a month while grip and shoulder strength are re-tested. Practicing at all three days out is a strong indicator of the short end.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively now, Week 3 (Monday Sept 28, 2026), with residual soreness. Fully clean by roughly Week 4-5 (early-to-mid October 2026) barring a recurrence.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears. Reporting has him expecting to play, he took limited work on all three days, and the MRI did not produce a shutdown. A Questionable tag on Saturday’s final report is the likely outcome.
• Next four weeks: Expected to play and lead the backfield Weeks 3-6, beginning at Chicago. Watch for a modestly reduced snap share in Week 3 specifically — stingers often produce a committee week before the workload normalizes by Week 4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tank Bigsby (RB2) is the primary beneficiary and would carry the early-down load, with Will Shipley (RB3) taking passing-down work. Both returned to full practice Friday, so both are available. Jaydon Blue, Dameon Pierce and Carson Steele are practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR change since Sept 18. The baseline had him RESOLVED and entirely off the report as a healthy RB1. He suffered a stinger in the Sept 20 Week 2 win over Tennessee, had an MRI, and has practiced Limited all three days of Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as an RB1 in 12-team full-PPR, but this is the week to make sure Tank Bigsby is on your bench if you can get him. Limited-Limited-Limited plus a clean-enough MRI is a play signal, not a sit signal. The Monday night slot lets you see Saturday’s designation and all of Sunday before you commit — use that. If you are thin at RB, hold a flex contingency.

Kyle Monangai — CHI (RB2 — the complementary/change-of-pace back behind D’Andre Swift)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (b) practice-report only. Chicago’s Monday Sept 28 kickoff means the final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 26, so no final tag exists yet. Given that he returned to full participation on Friday, the expectation is he carries no designation or a token questionable on Saturday’s filing and plays.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. The Friday upgrade from a Thursday non-participation was reported by Bears beat writers as the best news on the Friday report.
• Injury: Knee — Chicago listed it only as ‘knee’ and did not specify a structure, a side, or a grade. Some aggregators are still carrying it as undisclosed.
• When it happened: Surfaced on the Week 3 practice report. He was a full participant on Wednesday Sept 23 and did not appear until he was held out Thursday Sept 24, which points to a practice-week maintenance flare-up rather than a discrete Week 2 game injury. He was a full participant on Chicago’s final Week 2 report on Sept 18 with a hamstring, and was not held out of the Week 2 game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An unspecified knee complaint that clears from a single DNP to full participation inside 24 hours is, functionally, soreness or a bone bruise, not a ligament or meniscus event — those cost 3-6 weeks (MCL grade I-II), 4-8 weeks (meniscus trim/repair depending on procedure), or a season (ACL). Nothing about this week’s trajectory is consistent with a structural injury; the working assumption is a 0-1 week issue.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. He should carry no restriction into Week 3 on Sept 28.
• Next game: Expected to play in Week 3 vs the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday Sept 28, 2026. Confirm Saturday Sept 26 when Chicago files its final report, and again at the 90-minute inactive list Monday night.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Mon Sept 28 vs Philadelphia): plays, in a game script that should be run-leaning because Case Keenum is starting. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs the New York Jets) through Week 6: no expected absence. His usage is the variable, not his health — he is a touch-share play tied to how much Chicago protects its backup quarterback.
• Who benefits if he sits: Roschon Johnson (RB3) would absorb the complementary carries and short-yardage work, with D’Andre Swift (RB1) seeing his snap share climb. Salvon Ahmed and Zavier Scott (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: The injury changed. On the Sept 18 baseline Monangai was carrying a hamstring and finished the week as a full participant with no designation. This week’s issue is a knee, and it cost him a Thursday practice before he was cleared to full on Friday.

Fantasy takeaway: Playable as an RB3/flex in a 12-team full-PPR league and a strong stash if you roster D’Andre Swift. The Friday full practice removes the availability worry. The bull case is specific: with a 38-year-old QB3 starting on Monday night, Chicago is telegraphing a run-heavy, clock-control plan, which raises the floor for both Bears backs. Monangai is the cheaper of the two.

Cleared — listed this week but carrying no designation (47)

The good news. Every player here carried an injury or a listing at some point this week and finished it without a designation.

Chuba Hubbard — CAR (RB1 – unquestioned lead back and team captain, now with the backfield essentially to himself)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official injury report for the Sunday Sept 27 road game at Cleveland. This is the third consecutive week he has been completely off the report, following the hamstring issue that cleared before Week 1.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. No limitation at any point in the Week 3 cycle.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (resolved prior to Week 1 and still resolved)
• When it happened: Originated during 2026 training camp / the preseason. He had already cleared it before Carolina’s Week 1 game and has not appeared on an injury report since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks. Hubbard’s cleared inside the Grade 1 band well before the season. He is now well past the four-week elevated re-injury window that follows a hamstring return, which matters given he is about to absorb a heavier workload.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – confirmed clean for a third straight week as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. No residual restriction and no elevated re-injury risk remaining.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, with a significantly increased workload, in the Week 3 game at Cleveland on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He carries no designation and is Carolina’s clear RB1 now that Jonathon Brooks is on Reserve/Injured.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 at Cleveland (Sept 27) – Cleveland’s front is stout, so this is a volume-over-efficiency week. Week 4 vs Detroit (Sun Oct 4, SNF) – a get-right spot if Carolina can stay competitive. Week 5 BYE. Week 6 at Philadelphia (Oct 18) – a difficult run matchup. The through-line is that Brooks’s IR placement removes the only real threat to his touch count for at least six weeks, and AJ Dillon is a complement rather than a committee partner.
• Who benefits if he sits: AJ Dillon (RB2) would take over as the lead back and is now a genuinely valuable handcuff. Anthony Tyus III and Ahmani Marshall (both DEV) are the practice-squad depth. Carolina worked out free agent Austin Ekeler on Sept 23, 2026 but was not expected to sign him immediately – if that changes, Ekeler would compete with Dillon for passing-down work.
• Change since Week 2: Health status unchanged since Sept 18 – still fully RESOLVED and off the report for a third straight week. His VALUE changed substantially, though: Jonathon Brooks went on Reserve/Injured on Sept 23, 2026, removing the RB2 who had been eating into his touches.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence as a solid RB2 in 12-team full-PPR, and his outlook is materially better today than it was Sunday. Brooks going on IR hands Hubbard a clean 18-20 touch workload in a Dave Canales offense that wants to run. He is not a league-winner, but he is now one of the safer RB2s on the board. If you own Hubbard, go get AJ Dillon as the handcuff.

D’Andre Swift — CHI (RB1 — the lead back and primary passing-down option)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) practice-report only, and the resolution is established by absence: Swift carries no entry on any day of Chicago’s Week 3 participation report (Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24, Fri Sept 25). Chicago plays Monday Sept 28 so no final tag exists yet for the team, but a player who never appears on the practice report cannot receive a game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He is unlisted on every day, which is the report’s way of recording a full, unrestricted participant.
• Injury: None active. The ankle/knee combination Chicago listed jointly on its Sept 18 report has cleared completely.
• When it happened: The original issue traces to a practice injury at Halas Hall on Sept 3, 2026, when Swift left a session early alongside Rome Odunze. It lingered as a joint ankle/knee listing through the Week 2 practice week and is now gone.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — resolved. For reference, the low-grade ankle sprain class this fell into typically costs 0-2 weeks, and Swift never actually missed a game with it.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Will play, unrestricted, in Week 3 vs the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at Soldier Field.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Mon Sept 28 vs Philadelphia) through Week 6: no injury concern. Weeks 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs the New York Jets), 5 and 6 should all be full workloads. The one caution is volume-driven wear: a run-heavy plan built around a backup quarterback means a heavier carry count than his usual split.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kyle Monangai (RB2) would lead, with Roschon Johnson (RB3) taking short-yardage and pass-protection snaps. Salvon Ahmed and Zavier Scott (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation options.
• Change since Week 2: Improved. On the Sept 18 baseline Swift was listed with a joint ankle/knee designation and practiced Limited Wed -> Limited Thu -> Full Fri before drawing no game-status designation. This week he is off the report entirely — the injury is fully resolved.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence as an RB2 in 12-team full-PPR. The health question is closed. The Keenum start is a net positive for his volume even though it is a negative for Chicago’s overall efficiency — expect a high carry share and continued involvement as a checkdown target, which is exactly the profile PPR rewards when a backup quarterback is dinking underneath.

Quinshon Judkins — CLE (RB1 — first-team running back on the Ourlads depth chart ahead of Raheim Sanders and Jaleel McLaughlin; Cleveland’s every-down bellcow)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday outcome. Cleveland carried Judkins on the midweek report as ‘Not Injury Related – Personal’ but filed NO game-status tag on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 home game vs. the Carolina Panthers. He practiced Friday and is confirmed active — he will be in uniform for Week 3.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 (Not Injury Related – Personal) -> Full Fri Sept 25. He was back at practice Friday and cleared of the injury report entirely by the final filing.
• Injury: None — this is a NON-INJURY, personal-matter listing. Judkins has no medical condition of any kind. Cleveland disclosed no details about the personal situation and head coach Todd Monken declined to elaborate.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury occurred. He was added to the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 participation report under the ‘Not Injury Related – Personal’ category and was observed on the field during the open portion of that practice. He returned to full participation Friday Sept 25.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no injury to recover from. Non-injury personal listings in the NFL almost always resolve within the same practice week and rarely cost a player a game.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). He was never unhealthy — this was strictly an off-field scheduling matter.
• Next game: ACTIVE AND STARTING for Week 3 vs. the Carolina Panthers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at Huntington Bank Field. He is confirmed to be in uniform and active with no restriction.
• Next four weeks: Available and starting Weeks 3-6. The real concern with Judkins across this window is not health but efficiency — he is averaging just 2.3 yards per carry with 54 rushing yards through two games behind a line missing RG Teven Jenkins. The Carolina matchup in Week 3 is his best chance to break out, and Dylan Sampson’s eventual IR return could eat into his passing-down work later in the stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Raheim Sanders (RB2) would take the lead role, with Jaleel McLaughlin (RB3) handling passing downs and change-of-pace work. With Dylan Sampson on IR, Cleveland’s backfield depth behind Judkins is genuinely thin.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. Judkins did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all. He was added Thursday Sept 24 under a Not Injury Related – Personal designation, which briefly clouded his Week 3 availability, then practiced fully Friday and was cleared of the report with no game-status tag.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him in 12-team full PPR — the Friday clearance removes all doubt about availability. But temper expectations: 2.3 YPC through two games behind a patchwork line is a real problem, not variance, and he is an RB2 with RB3 production right now. If a panicking manager in your league will sell him at a discount because of the personal-matter scare and the slow start, he is a buy — the volume and the Carolina matchup support a bounce-back.

Javonte Williams — DAL (RB1 — the lead back and every-down starter, first on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) order.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear at all on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. Dallas filed four defenders (Durant, Hooker, Locke, Overshown) plus LB James Houston and no offensive skill players whatsoever.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report at any point this week, so no participation level is filed — Full Wed Sept 23, Full Thu Sept 24, Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury to date in 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and a full-go starter for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro. No availability concern of any kind.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and expected to carry a full lead-back workload through Weeks 3-6, starting with Baltimore. The only watch item is volume management on the long international trip to Rio, which occasionally trims a lead back’s snap share.
• Who benefits if he sits: Emari Demercado (RB2, the outright handcuff) would take over, with Tyler Goodson (RB3) absorbing the change-of-pace snaps.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still healthy, still absent from the injury report, still the unambiguous RB1.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence as an RB1/RB2 in 12-team full-PPR. Clean bill of health, unchallenged workload, and no injury-report entry heading into Week 3. Hold Demercado if you have a bench spot.

J.K. Dobbins — DEN (RB1 — the lead back and early-down workhorse, first on Ourlads.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appears on Denver’s Week 3 practice report with a hip listing but the club explicitly assigned him NO final game status on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs. the Los Angeles Rams.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hip injury. The club has not characterized it further — no pointer/contusion vs. flexor distinction has been made public.
• When it happened: Sustained in the fourth quarter of the Week 2 win over Jacksonville on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He exited that game with it and first appeared on the Wednesday Sept 23 report as a limited participant.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A hip pointer (iliac crest contusion) is typically 1-3 weeks and is frequently played through with a pad. A hip flexor strain is Grade 1 roughly 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 roughly 3-6 weeks. A labral or deeper joint issue is 6+ weeks and often surgical. Progressing limited-to-full inside three days and drawing no game status places this firmly in the contusion / Grade 1 bucket.
• Expected back to full health: Already functionally healthy as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Expect no lingering restriction past the end of September 2026.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. No designation filed for the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams. Expect his normal lead-back workload.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 vs. Rams: full RB1 role. Weeks 4-6 (Seattle and beyond): expected full. His usage profile is the thing to watch, not the hip — Denver has a genuine committee, and Harvey’s health caps Dobbins’ ceiling more than the injury does. Dobbins also carries a well-documented multi-year injury history, so an in-season absence at some point remains a live risk independent of this hip.
• Who benefits if he sits: RJ Harvey (RB2) would immediately become the lead back and is fully healthy. Tyler Badie (RB4, ACT) would fill the RB2 chair given Jonah Coleman is ruled out. Cody Schrader (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED. Baseline Sept 18: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION and not on Denver’s Week 2 injury report at all. Now he IS on the report with a new hip injury sustained in the fourth quarter of Week 2, though he practiced to full by Thursday and again drew no game status.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM with normal confidence in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. Full practice, no designation, and a prime-time home game vs. the Rams. The hip is noise, not signal. Do sell high if you can get RB2 value — the committee and his injury history both argue against paying for him long-term — but he is a clear Week 3 starter.

Jahmyr Gibbs — DET (RB1 — the lead back and the focal point of the passing-down backfield)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday position confirmed by the absence of any entry for Gibbs on Detroit’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the New York Jets. Detroit’s final filing listed only G Ben Bartch and S Thomas Harper, both Out.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Unlisted on every day of the Week 3 report.
• Injury: None active.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. Gibbs has not appeared on a Detroit injury report this season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — nothing to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Will play, unrestricted, in Week 3 vs the New York Jets, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 at Ford Field.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: no injury concern. The only real variable is workload management — with Isiah Pacheco on Reserve/Injured, Detroit’s RB2 is Sione Vaki, which means Gibbs’ touch share stays elevated rather than being split with a veteran complement. Week 4 is at Carolina on Sunday night Oct 4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Sione Vaki (RB2) would take the early-down work with Jacob Saylors (RB3) rotating in; Jabari Small (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation. None of them approximates Gibbs’ receiving role, so Detroit would more likely lean on 11-personnel passing than on a true replacement back.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He carried no designation on the baseline and carries none now.

Fantasy takeaway: Elite, start-every-week RB1 in 12-team full-PPR, with no availability caveat. Pacheco’s absence has pushed his touch ceiling higher than draft-day projections assumed. If you own him, you should also be holding Sione Vaki as the handcuff in any league with deep benches.

Ashton Jeanty — LV (RB1 — the workhorse, first on Ourlads well ahead of Mike Washington Jr. and Dylan Laube. He is the centerpiece of the Raiders’ run game.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) fully cleared. He does not appear anywhere on the Raiders’ Week 3 injury report for Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, and received no final game-status designation on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days, which on an NFL report means unrestricted participation. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 23, not on the report Thu Sept 24, not on the report Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None currently. The right ankle sprain that had been carried as a maintenance notation on the Week 2 report has cleared completely and he is now entirely off the document.
• When it happened: The ankle sprain dates to the preseason/training-camp window in August 2026. It was already a maintenance-only notation by the Week 2 report and is now fully gone.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low ankle sprain is 1-3 weeks; he is far beyond that and has played through it. Being unlisted for a full week is the cleanest possible signal that the issue is closed.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted, as the lead back. He is active with no limitation for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: healthy and active as the featured back throughout, barring a new injury. He is a volume-driven RB1 whose fantasy outcomes hinge on game script and red-zone usage, not on health. A favorable Week 3 matchup at New Orleans helps.
• Who benefits if he sits: Mike Washington Jr. (RB2) would take the lead-back role, with Dylan Laube (RB3) handling passing downs. Dare Ogunbowale and Roman Hemby (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: IMPROVED. Baseline Sept 18: carried on the Raiders’ Week 2 practice report with an ankle notation and no final game-status tag. Now he is off the report entirely on all three days — fully cleared.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM as an RB1 in a 12-team full-PPR redraft with full confidence. The ankle question is closed — he is off the report entirely for the first time this season. This is the point at which any lingering discount from draft-season ankle worry should be gone; if a manager in your league still carries that discount, buy.

De’Von Achane — MIA (RB1 — the Dolphins’ clear lead back and the focal point of the offense, ahead of Jaylen Wright and Ollie Gordon II)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Kansas City Chiefs. He is entirely off the report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None. He carries no active injury and has not been listed on any Miami injury report in Week 2 or Week 3.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. No designation of any kind.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City: fully healthy with an ENLARGED workload, since RB2 Jaylen Wright is doubtful. Weeks 4-6: assuming Wright returns around Week 4 or 5, Achane’s snap share normalizes slightly but he remains the unambiguous lead back. The one structural concern across this window is that Miami at 0-2 may play from behind frequently, which for Achane is closer to a positive than a negative given his receiving role.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ollie Gordon II (RB3, elevated to effective RB2 duty with Jaylen Wright doubtful) would lead the backfield. DJ Herman (FB) takes short-yardage and goal-line work. Jarquez Hunter and Carlos Washington are practice-squad elevation options. Gordon is the handcuff worth owning.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was RESOLVED on the baseline and remains RESOLVED — three full practices, no listing, no designation. The contextual change is that Jaylen Wright’s DOUBTFUL tag clears out the backfield ahead of him for Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Elite, locked-in RB1 in 12-team full PPR — start him every week without a second thought. This week specifically, his floor and ceiling both tick upward because Jaylen Wright is doubtful, leaving Ollie Gordon II as the only other real backfield body. In a negative game script against Kansas City, Achane’s receiving usage is the safety net that makes him matchup-proof. If you own him, add Ollie Gordon II as the handcuff.

Aaron Jones — MIN (RB1 — the lead back and Minnesota’s primary early-down and passing-down option with Jordan Mason on IR)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday game-status position on Minnesota’s Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at Tampa Bay. After progressing through the week Jones was cleared without a designation and is expected to play. This is a change from earlier in the week, when a Wednesday non-participation raised real doubt.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. The Wednesday absence was reported first; he was later seen back for at least the open portion of Wednesday’s session, then upgraded to limited Thursday and cleared Friday.
• Injury: Knee — Minnesota listed it simply as ‘knee’ without specifying a structure, a side, or a grade. Beat reporting frames it as workload-related soreness rather than a structural finding.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, in Minnesota’s 9-3 Week 2 win at Chicago. Jones carried 23 times in that game, briefly exited it, and returned; the knee surfaced on the injury report the following Wednesday, Sept 23. The heavy carry count is the accepted explanation.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee complaint that moves DNP -> Limited -> Full inside one practice week is, functionally, soreness, contusion or a bone bruise, not a ligament or meniscus event. For calibration: MCL grade I-II costs 1-6 weeks, a meniscus trim 3-4 weeks and a repair 8-12, an ACL a season. None of that profile fits a player cleared to full participation 48 hours after a DNP. Expect a 0-1 week issue with some maintenance days ahead.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Expect Minnesota to manage his midweek practice reps going forward rather than his game snaps.
• Next game: Will play in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m. CT at Raymond James Stadium. He drew no designation on the final report. Confirm at the 90-minute inactive list as routine diligence.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sun Sept 27 at Tampa Bay): plays. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs Miami): expect to play. Weeks 5-6: should be available; Jordan Mason is not eligible to return until Week 6 at the earliest, so Jones carries the backfield through this entire stretch. The realistic risk is not this knee but the cumulative load of being a 30-plus-year-old back taking 20-plus carries with no established complement.
• Who benefits if he sits: DeeJay Dallas (RB2) would lead — though he has been managing a toe issue himself and was limited Wed and Thu before clearing. Demond Claiborne (RB3), a sixth-round rookie, would take the remaining work, with Max Bredeson (FB) in short-yardage. Minnesota signed Jaret Patterson to the practice squad on roughly Sept 22 specifically as insurance for this scenario; Jerome Ford is the other DEV back.
• Change since Week 2: New to this report. On the Sept 18 baseline Jones carried no entry at all and was described as fully healthy. The knee emerged from his 23-carry Week 2 workload at Chicago and cost him a Wednesday practice before he cleared.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a high-end RB2 with RB1 upside in 12-team full-PPR — the Friday clearance removes the availability worry, and his dual-threat role in a 2-0 offense with Kyler Murray back is exactly what PPR scoring rewards. Against an 0-2 Tampa Bay team missing two front-seven starters, this is a good spot. Hold DeeJay Dallas as the handcuff if you have the bench room; the Wednesday scare is a reminder that Minnesota has no safety net behind Jones with Jordan Mason on IR.

Reggie Gilliam — NE (FB1 — the lead blocker and short-yardage fullback; not a fantasy-relevant touch-getter)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on New England’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at Jacksonville as a practice-participation entry with a knee listing, but New England assigned him NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag. He is available to play.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25. Three consecutive limited practices with no final designation — managed maintenance rather than an availability question.
• Injury: Knee. New England has not specified side or grade. The three-straight-limited-with-no-designation pattern is characteristic of a veteran being given reduced reps on a minor issue.
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026. It appears as a Week 3 practice-report listing beginning Wednesday Sept 23 and is not traceable to a specific Week 2 play against Pittsburgh.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee listing managed with limited practices and no game-status designation is almost always a minor sprain, bone bruise or general soreness, costing 0-2 weeks of restricted practice without missing games. The structural knee injuries that matter — ACL, MCL Grade II-III, meniscus — would produce DNPs and a designation, neither of which is present. Mild MCL sprains (Grade I) run 1-2 weeks and fit this profile.
• Expected back to full health: Available now. Expect the knee listing and limited practices to persist a week or two as maintenance, with full unrestricted practice by roughly Oct 4-11, 2026 — Week 4 to Week 5.
• Next game: PLAYING. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars, EverBank Stadium. No game-status designation on the final report.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville and Weeks 4-6: available in his fullback role throughout. No meaningful absence risk given the no-designation, limited-practice pattern. The only scenario worth watching is a conversion to DNP, which would signal the knee has worsened.
• Who benefits if he sits: New England carries no second fullback on the active roster. Tight ends Cameron Latu and Tanner Arkin would absorb the lead-blocking and short-yardage roles in heavy personnel, and Corey Kiner (RB3) could take short-yardage carries.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THE REPORT. Reggie Gilliam was not on the Sept 18 baseline — he carried no listing. He appeared on New England’s Week 3 report Wednesday Sept 23 with a knee, was limited all three days, and drew NO final designation. A minor addition with no availability implication.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full PPR — a fullback with no designation and a minor knee. Do not roster. The only reason he appears in this report is completeness: he is a listed player on the official Week 3 report and a short-yardage/goal-line body whose absence would marginally affect how New England handles the goal line, which touches Rhamondre Stevenson’s value.

TreVeyon Henderson — NE (RB1 — Ourlads now has him FIRST on the New England running back depth chart, AHEAD of Rhamondre Stevenson. This is a change from the Sept 18 baseline ordering.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on New England’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is entirely off the report for the second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None currently. The resolved issue was an ankle sprain (New England never specified high vs low) that cost him the Week 1 season opener against Seattle, for which he was ruled out. He returned and has been a full participant with no listing since Week 2.
• When it happened: Early September 2026, before the Sept 9 season opener vs the Seattle Seahawks, which he missed. He has been off the injury report entirely since the Week 2 report for the Sept 20 game vs Pittsburgh.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Ankle sprains: low/lateral Grade I 1-2 weeks, Grade II 2-4 weeks; high/syndesmotic 4-8 weeks. Henderson’s one-game absence followed by two consecutive weeks of unlisted full participation places this at a Grade I low ankle sprain that fully resolved. There is no residual limitation indicated anywhere in the practice record.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. He has been unrestricted for two consecutive weeks with no maintenance days and no listing.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars, EverBank Stadium. No designation of any kind, and he is now the RB1 on the depth chart.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville and Weeks 4-6: fully healthy with no restrictions, and — critically — with a depth-chart role that has IMPROVED. Ourlads’ Sept 24 update places him ahead of Rhamondre Stevenson, reversing the Week 2 ordering. Expect his snap share and touch count to climb across this window as New England leans into the second-year back. The main risk is not health but a reversion to a true committee if Stevenson produces.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rhamondre Stevenson (now RB2 on Ourlads) would return to the lead role. Corey Kiner (RB3) would fill the rotation. Reggie Gilliam (FB, carrying a knee listing but no designation) handles short-yardage and lead-blocking. Lan Larison is no longer on the roster; Myles Montgomery is on Reserve/Injured.
• Change since Week 2: IMPROVED, and a ROSTER/DEPTH-CHART CORRECTION. On the Sept 18 baseline he was listed with NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION but was still carried as an injury-report tracked player, and the depth chart had Rhamondre Stevenson AHEAD of him. Two things changed: (1) he remains fully off the report and is now cleanly RESOLVED, and (2) the Ourlads depth chart updated Sept 24, 2026 now lists Henderson FIRST, ahead of Stevenson — a reversal of the baseline ordering.

Fantasy takeaway: BUY. This is one of the more actionable items in the division. He is fully healthy, entirely off the injury report, and has moved AHEAD of Rhamondre Stevenson on the depth chart as of the Sept 24 update. In 12-team full PPR he is a flex-to-RB2 play this week with clear RB2 upside going forward, and his trade cost may still reflect the Week 1 ankle absence. Start him at Jacksonville. Correspondingly, downgrade Rhamondre Stevenson.

Travis Etienne Jr. — NO (RB1 – lead back ahead of Alvin Kamara, though New Orleans is running a committee)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) he appears on New Orleans’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game vs the Las Vegas Raiders listed with ‘Hamstring’ but carries a BLANK Game Status column after upgrading to a full practice on Friday.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hamstring strain – described in local reporting as a nagging issue rather than an acute pull
• When it happened: Stemmed from the Week 2 win over Baltimore on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He first appeared on the injury report on Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 as a limited participant.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost an NFL running back 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks. A Limited-Limited-Full progression inside a single week with no game-status tag is the signature of a Grade 1 or a simple tightness episode. The caveat that matters for a running back: hamstrings re-injure at an elevated rate for about four weeks after return, and a back who plants and cuts is more exposed than a receiver running straight-line routes.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally healthy now – he practiced fully on Friday Sept 25, 2026. Genuinely past the elevated re-injury window by roughly Week 6-7, mid-to-late October 2026.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. No designation plus a Friday full practice means available – but treat his workload as capped, because a hamstring-managed back in a committee is the classic profile for a reduced snap count.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5, MNF), Week 5 vs Minnesota, Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). Three home games in four. The larger concern is not the hamstring but the offense – he leads the team with just 71 rushing yards on 17 carries through two games, and New Orleans’ ground game has been anemic. Head coach Kellen Moore has openly described the backfield as ‘a committee opportunity’ with ‘a number of guys that can play back there’, which is not what you want to hear about your RB1.
• Who benefits if he sits: Alvin Kamara (RB2) is the primary beneficiary and would take over as the lead back – he is fully healthy and off the injury report. CJ Donaldson (RB3) would absorb the early-down and short-yardage work. Kendre Miller (RB4) is back from an illness and available. Zamir White (DEV) is the practice-squad option now that Audric Estime has been waived off IR with an injury settlement.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all. He picked up the hamstring in the Week 2 win over Baltimore, was Limited Wednesday and Thursday, upgraded to Full on Friday, and drew no game-status designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a flex/RB3 in 12-team full-PPR but lower your expectations. He is available and the hamstring cleared, yet the combination of a genuine committee, a bad New Orleans run game, and a coach publicly hedging on the backfield caps him. His full-PPR floor is propped up by receiving work (9 catches through two games), which is the only reason to start him. If you have a better flex, use it.

Cam Skattebo — NYG (RB1 — the lead back, first on the Ourlads (09/23/2026) order ahead of Devin Singletary, Najee Harris and Tyrone Tracy Jr.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation of any kind on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee. He does not appear on the report at all.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None currently. Historical context only: the dislocated right ankle with associated ligament damage from the prior season is fully behind him and has not appeared on a 2026 report.
• When it happened: N/A for 2026 — no injury this season. The ankle dislocation is a prior-season event and is not an active issue.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and a full-go starter for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium. No designation, no practice restriction.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and expected to lead the backfield through Weeks 3-6, beginning with Tennessee. The Sunday rain-and-wind forecast and the shift to Jameis Winston at quarterback both point toward a run-leaning game plan, which helps his carry volume even as it trims the offense’s overall scoring ceiling.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devin Singletary is RB2 and would take the lead role, with Najee Harris (RB3) handling early-down and short-yardage work and Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB4) rotating.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was RESOLVED then and remains off the report entirely, still the RB1.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as an RB2 with upside in 12-team full-PPR. He is fully healthy, and a bad-weather game script vs Tennessee should funnel carries his way. The Dart injury dents the offense’s efficiency, but a run-first plan partially offsets it for the lead back specifically — he is the Giants skill player least damaged by the quarterback change.

Breece Hall — NYJ (RB1 — the Jets’ lead back and offensive focal point, ahead of Braelon Allen, Isaiah Davis and Kene Nwangwu)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on the Jets’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Detroit Lions. He is entirely off the report for the second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None currently. The prior groin listing was a maintenance entry only and was fully resolved before the Week 2 game. He has not appeared on a Jets injury report in Week 2 or Week 3.
• When it happened: Not applicable for Week 3 — no current injury. The prior groin maintenance listing dates to early September 2026 and resolved before the Sept 20 game vs Green Bay.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no current injury. He has logged full participation in every practice the Jets have held across Weeks 2 and 3.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions, no maintenance days, no listing.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. No designation of any kind.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit and Weeks 4-6: fully healthy in the lead-back role. His usage profile should IMPROVE over this window rather than hold steady — with Mason Taylor out, Arian Smith lost for the season, Omar Cooper Jr. and Tim Patrick on IR, and Adonai Mitchell playing with a wrapped hand, Hall is one of the only reliable pass catchers left in the offense. Expect his receiving volume to climb, which is the best possible development for his PPR floor.
• Who benefits if he sits: Braelon Allen (RB2) is the direct handcuff and would lead the backfield. Isaiah Davis (RB3) would fill the rotation. Andrew Beck (FB) handles short-yardage blocking. Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is a practice-squad elevation option.
• Change since Week 2: No change to his health since Sept 18 — he was RESOLVED on the baseline and remains RESOLVED, with three full practices and no listing. His OPPORTUNITY has improved materially: Mason Taylor is OUT, Arian Smith is on season-ending IR, Omar Cooper Jr. was moved to IR on Sept 19, and Adonai Mitchell is questionable with a hand wrap, all of which point more targets his way.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in RB1 in 12-team full PPR — start him without hesitation, and consider him a modest BUY. The Jets’ pass-catching corps has been gutted (Arian Smith out for the season, Omar Cooper Jr. and Tim Patrick on IR, Mason Taylor out, Adonai Mitchell playing with a wrapped hand), which funnels check-down and screen volume directly into Hall’s receiving line. A road game at Detroit also projects a negative game script, which in full PPR is a feature not a bug for a receiving back. Braelon Allen is the handcuff to own.

Jadarian Price — SEA (RB1 — lead back)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Washington with a chest entry, but carries no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag; officially ‘good to go.’
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday’s overall week trend; specifically Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> upgraded by Friday Sept 25, cleared with no designation).
• Injury: Chest injury
• When it happened: Ahead of the Week 3 practice week (first appeared Sept 23, 2026); not on the Sept 18 baseline report
• Typical recovery for this injury: Chest/rib-area injuries that allow two straight weeks of at least limited practice without a game-status tag are typically minor and manageable with padding
• Expected back to full health: Effectively at full health entering Week 3, cleared to play with no restriction
• Next game: Good to go for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 as Seattle’s clear lead back
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — cleared to play; George Holani would be next in line at RB if a setback occurred
• Change since Week 2: New to the report. He was not listed at all on Seattle’s Sept 18 baseline injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Confident RB2/flex fantasy start with no game-status restriction despite the practice-report entry

Christian McCaffrey — SF (RB1 — lead back)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on San Francisco’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Arizona with a scheduled rest-day entry, but carries no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 (scheduled rest) -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None — a recurring scheduled veteran rest day, not an injury
• When it happened: N/A
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — workload management, not an injury
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 as San Francisco’s workhorse back
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — same recurring Wednesday rest-day pattern, no Friday designation either week.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in weekly RB1 start; the recurring Wednesday rest-day entry is a non-issue that repeats most weeks

Tony Pollard — TEN (RB1 — lead back and primary passing-down back)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday outcome: he carries an ankle injury on Tennessee’s official Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27, 2026 road game at the New York Giants, but the club filed no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag, meaning he is expected to play.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Did Not Participate Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Ankle
• When it happened: Managed injury that surfaced during Week 3 practice week (first appeared on the Wednesday Sept 23 report)
• Typical recovery for this injury: A limited-practice ankle issue that progresses from DNP to two straight Limited sessions and no game tag typically indicates a minor sprain with no missed-game risk, though a snap-count trim is possible
• Expected back to full health: Expected to be full-go within 1-2 weeks; no long-term concern reported
• Next game: Expected to play Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 at the New York Giants, no injury designation
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: expected to remain the clear early-down/passing-down back; worth monitoring the Wednesday injury report each week for any progression to a game-status tag
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyjae Spears would step into the every-down role if Pollard were ever held out, with Julius Chestnut as the next man up
• Change since Week 2: NEW to the injury report since Sept 18 — Pollard was fully healthy with no injury designation on the Sept 18 baseline; this ankle issue first appeared during Week 3 practice.

Fantasy takeaway: Fully startable RB2/flex in 12-team full-PPR for Week 3 at the Giants; no need to have a contingency plan given the lack of a game-status tag

Jacory Croskey-Merritt — WAS (RB1 — the lead back, first on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) order ahead of Rachaad White and Kaytron Allen.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. He does not appear on the report at all, for a second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None. The groin strain that listed him earlier in September is fully resolved and has not recurred.
• When it happened: N/A for Week 3. The groin strain was an early-September 2026 item and closed before the Sept 18 baseline.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy. The underlying groin strain resolved with a return to full practice and has not reappeared on any report since.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and a full-go starter for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home. No designation, no practice restriction.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and expected to lead the backfield through Weeks 3-6, beginning with Seattle. The quarterback change is a mixed bag for him: Washington’s overall scoring ceiling falls with Marcus Mariota under center, but Jayden Daniels’ absence removes the league’s most efficient quarterback-rushing vulture near the goal line, which is a genuine arrow up for Croskey-Merritt’s touchdown equity.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rachaad White (RB2) would take over the lead role, with Kaytron Allen (RB3) rotating; Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. (both DEV) are practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 in health — still RESOLVED and off the report. What changed is context: with Jayden Daniels OUT, the goal-line rushing work that Daniels absorbed is now available to him.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as an RB2 in 12-team full-PPR. He is fully healthy, and the Daniels injury paradoxically helps his goal-line usage even as it lowers the team total — Daniels was taking those carries himself. The matchup vs the 2-0 Seahawks is tough, so temper expectations for Week 3 specifically, but hold the role with confidence.

Jeremiyah Love — ARI (RB2 — change-of-pace/passing-down back behind Tyler Allgeier)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on Arizona’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 game vs. San Francisco.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: High ankle sprain, right ankle (fully healed)
• When it happened: Training camp/preseason 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle sprains typically cost 2-6 weeks depending on severity; his had already resolved by the Sept 18 report
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Sept 18, 2026 and remains so
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. San Francisco
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6, working as Arizona’s clear RB2 behind Allgeier with pass-catching upside
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains fully resolved and off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: No injury concern; a viable flex/handcuff play behind Allgeier in PPR formats given his passing-down role

Brian Robinson — ATL (RB2 – short-yardage and early-down complement to Bijan Robinson, plus kickoff-return snaps)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) FINAL official designation filed by Atlanta on its Week 3 report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 road game at Green Bay (final report filed Wednesday Sept 23 on the short week). He appears on that report listed with ‘Ankle’ but carries a BLANK Game Status column.
• Practice this week: Full (final report, Wednesday Sept 23). Full week (short week): Limited Mon Sept 21 -> Full Wed Sept 23. Both sessions were walkthroughs with estimated participation per the club’s note.
• Injury: Ankle sprain
• When it happened: Sustained in the Week 2 home game against Carolina on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He first appeared on the injury report on Monday Sept 21 as a limited participant.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low ankle sprain (lateral/inversion) typically costs an NFL running back 1-3 weeks for a Grade 1 and 3-6 weeks for a Grade 2. A HIGH ankle sprain is a different animal at 4-8 weeks. Robinson going from Limited Monday to Full Wednesday and playing four days after the injury points squarely at a mild Grade 1 low sprain.
• Expected back to full health: Already functionally healthy – he played Week 3 on Sept 24, 2026. Expect any residual soreness gone by Week 4-5, early October 2026.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete. He PLAYED at Green Bay on Thursday Sept 24, 2026, taking 2 carries for 15 yards and returning one kickoff for 24 yards in a game Bijan Robinson took over (29 carries, 194 yards, 2 TD). For Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 he should be fully available with no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 at Green Bay (done, 2 carries). Week 4 at New Orleans (Mon Oct 5), Week 5 vs Baltimore, Week 6 vs Chicago. The Week 3 usage is the story – Atlanta rode Bijan for 29 carries and Brian Robinson got two. Unless the ankle was quietly limiting him, this looks like a genuine workload collapse, and his weekly floor is now 3-8 touches with goal-line work the only real upside.
• Who benefits if he sits: Bijan Robinson (RB1) absorbs essentially everything, as he already did in Week 3. Behind him Atlanta would have to elevate Cash Jones (DEV) or Khalil Herbert (DEV) from the practice squad – Tyler Goodson is gone to Dallas and Trey Sermon is on Reserve/Injured for the season.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He did not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all. He hurt the ankle in the Week 2 game vs Carolina, appeared Limited on the Monday Sept 21 report, upgraded to Full by the Wednesday final report, carried no designation, and played Thursday.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him in 12-team full-PPR. The ankle is a non-issue but the two-carry Week 3 is alarming – he is a touchdown-dependent RB4/flex dart at best now, and in full PPR he barely catches passes. Hold only as the Bijan Robinson handcuff, which is genuinely valuable given Bijan’s league-leading workload. If you need the roster spot, he is droppable in shallow leagues.

Ty Johnson — BUF (RB2 on Ourlads, functionally the passing-down / third-down back behind James Cook; Ray Davis is the early-down backup)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he is entirely OFF Buffalo’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Los Angeles Chargers. Joe Brady said he is “good to go.” He will make his 2026 season debut after missing Weeks 1 and 2.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Three consecutive full participations and removal from the final report.
• Injury: Hamstring strain. Buffalo never specified left or right or published a grade. It is the same hamstring that cost him the entire first two weeks of the season and was first reported in the run-up to the Week 1 game vs Houston.
• When it happened: Early September 2026, during the week of preparation for the Week 1 game vs the Houston Texans. It cost him Week 1 (vs Houston) and Week 2 (Thursday Sept 17 vs Detroit).
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains: Grade I 1-2 weeks, Grade II 3-6 weeks, Grade III 8+ weeks or surgical. A roughly three-week absence with a clean return to three full practices places this at a Grade I-to-low-Grade-II strain that was managed conservatively. The relevant caution: hamstring re-injury rates are among the highest of any soft-tissue injury in the NFL, roughly one in three within the same season, and re-strains are typically worse than the original.
• Expected back to full health: Already there for practice purposes — he is off the report and a full participant. Expect a deliberately managed snap count in his first game back (Week 3, Sept 27) with a normalized workload by Week 4, and true full health from roughly Oct 4, 2026 onward.
• Next game: PLAYING. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers at Highmark Stadium. No designation, three full practices, and the head coach publicly clearing him. Season debut. Expect a limited, specialist snap share rather than a full committee role in game one back.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs LA Chargers: season debut on a managed snap count, likely 6-12 snaps concentrated on obvious passing downs. Weeks 4-6: ramping toward his established third-down role, roughly 20-30 percent of snaps, pass-protection and check-down work. He will not threaten James Cook’s early-down or goal-line volume. The realistic ceiling over this window is a pass-catching change-of-pace role; the realistic risk is a hamstring re-strain in the first two games back.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ray Davis (RB3 on Ourlads but the primary early-down handcuff) would take the change-of-pace work, with Frank Gore Jr. (practice squad, elevated for the Week 2 Detroit game) available as a gameday elevation. James Cook’s workload would concentrate further, which is the fantasy-relevant version of this answer.
• Change since Week 2: MATERIAL UPGRADE. On the Sept 18 baseline he was QUESTIONABLE with a hamstring after a week of limited practices, and he did not play. He has now gone Full/Full/Full, been removed from the injury report entirely, been cleared publicly by Joe Brady, and will make his season debut. Straight upgrade from questionable-and-inactive to no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a fantasy add in 12-team full PPR. His return is a mild, non-fatal negative for James Cook — it shaves a handful of passing-down snaps off Cook’s ceiling but does not touch his early-down or goal-line role, and Cook remains an elite weekly RB1. Ty Johnson himself is waiver-wire filler only in deep leagues or as a Cook handcuff speculation; Ray Davis is the better handcuff if you want Buffalo backfield insurance, since he’d inherit the early-down work if Cook missed time.

Samaje Perine — CIN (RB2 — second-team running back behind Chase Brown on the Ourlads depth chart, ahead of Tahj Brooks; primarily the passing-down and pass-protection back)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. Perine appears NOWHERE on Cincinnati’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 game at Pittsburgh. No practice designation, no game-status tag.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: full and unlisted Wed Sept 23 -> full and unlisted Thu Sept 24 -> full and unlisted Fri Sept 25. He was never added to the Week 3 report at any point.
• Injury: Illness — now fully resolved
• When it happened: Added to Cincinnati’s injury report on Thursday Sept 17, 2026 with an illness ahead of the Week 2 game at Houston on Sept 20. He did not practice Thursday or Friday of that week but drew no game-status tag.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Non-specific viral illness in an NFL player: 2-7 days to full clearance, with the main practical constraints being hydration, weight loss and conditioning rather than musculoskeletal healing. Perine’s cleared inside the expected window.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). No lingering conditioning restriction reported.
• Next game: FULL GO, no designation, for Week 3 at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET.
• Next four weeks: Healthy Weeks 3-6. His role is stable and narrow: the passing-down complement to Chase Brown, with goal-line work occasionally mixed in. Nothing in the Weeks 3-6 schedule changes that usage profile.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tahj Brooks (RB3) is the direct next man up and would inherit the passing-down snaps, with practice-squad backs Kentrel Bullock and Kendall Milton behind him.
• Change since Week 2: UPGRADED. On Sept 18 he was on the practice report with an illness (not listed Wed -> DNP Thu -> DNP Fri) with NO game-status tag filed. He is now off the injury report entirely — the illness is fully resolved and he is unlisted.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a startable option in 12-team full PPR as long as Chase Brown is healthy. Perine holds standalone value only as a contingency — he is Chase Brown’s handcuff and would be a borderline RB2 in full PPR if Brown missed time, given his receiving role. Roster him only if you own Chase Brown or need a bench stash in a deeper league.

Emari Demercado — DAL (RB2 — the direct Javonte Williams handcuff and the passing-down/change-of-pace back. Ourlads (09/21/2026) lists him second behind Williams.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear anywhere on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. Dallas filed only four players, all defenders (Cobie Durant, Malik Hooker, P.J. Locke, DeMarvion Overshown), plus LB James Houston at full participation.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, not on it Thu Sept 24, not on it Fri Sept 25 — no participation level is filed for a player who never appears on the report, which by rule means he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury to date in 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to play Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro, in his established RB2 role behind Javonte Williams.
• Next four weeks: Expected available and healthy through Weeks 3-6, beginning with Baltimore on Sept 27. His standalone value stays matchup-thin as long as Williams is upright; his ceiling is entirely contingent on a Williams absence.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Goodson, the RB3, would slide into the change-of-pace and passing-down work, with Hunter Luepke (FB) absorbing short-yardage and Israel Abanikanda a practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 in health or designation, but the depth picture is now fully confirmed rather than inferred: Davis is on season-ending IR, Goodson is on the active roster behind him, and Demercado is the outright handcuff.

Fantasy takeaway: The must-hold Javonte Williams handcuff in a 12-team full-PPR league. With Malik Davis on season-ending IR there is no competing claim on the job — if Williams misses time, Demercado inherits a genuine bell-cow role in a good offense. Stash him if you roster Williams; otherwise he is a bench-depth flier, not a weekly starter.

RJ Harvey — DEN (RB2 — the change-of-pace and passing-down complement to J.K. Dobbins, listed second on Ourlads.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appears on Denver’s Week 3 practice report with a hamstring listing but the club explicitly assigned him NO final game status on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs. the Los Angeles Rams. Denver’s own release headline states Harvey and Dobbins were ‘not assigned game statuses.’
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Two consecutive full practices closing the week.
• Injury: Hamstring strain, left untagged by the club as to grade.
• When it happened: Sustained in the Week 1 season-opening loss at Kansas City on Monday Sept 14, 2026. It carried through Week 2 and cost him the Sept 20 game vs. Jacksonville.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: roughly 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3 (full-thickness tear): 8-12 weeks and often IR. Missing exactly one game and returning to back-to-back full practices in the following week is the classic Grade 1 arc. Re-aggravation risk stays elevated for about two to three weeks after return, which is the real thing to watch.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively full health as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 — a full practice with no game-status tag is the club saying he is a normal football player again. Residual re-injury risk through roughly Oct 10, 2026 (Week 5).
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. No designation filed means Denver expects a normal workload in the Sunday Sept 27 Sunday Night Football game vs. the Los Angeles Rams. Expect his usual RB2 committee share, possibly a touch more given Jonah Coleman is ruled out.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 vs. Rams: active, full RB2 role, and with Coleman out he is the only other healthy back of consequence behind Dobbins. Week 4 vs. Seattle through Week 6: expected active and full. The workload picture actually improves relative to the baseline — Coleman’s ankle removes the committee’s third mouth. Monitor for a soft-tissue re-tweak, the usual tail risk on a hamstring returning off one missed game.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jonah Coleman would be the next man up, except he is himself ruled OUT for Week 3 with an ankle — so the actual next man is Tyler Badie (RB4, ACT), with Cody Schrader (DEV) available for a practice-squad elevation. J.K. Dobbins (RB1) would absorb the bulk of the touches.
• Change since Week 2: UPGRADED, and materially. Baseline Sept 18: QUESTIONABLE, limited Friday, and he ultimately did not play in Week 2. Now: full practice Thursday and Friday, no game-status designation at all, and his competition for snaps (Jonah Coleman) is ruled out.

Fantasy takeaway: START-ABLE FLEX in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. This is the buy signal: full practice, no designation, and his nearest competitor for touches (Coleman) is ruled out. In full PPR his passing-down role has real floor. If a Coleman-chasing manager in your league is now stuck, Harvey is also a fine cheap trade target.

DJ Giddens — IND (RB2 — early-down/change-of-pace back behind Jonathan Taylor)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) final Friday outcome: fully cleared, no injury and no game-status tag on Indianapolis’ official Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27, 2026 home game vs. Houston.
• Practice this week: Full participation (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Knee (now resolved)
• When it happened: Injured in Week 1 practice; was Questionable and inactive for Week 2 at Kansas City
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — cleared
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now
• Next game: Expected to play Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 vs. Houston with no injury designation
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: available as the clear RB2 behind Jonathan Taylor, with change-of-pace and passing-down work; monitor for any workload increase if Taylor is ever given a rest day
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is now the healthy backup; Seth McGowan is next in line behind him
• Change since Week 2: CLEARED since Sept 18 — was Questionable (knee) on the Sept 18 baseline and missed Week 2 entirely; now fully cleared with no designation for Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Handcuff-only value behind Jonathan Taylor in 12-team full-PPR; not a standalone start, but a must-roster Taylor insurance piece now that he’s fully cleared

Keaton Mitchell — LAC (RB2 — second on Ourlads behind Omarion Hampton, ahead of Kimani Vidal; the change-of-pace and explosive-play back.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) no injury designation of any kind. He does not appear on the Chargers’ Week 3 injury report for Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, and received no final game-status designation on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Buffalo Bills.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 23, not on the report Thu Sept 24, not on the report Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: None currently. The hamstring issue that had him on the Week 1 practice report has fully cleared and has not recurred.
• When it happened: The hamstring issue dates to early September 2026 and had already resolved by the Week 2 report. There has been no new event since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A Grade 1 hamstring strain is roughly 1-3 weeks; he is well beyond that window and has now been unlisted for two consecutive weeks, which closes the question.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026, and has been since the Week 2 report.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted, in his RB2 change-of-pace role. He is active with no limitation for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: healthy and active throughout barring new injury. He is the direct handcuff to Omarion Hampton and carries real standalone big-play equity in full PPR given his speed on outlet routes, but his weekly volume is thin while Hampton is healthy.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kimani Vidal (RB3) would move into the change-of-pace role behind Omarion Hampton. Amar Johnson and Gregory Desrosiers (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already RESOLVED and unlisted on the Sept 18 baseline and remains fully cleared and off the report.

Fantasy takeaway: Roster him in a 12-team full-PPR redraft if you also roster Omarion Hampton — he is the handcuff with the most standalone upside in this backfield and an explosive-play profile that plays up in full PPR. Not a Week 3 start on his own. If you do not have Hampton, he is a bench-stash dart rather than a must-add.

DeeJay Dallas — MIN (RB2 — the backup and primary handcuff to Aaron Jones with Jordan Mason on IR)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday game-status position on Minnesota’s Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at Tampa Bay. Dallas was limited midweek but cleared by Friday and carries no designation.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Toe — Minnesota listed it as ‘toe’ without specifying which foot, which digit, or a grade.
• When it happened: Surfaced on Minnesota’s first Week 3 practice report on Wednesday Sept 23, 2026. He was not listed on the Sept 18 final Week 2 report, so the issue arose either in the Week 2 game at Chicago on Sept 20 or in early Week 3 practice.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Toe injuries span a wide range. A simple contusion or sprain of a lesser toe costs 0-2 weeks. A true turf toe (first metatarsophalangeal joint sprain) is the concerning version: grade I costs 1-2 weeks, grade II 2-4 weeks, and grade III can cost 6-10 weeks and is notorious for lingering across a season because push-off is directly compromised. A player who practices limited twice and then clears to full is presenting as the mild end of that range.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively healthy now, as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. Some maintenance limitation in practice may persist, but it should not affect game availability.
• Next game: Will play in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026, in a backup role behind Aaron Jones.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sun Sept 27 at Tampa Bay) through Week 6: expected available. His value is entirely contingent — Jordan Mason cannot return before Week 6, so if Aaron Jones’ knee flares up again at any point in Weeks 3-6, Dallas is the immediate lead back, not a committee member.
• Who benefits if he sits: Demond Claiborne (RB3), a sixth-round rookie, would move up, with Max Bredeson (FB) handling short-yardage. Jaret Patterson and Jerome Ford (both DEV) are the practice-squad elevation candidates — Patterson was signed in the week of Sept 22, 2026 specifically because of this thin room.
• Change since Week 2: New to this report. Dallas carried no entry on the Sept 18 baseline; the toe appeared on Minnesota’s Wednesday Sept 23 Week 3 report.

Fantasy takeaway: A priority handcuff stash in 12-team full-PPR if you roster Aaron Jones, and a defensible speculative add even if you do not. Jones is over 30, just took 23 carries, missed a Wednesday practice with a knee, and has no established complement until Week 6 at the earliest. Dallas has standalone flex value the moment Jones sits. He is not startable this week with Jones active.

Rhamondre Stevenson — NE (RB2 on the Sept 24 Ourlads update — he has been passed by TreVeyon Henderson. This is a DOWNGRADE from his RB1 role on the Sept 18 baseline.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on New England’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is entirely off the report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None. He carries no active injury and has not been listed on a New England injury report in Week 2 or Week 3.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury. He is carried in this report because he was tracked on the Sept 18 baseline and because his depth-chart role has changed materially.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted, but in a REDUCED role. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Jacksonville Jaguars, EverBank Stadium. No designation. The Ourlads depth chart updated Sept 24 has him second behind TreVeyon Henderson.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Jacksonville and Weeks 4-6: fully healthy throughout, but his workload is the open question rather than his availability. If the Henderson-first depth chart reflects a genuine change in New England’s usage rather than a one-week blip, Stevenson’s touches trend downward across this window. He retains short-yardage and goal-line value, which is the floor. Watch the Week 3 snap-count distribution at Jacksonville — it is the cleanest read on whether this is real.
• Who benefits if he sits: TreVeyon Henderson (now RB1) would take the full workload. Corey Kiner (RB3) would move into the rotation. Reggie Gilliam (FB) handles lead-blocking and short-yardage.
• Change since Week 2: DEPTH-CHART DOWNGRADE, health unchanged. On the Sept 18 baseline he was RESOLVED with no designation AND was listed as the RB1 ahead of TreVeyon Henderson. His health is identical — still fully off the report, still three full practices — but the Ourlads depth chart updated Sept 24, 2026 now places Henderson ahead of him. This is the meaningful change and it is a role change, not a health change.

Fantasy takeaway: SELL or bench-with-caution in 12-team full PPR. He is perfectly healthy — this is not an injury call — but the depth chart moved against him as of Sept 24 and TreVeyon Henderson is now listed ahead of him. He is a flex play at best this week and his trade value is likely higher than his rest-of-season outlook justifies. If you can move him for a stable WR2, do it. Keep him rostered only if you need the goal-line insurance.

Alvin Kamara — NO (RB2 – passing-down and change-of-pace back behind Travis Etienne Jr., still a major part of the committee)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on New Orleans’ Week 3 injury reports – not Wednesday Sept 23, not Thursday Sept 24, and not on the FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game vs Las Vegas. He is completely off the paperwork for the second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. No limitation on any of the three days.
• Injury: MCL sprain, carried on prior official reports simply as ‘Knee’ (now healed)
• When it happened: Sustained earlier in the 2026 season and carried through the early weeks. He had already practiced fully all three days of the Week 2 cycle and carried a blank game status on the Sept 18 final report, so the knee was functionally resolved a week ago and is now formally off the report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 MCL sprains cost an NFL running back 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-5 weeks, Grade 3 runs 6-8-plus weeks or requires surgery. Kamara practicing fully and playing without a designation for two straight weeks confirms a Grade 1 that has fully consolidated. MCLs, unlike ACLs, heal reliably without surgery and do not carry a significant lingering re-injury tail once a player is back to full practice.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – confirmed clean for a second consecutive week as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. No residual restriction. THIS THREAD IS CLOSED.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, fully healthy and unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. He carries no designation.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5, MNF), Week 5 vs Minnesota, Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). The health question is settled; the usage question is not. If Travis Etienne Jr.’s hamstring limits his snap count this week, Kamara is the direct beneficiary and could lead the backfield in touches. Kellen Moore’s ‘committee opportunity’ framing cuts both ways – it caps Etienne and it raises Kamara’s floor.
• Who benefits if he sits: Travis Etienne Jr. (RB1) is already ahead of him and would absorb his work. CJ Donaldson (RB3) and Kendre Miller (RB4) would move up. Zamir White (DEV) is the practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 – an upgrade in paperwork terms. He was ON the Week 2 final report with a blank game status after full practices; he is now completely OFF the Week 3 report. His status was asked about specifically last week and the answer is definitive: fully cleared, no designation, no practice limitation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a flex in 12-team full-PPR and hold him confidently. The knee is fully resolved – that was the open question from last week and the answer is clean. In full PPR his pass-catching role is the most reliable source of points in this backfield, and he is the immediate beneficiary if Etienne’s hamstring flares. He is arguably the better start of the two this week.

Tank Bigsby — PHI (RB2 — the primary Saquon Barkley handcuff and early-down complement, second on the Ourlads (09/24/2026) order.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) a practice-report-only status with no final tag. Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago, so its final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 27 and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. He appeared on the Wednesday and Thursday practice reports with an abdomen injury but returned to FULL participation Friday, which typically clears a player off the final report entirely.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He was present at Thursday’s session without participating, then returned to full work Friday.
• Injury: Abdomen.
• When it happened: Surfaced during the Week 3 practice week, first appearing as a Wednesday Sept 23 non-participation. Not tied to a specific Week 2 game snap.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An abdominal strain or oblique-class injury runs 1-3 weeks for a mild case and 4-6 weeks if it involves a core-muscle or sports-hernia-type tear. Returning to full practice within three days points firmly at the mild end — a genuine core injury does not go DNP to Full inside a week.
• Expected back to full health: Already functionally healthy as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3), given the full session.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears, in his RB2 role — with real upside for an expanded workload if Barkley’s stinger limits his snaps.
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 3-6, beginning at Chicago. His value over this stretch is a direct function of Barkley’s stinger: a Barkley absence or snap-count reduction turns Bigsby into a genuine RB2/flex.
• Who benefits if he sits: Will Shipley (RB3) would take the complementary role behind Barkley, with Jaydon Blue, Dameon Pierce and Carson Steele (all DEV) as practice-squad elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. He is not in the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy and unlisted. The abdomen issue surfaced Wednesday Sept 23, cost him two practices, and cleared with a full Friday session.

Fantasy takeaway: The single most valuable handcuff add in this division right now for 12-team full-PPR. He is healthy again after a full Friday, and the back ahead of him has a stinger and three straight Limited practices. Add him this week if he is on waivers, and consider flexing him if Barkley is tagged Questionable on Saturday’s report.

Kaelon Black — SF (RB2 — backup/passing-down back behind Christian McCaffrey)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on San Francisco’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Arizona.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: Groin (adductor strain)
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026, ahead of the Week 2 game vs. Miami
• Typical recovery for this injury: Mild adductor strains (Questionable-and-played cases) typically resolve within 1-2 weeks
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health; he was cleared and played in Week 2
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 as San Francisco’s clear RB2 behind McCaffrey
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: Changed since Sept 18: last week he was Questionable (groin) after a Limited Friday; this week he is fully off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Viable McCaffrey-handcuff/flex play with no lingering injury concern

Rachaad White — WAS (RB2 — second on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) order behind Jacory Croskey-Merritt and the primary passing-down back.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation of any kind on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. He does not appear on the report at all.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury to date in 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and available for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home, as the RB2 and passing-down back.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6, starting with Seattle. A likely negative game script against the 2-0 defending champions is mildly favorable for a receiving back’s target volume.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaytron Allen (RB3) would move up; Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. (both DEV) are practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still healthy and entirely off the report.

Fantasy takeaway: A flex-only option in 12-team full-PPR, worth a look in a game Washington is likely to trail. He is healthy and the Croskey-Merritt handcuff, but Marcus Mariota under center caps the offense. PPR receptions are his path, not carries.

Tyler Goodson — DAL (RB3 — third on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) running back order behind Javonte Williams and Emari Demercado.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. The only Dallas players filed are four defenders and LB James Houston.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury to date in 2026 with Dallas.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to be available Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro, though as RB3 he is a game-script-dependent and special-teams contributor rather than a rotation lock.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6. His path to touches runs only through an injury to Williams or Demercado; absent that he is a low-snap reserve.
• Who benefits if he sits: Israel Abanikanda (practice squad, re-signed Sept 17, 2026) would be the elevation candidate, with Hunter Luepke (FB) taking short-yardage work.
• Change since Week 2: CONFIRMED and refined vs Sept 18: the baseline already had him signed to the active roster, and that is verified — Dallas signed him off the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad on Sept 15, 2026, waiving Israel Abanikanda to make room. He remains ACT and healthy.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. He is the third body in a backfield where the handcuff equity belongs to Demercado. Only a Williams-and-Demercado double absence would make him a streamer.

LeQuint Allen Jr. — JAX (RB3 — pass-catching/change-of-pace back behind Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday outcome: he appeared on Jacksonville’s official Sept 25, 2026 report as a practice participant but the club filed no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag for the Sept 27, 2026 home game vs. the New England Patriots.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Limited Thu Sept 24 -> Limited Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hip
• When it happened: Ongoing soft-tissue issue carried since Week 2
• Typical recovery for this injury: A hip injury managed with a full week of limited (but not zero) practice and no game tag typically does not threaten availability, though it can cap explosiveness/snap share
• Expected back to full health: Likely to remain a week-to-week ‘limited practice, plays Sunday’ situation for the near term
• Next game: Expected to play Sunday, Sept 27, 2026 vs. the New England Patriots, no injury designation
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: expected to continue in his current RB3/passing-down complementary role behind Tuten, contingent on the hip not worsening
• Who benefits if he sits: Ameer Abdullah would absorb his passing-down/change-of-pace snaps if he were ever held out
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — same hip issue, same lack of game-status tag, carried over from the prior week.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-league/handcuff dart-throw only in 12-team full-PPR; not a lineup consideration behind Tuten

Ollie Gordon II — MIA (RB3 on the Ourlads depth chart, but functionally the RB2 for Week 3 with Jaylen Wright DOUBTFUL — the direct De’Von Achane handcuff)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs Kansas City. He is entirely off the report and HEALTHY.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None. He carries no active injury and has not been listed on any Miami injury report in Week 2 or Week 3.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted, with an EXPANDED role. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. No designation. With Jaylen Wright doubtful and almost certainly inactive, Gordon steps into the No. 2 running back job.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City: effective RB2 with real snaps behind De’Von Achane. Week 4 and beyond: his role contracts back toward RB3 whenever Jaylen Wright is cleared, which could be as soon as Week 4 or as late as Week 6 depending on the foot diagnosis. His value over this window is entirely contingent — he is the Achane handcuff, and that is the role to own him for.
• Who benefits if he sits: DJ Herman (FB) would handle short-yardage work. Jarquez Hunter (DEV) and Carlos Washington (DEV) would be the practice-squad elevation candidates. De’Von Achane would absorb an unsustainable workload.
• Change since Week 2: No change to his health since Sept 18 — he was RESOLVED on the baseline and remains healthy and unlisted. His ROLE has changed materially: Jaylen Wright’s DOUBTFUL designation promotes him from RB3 to effective RB2 for Week 3, which is the reason he is worth tracking.

Fantasy takeaway: Priority waiver add in 12-team full PPR this week. He is the outright De’Von Achane handcuff with Jaylen Wright doubtful, and Achane is a top-tier RB1 whose owner cannot afford to be uninsured. As a standalone Week 3 start he is a deep-league flex only — Achane dominates the touches — but the contingent value is high enough that he should not be on waivers in any competitive 12-team league. If you own Achane, this is your must-add of the week.

Najee Harris — NYG (RB3 — third on the Ourlads (09/23/2026) order behind Cam Skattebo and Devin Singletary, and now ahead of Tyrone Tracy Jr. He is the short-yardage and early-down complement.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee. He is not on the official report in any capacity.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None currently. Historical context only: he is well past the prior-season Achilles issue he rehabbed, and it has not appeared on a 2026 report.
• When it happened: N/A for 2026 — no injury this season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and available for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium, in a short-yardage and rotational role behind Skattebo and Singletary.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6. A wet, windy, run-leaning Week 3 script vs Tennessee is mildly favorable for a big-bodied short-yardage back, but he sits third in line for the work.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB4) would move up, with Phil Mafah (DEV) the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 on the depth chart: Ourlads (09/23/2026) now has him THIRD, ahead of Tyrone Tracy Jr., whereas the baseline had him fourth. His health status is unchanged — still no designation, still off the report.

Fantasy takeaway: A deep-bench stash at best in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. He has moved up to RB3 ahead of Tracy, which is a small arrow up, but he is still two injuries away from real volume. Not a startable option.

Isaiah Davis — NYJ (RB3 — third on the Ourlads depth chart behind Breece Hall and Braelon Allen; rotational and special-teams work)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on the Jets’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Detroit Lions. He is entirely off the report for the second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None currently. The prior knee listing was a maintenance entry only and was fully resolved before the Week 2 game. He has not appeared on a Jets injury report in Week 2 or Week 3.
• When it happened: Not applicable for Week 3 — no current injury. The prior knee maintenance listing dates to early September 2026 and resolved before the Sept 20 game vs Green Bay.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no current injury. He has logged full participation in every practice the Jets have held across Weeks 2 and 3.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restrictions, no maintenance days, no listing.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 at the Detroit Lions, Ford Field. No designation of any kind. With Kene Nwangwu doubtful, Davis may absorb some of the special-teams work as well.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) at Detroit and Weeks 4-6: healthy and available throughout in the RB3 role. His snap share gets a marginal bump while Kene Nwangwu is sidelined, mostly on special teams rather than on offense. He remains behind both Breece Hall and Braelon Allen and does not have a path to standalone fantasy value absent injuries ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Braelon Allen (RB2) and Breece Hall (RB1) are both ahead of him and would simply absorb his limited snaps. Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is a practice-squad elevation candidate. Andrew Beck (FB) covers short-yardage blocking.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was RESOLVED on the baseline and remains RESOLVED — three full practices, no listing, no designation. The only marginal change is that Kene Nwangwu’s DOUBTFUL status may push a few special-teams snaps his way.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR. He is the RB3 behind a healthy Breece Hall and a healthy Braelon Allen, and Allen is the handcuff that matters. Leave Davis on waivers; he is relevant only in the specific scenario where both Hall and Allen are unavailable.

Will Shipley — PHI (RB3 — the passing-down and change-of-pace back, third on the Ourlads (09/24/2026) order behind Saquon Barkley and Tank Bigsby.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) a practice-report-only status with no final tag. Philadelphia plays Monday night Sept 28 at Chicago, so its final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 27 and NO FINAL TAG EXISTS YET as of Friday Sept 25. He was on the Wednesday and Thursday practice reports with a foot injury but returned to FULL participation Friday.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He was not observed at Thursday’s open media period, which beat writers noted does not by itself confirm total absence; the official report had him DNP.
• Injury: Foot.
• When it happened: Surfaced during the Week 3 practice week, first appearing as a Wednesday Sept 23 non-participation. Not tied to a specific Week 2 game snap.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A generic foot injury spans a wide range — a contusion or mild sprain is 1-2 weeks, a midfoot Lisfranc or a Jones fracture is 8-12 weeks or season-ending. Returning to FULL practice within three days rules out the severe categories entirely and points to a contusion or minor sprain.
• Expected back to full health: Already functionally healthy as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3), given the full session.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY in Week 3, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at the Chicago Bears, in his RB3 passing-down role.
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 3-6, beginning at Chicago. He is third in line, so his volume is contingent on injuries ahead of him — but with Barkley managing a stinger, a passing-down specialist has a plausible path to receiving work in a bad-script game.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jaydon Blue, Dameon Pierce and Carson Steele (all DEV) are the practice-squad options; Tank Bigsby would absorb the additional snaps.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. He is not in the Sept 18 baseline — he was healthy and unlisted. The foot issue surfaced Wednesday Sept 23, cost him two practices, and cleared with a full Friday session.

Fantasy takeaway: A deep-league and handcuff-adjacent hold only in 12-team full-PPR — Bigsby is the add, not Shipley. His full Friday clears the injury concern, but he needs two backs down to matter. Worth a bench spot only if you roster Barkley and have room after Bigsby.

Emanuel Wilson — SEA (RB3 — depth back)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Washington.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: None — an undisclosed minor Week 1 issue has fully resolved
• When it happened: Early September 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — already resolved
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 in a depth role
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains fully resolved and off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-league depth option only; no injury concern

Sean Tucker — TB (RB3 – listed alongside Kenny Gainwell as the complement behind Bucky Irving on the club’s Week 3 depth chart)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on Tampa Bay’s Week 3 injury reports – not Wednesday Sept 23, not Thursday Sept 24, and not on the FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game vs Minnesota. This is the second consecutive week he has been fully off the report.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> not listed Thu Sept 24 -> not listed Fri Sept 25. No limitation on any of the three days.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (resolved before Week 2 and still resolved)
• When it happened: Originated in early-to-mid September 2026. He was on Tampa Bay’s practice report during the Week 2 cycle but practiced fully every day and came off the final Sept 18 report without a designation.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost an NFL running back 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-plus weeks. Tucker’s cleared inside the Grade 1 band without ever missing a practice. He is now at or past the four-week elevated re-injury window that follows a hamstring return.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – confirmed clean for a second straight week as of Friday Sept 25, 2026. No residual restriction.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, healthy and unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 (4:05 p.m. ET). He carries no designation. His snap count, not his health, is the limiting factor.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: available all four – Week 3 vs Minnesota (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Green Bay (Oct 4), Week 5 vs Dallas, Week 6 vs Pittsburgh (Oct 18), all at home. The usage picture is the problem: Bucky Irving played 51 snaps to Kenny Gainwell’s 23 in Week 2 with 21 touches to Gainwell’s 5, which leaves Tucker with scraps behind both of them.
• Who benefits if he sits: Josh Williams (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation candidate. Bucky Irving (RB1) and Kenny Gainwell (RB2) are both ahead of Tucker, so no fantasy-relevant player gains from his absence.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He was already marked RESOLVED on the baseline and remains completely off the injury report for a second consecutive week.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league as the third back behind an every-down RB1. He is a handcuff-of-a-handcuff. The only reason to hold him is if you own Bucky Irving AND Kenny Gainwell is already rostered elsewhere – and even then, Gainwell is the one who would take over.

Kaytron Allen — WAS (RB3 — third on the Ourlads (09/21/2026) order behind Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Rachaad White.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. The club’s final filing has five players OUT and only LB Leo Chenal Questionable; Allen is on neither list after his practice participation improved through the week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. A clean upward trend that cleared him off the final report.
• Injury: Hip — a minor issue, evidently precautionary given he reached full participation by Thursday and held it Friday.
• When it happened: Surfaced during the Week 3 practice week, first appearing as a Limited listing on Wednesday Sept 23, 2026. Not tied to a specific Week 2 game snap.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor hip flexor or hip pointer contusion runs 1-2 weeks; a hip labral or structural issue would be 4-12 weeks or surgical. Reaching full participation within 48 hours rules out the structural tier entirely and marks this as a 1-2 day management item.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3), given two consecutive full practices.
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to be available for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home, in a rotational RB3 role behind Croskey-Merritt and White.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6, beginning with Seattle. He is third in line for carries and needs an injury ahead of him to matter.
• Who benefits if he sits: Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. (both DEV) are the practice-squad backs; Jeremy McNichols remains on the reserve list.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 — different injury, same outcome. The baseline listed him with a dual ankle/knee item and a blank Game Status. The Week 3 listing is a HIP, a new issue, which he practiced through Limited-Full-Full before clearing the final report entirely.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. RB3 on a team whose offense just lost its quarterback is the wrong side of two problems. The hip cleared, but that does not create a role.

Israel Abanikanda — DAL (Practice-squad RB4 — behind Javonte Williams, Emari Demercado and Tyler Goodson; an emergency elevation body only.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 27 game vs Baltimore. nfl.com carries him with the code DEV (practice squad) on the Cowboys’ official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he practiced without restriction all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy. He is on this report as a roster correction rather than an injury case.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. His roster movement is transactional, not medical.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: Practice squad for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro. He would need a standard practice-squad elevation to be active, and none has been reported.
• Next four weeks: Expected to remain on the practice squad through Weeks 3-6 barring an injury to one of the three backs ahead of him. He carries two more standard elevations for the season if Dallas wants him on a gameday roster.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — as the last back in the room there is nobody below him; Hunter Luepke (FB) would absorb any residual carries.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report. He is not in the Sept 18 baseline at all. Dallas signed him to the 53-man roster Sept 12 when Malik Davis went to IR, waived him Sept 15 to sign Tyler Goodson, and re-signed him to the practice squad Sept 17, 2026. He now shows DEV on the official roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league and not a handcuff worth speculating on. Note his name only because a Williams injury plus a Demercado injury would make him a same-week waiver name.

Kendre Miller — NO (RB4 – fourth back behind Travis Etienne Jr., Alvin Kamara and CJ Donaldson)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) he appears on New Orleans’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game vs the Las Vegas Raiders listed with ‘Illness’ but carries a BLANK Game Status column after returning to a full practice on Friday.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He was added to the report on Thursday with an illness and cleared it within a day. (One aggregator reported him as a full participant on Wednesday; the club’s own Wednesday report does not list him, so ‘not listed Wednesday’ is the accurate reading.)
• Injury: Illness (non-orthopedic) – New Orleans has not specified the nature of it
• When it happened: Reported Thursday Sept 24, 2026, when he was added to the injury report as a non-participant. He had been inactive for the Week 2 game at Baltimore on Sept 20 for roster-management reasons rather than injury – head coach Kellen Moore said that decision ‘came down to roster numbers’.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A common in-season illness (viral or GI) typically costs an NFL player one to three days of practice and rarely a game. A single DNP followed by a full practice is the textbook 24-to-48-hour illness pattern with no lingering effect beyond possible conditioning rust.
• Expected back to full health: Already recovered – he practiced fully on Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). No lingering effect expected.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026. The illness is behind him and he carries no designation. Whether he is ACTIVE is a separate question – he was a healthy scratch in Week 2 purely for roster numbers, and that could repeat.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Las Vegas (Sept 27), Week 4 vs Atlanta (Mon Oct 5, MNF), Week 5 vs Minnesota, Week 6 at the New York Giants (Oct 18). His path to snaps runs entirely through Travis Etienne Jr.’s hamstring and Alvin Kamara’s workload. The Audric Estime departure thins the room slightly in his favor, but he still sits fourth.
• Who benefits if he sits: CJ Donaldson (RB3) is directly ahead of him and would take any work he would have gotten. Zamir White (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation candidate. Nobody’s fantasy value moves if Miller is unavailable.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18. He was marked RESOLVED on the baseline from a minor early-September practice injury. He is back on the report with a NEW issue – an illness that caused a Thursday DNP – but cleared it by Friday with no designation. Also relevant: he was a healthy inactive in Week 2 for roster reasons, which speaks to his standing more than his health does.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league as the RB4 who was a healthy scratch a week ago. He is a deep-league watch-list name only. The one thing that would change that: if Travis Etienne Jr.’s hamstring lands him on IR, Miller becomes a speculative add behind Kamara and Donaldson – but that is two dominoes away.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. — NYG (RB4 — fourth on the Ourlads (09/23/2026) order behind Cam Skattebo, Devin Singletary and Najee Harris. This is a slot lower than the Sept 18 baseline had him.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no designation on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee. He never appeared on the Week 3 official report at any point.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — full participation all three days.
• Injury: None. The influenza-type illness that briefly listed him earlier in September is fully resolved and has not recurred.
• When it happened: N/A for Week 3. The illness listing was an early-September item and is closed.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy. A standard influenza-type illness listing costs an NFL player 2-5 days and is closed as soon as he returns to practice, which he did.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and available for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium, but as RB4 he is a special-teams and emergency-rotation player rather than a meaningful touch-getter.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 3-6. His path to volume is blocked by three backs; only a multi-injury scenario would surface him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Phil Mafah (DEV) is the practice-squad back and would be the elevation candidate; Patrick Ricard (FB) and Grant Finley (DEV, FB) handle fullback duties.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18 — but on the depth chart, not the injury report. He remains resolved and healthy, but Ourlads (09/23/2026) now has him FOURTH, behind Najee Harris, whereas the Sept 18 baseline listed him third ahead of Harris. That is a depth-chart correction against the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. He has slid to RB4 in a crowded room behind an established lead back. Drop him if you were holding on an illness-recovery bounce-back thesis.

Pierre Strong — GB (Practice-squad running back depth, behind the three-man active committee)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (c) he is a practice-squad player, verified as status code DEV on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 25, 2026. Practice-squad participation is not published on the official injury report, so no designation exists for him either way.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, as best as can be established — practice-squad participation is not published, and he carries no reported injury.
• Injury: None verified. The Sept 9 baseline carried an unofficial beat-reporting note that was never corroborated by the club and never appeared on an official report; it should be treated as unsubstantiated.
• When it happened: N/A — no verified injury. No date applies.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no verified injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Presumed healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. Nothing on the official record suggests otherwise.
• Next game: Did not play in Week 3 — Green Bay’s Week 3 was the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game vs the Atlanta Falcons. He was not elevated for it; the Packers used Chris Brooks, Kaleb Johnson and MarShawn Lloyd.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: expect him to remain on the practice squad, available for standard gameday elevations but behind three active backs. He becomes relevant only if two of Brooks, Johnson or Lloyd go down in the same stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Damon Bankston (DEV) is the other practice-squad back. N/A in any practical fantasy sense — Strong is himself the depth.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Status code DEV on the baseline, status code DEV today, with no verified injury at any point.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Even the three active Green Bay backs are unstartable in a three-way split behind a bottom-three run-blocking line; a practice-squad fourth back has no path to fantasy relevance absent multiple injuries.

Audric Estime — NO (NO LONGER ON THE ROSTER – he was a depth running back on Reserve/Injured and is now a free agent)

• Status: RESOLVED – (c) roster-list status change rather than a game-status designation. He has been REMOVED from New Orleans’ roster entirely: the Saints waived him from injured reserve with an injury settlement on Sept 22, 2026, which terminates his contract and frees him to sign elsewhere once the settlement period elapses. He does not appear on nfl.com’s live Saints roster as of Friday Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 23 -> not reported Thu Sept 24 -> not reported Fri Sept 25. He is not a member of the team and appears on no New Orleans practice or injury report.
• Injury: Thigh (quadriceps) injury – the injury that had put him on Reserve/Injured and that the injury settlement was written against.
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason, leading to the Reserve/Injured placement before the regular season. The injury settlement and waiver followed on Sept 22, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A quadriceps strain costs an NFL running back 2-4 weeks for a Grade 1-2 and 6-10 weeks for a Grade 3 or a partial tear. An injury settlement is typically negotiated for the number of weeks the club and player agree the injury requires, which is a signal that both sides viewed this as a matter of weeks rather than a season.
• Expected back to full health: Likely healthy enough to sign somewhere in October 2026, once the injury-settlement waiting period (the settlement weeks plus six) elapses. He cannot re-sign with New Orleans during that window.
• Next game: NOT AVAILABLE for the Week 3 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 – he is not on the team. He is a free agent serving out an injury settlement.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: not on an NFL roster for Week 3 (Sept 27) and almost certainly not for Week 4 (vs Atlanta, Mon Oct 5). He could sign with another club in October 2026 once his settlement period expires, which would put a Week 5-6 debut somewhere else in play. He has no path back to New Orleans this season.
• Who benefits if he sits: His departure leaves Travis Etienne Jr. (RB1), Alvin Kamara (RB2), CJ Donaldson (RB3) and Kendre Miller (RB4) as the active backfield, with Zamir White (DEV) as the only practice-squad running back. CJ Donaldson and Kendre Miller are the marginal beneficiaries of one fewer body in the room.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR CHANGE since Sept 18. The baseline carried him as RESERVE-INJURED (RES) on the New Orleans roster with a thigh/quadriceps injury. New Orleans waived him from injured reserve with an injury settlement on Sept 22, 2026 – he is no longer a Saint and no longer appears on nfl.com’s live roster. This is a roster correction against the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in every 12-team full-PPR redraft league – he is not on an NFL roster. If he signs somewhere with a thin backfield in October, revisit him as a waiver flier then, but there is nothing to hold for now.

Kyle Juszczyk — SF (Starting fullback)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no entry at all on San Francisco’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Arizona.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point Week 3 (Wed Sept 23 – Fri Sept 25).
• Injury: Finger (unspecified severity)
• When it happened: Mid-September 2026, ahead of the Week 2 game vs. Miami
• Typical recovery for this injury: Finger injuries in football rarely require missed time and typically resolve within 1-2 weeks with taping/protection
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy
• Next game: No restrictions for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Arizona
• Next four weeks: Fully available Weeks 3-6 as the starting fullback
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — fully healthy
• Change since Week 2: Changed since Sept 18: last week he still carried a finger entry (Limited practice days, no designation); this week he has dropped off the injury report completely.

Fantasy takeaway: Not fantasy-relevant at the position; no change to San Francisco’s backfield fantasy outlook

Rosters and depth charts for all 32 teams were verified against official league roster pages before this report was compiled, and every player listed was confirmed to be on the roster shown. Designations come from the final official club and league injury reports filed Friday, September 25, 2026. Recovery timelines describe how long a class of injury typically sidelines an NFL player and are not a prediction for any individual.

NFL Week 3 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday RB first appeared on Game On Media.

Bottom Line Up Front at Quarterback

Quarterback took its worst hit of the season in Chicago, where Caleb Williams (hamstring) and his backup Tyson Bagent (concussion) both went down in the same Week 2 game, leaving 38-year-old Case Keenum to make his first start since 2023. Washington lost Jayden Daniels to a dislocated elbow and New York lost Jaxson Dart for the season, while two good-news stories closed out cleanly: Kyler Murray is fully cleared and Sam Darnold has reclaimed Seattle’s starting job outright.

Of the 25 quarterbacks on this board, 6 are out or doubtful, 2 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 15 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all. 2 are still waiting on tags that do not file until Saturday.

Below is every fantasy-relevant quarterback across all 32 teams carrying an injury or an absence, with the final designation, what the injury actually is, how long that class of injury normally takes to heal, where each player sits on his team’s depth chart, and who stands to gain if he can’t go.

Who is on this report?

Jaxson Dart (NYG), Jayden Daniels (WAS), Graham Mertz (HOU), Skylar Thompson (BAL), Dillon Gabriel (CLE), Matthew Caldwell (LAR), Trey Lance (LAC), Aidan O’Connell (LV), Caleb Williams (CHI), Tyson Bagent (CHI), Jacoby Brissett (ARI), Cooper Rush (ATL), Michael Penix Jr. (ATL), Joe Burrow (CIN), Jared Goff (DET), Patrick Mahomes (KC), Malik Willis (MIA), Kyler Murray (MIN), Jameis Winston (NYG), Sam Darnold (SEA), Baker Mayfield (TB), Marcus Mariota (WAS), Tua Tagovailoa (ATL), Carson Wentz (MIN), Case Keenum (CHI)

What changed since Week 2

Across the 25 quarterbacks here: 6 are new to the report, 5 improved or cleared outright, 0 got worse, and 14 are carrying the same status they had a week ago. The pattern worth internalizing: the Week 2 designations that resolved upward mostly stayed resolved, and the new names on this list came off the field in Week 2’s games, not out of the training room.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Jaxson Dart (NYG) can’t go — Jameis Winston is the outright QB1 and has been confirmed as the Week 3 starter. Jake Haener (DEV) is the practice-squad emergency arm; the Giants have no third active quarterback.
• If Jayden Daniels (WAS) can’t go — Marcus Mariota is the confirmed Week 3 starter — he went 11-of-16 for 111 yards and a touchdown in relief on Sept 20. Athan Kaliakmanis (ACT) is the QB3 and Sam Hartman (DEV) is the practice-squad arm.
• If Skylar Thompson (BAL) can’t go — Tyler Huntley is the QB2 behind Lamar Jackson, with Joe Fagnano as QB3. Thompson’s absence has no practical effect on Baltimore’s game-day quarterback plan.
• If Dillon Gabriel (CLE) can’t go — Shedeur Sanders (QB2) is the backup to Deshaun Watson, with rookie Taylen Green as QB3. Gabriel’s absence has no practical effect on Cleveland’s game-day quarterback plan.
• If Trey Lance (LAC) can’t go — DJ Uiagalelei (QB3, DEV) would be elevated from the practice squad to serve as the game-day backup to Justin Herbert. Herbert (QB1, ACT) is unaffected and starts.
• If Aidan O’Connell (LV) can’t go — Fernando Mendoza (QB2) is already ahead of him and would be the one to replace Kirk Cousins, so O’Connell’s absence changes nothing about the Raiders’ quarterback plan. Kirk Cousins (QB1) is the starter.

How to read this report

These are final designations, not midweek practice notes, so they mean what they say. A few timing wrinkles apply this week:

• Green Bay and Atlanta have already played. The Falcons beat the Packers 35-14 on Thursday night, September 24. For those two clubs Week 3 is settled — what matters is who got hurt in the game and what it means from Week 4 on.
• The Eagles play at Chicago on Monday night, September 28, so Philadelphia does not file its final game-status report until Saturday. Any Eagles player listed here is Friday practice participation with the final designation still to come.
• A player listed with no designation is good news. Several names below appear on an official report with a blank game-status column — that is a club formally declining to tag them, which is stronger than never having been listed at all.

Reserve-list designations — injured reserve, PUP, the Commissioner’s Exempt List, suspension — are roster transactions and are settled regardless of the day. A player placed on in-season injured reserve must miss a minimum of four games.

Ruled out or unavailable (6)

Officially ruled out, or on a reserve list. Plan around these.

Jaxson Dart — NYG (Off the active depth chart — he was the unquestioned QB1 and franchise starter. Jameis Winston is now QB1 and Jake Haener (practice squad) is the only other arm in the building.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, which outranks the fact that the injury happened in a Week 2 game and outranks any weekly game-status tag. The Giants placed him on injured reserve Thursday Sept 24, 2026. He is therefore not on the FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee as a game-status player; he carries the roster-list status instead.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He was a non-participant all three days before the IR move was processed.
• Injury: Left knee — damage to the MCL, PCL and meniscus. The ACL is intact. Season-ending surgery.
• When it happened: Monday Sept 21, 2026, in the Week 2 loss at the Los Angeles Rams. Initial testing suggested an isolated MCL sprain; the follow-up MRI revealed the multi-ligament PCL and meniscus involvement.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A combined MCL + PCL + meniscus reconstruction is a 4-6 month rehabilitation, and head coach John Harbaugh has publicly cited that same 4-6 month window. Isolated MCL sprains run 2-8 weeks by grade, but multi-ligament knees with meniscal repair are a different class entirely and routinely cost a full season.
• Expected back to full health: Roughly late January to late March 2027 on the 4-6 month clock from a late-September surgery. Harbaugh has floated a postseason return if the Giants qualify, which would be a best-case January 2027 — treat that as aspirational, not a plan.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3 (vs Tennessee), 4, 5 and 6 and for the remainder of the 2026 regular season. Jameis Winston is the starter for that entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jameis Winston is the outright QB1 and has been confirmed as the Week 3 starter. Jake Haener (DEV) is the practice-squad emergency arm; the Giants have no third active quarterback.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR change since Sept 18. He carried no designation whatsoever in the baseline and was the healthy starter. He tore up his knee in the Sept 21 Monday-night game at the Rams, was DNP all three Week 3 practices, and was placed on injured reserve Sept 24, 2026, ending his regular season.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in every 12-team full-PPR redraft league — there is no realistic in-season return. The actionable fallout is downstream: every Giants pass-catcher takes a hit, and Jameis Winston becomes a high-variance two-QB/superflex streamer, not a redraft starter in standard formats.

Jayden Daniels — WAS (QB1 on the depth chart — the franchise starter and the offense’s leading rusher. With him out, Marcus Mariota starts and Athan Kaliakmanis is the active backup.)

• Status: OUT — (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Washington on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs the Seattle Seahawks. He appears in the club’s OUT block alongside G Sam Cosmi, S Nick Cross, LB Frankie Luvu and TE Chig Okonkwo. He is NOT on injured reserve — nfl.com still lists him ACT on Washington’s official roster as of Fri Sept 25, 2026, which preserves a week-to-week return.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He did not practice in any capacity and spent the week consulting specialists.
• Injury: Dislocated left elbow (non-throwing arm). Imaging showed no fracture, which the club treated as the meaningful positive. No surgery is planned at this stage.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, on the final play of the first half in the Week 2 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. He stumbled after taking a snap under center, braced with his left arm, was attended to on the field, carted to the locker room and ruled out for the second half.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A simple elbow dislocation with no fracture and no surgery typically costs an NFL quarterback 3-6 weeks, and because it is his non-throwing arm the throwing mechanics are not the limiting factor — ball security, taking snaps under center and contact tolerance are. A recurrent dislocation in the same joint, which this is, often carries a slightly longer and more cautious return than a first-time event because of residual ligamentous laxity.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026 — roughly Weeks 6-8 — on a 3-6 week clock from a Sept 20 dislocation. There is a meaningful complication: Washington travels to London for Week 4, and clubs are typically conservative about activating a player mid-international-trip. The prior-season version of this same injury cost him three games.
• Next game: OUT for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home. This is a final, filed designation, not a projection.
• Next four weeks: Out Week 3 (vs Seattle) and very likely Week 4 (the London game). Weeks 5 and 6 are the realistic return window, with Week 6 the safer bet given the recurrence and the travel. Head coach Dan Quinn has said there is no timetable, so expect week-to-week updates rather than a firm date.
• Who benefits if he sits: Marcus Mariota is the confirmed Week 3 starter — he went 11-of-16 for 111 yards and a touchdown in relief on Sept 20. Athan Kaliakmanis (ACT) is the QB3 and Sam Hartman (DEV) is the practice-squad arm.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR change since Sept 18. He does not appear in the Sept 18 baseline at all — he was the healthy starter. He dislocated his left elbow in the Sept 20 Week 2 loss to Dallas, was DNP all three Week 3 practices, saw specialists during the week, and is now formally ruled OUT on Washington’s final Friday Sept 25 report. Marcus Mariota takes over.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him and do NOT drop him in 12-team full-PPR — he is a top-tier fantasy quarterback with a 3-6 week absence, and the roster spot or IR slot is worth holding for a Week 5-6 return. Stream at quarterback for two to three weeks. The downstream damage is real: Terry McLaurin, Stefon Diggs and the entire Washington passing game lose their rushing-threat gravity, and Washington’s implied team total drops accordingly.

Graham Mertz — HOU (QB3 (was competing for backup reps) — season-ending reserve)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried on nfl.com as status code RES, season-ending.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 25) — season-ending injured reserve.
• Injury: Torn ACL
• When it happened: Suffered in the preseason, prior to the 2026 regular season
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstructions typically require 9-12 months
• Expected back to full health: Not expected back in 2026
• Next game: OUT for the remainder of the 2026 season
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: OUT for all — season-ending; no fantasy relevance as a QB3
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — Davis Mills remains the No. 2 quarterback behind C.J. Stroud
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy impact; irrelevant outside of deepest dynasty leagues

Skylar Thompson — BAL (QB4 / reserve emergency arm — behind Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley and Joe Fagnano; not on the active game-day depth chart)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster as of Sept 25, 2026. He was placed on IR without a return designation, so this reserve-list status OUTRANKS any in-season injury-report consideration and ends his 2026 availability barring an injury settlement or release-and-resign.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured without a return designation. He has no Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 participation and appears on no Baltimore practice report.
• Injury: Undisclosed — the Ravens did not announce the nature of the injury at the time of the IR placement
• When it happened: Placed on injured reserve on August 12, 2026, during training camp. The specific injury date and diagnosis were never made public by the club.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable — the injury was never disclosed. Placement on IR without a return designation before final cuts conventionally signals a season-ending or long-horizon issue rather than a short-term one.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown and not reportable. He is out for the 2026 season absent an injury settlement; any return to football would be 2027 at the earliest.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 at the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, and ineligible for the remainder of the 2026 season as an IR placement without a return designation.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 3, 4, 5 and 6 and the balance of the season. There is no activation path.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Huntley is the QB2 behind Lamar Jackson, with Joe Fagnano as QB3. Thompson’s absence has no practical effect on Baltimore’s game-day quarterback plan.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still on Reserve/Injured without a return designation, status code RES.

Fantasy takeaway: No 12-team full-PPR relevance in any format. Not rosterable. The only Baltimore QB worth any fantasy consideration is Lamar Jackson; Tyler Huntley is a bye-week streamer only in the event of a Jackson absence.

Dillon Gabriel — CLE (QB4 on the roster while on the reserve list — would slot behind Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Taylen Green on return; not on the active game-day depth chart)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, DESIGNATED TO RETURN. Status code RSR on the nfl.com Browns roster as of Sept 25, 2026. This reserve-list status OUTRANKS any injury-report consideration: he cannot practice or play until Cleveland opens his 21-day activation window, so no weekly game-status designation applies.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate — ineligible to practice until his 21-day activation window is opened. No Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25 participation exists and he appears on no Cleveland practice report.
• Injury: Back injury (the Browns did not specify the exact diagnosis)
• When it happened: Sustained in training camp / the preseason window in August 2026. Cleveland placed him on injured reserve on August 30, 2026 when setting the initial 53-man roster, keeping three quarterbacks active and making rookie Taylen Green the No. 3.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Back injuries in quarterbacks vary enormously by diagnosis. A lumbar strain runs 2-4 weeks; a disc-related issue runs 6-12 weeks or longer; a stress-reaction runs 8-12 weeks. Because Cleveland placed him on IR at initial-53 rather than carrying him, the four-game minimum applied from Week 1 and the club signaled a multi-week rather than a short-term horizon.
• Expected back to full health: His practice window is already eligible to be opened, having passed the four-game threshold. A realistic full-clearance window is Week 4 through Week 8 (early October to late October 2026), entirely at Cleveland’s discretion — and with three healthy QBs ahead of him there is no urgency.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible to play in Week 3 vs. the Carolina Panthers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 at Huntington Bank Field. His practice window has not been opened.
• Next four weeks: Out for Week 3 with certainty. Weeks 4-6 are plausible activation windows on paper, but Cleveland has Deshaun Watson starting, Shedeur Sanders as QB2 and Taylen Green as QB3 — there is no roster pressure to activate him, and he may well remain on the reserve list through this entire stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Shedeur Sanders (QB2) is the backup to Deshaun Watson, with rookie Taylen Green as QB3. Gabriel’s absence has no practical effect on Cleveland’s game-day quarterback plan.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Still on Reserve/Injured with a return designation, status code RSR, practice window not yet opened.

Fantasy takeaway: No 12-team full-PPR relevance. Not rosterable in redraft. He is a fourth quarterback on the reserve list with three healthy arms ahead of him. Even a Watson injury would elevate Shedeur Sanders, not Gabriel. Dynasty-only interest.

Matthew Caldwell — LAR (Reserve — QB4/practice depth)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com Rams roster as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and ineligible to practice or play.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury carried from training camp
• When it happened: Training camp 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Undisclosed
• Expected back to full health: Unknown; no timetable disclosed
• Next game: OUT for Sunday Sept 27 vs. Denver
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 3-6 with no disclosed timetable
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — deep QB depth with no fantasy relevance
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 — remains on Reserve/Injured.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant for fantasy purposes

Questionable — game-time calls (2)

The genuine coin flips. Watch the inactives list, which posts about 90 minutes before kickoff, and have a replacement ready.

Trey Lance — LAC (QB2 — the direct backup to Justin Herbert and the only other quarterback on the active roster. DJ Uiagalelei is on the practice squad.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Los Angeles on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills. He was ADDED to the injury report on Friday, having not appeared on it Wednesday or Thursday.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 25) — the club has not published a participation level for him beyond the fact that he was newly added on Friday, and a same-day addition with a Questionable tag is conventionally logged as limited. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 23 -> not on the report Thu Sept 24 -> added Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. Los Angeles added him to the Friday report without naming a body part publicly.
• When it happened: The issue surfaced on Friday Sept 25, 2026 — it did not exist on the Wednesday or Thursday reports, so it arose in or just before the Friday session.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a named diagnosis. As a general matter, a Friday-only addition with a Questionable tag most often reflects a minor, same-week issue that resolves within one to two weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Most likely within one to two weeks — early October 2026, Week 4 or Week 5 — though without a named injury this is an inference from the pattern rather than a medical projection.
• Next game: GENUINE TOSS-UP for the backup role in the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Buffalo Bills. The practical consequence is that the Chargers may have to elevate DJ Uiagalelei from the practice squad to dress a second quarterback. Justin Herbert’s status is entirely unaffected — Herbert is not on the report at all.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: relevant only as emergency insurance behind Justin Herbert. He is not projected for snaps in any of these games absent a Herbert injury. Expect the designation to clear within a week or two.
• Who benefits if he sits: DJ Uiagalelei (QB3, DEV) would be elevated from the practice squad to serve as the game-day backup to Justin Herbert. Herbert (QB1, ACT) is unaffected and starts.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline and was not on the Chargers’ Wednesday or Thursday Week 3 reports either — he was added on Friday Sept 25, 2026.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. Zero direct action. The only reason to note it at all: if you roster Justin Herbert, a thin quarterback room marginally raises the cost of any Herbert injury, since the Chargers would be turning to a compromised Lance or an unelevated practice-squad arm.

Aidan O’Connell — LV (QB3 — third on Ourlads behind Kirk Cousins and rookie Fernando Mendoza. He is the emergency quarterback, not a projected snap-taker.)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Las Vegas on the Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints. Important caveat: this is filed as a NON-INJURY/personal matter, not a medical issue.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. All three absences are logged against the personal designation, not an injury.
• Injury: None — this is expressly NOT an injury. The Raiders filed it as a personal matter. There is no medical condition being reported and no body part is listed.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury exists. The personal designation first appeared on the Raiders’ report in mid-September 2026 and has carried into Week 3.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is nothing to recover from. Personal-matter absences resolve on the player’s own timeline and the league does not require the club to disclose anything further.
• Expected back to full health: He is healthy now. There is no health timeline to project. Availability is a personal-availability question, not a medical one.
• Next game: Likely INACTIVE as QB3 regardless of the designation, for the Sunday Sept 27, 4:25 p.m. ET game at the New Orleans Saints. Even fully available he would almost certainly be a healthy scratch behind Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza. The Questionable tag carries essentially no fantasy consequence.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: no projected snaps under any normal circumstance. He would only matter if both Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza went down in the same stretch, which is a remote scenario.
• Who benefits if he sits: Fernando Mendoza (QB2) is already ahead of him and would be the one to replace Kirk Cousins, so O’Connell’s absence changes nothing about the Raiders’ quarterback plan. Kirk Cousins (QB1) is the starter.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18 in substance. Same QUESTIONABLE tag, same non-injury personal designation, and now a full three-day DNP week rather than a partial. Still QB3 with no projected role.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. Zero action. Tracked here only because he carries a filed Friday game-status designation and a downstream parser needs the tag.

Final tag still pending (2)

The Monday night teams file a day later than everyone else. Real situations, final tag still to come.

Caleb Williams — CHI (QB1 — the franchise starter and every-down passer on the published chart, but NOT the Week 3 starter)

• Status: OUT — (b) practice-report only. Chicago plays Philadelphia on Monday night, Sept 28, 2026, so the club’s final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 26 and no final tag exists yet. Head coach Ben Johnson has called Williams ‘week to week’ and has technically stopped short of a formal ruling, but Chicago named Case Keenum the Week 3 starter on Friday Sept 25, which is a de facto ruling-out.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 (Chicago did not hold a true practice Thursday; the report was an estimation) -> DNP Fri Sept 25. Johnson said before the week began that he did not expect Williams to practice at all.
• Injury: Hamstring strain
• When it happened: Midway through the fourth quarter of Chicago’s 9-3 Week 2 loss to Minnesota at Soldier Field on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He pulled up scrambling around left end on a first-and-goal play from the 6-yard line and did not return; Tyson Bagent relieved him.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains are graded I-III. Grade I (minor fiber disruption) typically costs 1-2 weeks; Grade II (partial tear) commonly 3-6 weeks; Grade III (full-thickness tear/avulsion) 8-12+ weeks and often surgical. For a mobile quarterback whose game leans on scrambling, clubs routinely add a week beyond the pure tissue timeline because re-injury rates on hamstrings are among the highest of any soft-tissue injury (roughly 1-in-3 within the same season when a player returns early). Chicago’s ‘week to week’ language plus a full week of DNPs points to the low end of Grade II.
• Expected back to full health: Realistic return window is Week 5 (Sunday Oct 11, 2026) to Week 6, i.e. roughly Oct 8-18, 2026. A Week 4 return on Oct 4 is possible but would require him to practice in some capacity by Wed Sept 30, which nothing this week suggests.
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 vs the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at Soldier Field. Case Keenum will start.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Mon Sept 28 vs Philadelphia): out. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs the New York Jets): genuinely in doubt, lean out unless he practices in full pads by the middle of that week. Week 5 (division game vs Green Bay): the most likely return spot. Week 6: should be back and unrestricted, though Chicago may keep him out of designed-run concepts for a game or two after the return.
• Who benefits if he sits: Case Keenum (QB3 on the published chart) is the Week 3 starter — the Bears’ only healthy quarterback, with Tyson Bagent (QB2) in concussion protocol. Miller Moss (DEV) is the practice-squad emergency option. On the skill side the beneficiary is the run game: D’Andre Swift (RB1) and Kyle Monangai (RB2) should see a heavier script.
• Change since Week 2: Major change. Williams carried NO injury entry at all on Chicago’s Sept 18 baseline report and started Week 2. The hamstring is brand new, suffered in that Week 2 game, and he is now effectively ruled out for Week 3.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him and hold. In a 12-team full-PPR redraft league Williams is a stash, not a drop — his rest-of-season ceiling is intact and the hamstring is not a season-altering injury. If you are thin at QB, stream around him for two to three weeks rather than cutting a top-12 upside starter. The downstream trade is that Chicago’s pass-catchers all lose value: fade Rome Odunze, Luther Burden III and Colston Loveland as anything better than flex-with-risk while Keenum is under center.

Tyson Bagent — CHI (QB2 — primary backup, the man who would ordinarily start with Caleb Williams down)

• Status: OUT — (b) practice-report only. Chicago’s Monday Sept 28 kickoff means the final game-status report is not due until Saturday Sept 26 and no final tag exists yet. Chicago’s decision on Friday Sept 25 to proceed with Case Keenum as the starter treats Bagent as unavailable, and he remains in the NFL concussion protocol, which is a medical clearance gate the club does not control.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 25). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 23 -> DNP Thu Sept 24 -> DNP Fri Sept 25. He was physically in the building at Halas Hall on Friday but did not take part in practice.
• Injury: Concussion (head)
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 20, 2026, during Chicago’s Week 2 loss to Minnesota, after he entered the game in the fourth quarter to replace the injured Caleb Williams.
• Typical recovery for this injury: NFL concussions run through a mandatory five-step return-to-participation protocol (symptom-limited activity, aerobic exercise, football-specific exercise, club-based non-contact drills, full football activity) with independent neurological consultant sign-off before clearance. Median missed time is roughly 8-12 days; the modal outcome is one missed game. Players who have not reached the non-contact-drill step by Friday of a game week almost never clear in time, and Bagent has not practiced at all.
• Expected back to full health: Most likely cleared during the Week 4 practice week, i.e. available Sunday Oct 4, 2026 (Week 4) vs the New York Jets. Concussion timelines are not predictable, so a slip to Week 5 cannot be ruled out.
• Next game: Will not play in Week 3 vs the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday Sept 28, 2026. The club is publicly ‘hopeful’ but has already moved forward with Keenum.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Mon Sept 28 vs Philadelphia): out. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs the New York Jets): likely cleared, and if Caleb Williams is still down Bagent would take the start back from Keenum. Weeks 5-6: back to the bench once Williams returns.
• Who benefits if he sits: Case Keenum (QB3) starts in his place. Miller Moss (DEV) is the practice-squad emergency arm and would be the elevation candidate if Chicago wants a second body active.
• Change since Week 2: New to this report. Bagent’s Sept 18 baseline entry was a RESOLVED back issue with no designation; this is an entirely different, brand-new injury suffered in the Week 2 game.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team league. He matters only as the signal that Chicago’s Week 3 offense is being run by a 38-year-old QB3 — which is the reason to downgrade every Bears pass-catcher. If you are in a deep 2QB or superflex format, Bagent is the better Week 4 speculative add than Keenum, because he is the one who takes the job back if Williams is still out.

Cleared — listed this week but carrying no designation (15)

The good news. Every player here carried an injury or a listing at some point this week and finished it without a designation.

Jacoby Brissett — ARI (QB1 — starter)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Arizona’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 game vs. San Francisco with a hip entry, but carries no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Hip (minor, maintenance-level)
• When it happened: Not specified by the club; first appeared on the Week 3 practice report Sept 23, 2026, not carried over from Week 2
• Typical recovery for this injury: A hip entry with full practice participation all three days is typically minor soreness/maintenance, not a structural injury; these resolve in days, not weeks
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively full health; expect him off the report entirely within 1-2 weeks (by Week 4-5, early-mid October 2026)
• Next game: Expected to start and play a full workload Sunday Sept 27 vs. San Francisco with no restrictions
• Next four weeks: No expected missed time Weeks 3-6 (vs. SF Sept 27, then Weeks 4-6 opponents per schedule); monitor Friday reports but no red flags
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — full participant all week and expected to start; if he were ever out, Gardner Minshew is next in line at QB2
• Change since Week 2: New to the report. He was not listed at all on Arizona’s Sept 18 baseline injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy impact; start Brissett/Cardinals passing-game pieces with confidence, this is a full-go, no-tag entry

Cooper Rush — ATL (QB3 – demoted from starter to third string)

• Status: RESOLVED – (a) he does not appear anywhere on Atlanta’s FINAL Week 3 official injury report (filed Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 for the Thursday Sept 24 game at Green Bay). The back issue that put him on the Week 2 practice report is gone from the paperwork entirely. His demotion is a performance decision, not an injury one.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (final report, Wednesday Sept 23). Full week: not listed Mon Sept 21 -> not listed Wed Sept 23. He carried no practice limitation at any point in the Week 3 preparation cycle.
• Injury: Back (now resolved)
• When it happened: Appeared on Atlanta’s Week 2 practice report during the week of Sept 15-18, 2026. The club never specified a mechanism and he was never given a game-status tag for it.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A non-specific back/lumbar issue that never produces a game-status designation typically resolves in under one week and is usually maintenance rather than a true injury. Rush’s resolved in exactly that window.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Sept 23, 2026 (Week 3). No lingering restriction.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete. He was healthy and available at Green Bay on Thursday Sept 24, 2026 as the third quarterback and did not play. For Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 he is healthy and third on the depth chart.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: no path to snaps barring injuries to both Penix Jr. and Tagovailoa. Week 3 at Green Bay (done), Week 4 at New Orleans, Week 5 vs Baltimore, Week 6 vs Chicago. He is a candidate to be released or traded if Atlanta needs a roster spot, since carrying four QBs is unusual past September.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A – he is himself the third-string emergency option. If he were unavailable, rookie UDFA Jack Strand (QB4) is the only arm behind him.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18. The back issue is resolved and off the report, but he went from starting quarterback to third string: he was pulled in the third quarter of the Week 2 loss to Carolina after three turnovers, replaced in-game by rookie Jack Strand, and then passed by both Penix Jr. and Tagovailoa on the Week 3 depth chart.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy value in any format. If you streamed him during his two-start run in Weeks 1-2, drop him now – he was benched in the third quarter of Week 2 against Carolina after a fumble and two interceptions, and Penix has the job.

Michael Penix Jr. — ATL (QB1 – named the starter and took every meaningful snap in Week 3)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) FINAL official designation filed by Atlanta on its Week 3 report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 road game at Green Bay. Because Atlanta played on Thursday of a short week, the club’s FINAL report was filed Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 rather than Friday. Penix appeared on that final report listed with ‘Knee’ but carried a BLANK Game Status column – a full upgrade from the OUT tag he carried on the Sept 18 report. This is a resolution, not a pending question: he started and finished the game.
• Practice this week: Full (final report, Wednesday Sept 23). Full week (short week): Full Mon Sept 21 -> (no Tue/Thu practice reports on a Thursday-game week) -> Full Wed Sept 23. Atlanta held a walkthrough Monday and Wednesday, so participation on those days is an estimation per the club’s own note.
• Injury: Left knee – continuing rehabilitation from reconstructive ACL surgery following the tear suffered in November 2025
• When it happened: Original injury November 2025; reconstructive surgery followed, ending his 2025 season. He was OUT for Weeks 1 and 2 of 2026 and cleared to start in Week 3.
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction in an NFL quarterback typically requires 9-12 months before return to game action, with most QBs cleared between 10 and 12 months and full pre-injury explosiveness often not returning until 14-18 months. Penix returned at roughly the 10-month mark, which is the aggressive but increasingly common end of that band.
• Expected back to full health: Already game-cleared as of Sept 24, 2026 (Week 3). Expect the final increment of mobility and off-platform arm strength to arrive over Weeks 5-9, roughly late October into November 2026 – the 12-14 month post-op window.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete. He STARTED the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 game at Green Bay and played the full game in Atlanta’s 35-14 win, throwing an interception on his third pass before settling in. For Week 4 he is the unquestioned starter at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 (Monday Night Football).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 at Green Bay (done, 35-14 win). Week 4 at New Orleans (Mon Oct 5, MNF) – a divisional road game against a Saints defense that just beat Baltimore. Week 5 home vs Baltimore – the hardest matchup of the stretch. Week 6 home vs Chicago (Oct 18) – the most inviting. Expect the coaching staff to keep leaning on Bijan Robinson and a play-action-heavy script while Penix rebuilds timing, which caps his ceiling but also his risk of a blow-up bad game.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tua Tagovailoa (QB2) would take over immediately – he dressed as the backup Thursday with no game-status designation of his own. Cooper Rush (QB3) is now third after being benched in Week 2, and rookie UDFA Jack Strand (QB4) is the emergency arm.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR CHANGE since Sept 18. He was OUT on the Week 2 final report; he is now off designations entirely, was publicly named the Week 3 starter on Sept 21, and started and won at Green Bay on Sept 24. The Atlanta QB question from last week’s report is fully resolved.

Fantasy takeaway: In a 12-team full-PPR 1-QB league Penix is a streamer-plus, not a set-and-forget QB1. The Week 3 debut was a win but the passing volume was modest in a game Bijan Robinson dominated on the ground. Roster him if you are in a QB committee; start him in Week 6 vs Chicago before you start him in Week 5 vs Baltimore. His real fantasy value is what he does for Drake London, whose target quality should climb now that the QB1 is back.

Joe Burrow — CIN (QB1 — unquestioned starter, ahead of Joe Flacco)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. Burrow appears NOWHERE on Cincinnati’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official Week 3 injury report for the Sept 27 game at Pittsburgh. He carries no practice designation and no game-status tag of any kind. ANSWERING THE OPEN THREAD: he was Questionable for Week 2, he PLAYED in the Week 2 win over the Houston Texans on Sept 20, and he has now been fully cleared for Week 3.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 25). Full week: full and unlisted Wed Sept 23 -> full and unlisted Thu Sept 24 -> full and unlisted Fri Sept 25. He was never placed on the Week 3 injury report. Zac Taylor did note on Wednesday Sept 23 that Burrow was ‘sore’ and would be monitored, and beat reporter Paul Dehner Jr. observed him throwing and stretching at that practice — but the soreness never rose to a reportable designation and he was off the report the entire week.
• Injury: Back tightness / low-grade back strain — now fully resolved. Residual general soreness was noted Wednesday but produced no injury-report listing.
• When it happened: Originated after the Week 1 game (Sept 13, 2026) as back tightness, which carried him into Week 2 as Questionable. He insisted on playing and was upgraded to active for the Sept 20 game at Houston, which Cincinnati won. The issue has not recurred at a reportable level.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Back tightness / low-grade lumbar strain in a quarterback: 3-14 days with conservative management and no missed time in most cases. Grade 2 lumbar strains run 2-4 weeks. Burrow’s resolved on the fast end with zero missed games, which confirms it was mechanical tightness rather than a structural strain.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Week 3 (week of Sept 21-27, 2026). No restriction, no maintenance designation, no snap management.
• Next game: FULL GO, no designation, for Week 3 at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET. He will start and play a full complement of snaps.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and starting through Weeks 3-6 barring new injury. The one thing that changes his supporting cast across that window is Andrei Iosivas’ IR stint, which removes his WR3 through Week 6 and concentrates target share further into Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Mike Gesicki. Cincinnati enters Week 3 at 2-0 with a healthy starting defensive front, which should keep game scripts favorable.
• Who benefits if he sits: Joe Flacco (QB2) would start. Flacco was acquired from Cleveland and is a capable veteran bridge, but the offense would take a meaningful downgrade in both ceiling and rushing value. Sean Clifford and Josh Johnson are practice-squad emergency arms.
• Change since Week 2: MAJOR UPGRADE from the Sept 18 baseline. Last week he was QUESTIONABLE with back tightness after a Limited Wed -> Limited Thu -> Full Fri practice week. He played in the Week 2 win at Houston, and he is now completely off the injury report with no designation — a full resolution of the division’s biggest open thread from last week.

Fantasy takeaway: Start Burrow with full confidence in 12-team full PPR as a top-five weekly QB1. The back issue is closed and he carries no designation for the first time this season. The Iosivas injury is actually a mild positive for his two elite pass-catchers’ target concentration. If you handcuffed Burrow with a second QB during the Week 2 scare, you can safely drop that QB now and use the roster spot elsewhere.

Jared Goff — DET (QB1 — every-down starter)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday designation position confirmed by the absence of any entry for Goff on Detroit’s FINAL Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the New York Jets. Detroit listed exactly two players in its final game-status filing, G Ben Bartch (foot) and S Thomas Harper (ankle), both Out. Goff is not among them.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He is unlisted on every day of Detroit’s Week 3 participation report.
• Injury: None active.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. Goff has not appeared on a Detroit injury report at any point in the 2026 regular season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — nothing to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Will start and play unrestricted in Week 3 vs the New York Jets, Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET at Ford Field.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sun Sept 27 vs the New York Jets), Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 at Carolina, Sunday night), and Weeks 5-6: no injury concern. Detroit’s offensive line is close to whole this week with Christian Mahogany back at left guard and rookie RT Blake Miller healthy, which further insulates him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Joshua Dobbs (QB2) is the active backup; Luke Altmyer (DEV) is the practice-squad emergency arm.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. He carried no designation on the Sept 18 baseline and carries none now.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation as a back-end QB1 in 12-team full-PPR. A home game against the Jets with a healthy line is a favorable spot. No health caveat applies.

Patrick Mahomes — KC (QB1 — the every-snap starter. Justin Fields is QB2 behind him.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appears on Kansas City’s Week 3 practice report with a knee listing but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at the Miami Dolphins.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Three full practices — a pure maintenance listing.
• Injury: Left knee — a maintenance/monitoring listing tied to the torn ACL and LCL he suffered in the past. Kansas City has carried the listing all season as a matter of routine rather than because of any new event.
• When it happened: No new injury date. This is a legacy listing; the underlying ligament injury predates the 2026 season and the knee has been on the weekly report since Week 1 with no in-season aggravation reported.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable in the usual sense — this is a recovered injury being monitored, not an active one. For reference, ACL reconstruction with LCL involvement is a 9-12 month return to play and 12-18 months to full pre-injury explosiveness; he is well past both windows and has practiced fully every day of Week 3.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 for all practical purposes. The listing is administrative.
• Next game: PLAY, unrestricted. He starts the Sunday Sept 27, 1:00 p.m. ET game at the Miami Dolphins. Three full practices and no designation is as clean as an NFL report gets for a player who is technically listed.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: starting every game barring a new injury. The knee listing is expected to persist on the report as a maintenance entry without ever producing a game-status tag. No fantasy concern.
• Who benefits if he sits: Justin Fields (QB2, ACT) would start — a genuinely meaningful streaming option in his own right given his rushing floor. Garrett Nussmeier (QB3, ACT) is the third chair.
• Change since Week 2: No change since Sept 18. Same knee listing, same three full practices, same absence of a final game-status tag.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM, no hesitation, in a 12-team full-PPR redraft. The knee entry is pure administrative noise and has been all year. If a nervous manager in your league will discount Mahomes over a report line that has produced three straight full practices, buy.

Malik Willis — MIA (QB1 — the Dolphins’ starting quarterback, ahead of Kyle McCord and Brady Cook)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 27 game vs the Kansas City Chiefs. He is entirely off the report. The toe listing that appeared in Week 2 has been dropped.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25, unlisted on all three days.
• Injury: None currently. The resolved issue was a toe injury carried on Miami’s Week 2 reports (Miami never specified which foot, which toe, or a grade). He logged three full practices in Week 2 as well and played that game; the listing has now been removed entirely.
• When it happened: Early-to-mid September 2026 for the toe listing, which first appeared on Miami’s Week 2 practice reports. It never cost him a practice or a game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Toe injuries range from a simple contusion or sprain (under a week) to turf toe, which is the class that matters for a quarterback — Grade I turf toe costs 1-2 weeks, Grade II 2-4 weeks, Grade III 6-10 weeks or surgery. Willis never missed a practice rep and the listing has now been dropped after roughly two weeks, which is consistent with a minor sprain or contusion, not turf toe. For a mobile quarterback a lingering toe issue would show up as reduced designed-run usage; there is no indication of that here.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. Off the report with no restrictions.
• Next game: STARTING, unrestricted. Week 3, Sunday Sept 27 vs the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. No designation of any kind.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sept 27) vs Kansas City and Weeks 4-6: fully healthy, no restrictions, holding the starting job. The risk to his fantasy value over this window is not health but supporting cast — Miami is 0-2, Caleb Douglas is out, Jaylen Wright is doubtful and Ryan Miller is questionable, so he is throwing to a thinned receiver room. Kyle McCord is the QB2 and a benching risk only if Miami’s record continues to deteriorate.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kyle McCord (QB2) would start. Brady Cook (QB3) would be the emergency option. Miami carries three active quarterbacks, so there is no elevation need.
• Change since Week 2: IMPROVED. On the Sept 18 baseline he carried a toe listing with NO game-status designation, logging full practices all week. The toe listing has now been REMOVED entirely from Miami’s Week 3 report — he is completely off it. Upgrade from listed-but-undesignated to fully clear.

Fantasy takeaway: Streaming-tier QB2 in 12-team full PPR, and fully startable from a health standpoint — the toe is a non-issue and off the report. The Week 3 case is game-script driven rather than injury driven: Miami at 0-2 hosting a 2-0 Kansas City team projects to trail, which means passing volume, and Willis adds rushing floor. His receiver room is depleted, which caps the ceiling. Start him only in superflex or two-QB formats, or as a desperation single-QB stream.

Kyler Murray — MIN (QB1 — reinstated as Minnesota’s starting quarterback for Week 3)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) confirmed by the absence of any entry for Murray on Minnesota’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at Tampa Bay. He has cleared the NFL concussion protocol, carries NO game-status designation, and has been named the starter. This fully resolves the open Week 2 thread on which he was ruled OUT.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He is unlisted on every day of Minnesota’s Week 3 participation report, a clean progression from the Limited/Limited/Limited week that preceded his Week 2 ruling.
• Injury: Concussion (head) — now cleared. He completed the NFL’s five-step return-to-participation protocol and received independent neurological consultant clearance.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 6/7, 2026 — the season opener against Green Bay. Murray left that game on his 11th snap with a concussion and Carson Wentz relieved him, leading a comeback. Murray then missed Week 2 at Chicago.
• Typical recovery for this injury: NFL concussions run a median of roughly 8-12 days through the mandatory five-step protocol. Murray’s case tracked slightly longer than the median — he missed two games rather than one, which is the conservative end of a normal outcome and not a red flag. The residual risk is the well-documented elevated susceptibility to a subsequent concussion within the same season, which is a monitoring item rather than an availability one.
• Expected back to full health: Fully cleared and healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No restriction applies for Week 3.
• Next game: Will START in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m. CT / 4:05 p.m. ET at Raymond James Stadium. This is a confirmed start, not a hedge — Minnesota announced it.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Sun Sept 27 at Tampa Bay): starts. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs Miami): starts. Weeks 5-6: starts, barring a new injury. The job is his again and Minnesota is 2-0; there is no lingering competition from Carson Wentz or J.J. McCarthy while Murray is healthy.
• Who benefits if he sits: Carson Wentz (QB2) would start again — he made his 100th career start in Week 2 at Chicago and won it. J.J. McCarthy (QB3) remains third on the depth chart and was passed over for Wentz in Week 2, which is the clearest signal available about Minnesota’s ordering. Max Brosmer (DEV) is the practice-squad arm.
• Change since Week 2: Complete reversal and resolution of the biggest open thread from Sept 18. On the baseline Murray was OUT with a concussion, practicing Limited all week, with Carson Wentz starting over J.J. McCarthy. He has since cleared protocol, practiced in full all three days, drawn no designation, and been named the Week 3 starter.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a low-end QB1 / high-end QB2 in 12-team full-PPR and activate him off your bench. The rushing floor that makes Murray a fantasy asset is intact, and Tampa Bay is 0-2 with two starting front-seven defenders unavailable (Rueben Bain Jr., groin; Josiah Trotter, shoulder), which is a favorable spot to re-enter. If you streamed a quarterback for two weeks, this is the week to go back. Drop Carson Wentz, who has no standalone value now.

Jameis Winston — NYG (QB1 — promoted to the outright starter and listed first on the Ourlads (09/23/2026) quarterback order with Jaxson Dart on IR.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Tennessee. The Giants filed Jaxson Dart as Out and Brian Burns, Deonte Banks and Tyler Nubin as Questionable; Winston is on none of those lines.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he took the full starter’s rep allotment all three days.
• Injury: None. Healthy. He is on this report as a depth-chart consequence of the Dart injury, not as an injury case himself.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. His promotion is a roster consequence of Jaxson Dart’s Sept 21, 2026 knee injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and the confirmed starting quarterback for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Tennessee Titans at MetLife Stadium. Rain and heavy winds are in the Sunday forecast, which may push the game plan toward the run.
• Next four weeks: The starter for Weeks 3-6 and the balance of the regular season, beginning with Tennessee. He relieved Dart in Week 2 and went 11-of-27 for 111 yards with an interception, which is the honest baseline for expectations.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jake Haener (DEV, practice squad) is the only other quarterback on the roster and would need an elevation. The Giants would very likely sign a veteran arm before that scenario.
• Change since Week 2: NEW to this report as a tracked name. In the Sept 18 baseline he was the QB2 behind a healthy Jaxson Dart. He is now the outright QB1 following Dart’s Sept 21 knee injury and Sept 24 IR placement.

Fantasy takeaway: A superflex/two-QB streamer only — not a 12-team full-PPR single-QB starter. His Week 2 relief line and a wind-and-rain forecast vs Tennessee argue against chasing the volume. The bigger takeaway is what he does to the players around him: downgrade Malik Nabers a half-tier and Cam Skattebo’s receiving work with him under center.

Sam Darnold — SEA (QB1 — reclaiming the starting job for Week 3)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 25, 2026 for the Sept 27 home game vs. Washington with a glute entry, but carries no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag; officially ‘good to go.’
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25.
• Injury: Glute / deep soft-tissue strain in the hip-buttock region
• When it happened: Prior to the Sept 18, 2026 Week 2 report; sidelined him for the entire Week 2 game at Arizona
• Typical recovery for this injury: Deep glute strains commonly cost 1-3 weeks; his progression from Limited to two straight Full practices supports a clean recovery
• Expected back to full health: Effectively at full health entering Week 3
• Next game: Set to start and play Sunday Sept 27 vs. Washington with no restrictions
• Next four weeks: Expected to remain the starter Weeks 3-6 barring a setback; Drew Lock reverts to the backup role
• Who benefits if he sits: Drew Lock is QB2 and would start if Darnold suffers any setback
• Change since Week 2: Changed since Sept 18: last week he was ruled OUT (glute/hip strain) with Drew Lock starting; this week he is fully cleared, carries no designation, and reclaims the starting quarterback job.

Fantasy takeaway: Streamable/QB2-caliber redraft option now that he’s fully cleared and retaking the starting job; monitor early-week reports for recurrence

Baker Mayfield — TB (QB1 – unquestioned starter)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) FINAL Friday status on Tampa Bay’s Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 home game against the Minnesota Vikings. He appears on the report listed with ‘Illness’ but carries a BLANK Game Status column after three consecutive full practices.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. The illness never cost him a practice rep.
• Injury: Illness (non-orthopedic) – Tampa Bay has not specified the nature of it.
• When it happened: First appeared on Tampa Bay’s Wednesday Sept 23, 2026 injury report at the start of the Week 3 preparation cycle. He practiced fully that same day, so the illness was already mild when it was disclosed.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A common in-season illness costs an NFL player one to three days of practice and almost never a game. An illness that never produces a single missed or limited practice rep is at the trivial end of that range – the listing exists because NFL reporting rules require disclosure, not because availability was ever in doubt.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively healthy as of Friday Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3). Expect him off the report entirely by Week 4.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO START, fully unrestricted, in the Week 3 home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Sept 27, 2026 (4:05 p.m. ET). No designation plus three full practices. There is no meaningful availability risk here.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: Week 3 vs Minnesota (Sept 27) – Minnesota’s pass rush is the main threat. Week 4 vs Green Bay (Sun Oct 4, 1:00 ET). Week 5 vs Dallas – a shootout profile and the best streaming week of the run. Week 6 vs Pittsburgh (Oct 18). All four at home. The illness will be gone within days; this is a favorable four-game stretch for a QB with a healthy receiver room.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jalon Daniels (QB2) would start – he is the only other quarterback on the active roster, with Easton Stick (DEV) on the practice squad. A Mayfield absence would be a significant downgrade for Bucky Irving, Chris Godwin Jr., Emeka Egbuka, Jalen McMillan and Cade Otton alike.
• Change since Week 2: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He does not appear on the Sept 18 baseline injury list at all. He was added Wednesday Sept 23 with an illness, practiced fully on all three days, and drew no game-status designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation as a QB1 in 12-team full-PPR. An illness that never cost a practice rep is not a reason to bench a starting quarterback. Do not let the report listing scare you off – and if a nervous manager in your league will sell a Tampa Bay pass-catcher cheap over this, buy.

Marcus Mariota — WAS (QB1 for Week 3 — elevated to the starting job with Jayden Daniels ruled out. He is QB2 on the standing depth chart, ahead of Athan Kaliakmanis.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he is entirely absent from Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sept 27 game vs Seattle. The club’s OUT block is Cosmi, Cross, Daniels, Luvu and Okonkwo, and the only Questionable is LB Leo Chenal; Mariota is on neither list.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: not on the injury report Wed Sept 23, Thu Sept 24 or Fri Sept 25, so no participation level is filed — he took the full starter’s reps all three days.
• Injury: None. The knee issue that briefly listed him earlier in September is fully resolved and never cost him a practice rep even when listed.
• When it happened: N/A for Week 3. The knee listing was an early-September item, closed before the Sept 18 baseline.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — he is healthy and carries no injury that requires a recovery window.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Fri Sept 25, 2026 (Week 3).
• Next game: ACTIVE and the confirmed starting quarterback for Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Seattle Seahawks at home. Washington is 0-2 and hosting the 2-0 defending Super Bowl champions.
• Next four weeks: The starter for Week 3 (vs Seattle) and Week 4 (the London game), with Weeks 5-6 depending on Jayden Daniels’ elbow. Assume two to three starts, possibly four.
• Who benefits if he sits: Athan Kaliakmanis (ACT) is the QB3 and would take over; Sam Hartman (DEV) is the practice-squad arm. Jayden Daniels is out but remains on the active roster rather than IR.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18. The baseline had him RESOLVED and off the report as the backup. He is unchanged medically but is now the Week 3 STARTER following Jayden Daniels’ Sept 20 elbow dislocation and Friday Sept 25 OUT designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a 12-team full-PPR single-QB starter, and a marginal superflex option at best — the Week 3 matchup against the defending champion Seahawks is a bad one to debut in. His fantasy relevance is mostly indirect: he suppresses the ceiling for Terry McLaurin and Stefon Diggs but, unlike Daniels, does not vulture goal-line rushing scores, which is a small arrow up for Jacory Croskey-Merritt near the end zone.

Tua Tagovailoa — ATL (QB2 – active backup behind Penix Jr.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION – (a) FINAL official designation filed by Atlanta on its Week 3 report for the Thursday Sept 24, 2026 road game at Green Bay (final report filed Wednesday Sept 23 because of the short week). He appears on that report listed with ‘Oblique’ but carries a BLANK Game Status column – an upgrade from the DOUBTFUL tag he carried on the Sept 18 report.
• Practice this week: Full (final report, Wednesday Sept 23). Full week (short week): Limited Mon Sept 21 -> Full Wed Sept 23. Monday and Wednesday were walkthroughs, so participation is an estimation per the club’s note.
• Injury: Oblique strain (left side)
• When it happened: Suffered late in Week 1 preparation, in the practice week leading into Atlanta’s Week 1 game in early September 2026. It cost him Weeks 1 and 2.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Oblique/abdominal strains in NFL throwers typically cost 2-4 weeks for a Grade 1, 4-6 weeks for a Grade 2, and 6-8-plus weeks for a Grade 3. Tua’s roughly three-week absence is consistent with a low-grade Grade 1-to-2 strain. Obliques are notorious for re-aggravation when a QB is asked to throw deep out-breaking routes on consecutive days.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally healthy now – he was cleared to dress Sept 24, 2026 (Week 3). Full unrestricted throwing volume is expected by Week 4-5, early-to-mid October 2026.
• Next game: Week 3 is complete. He was ACTIVE and available as the backup at Green Bay on Thursday Sept 24, 2026 and did not take a snap. For Week 4 at New Orleans on Monday Oct 5, 2026 he remains the QB2 with no designation expected.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: pure insurance. Week 3 at Green Bay (done, did not play). Week 4 at New Orleans (Mon Oct 5), Week 5 vs Baltimore, Week 6 vs Chicago. He only has standalone value if Penix’s knee backs up or Atlanta’s season goes sideways. Worth noting: NFL Network reported before Week 3 that Atlanta is NOT expected to move him via trade or release, so he stays the handcuff all four weeks.
• Who benefits if he sits: Cooper Rush (QB3) would slide into the backup role, with rookie Jack Strand (QB4) behind him. Nobody’s fantasy value changes if Tua is unavailable, since he is not playing.
• Change since Week 2: CHANGED since Sept 18. He was DOUBTFUL (oblique) with a DNP-DNP-DNP practice week; he is now a full practice participant with no designation and dressed as the active backup. The oblique is effectively behind him – but he lost the job to Penix while he was out.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in a 12-team 1-QB full-PPR redraft league. A healthy backup QB behind a healthy starter has zero standalone value in a 1-QB format. He is only a waiver add the moment Penix’s knee shows up on a practice report again – keep him on your watch list, not your bench.

Carson Wentz — MIN (QB2 — back to the backup role after two starts)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Minnesota’s FINAL Friday Sept 25, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 27 game at Tampa Bay carries no entry for Wentz. He is healthy and available; his change is one of role, not health.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. Unlisted on every day of the participation report.
• Injury: None. He is on this report because he was Minnesota’s starting quarterback for the past two weeks and has now been displaced, which is a fantasy-relevant roster event.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. The relevant date is Sept 25, 2026, when Minnesota confirmed Kyler Murray had cleared protocol and would start Week 3.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026.
• Next game: Will be active but will NOT start in Week 3 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday Sept 27, 2026. Kyler Murray starts.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 3-6: backup duty, barring a new Murray injury. He relieved Murray in the Week 1 opener against Green Bay and led a comeback, then made his 100th career start in Week 2 at Chicago in wet conditions — Kevin O’Connell praised him for protecting the football. That body of work makes him the clear QB2 ahead of J.J. McCarthy if Murray goes down again, which matters given Murray’s concussion history.
• Who benefits if he sits: J.J. McCarthy (QB3) is next in line behind him; Max Brosmer (DEV) is the practice-squad arm.
• Change since Week 2: Significant role change. On the Sept 18 baseline Wentz was Minnesota’s Week 2 starter, explicitly ahead of J.J. McCarthy. Kyler Murray’s clearance has returned him to the bench.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league — he has zero standalone value as a backup. The one exception is a deep superflex or 2QB league, where he is a defensible stash specifically because Murray has already missed two games with a concussion this season and Wentz, not J.J. McCarthy, is the proven next man up.

Case Keenum — CHI (QB3 on the published chart — but the named Week 3 starting quarterback)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) practice-report only; Chicago’s Monday Sept 28 kickoff means no final tag exists yet for anyone on the roster. Keenum carries no injury entry on any day of Chicago’s Week 3 participation report and is fully healthy.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 25). Full week: Full Wed Sept 23 -> Full Thu Sept 24 -> Full Fri Sept 25. He is not listed on any day of the participation report; he took the first-team reps this week.
• Injury: None. He is healthy — he is on this report because a depth-chart emergency has made him a starting NFL quarterback.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. He was elevated to the starting job by attrition on Friday Sept 25, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no injury to recover from. The relevant risk is not medical but situational: he is 38 years old and, by Chicago beat reporting, has not thrown a regular-season NFL pass since 2023, so there is real rust and real risk he is pulled if the game gets away.
• Expected back to full health: Healthy now, as of Sept 25, 2026. No return date applies.
• Next game: Will start in Week 3 vs the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday Sept 28, 2026 at Soldier Field.
• Next four weeks: Week 3 (Mon Sept 28 vs Philadelphia): starts. Week 4 (Sun Oct 4 vs the New York Jets): likely back to the bench if Tyson Bagent clears concussion protocol, which is the expectation. Weeks 5-6: QB3 again once Caleb Williams returns. His window as a starter is probably one game, two at the outside.
• Who benefits if he sits: Miller Moss (DEV) would be the emergency elevation from the practice squad — Chicago has no other healthy quarterback on the active roster. In a true in-game emergency, beat reporting notes TE Cole Kmet, WR Rome Odunze and RB Roschon Johnson all have throwing backgrounds.
• Change since Week 2: New to this report. Keenum was the healthy, unlisted QB2/QB3 on the Sept 18 baseline with no story attached; he is now Chicago’s Week 3 starting quarterback.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him, and do not start the Bears’ pass-catchers with confidence either. Against a Philadelphia defense on Monday night, a 38-year-old making his first start in three years projects as a bottom-three QB week. The actionable read is the opposite side of the ball: Chicago is expected to lean run-heavy and control the football, which modestly raises D’Andre Swift’s floor. In deep superflex leagues Keenum is a desperation one-week streamer only.

Rosters and depth charts for all 32 teams were verified against official league roster pages before this report was compiled, and every player listed was confirmed to be on the roster shown. Designations come from the final official club and league injury reports filed Friday, September 25, 2026. Recovery timelines describe how long a class of injury typically sidelines an NFL player and are not a prediction for any individual.

NFL Week 3 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday QB first appeared on Game On Media.

Bottom Line Up Front at Quarterback

Quarterback is the position Week 2 broke. Minnesota lost Kyler Murray to the concussion protocol and will start Carson Wentz rather than J.J. McCarthy, Seattle lost Sam Darnold to a hip-area strain, and Atlanta is still working through the same two-quarterback problem it opened the season with. Cincinnati spent the week waiting on Joe Burrow’s back and got the Friday answer it wanted.

Of the 19 quarterbacks on this board, 8 are out or doubtful, 2 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 9 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all.

Below is every fantasy-relevant quarterback across all 32 teams carrying an injury or an absence, with the final designation, what the injury actually is, how long that class of injury normally takes to heal, where each player sits on his team’s depth chart, and who stands to gain if he can’t go.

Who is on this report?

Michael Penix Jr. (ATL), Kyler Murray (MIN), Sam Darnold (SEA), Skylar Thompson (BAL), Graham Mertz (HOU), Matthew Caldwell (LAR), Dillon Gabriel (CLE), Tua Tagovailoa (ATL), Joe Burrow (CIN), Aidan O’Connell (LV), Cooper Rush (ATL), Jared Goff (DET), Daniel Jones (IND), Patrick Mahomes (KC), Malik Willis (MIA), Anthony Richardson Sr. (IND), Mitchell Trubisky (TEN), Marcus Mariota (WAS), Tyson Bagent (CHI)

What changed since Week 1

This is the first full week of in-season attrition — injuries from actual games rather than camp and preseason, plus the roster moves that follow them. Across the 19 quarterbacks here: 7 are new to the report, 3 improved or cleared outright, 2 got worse, and 7 are carrying the same status they had a week ago. The pattern worth internalizing: the Week 1 designations that resolved upward mostly stayed resolved, and the new names on this list came off the field on Sunday, not out of the training room.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Michael Penix Jr. (ATL) can’t go — Cooper Rush (QB, functional QB1) starts a second consecutive game. Jack Strand (QB, rookie) is the emergency QB2 behind him.
• If Kyler Murray (MIN) can’t go — Carson Wentz (QB2, ACT #11) starts Week 2 at Chicago. J.J. McCarthy (QB3, ACT #9) is the backup and is healthy — he was passed over, which is itself a meaningful signal about where he sits. Wentz’s Week 1 relief line (12-19, 133 yards, 3 TD) came against Green Bay.
• If Sam Darnold (SEA) can’t go — Drew Lock (QB2 on paper, the announced Week 2 starter) is the direct beneficiary — he relieved Darnold in Week 1 and went 16-of-22 for 187 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT. Jalen Milroe (QB3) moves up to the emergency/backup role.
• If Skylar Thompson (BAL) can’t go — Tyler Huntley (QB2) and Joe Fagnano (QB3) are the active backups behind Lamar Jackson (QB1). Huntley is the one who matters — he is the only Baltimore backup with meaningful starting experience if Jackson were to miss time.
• If Graham Mertz (HOU) can’t go — Davis Mills is the QB2 behind C.J. Stroud. With Mark Gronowski no longer on the roster, Houston currently carries only two quarterbacks on the active roster, which is a genuine emergency-QB thinness issue if Stroud goes down.
• If Dillon Gabriel (CLE) can’t go — Shedeur Sanders (QB2) is the backup behind Deshaun Watson (QB1), with rookie Taylen Green (QB3) as the third. Sanders is the name that matters — he is the one who would play if Watson went down, and Gabriel’s IR stint is precisely what cleared that path.
• If Tua Tagovailoa (ATL) can’t go — Cooper Rush (QB, functional QB1) makes his second straight start. Jack Strand (QB, rookie) backs up. Michael Penix Jr. is the looming factor once activated.
• If Joe Burrow (CIN) can’t go — Joe Flacco (QB2) would start. Cincinnati was also weighing elevating Josh Johnson (DEV) from the practice squad as the emergency third quarterback for the Houston game, which is itself a tell that the club treated a Burrow absence as a live possibility earlier in the week.
• If Aidan O’Connell (LV) can’t go — Fernando Mendoza (QB2) is already the direct backup to Kirk Cousins and is unaffected by this — he simply remains the No. 2. There is no meaningful downstream consequence to O’Connell’s absence beyond Las Vegas dressing only two quarterbacks.

How to read this report

These are final designations, not midweek practice notes, so they mean what they say. A few timing wrinkles apply this week:

• Buffalo and Detroit have already played. The Bills beat the Lions 41-31 on Thursday night, September 17. For those two clubs Week 2 is settled — what matters is who got hurt in the game and what it means from Week 3 on.
• The Rams host the Giants on Monday night, September 21, so Los Angeles does not file its final game-status report until Saturday. Any Rams player listed here is Friday practice participation with the final designation still to come.
• A player listed with no designation is good news. Several names below appear on an official report with a blank game-status column — that is a club formally declining to tag them, which is stronger than never having been listed at all.

Reserve-list designations — injured reserve, PUP, the Commissioner’s Exempt List, suspension — are roster transactions and are settled regardless of the day. A player placed on in-season injured reserve must miss a minimum of four games.

Ruled out or unavailable (7)

Officially ruled out, or on a reserve list. Plan around these.

Michael Penix Jr. — ATL (Nominal season QB1 on the talent depth chart, but currently QB4 in functional Week 2 order — he has not taken a regular-season snap in 2026)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Atlanta on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 home game vs the Carolina Panthers. This is the second straight week he has been ruled Out.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Worth flagging plainly: he practiced in full all three days and was still ruled Out, which is the signature of a post-surgical ramp-up where the team is clearing him for practice work but not yet for live game contact.
• Injury: Knee — continuing recovery from reconstructive knee surgery performed at midseason of the 2025 campaign
• When it happened: Original injury and reconstructive surgery occurred during the 2025 season (midseason). This is not a new Week 1 or Week 2 injury; it is the tail of a roughly 10-11 month rehab.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Reconstructive knee surgery (ACL-class) typically costs 9-12 months before full clearance, and teams routinely add 2-6 weeks of non-contact practice ramp before game activation. Players cleared to practice in full frequently sit another one to three games while the club builds contact tolerance and confidence in the joint.
• Expected back to full health: Structurally he is already at or past the standard timeline. Realistic game-ready window is late September to mid-October 2026 — Week 3 (week of Sept 27) at the earliest, Weeks 4-6 (Oct 2026) as the safer bet.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Officially ruled Out for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Carolina Panthers at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs Carolina): Out, confirmed. Week 3: live possibility — Atlanta’s head coach tied his Week 3 availability directly to how he progresses through rehab this week, with Green Bay named as that opponent in Sept 18 reporting. Weeks 4-5: if he is not the Week 3 starter he is very likely the starter by then, assuming no setback, because Tua’s oblique and Cooper Rush’s back both point to Atlanta wanting its franchise arm back as soon as it is safe. The three-deep QB mess makes this a genuinely volatile situation week to week.
• Who benefits if he sits: Cooper Rush (QB, functional QB1) starts a second consecutive game. Jack Strand (QB, rookie) is the emergency QB2 behind him.
• Change since Week 1: No change in outcome since Sept 12 — Out both weeks — but a meaningful change in trajectory. On the Week 1 report the distinction was that his absence began as an unofficial coach’s announcement before being formalized. This week he is practicing in FULL all three days rather than being managed, and his Week 3 availability is now being publicly discussed by the head coach. Also note a roster-status correction: nfl.com lists him ACT (active roster), not on any reserve list.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in Week 2 in any 12-team full-PPR format. He is, however, a legitimate stash in leagues that roster two QBs or use superflex — full practice participation three days running is the last box before activation, and whoever holds him gets a potential every-week starter for Weeks 3-17. In single-QB 12-team redraft he is a drop unless you have a deep bench. The more important fantasy read is downstream: until Penix is under center, Bijan Robinson, Drake London and Kyle Pitts Sr. are all playing with a diminished passing game.

Kyler Murray — MIN (QB1 — nominal starter, but ruled out; Carson Wentz takes the Week 2 start)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Minnesota on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Chicago.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed -> Limited Thu -> Limited Fri. He practiced in a limited capacity all three days but was never cleared out of the concussion protocol, which is why a Limited Friday still produced an OUT rather than a Questionable.
• Injury: Concussion (head). In the NFL’s five-step return-to-participation protocol; limited practice corresponds to roughly Step 4, with independent neurological consultant clearance still outstanding.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 13, 2026, early in Minnesota’s Week 1 win over Green Bay. Murray was hit by Packers safety Javon Bullard after sliding at the end of a scramble. He did not return; Carson Wentz relieved him and finished 12-of-19 for 133 yards and three touchdowns.
• Typical recovery for this injury: NFL concussions average about 8-12 days of lost time. Roughly half of players clear protocol within one game week; the rest need two. Cases that reach limited practice by the Friday of the following week but are not cleared almost always clear during the next week. Prolonged cases (3+ weeks) are the minority and usually involve recurring symptoms with exertion.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026 — realistically cleared during the Week 3 practice week (Sept 22-26) and available for the Week 3 game the weekend of Sept 27. Head coach Kevin O’Connell has publicly framed Week 3 as the target.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 at Chicago on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. Officially ruled OUT on the Friday Sept 18 final report. Carson Wentz starts, J.J. McCarthy is the backup.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (at Chicago, Sept 20) is a certain miss. Week 3 is the live target and the likeliest return given he was practicing in a limited capacity all of Week 2 — call it 60-65% to start Week 3. Weeks 4 and 5 project as full go barring a symptom relapse. The one real tail risk: if Wentz plays well again behind this offense, Minnesota has an awkward decision, though O’Connell has given no indication Murray’s job is in question.
• Who benefits if he sits: Carson Wentz (QB2, ACT #11) starts Week 2 at Chicago. J.J. McCarthy (QB3, ACT #9) is the backup and is healthy — he was passed over, which is itself a meaningful signal about where he sits. Wentz’s Week 1 relief line (12-19, 133 yards, 3 TD) came against Green Bay.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to the report. Murray was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list at all — he was the healthy listed starter. The concussion happened in the Week 1 game itself (Sept 13), after the baseline was compiled.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop Murray from Week 2 lineups entirely; he is a stash, not a start. In 12-team full PPR he is worth holding through the bye-less early weeks if you have a second QB, but if you are streaming, grab a Week 2 replacement and revisit Thursday of Week 3. Wentz is a fringe QB2/streamer at Chicago — three touchdowns in relief flatters him, but the Vikings’ pass-catcher group is thinned by Jauan Jennings being out. The bigger fantasy read: Murray’s absence is mildly negative for Justin Jefferson’s ceiling and mildly positive for a run-heavy Aaron Jones game script.

Sam Darnold — SEA (QB1 when healthy — but he is behind Drew Lock on the functional Week 2 depth chart because Lock is the announced starter)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Seattle on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Arizona. Seattle listed the injury as ‘Glute’ on the Week 2 report after initially calling it a hip.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. He has not practiced at all since the injury.
• Injury: Glute / deep soft-tissue strain in the hip-buttock region. The club has described it as ‘a very unique soft-tissue injury’; the hip joint itself is uninvolved and imaging ruled out a fracture.
• When it happened: Wednesday, Sept 9, 2026 — sacked on the final play of Seattle’s opening possession of the Week 1 opener against New England (SEA won 13-10). He left after five plays and Drew Lock finished the game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Gluteal/proximal hamstring-region muscle strains typically cost 1-3 weeks for a Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for a Grade 2, and 8+ weeks (often surgical) for a Grade 3 or an avulsion. The absence of any IR plan plus reporting that he is already moving better points to a low-to-moderate Grade 1-2, with roughly a 2-4 week absence.
• Expected back to full health: Best case Week 3 (late September); the realistic center of the range is Week 4, roughly Oct 4, 2026. ESPN’s reporting floated up to four weeks, which would push him to Week 5 (approx. Oct 11).
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Officially ruled OUT for Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 at Arizona. Drew Lock starts.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 at Arizona: out, guaranteed. Week 3: genuinely in play but not the bet — the club is intentionally keeping him off IR so it can activate him the moment he clears, which cuts both ways. Weeks 4-5: he should be back and starting in this window barring a setback. Expect Lock to make one to three starts total.
• Who benefits if he sits: Drew Lock (QB2 on paper, the announced Week 2 starter) is the direct beneficiary — he relieved Darnold in Week 1 and went 16-of-22 for 187 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT. Jalen Milroe (QB3) moves up to the emergency/backup role.
• Change since Week 1: Escalated from an unofficial in-game injury with no filed designation to a FINAL, OFFICIAL OUT tag. New since Sept 12: Seattle relabeled the injury from ‘hip’ to ‘glute’ on the official report, confirmed it will NOT place him on IR, confirmed Drew Lock as the Week 2 starter, and reporting emerged putting the outside timetable at about four weeks.

Fantasy takeaway: Stash-only in 12-team full-PPR; Darnold is a bench QB you hold if you carry two, and an outright drop in single-QB leagues with tight benches. The tradeable asset here is the pass-catchers, not the quarterback: Lock threw efficiently in Week 1 and Jaxon Smith-Njigba still went for 8-122-1 with him under center, so do not discount SEA receivers. Lock himself is a streaming-only QB2 against an Arizona defense that is beatable.

Skylar Thompson — BAL (Was the QB3/QB4 depth arm; currently off the active depth chart while on reserve)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster as of Sept 18, 2026. Placed on IR without a return designation, which means he is out for the entire 2026 season unless released with an injury settlement.
• Practice this week: Not reported — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured. He has no Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 entry on the participation report and will not have one this season.
• Injury: Undisclosed — the Ravens did not announce the nature of the injury
• When it happened: Approximately Aug 12, 2026. Baltimore placed him on injured reserve in mid-August 2026 during training camp and signed a replacement quarterback as the corresponding move.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable — the injury was never disclosed. The relevant fact is procedural: an IR placement in August without a designation to return ends a player’s season under the roster rules, so recovery timeline is irrelevant to his 2026 availability.
• Expected back to full health: Not applicable for the 2026 season. Any return to football would be 2027. He is season-ending IR as of the August 2026 placement.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the New Orleans Saints, and out for every remaining game of the 2026 season. He is on season-ending Reserve/Injured.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the balance of the season. There is no scenario in which he appears. Baltimore’s quarterback room for this window is Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley and Joe Fagnano.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Huntley (QB2) and Joe Fagnano (QB3) are the active backups behind Lamar Jackson (QB1). Huntley is the one who matters — he is the only Baltimore backup with meaningful starting experience if Jackson were to miss time.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still on season-ending Reserve/Injured, status code RES, with no new information from the club.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any format. Do not roster. The only Baltimore quarterback worth any consideration beyond Lamar Jackson is Tyler Huntley, and only as a deep-league contingency if Jackson were to get hurt.

Graham Mertz — HOU (Not on the active depth chart — season-ending Reserve/Injured. Had been the QB3 competitor.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried on nfl.com as status code RES with no return designation. Season-ending.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed/Thu/Fri — he is on season-ending Reserve/Injured and cannot practice.
• Injury: Torn ACL
• When it happened: Suffered in the 2026 offseason/preseason window, before Houston set its initial 53-man roster in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Isolated ACL reconstruction: 9-12 months. For a quarterback the functional return is often slightly faster than for a skill-position runner, but the season is already lost.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-2027. He will not play in 2026.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — ineligible. He cannot play Sunday Sept 20 vs the Cincinnati Bengals, or in any 2026 game.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: ineligible, zero snaps, out for the full 2026 season.
• Who benefits if he sits: Davis Mills is the QB2 behind C.J. Stroud. With Mark Gronowski no longer on the roster, Houston currently carries only two quarterbacks on the active roster, which is a genuine emergency-QB thinness issue if Stroud goes down.
• Change since Week 1: No change to Mertz since Sept 12 — still season-ending RES. Related roster change: QB3 Mark Gronowski is no longer on the roster (he was listed on the practice squad in the Sept 12 baseline and is now off the nfl.com roster entirely).

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any format. Not rosterable. The only takeaway that matters to a 12-team manager is the downstream one: Houston’s QB room is now two deep, so a Stroud injury would mean Davis Mills, which would crater the value of every Texans pass catcher.

Matthew Caldwell — LAR (Not on the active depth chart — QB4/camp arm on the reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com Rams roster as of Sept 18, 2026.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and ineligible to practice with the team. He has not practiced. Practice week of Sept 17-19: no participation of any kind.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury carried from training camp. The Rams have not specified it.
• When it happened: Training camp/preseason, August 2026. Placed on injured reserve around the 53-man roster cutdown.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not quantifiable without a named injury. A camp IR placement without a return designation generally implies a multi-month timeline.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown and not relevant to 2026 fantasy. Treat him as out for the season absent a club announcement.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY and is ineligible. He cannot appear in the Monday, Sept 21, 2026 game vs. the New York Giants.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2 through 5 and almost certainly the balance of 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A for fantasy purposes — Matthew Stafford is the starter with Stetson Bennett as QB2 and rookie Ty Simpson as QB3. Caldwell was never in the game-day picture.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still RES on the official roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any format. He is a fourth quarterback who would not have dressed even if healthy. Listed only for reserve-list completeness.

Dillon Gabriel — CLE (Was in the quarterback competition; currently off the active depth chart while on reserve. Cleveland’s active room is Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Taylen Green.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, designated to return. Status code RSR on the nfl.com Browns roster as of Sept 18, 2026. The reserve-list status governs his availability regardless of how the back feels.
• Practice this week: Not reported — ineligible to practice until his activation window opens. No Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 entry exists on the participation report.
• Injury: Back
• When it happened: Late August 2026. Cleveland placed him on injured reserve on approximately Aug 30, 2026 when it set the initial 53-man roster, keeping three quarterbacks active and making rookie Taylen Green the No. 3. The back injury therefore dates to training camp or the preseason.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Back injuries in quarterbacks span an enormous range. A lumbar strain is 2-4 weeks. A disc-related issue with radicular symptoms is 6-12 weeks and sometimes requires surgery, which would push it to 3-6 months. The club’s willingness to accept a mandatory four-game absence rather than carry him active suggests something beyond a simple strain.
• Expected back to full health: Early-to-mid October 2026. He is eligible to return in Week 5 and his 21-day practice window can open before that. A realistic date for full health is Weeks 5-7, roughly the first three weeks of October 2026, though activation depends as much on Cleveland’s quarterback plans as on his back.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is on Reserve/Injured serving the mandatory four-game absence and cannot be activated.
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 2, 3 and 4 by rule. Week 5 is his first game of eligibility. Even then, Cleveland has Deshaun Watson starting and Shedeur Sanders as QB2, so activation would be a depth decision rather than a path to snaps. Assume no fantasy relevance across Weeks 2-5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Shedeur Sanders (QB2) is the backup behind Deshaun Watson (QB1), with rookie Taylen Green (QB3) as the third. Sanders is the name that matters — he is the one who would play if Watson went down, and Gabriel’s IR stint is precisely what cleared that path.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He remains on Reserve/Injured with a return designation, status code RSR, with no practice window opened and no new club update.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR redraft. He is a third-or-fourth quarterback on IR behind a starter and a higher-profile backup. The Cleveland quarterback to actually have on your watchlist is Shedeur Sanders, who would be the immediate starter if Deshaun Watson misses time.

Doubtful (1)

Doubtful means the club expects him not to play. Treat it as out unless you see a pregame report saying otherwise.

Tua Tagovailoa — ATL (Named 2026 Week 1 starter on Sept 7 before the injury; currently QB3 in functional Week 2 order behind Cooper Rush and Jack Strand)

• Status: DOUBTFUL — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Atlanta on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 home game vs the Carolina Panthers. Doubtful conventionally translates to roughly a 25 percent chance of playing, and with a three-day DNP behind it the true number here is lower than that.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. He did not practice at all. A player who misses the entire practice week and is not simply ruled Out is being held open as a formality, not as a real game-day option.
• Injury: Oblique strain
• When it happened: Sustained at a Falcons practice on Thursday Sept 10, 2026, during Week 1 preparation. He was ruled Out for the Week 1 opener at Pittsburgh two days later and has not practiced since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Oblique and abdominal-wall strains are notoriously slow for throwers because the muscle fires on every rotation of the throwing motion. Grade 1 typically costs 2-4 weeks; Grade 2 commonly 4-6 weeks; a Grade 3 tear can end in surgery and 3-plus months. Quarterbacks are the worst-case position for this injury class — re-aggravation rates are high when a passer is rushed back, and clubs usually want pain-free full-velocity throwing for several consecutive days before clearing.
• Expected back to full health: A full practice week without setback is the gating item and he has not produced one yet. Realistic return window is Week 4 to Week 5 (early-to-mid October 2026) if this is a Grade 1-2 strain. Week 3 is possible only if he practices fully early next week.
• Next game: EXPECTED NOT TO PLAY. Doubtful for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Carolina Panthers. Treat him as out for lineup purposes; a Doubtful QB who has not thrown in practice for eight straight days does not start an NFL game.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs Carolina): out for practical purposes. Week 3: uncertain and competing directly with Michael Penix Jr.’s return for the same job, which is the real complication — Atlanta may simply hand the offense back to Penix rather than rush Tua’s oblique. Weeks 4-5: this is where Tua would realistically be healthy, but by then the starting job may not be his. Track the Falcons’ Wednesday practice report next week; if Tua is DNP again while Penix stays full, Penix is the Week 3 starter.
• Who benefits if he sits: Cooper Rush (QB, functional QB1) makes his second straight start. Jack Strand (QB, rookie) backs up. Michael Penix Jr. is the looming factor once activated.
• Change since Week 1: Status DOWNGRADED in substance even though the tag technically moved from OUT to DOUBTFUL. On the Sept 12 baseline he had a single DNP (Sept 11) logged. He has now missed the entire Week 2 practice week — three consecutive DNPs — which means he has gone a full eight days without throwing. The move from Out to Doubtful looks like an upgrade on paper and is not one.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him in Week 2 in any format. In 12-team full-PPR single-QB leagues he is droppable — he is behind an oblique strain AND a returning franchise quarterback, which is a brutal combination for his path back to fantasy relevance. The actionable move is to fade the entire Falcons passing game in Week 2: Drake London stays a volume-based WR2/flex play because target share travels, but Kyle Pitts Sr. and Jahan Dotson are bench pieces with Cooper Rush throwing.

Questionable — game-time calls (2)

The genuine coin flips. Watch the inactives list, which posts about 90 minutes before kickoff, and have a replacement ready.

Joe Burrow — CIN (QB1 — unquestioned franchise starter and the engine of the Bengals’ passing offense)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Cincinnati on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 road game at the Houston Texans. Confirmed on the club’s own Week 2 injury report release.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. The Friday upgrade to full participation is the key data point and reporters noted he was visibly more active as the week went on.
• Injury: Back tightness / low-grade back strain
• When it happened: Sept 13, 2026 — Week 1 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He took a hit from Alex Anzalone while fighting for a first down on a third-and-6 in the first quarter. He finished the game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Non-radicular back tightness and low-grade lumbar strains in NFL quarterbacks typically resolve in 1-2 weeks and rarely cost a start when the player finished the game in which it happened. The risk profile is flare-up and recurrence rather than a long absence — back issues are notorious for being fine one day and locking up the next, which is exactly why clubs file Questionable rather than clearing the player outright.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively now, Week 2 (Sept 18-20, 2026), given Friday full participation. Expect the designation to disappear entirely by Week 3 barring a re-aggravation in the Houston game.
• Next game: PLAYING in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Houston Texans. Friday full participation, head coach Zac Taylor saying he ‘practiced in full today’ and ‘feels good,’ and Burrow himself saying ‘If I’m not getting surgery, I’ll be out there’ together make this a near-certain start. The Questionable tag reflects the unpredictability of back tightness, not genuine doubt.
• Next four weeks: Expect him to start Weeks 2 through 5. Week 2 at Houston is the only game with a live availability question and he should clear it. The monitoring item across Weeks 3-5 is whether the back flares up behind an offensive line that let him get hit in Week 1 — if it recurs, the designation returns and his mobility, never his strength, is the first thing to suffer.
• Who benefits if he sits: Joe Flacco (QB2) would start. Cincinnati was also weighing elevating Josh Johnson (DEV) from the practice squad as the emergency third quarterback for the Houston game, which is itself a tell that the club treated a Burrow absence as a live possibility earlier in the week.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list at all. The back issue originated in the Week 1 game itself and is entirely new information as of Sept 16, 2026.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence as a top-five QB1 in 12-team full PPR. Friday full participation plus the coach’s comments is the green light. Have a streamer on your bench as an inactives-report contingency since kickoff is the 1 pm ET window, but do not trade him or bench him over this. If he somehow sits, Joe Flacco is a matchup-dependent QB2 and Ja’Marr Chase’s ceiling drops meaningfully.

Aidan O’Connell — LV (QB3 — third quarterback behind Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza; emergency-arm role only)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Las Vegas on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 game at the Los Angeles Chargers. Filed under ‘Not injury related — personal matter.’
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 18). Full week: the club’s Friday filing lists him as a DNP under the not-injury-related/personal designation. Head coach Klint Kubiak said Friday that O’Connell would not be traveling with the team to Los Angeles, which in practice means he will not play regardless of the Questionable tag.
• Injury: None — this is expressly NOT an injury. The Raiders filed it as ‘Not injury related – personal matter,’ which is the standard league-report mechanism for a personal or family situation. No medical issue is involved.
• When it happened: Not applicable — there is no injury. The personal matter surfaced during the Week 2 practice week of Sept 16-18, 2026, and was formalized on the Friday Sept 18 report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no injury to recover from. Personal-matter absences are open-ended by nature and resolve on the player’s own timeline; most are a matter of days.
• Expected back to full health: He is already healthy — there is no health issue. Availability is a personal-circumstances question, and a return for Week 3 (Sept 27) would be the normal expectation for a short personal absence.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 at the Los Angeles Chargers (SoFi Stadium, 1:05 p.m. PT). Kubiak confirmed Friday he is not traveling with the team, which makes the Questionable tag academic.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (at LAC, Sept 20): not traveling, will not play. Weeks 3-5: expected back once the personal matter resolves, returning to the QB3 role behind Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza. He has no realistic path to snaps unless both players ahead of him are unavailable.
• Who benefits if he sits: Fernando Mendoza (QB2) is already the direct backup to Kirk Cousins and is unaffected by this — he simply remains the No. 2. There is no meaningful downstream consequence to O’Connell’s absence beyond Las Vegas dressing only two quarterbacks.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT. O’Connell carried no designation of any kind on the Raiders’ final Week 1 injury report filed Friday Sept 11, 2026 and was not on the Sept 12 baseline. The personal-matter filing first appeared on the Week 2 report. Roster status unchanged at ACT, depth-chart position unchanged at QB3.