Bottom Line Up Front at WR

Washington’s Stefon Diggs (hamstring) and Las Vegas’ Jalen Nailor (concussion) are both newly out. Justin Jefferson (MIN, ankle) is a real upgrade this week, trending toward playing after missing Week 4. Cincinnati has a scare with both Ja’Marr Chase (concussion) and Tee Higgins (groin) questionable, and DeVonta Smith (PHI, hamstring) sits out a second straight game.

This week’s WR report covers 44 players: 4 already played this week, 18 out, 11 questionable, 6 no final tag yet (monday-night clubs), 5 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), Ja’Marr Chase (CIN), Tee Higgins (CIN), Tylan Wallace (CLE), CeeDee Lamb (DAL), Jonathan Mingo (DAL), Jayden Reed (GB), Jayden Higgins (HOU), Nico Collins (HOU), Tank Dell (HOU), Ashton Dulin (IND), Darius Slayton (IND), Keenan Allen (IND), Jakobi Meyers (JAX), Brenen Thompson (LAC), Ladd McConkey (LAC), Dont’e Thornton Jr. (LV), Jalen Nailor (LV), Caleb Douglas (MIA), Jordan Addison (MIN), Justin Jefferson (MIN), Mack Hollins (NE), Barion Brown (NO), Malik Nabers (NYG), Adonai Mitchell (NYJ), Tim Patrick (NYJ), DeVonta Smith (PHI), Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown (PHI), Michael Pittman Jr. (PIT), Brandon Aiyuk (SF), Mike Evans (SF), Ricky Pearsall (SF), Chris Godwin Jr. (TB), Jalen McMillan (TB), Carnell Tate (TEN), Stefon Diggs (WAS), Terry McLaurin (WAS)

What changed since Week 4

• NEW: Ashton Dulin (IND) — Worsened/changed – downgraded from Questionable (ankle) last week to Out (hamstring) this week, suggesting either a new injury or a complication
• UPGRADED: Barion Brown (NO) — Improved – was Questionable (hamstring) heading into Week 4’s Monday-night game; has progressed to full practice participation this week while keeping a precautionary Questionable tag.
• NEW: Carnell Tate (TEN) — New injury – he did not appear on last week’s (Oct 2) report
• NEW: CeeDee Lamb (DAL) — Newly appeared on the report (thigh) but with zero practice restriction — essentially a non-issue compared to last week’s clean report.
• UPGRADED: Chris Moore (BAL) — Upgraded/cleared — was QUESTIONABLE (ankle) on last week’s report, now off the injury report entirely
• UPGRADED: Colbie Young (CIN) — Upgraded — was OUT (knee) for Week 4, now QUESTIONABLE for Week 5
• DOWNGRADED: DJ Moore (BUF) — Worsened mid-week then trending — he was managing the same shoulder with a limited/questionable tag in prior weeks, then re-aggravated it badly enough to be ruled out of the rest of the Week 4 game against New England
• NEW: Darius Slayton (IND) — New injury – he did not appear on last week’s report at all
• NEW: Dont’e Thornton Jr. (LV) — Newly appearing on this week’s report as he begins practicing off IR; was not on last week’s (Oct 2) report
• NEW: Ja’Marr Chase (CIN) — NEW since last week’s report — Chase was not listed in Week 4 and had no designation; he entered concussion protocol this week
• NEW: Jakobi Meyers (JAX) — New appearance on the injury report – Jacksonville had zero players logged last week – but it carries no designation and no practice limitation
• UPGRADED: Jalen Coker (CAR) — Upgraded/resolved – was Questionable (quadriceps) in Week 4; now healthy and starting per the current depth chart.
• NEW: Jalen Nailor (LV) — Newly injured/newly listed — Nailor did not appear on last week’s (Oct 2) injury report at all
• NEW: Jonathan Mingo (DAL) — Newly appeared — DAL had zero injuries logged on last week’s report; Mingo is a new addition to this week’s list.
• NEW: Jordan Addison (MIN) — Newly injured – did not appear on last week’s report at all
• UPGRADED: Justin Jefferson (MIN) — Upgraded – he was OUT all of last week (Week 4 vs. Dolphins); this week he practiced in a limited capacity all three days and carries a Questionable tag, a clear improvement
• NEW: Mack Hollins (NE) — Newly injured/newly listed — was not on last week’s (Oct 2) report
• NEW: Malik Nabers (NYG) — Newly appeared on the injury report this week (wasn’t listed last week); trended from DNP Wednesday to full practice by Friday.
• UPGRADED: Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown (PHI) — Continuing absence — same ankle injury that had him OUT last week (Week 4), with no confirmed upgrade this week either.
• DOWNGRADED: Michael Pittman Jr. (PIT) — NEW/worsened this week — not a Week 4 division storyline; now officially ruled OUT for Week 5
• NEW: Stefon Diggs (WAS) — Newly appeared on the injury report — Diggs (signed by WAS in August 2026) was not flagged in last week’s Week 4 report at all; now fully OUT with a hamstring issue.
• NEW: Tank Dell (HOU) — New to the report – he was not mentioned in last week’s (Oct 2) report. This is a newly-developing story as his practice window opened Oct. 7, 2026
• NEW: Tee Higgins (CIN) — NEW since last week — Higgins had no designation on the Week 4 report
• DOWNGRADED: Xavier Legette (CAR) — Clarified/worsened on paper – Week 4’s report had him simply ‘Out’ with a knee injury; he has since been formally placed on IR (Oct. 3) with a ~Nov. 8 target return.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Adonai Mitchell (NYJ) can’t go — Malik McClain and Isaiah Williams see expanded target share in his absence, with Garrett Wilson absorbing the top role
• If Tim Patrick (NYJ) can’t go — Deep-league stash only; worth monitoring given Adonai Mitchell’s continued absence, but no immediate fantasy relevance until activated
• If Mack Hollins (NE) can’t go — Kyle Williams, DeMario Douglas, and Efton Chism III absorb added snaps and targets in his absence
• If Tylan Wallace (CLE) can’t go — Malachi Corley, Isaiah Bond, and KC Concepcion see modestly increased snaps in his absence, though the overall fantasy ripple is small given Wallace’s own low target volume
• If Michael Pittman Jr. (PIT) can’t go — Roman Wilson, Ben Skowronek, and Germie Bernard see increased snaps/targets in his absence
• If Tank Dell (HOU) can’t go — No Week 5 fantasy impact. If/when activated, watch for reduced slot/rotational snaps for Jaylin Noel and Bryce Oliver
• If Jayden Higgins (HOU) can’t go — His absence continues to open rotational snaps/targets for Bryce Oliver and Jaylin Noel
• If Ashton Dulin (IND) can’t go — Minimal standalone value; his absence mainly means Keenan Allen (if active) and Josh Downs handle a larger snap share
• If Jalen Nailor (LV) can’t go — With Nailor out, expect increased offensive snaps and target share for Tre Tucker and Cody White, with Malik Benson also in line for a bump in offensive role
• If Dont’e Thornton Jr. (LV) can’t go — Minimal — a deep-bench/dynasty-stash name only; his activation would not meaningfully change the touch distribution among Nailor/Tucker/White/Benson/Young
• If Brenen Thompson (LAC) can’t go — Negligible — his absence does not materially change the target distribution among Johnston/Harris/McConkey/Valdes-Scantling
• If Stefon Diggs (WAS) can’t go — If he sits, McLaurin, Burks, and Dyami Brown each see a target-share bump, with Burks the likeliest snap-count beneficiary in the slot.
• If DeVonta Smith (PHI) can’t go — With Smith out, Makai Lemon, Elijah Moore, and a healthy Dallas Goedert (if active) see added target share in the London game.
• If Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown (PHI) can’t go — His continued absence keeps elevating Dontayvion Wicks and Makai Lemon’s snap and target share.
• If Jonathan Mingo (DAL) can’t go — If he’s limited or sits, Ryan Flournoy and KaVontae Turpin are next in line for snaps, though George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb remain the primary beneficiaries of any added target volume.
• If CeeDee Lamb (DAL) can’t go — N/A — not a real injury concern; no snap-share change expected for Pickens, Mingo, or the rest of the WR room.
• If Jayden Reed (GB) can’t go — Matthew Golden, Christian Watson, Skyy Moore and J. Michael Sturdivant absorb his snaps and targets; drop/stash only in deep dynasty formats
• If Jalen McMillan (TB) can’t go — Benefits Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin Jr., Tez Johnson and Tez Hurst III for target share while McMillan remains out.
• If Chris Godwin Jr. (TB) can’t go — His continued health caps Kameron Johnson’s snaps/targets in the slot.
• If Xavier Legette (CAR) can’t go — Benefits Jalen Coker, Tetairoa McMillan, and David Moore for target share in Carolina’s passing game.
• If Chris Brazzell II (CAR) can’t go — Minimal direct fantasy relevance; depth-chart vacancy is filled internally by Moore/Metchie/Tremayne.
• If Brandon Aiyuk (SF) can’t go — No impact on current snap/target distribution; already fully replaced by Deebo Samuel Sr., Mike Evans, De’Zhaun Stribling, and Jacob Cowing

How to read this report

• Designations reflect Friday, October 9, 2026 final injury/practice reports where filed.
• Dallas (DAL) and Tampa Bay (TB) already played their Week 5 game Thursday night, October 8 — their entries reflect that completed game, not an upcoming one.
• Buffalo (BUF) and the L.A. Rams (LAR) play each other Monday night, October 12 — some of their tags may not be finalized until Saturday.
• Kansas City (KC) and Carolina (CAR) are on their Week 5 bye — no new injury report this week for either team.
• “No Final Tag Yet” means a real injury concern exists but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) an official Week 5 game-status designation as of this report.

Already Played This Week (4)

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

• CeeDee Lamb (DAL, WR1 (RWR1, primary alpha target despite Ourlads’ LWR/RWR slotting)) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (a) Thigh; full practice (FP/FP/FP) all three days (Mon/Tue/Wed) on the official report — no game-status tag. Game already took place Thursday 10/8.
  Injury: Thigh (since Surfaced in Week 5 practice window (week of 10/5-10/7/2026)). Typical recovery: Minor/managed — full practice participation all week suggests no real time-loss risk. Expected back: Already available; played Thursday 10/8. Week 5 status: Played Week 5 (Thursday 10/8 vs. Tampa Bay); no restriction expected. Next 4 games: No change expected — remains the clear top target in the Dallas passing game. Fantasy impact: N/A — not a real injury concern; no snap-share change expected for Pickens, Mingo, or the rest of the WR room.
• Jonathan Mingo (DAL, WR4 (RWR2, backup to CeeDee Lamb)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Injury type not specified in the official report; listed as DNP on Wednesday 10/7 (the last practice day before Thursday’s game) with a Questionable tag. Game already took place Thursday 10/8 (DAL lost 24-16 to Tampa Bay) before this Friday reporting cycle.
  Injury: Not specified in available official report (since Surfaced in Week 5 practice window (week of 10/5-10/7/2026)). Typical recovery: Unknown — injury type not specified. Expected back: Unknown; game already played Thursday 10/8. Week 5 status: Game already played (Thursday 10/8 vs. Tampa Bay); his in-game availability/snap count not confirmed in available sourcing. Next 4 games: Monitor next week’s (Week 6) injury report for a clearer read on severity. Fantasy impact: If he’s limited or sits, Ryan Flournoy and KaVontae Turpin are next in line for snaps, though George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb remain the primary beneficiaries of any added target volume.
• Chris Godwin Jr. (TB, SWR1 (slot starter)) — RESOLVED (a) Not on the injury report; full starter at slot receiver.
  Injury: None currently active (prior ankle injury resolved) (since N/A – resolved). Typical recovery: N/A. Expected back: Already active. Week 5 status: Expected to play Week 5 vs. Dallas. Next 4 games: No injury concern; projects as the full-time slot starter.. Fantasy impact: His continued health caps Kameron Johnson’s snaps/targets in the slot.
• Jalen McMillan (TB, Was WR2 (outside) before injury; off the depth chart while on IR) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Remains on injured reserve (knee/PCL sprain); not present on the current offensive depth chart or the Week 5 injury report (players on IR are not carried on the weekly report).
  Injury: Knee – PCL sprain (since Prior to Week 4 (exact date not confirmed this session)). Typical recovery: PCL sprain typically 4-8 weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Not confirmed; minimum IR window means earliest eligibility is roughly 4 games after placement – specific return date not found. Week 5 status: Will not play Week 5. Next 4 games: Likely out for at least the next several weeks; monitor practice-window designation reports for an activation window.. Fantasy impact: Benefits Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin Jr., Tez Johnson and Tez Hurst III for target share while McMillan remains out.

Out (18)

Ruled out, on injured reserve, PUP, exempt, or suspended — not expected to play Week 5.

• Chris Brazzell II (CAR, Was a depth/special-teams WR; off the depth chart while on IR) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Remains on injured reserve with a knee injury; not on Carolina’s current WR depth chart. Carolina is on its Week 5 bye.
  Injury: Knee (since Not confirmed this session (already on IR entering Week 4)). Typical recovery: Variable for knee injuries; could be several weeks to a full-season designation depending on severity (not confirmed). Expected back: Not confirmed. Week 5 status: Out – on IR. Next 4 games: No confirmed timetable found this session; treat as out.. Fantasy impact: Minimal direct fantasy relevance; depth-chart vacancy is filled internally by Moore/Metchie/Tremayne.
• Xavier Legette (CAR, Was the starting outside (left) WR1 before the injury; removed from the active depth chart while on IR) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Placed on injured reserve October 3, 2026 with a knee injury; team’s estimated return date is November 8, 2026. Carolina is on its Week 5 bye, so no Week 5 practice/game report was filed for any Panther.
  Injury: Knee (reported variously across the summer/fall as a stinger, then an ankle/foot issue, then ultimately a knee injury requiring IR) (since IR placement confirmed October 3, 2026; original injury onset not pinned to a single date across conflicting reports). Typical recovery: Team’s own estimate implies roughly a 5-week absence. Expected back: November 8, 2026 (team estimate). Week 5 status: Out – Carolina is on bye Week 5; he will miss it regardless, and is projected out into November. Next 4 games: Expected to miss the bye plus several games afterward; re-evaluate as the Nov. 8 target approaches.. Fantasy impact: Benefits Jalen Coker, Tetairoa McMillan, and David Moore for target share in Carolina’s passing game.
• Tylan Wallace (CLE, WR2 (RWR backup behind Jerry Jeudy)) — OUT (a) Knee injury; did not practice all week, ruled out for a second straight game.
  Injury: Knee (since First appeared on the injury report ahead of Week 4 (ruled out Sept. 30, 2026 for the Thursday Night Football game vs. Pittsburgh)). Typical recovery: Soft-tissue/minor structural knee injuries of this type commonly take 2-4 weeks; no IR move or report of structural damage has surfaced. Expected back: Unclear; has now missed back-to-back games (Weeks 4 and 5) with no firm return date given. Week 5 status: Out vs. N.Y. Jets in Week 5. Next 4 games: Needs to show practice progression before returning; risk of the absence extending into Week 6 or beyond. Fantasy impact: Malachi Corley, Isaiah Bond, and KC Concepcion see modestly increased snaps in his absence, though the overall fantasy ripple is small given Wallace’s own low target volume
• Jayden Reed (GB, Was a WR2/3 (slot) option; now off Green Bay’s active depth chart entirely) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Season-ending neck injury; underwent surgery and head coach Matt LaFleur has confirmed he will not return in 2026.
  Injury: Neck (surgically repaired) (since Late September 2026 (exited a game vs. the Jets and was placed on IR shortly after)). Typical recovery: Season-ending; full recovery timeline extends into the 2027 offseason. Expected back: Not expected to return in 2026. Week 5 status: Out (IR) for Week 5 and remainder of season. Next 4 games: Out for all remaining games this season. Fantasy impact: Matthew Golden, Christian Watson, Skyy Moore and J. Michael Sturdivant absorb his snaps and targets; drop/stash only in deep dynasty formats
• Jayden Higgins (HOU, Not on the active depth chart (on IR); had been competing for a rotational WR role) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Season-ending ACL tear; remains on Injured Reserve for the rest of the 2026 season.
  Injury: ACL tear (knee) (since Reported in the Week 4 (Oct. 2) report cycle). Typical recovery: ACL reconstruction typically 9-12 months. Expected back: Not expected back during the 2026 season. Week 5 status: Out – season-ending. Next 4 games: Out for the remainder of the season. Fantasy impact: His absence continues to open rotational snaps/targets for Bryce Oliver and Jaylin Noel
• Tank Dell (HOU, Not on the current active-roster depth chart (on Reserve/Injured); would project as WR4/5 if and when activated) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) On the Reserve/Injured list since Sept. 1, 2026 (season-opening roster cuts); 21-day practice window opened Oct. 7, 2026, and the team’s own Week 5 report also tags him Out for Sunday while that window plays out.
  Injury: Knee (long-term recovery from a dislocated knee/torn ACL originally suffered in Dec. 2024; missed all of 2025) (since Original injury Dec. 2024; placed on 2026 season-opening IR Sept. 1, 2026; practice window opened Oct. 7, 2026). Typical recovery: ACL/knee dislocation reconstructions typically run 9-12 months; he is now well past a year out and in the final supervised-return phase. Expected back: Unconfirmed; Texans have until roughly Oct. 28, 2026 (21-day window) to activate him or he stays on IR for the season. Week 5 status: Not expected to play Week 5 vs. Tennessee; beat reporters explicitly said not to plan on using him this week. Next 4 games: Monitor practice window closely over the next 2-3 weeks; if activated, immediate role/snap count behind Collins-Boutte-Hutchinson is unclear and worth a wait-and-see approach. Fantasy impact: No Week 5 fantasy impact. If/when activated, watch for reduced slot/rotational snaps for Jaylin Noel and Bryce Oliver
• Ashton Dulin (IND, WR backup (RWR2)) — OUT (a) Hamstring; did not practice all week.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Not specified in available sources; appears to be a new or compounding issue – last week’s (Oct 2) report had him Questionable with an ankle injury, not a hamstring). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains typically 1-3+ weeks depending on severity. Expected back: Uncertain; a full week of DNP raises risk of a multi-week absence or an IR move if it lingers. Week 5 status: Out for Week 5. Next 4 games: Monitor closely; a full-week DNP with no limited work is a yellow flag for a longer absence. Fantasy impact: Minimal standalone value; his absence mainly means Keenan Allen (if active) and Josh Downs handle a larger snap share
• Brenen Thompson (LAC, Depth WR, outside the top-4 rotation) — OUT (b) Quadriceps injury; this is the Chargers’ last independently-confirmed designation, from the Week 4 (Oct 2) Friday report (no practice reps logged all week). This session could not independently re-verify the Chargers’ Week 5 (Oct 9) Friday tag via available sources — treat this as a carryover pending official confirmation, not a verified current-week status.
  Injury: Quadriceps (since Not specified; was already on the injury report as of the Oct 2 (Week 4) report). Typical recovery: Quad strains typically require 2-4 weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Uncertain — last known status (Week 4) was Out with zero practice reps, suggesting he is still some time away. Week 5 status: Unconfirmed for Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Denver); last known status (Week 4) was Out. Next 4 games: Minimal standalone fantasy relevance even when healthy — a depth/special-teams WR, not a primary target source. Fantasy impact: Negligible — his absence does not materially change the target distribution among Johnston/Harris/McConkey/Valdes-Scantling
• Dont’e Thornton Jr. (LV, Depth/developmental WR, outside the current top-5 WR rotation) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) Hamstring; on the Reserve/Injured list and was a full practice participant all three days this week (Wed/Thu/Fri) as part of his 21-day practice window, but remains Out for Week 5 because he has not yet been activated to the 53-man roster.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Not specified; placed on Reserve/Injured prior to this report). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains typically require 2-6 weeks depending on grade; he is clearly far enough along to practice fully. Expected back: Likely close — full practice participation suggests the Raiders could activate him off IR as soon as Week 6 (Oct 18) or shortly after, pending the roster move. Week 5 status: Out for Week 5 (not yet activated from Reserve/Injured). Next 4 games: Candidate for activation within the next 1-2 weeks given full practice participation; minimal standalone fantasy value even once active given the depth chart in front of him. Fantasy impact: Minimal — a deep-bench/dynasty-stash name only; his activation would not meaningfully change the touch distribution among Nailor/Tucker/White/Benson/Young
• Jalen Nailor (LV, WR1 (left WR) in the current Ourlads ordering) — OUT (a) Concussion; did not practice all week (Wed/Thu/Fri) and was ruled Out on the Raiders’ official Friday (Oct 9) final injury report for Week 5.
  Injury: Concussion (in the NFL concussion protocol) (since Not specified in available reporting). Typical recovery: Concussion protocol has no fixed timetable; players typically clear the 5-step return-to-play protocol in anywhere from under a week to several weeks depending on symptom resolution. Expected back: Uncertain; week-to-week while in protocol — earliest realistic return is Week 6 (Oct 18 vs Chiefs) if he clears all steps in practice next week. Week 5 status: Out for Week 5 (Sun Oct 11 at New England). Next 4 games: Must clear the full concussion protocol before returning; treat as week-to-week until he logs full practice participation. Fantasy impact: With Nailor out, expect increased offensive snaps and target share for Tre Tucker and Cody White, with Malik Benson also in line for a bump in offensive role
• Mack Hollins (NE, RWR1 (starter)) — OUT (a) Official Friday, Oct 9, 2026 final designation from the Patriots’ own Week 5 injury report (calf); did not practice all week
  Injury: Calf injury (since Not specified in the official report). Typical recovery: Calf strains severe enough to prevent any practice all week typically run 2-4+ weeks. Expected back: Uncertain; likely to miss at least this week and possibly longer given the complete lack of practice participation. Week 5 status: Out for Sunday’s game vs. the Raiders. Next 4 games: Risk of missing multiple games given a full week of no practice. Fantasy impact: Kyle Williams, DeMario Douglas, and Efton Chism III absorb added snaps and targets in his absence
• Adonai Mitchell (NYJ, LWR1 (starter) when healthy) — OUT (b) Did not practice Wednesday (finger); official Friday final tag not independently confirmed, but consistent with a continued absence after missing the last two games
  Injury: Finger injury (not described as broken by coach Aaron Glenn, exact nature undisclosed) (since Late September 2026, suffered in practice (exact date not specified in sources)). Typical recovery: Non-fracture finger injuries of this type typically run 1-3 weeks, though the Jets have not given a firm return window. Expected back: Uncertain; described as week-to-week. Week 5 status: Expected to miss a third straight game Sunday vs. Cleveland. Next 4 games: Week-to-week; no confirmed return timeline given. Fantasy impact: Malik McClain and Isaiah Williams see expanded target share in his absence, with Garrett Wilson absorbing the top role
• Tim Patrick (NYJ, Depth/reserve WR (not on current active-roster depth chart while on IR)) — RESERVE-INJURED (c) On injured reserve with a groin injury; his 21-day practice window has opened and he was a full practice participant Wednesday as part of a potential return-from-IR evaluation
  Injury: Groin injury (since Not specified in available sources). Typical recovery: Variable; his practice window allows up to 21 days before a decision to activate or revert to IR. Expected back: Possible activation within the next 1-3 weeks if he continues practicing at full speed. Week 5 status: Not eligible to play Week 5 (still on IR). Next 4 games: Could be activated to the 53-man roster within the next few weeks given the Jets’ banged-up WR corps (Mitchell out, depth thin). Fantasy impact: Deep-league stash only; worth monitoring given Adonai Mitchell’s continued absence, but no immediate fantasy relevance until activated
• DeVonta Smith (PHI, WR1 (RWR1)) — OUT (a) Hamstring; ruled out for a second straight game per an October 7, 2026 report. Official Friday 10/9 tag not independently confirmed in available sourcing, but the trend (missed all Week 5 prep, ‘ruled out’ language used) supports OUT.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Originated around Week 4 2026 (vs. LA Rams, ~10/4/2026)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains serious enough to cost 2 straight games typically run 2-4 weeks. Expected back: Possible Week 6 (vs. Carolina) return at the earliest; unconfirmed. Week 5 status: Out for Week 5 vs. Jacksonville (London). Next 4 games: No fantasy value in Week 5; week-to-week watch for a Week 6 return. Fantasy impact: With Smith out, Makai Lemon, Elijah Moore, and a healthy Dallas Goedert (if active) see added target share in the London game.
• Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown (PHI, WR2 (LWR2)) — OUT (b) Ankle; has missed consecutive games per an October 6, 2026 report. Official Friday tag and full practice-participation detail not confirmed in available sourcing.
  Injury: Ankle (since Prior to Week 4 2026; exact date not specified in sourcing). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains serious enough to cost multiple games typically run 2-4+ weeks. Expected back: Uncertain; has not returned across multiple weeks. Week 5 status: Likely out again Week 5 vs. Jacksonville (London). Next 4 games: No fantasy value until a clear practice upgrade is reported. Fantasy impact: His continued absence keeps elevating Dontayvion Wicks and Makai Lemon’s snap and target share.
• Michael Pittman Jr. (PIT, Starting RWR (WR2) opposite DK Metcalf) — OUT (a) Foot injury; did not practice this week, ruled out for Week 5 vs. Colts.
  Injury: Foot (since Originally missed Week 2 with a foot issue (mid-September 2026); reportedly aggravated during the week of Oct. 5-9, 2026). Typical recovery: Foot injuries of this type can range from 2 to 6+ weeks depending on severity; one report described it as potentially costing him multiple weeks. Expected back: Unclear; at least Week 6 (Oct. 18) at the earliest per aggravation reports. Week 5 status: Out vs. Colts in Week 5. Next 4 games: Risk of missing multiple weeks if the foot issue was meaningfully re-aggravated, as some reports suggested. Fantasy impact: Roman Wilson, Ben Skowronek, and Germie Bernard see increased snaps/targets in his absence
• Brandon Aiyuk (SF, Off the active depth chart) — RESERVE (c) On the Reserve/Left Squad list; per the team, he will not play for San Francisco again.
  Injury: N/A – roster/personal status, not an on-field injury (since N/A). Typical recovery: N/A. Expected back: Not expected to return to the 49ers this season or beyond. Week 5 status: Will not play. Next 4 games: Out indefinitely; not a fantasy factor for San Francisco. Fantasy impact: No impact on current snap/target distribution; already fully replaced by Deebo Samuel Sr., Mike Evans, De’Zhaun Stribling, and Jacob Cowing
• Stefon Diggs (WAS, WR3 (SWR1)) — OUT (a) Hamstring; DNP all three practice days (Wed/Thu/Fri) on the official Friday 10/9 report.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Within the Week 4/5 practice window (early October 2026); exact date not specified in sourcing). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains typically 1-3+ weeks. Expected back: Uncertain; at minimum beyond Week 5. Week 5 status: Out for Week 5 vs. NYG. Next 4 games: No fantasy value in Week 5; monitor practice reports for a Week 6 return. Fantasy impact: If he sits, McLaurin, Burks, and Dyami Brown each see a target-share bump, with Burks the likeliest snap-count beneficiary in the slot.

Questionable (11)

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

• Zay Flowers (BAL, Starting slot WR, team’s leading WR in target share) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Foot injury (also managing a lingering hamstring issue from mid-September); limited in practice but trending toward playing per the Friday report.
  Injury: Foot, with a history of hamstring strain since mid-September 2026 (conflicting reports used both terms through the week) (since Hamstring originally surfaced around Sept. 17, 2026; the foot issue was logged in Week 5 practice reports (Oct. 5-9, 2026)). Typical recovery: Minor foot sprains typically 1-2 weeks; hamstring strains typically 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Expected to play Week 5, continuing to manage the injury week-to-week. Week 5 status: Questionable but trending toward active for Week 5 vs. Falcons. Next 4 games: Expected to remain the starting slot WR and lead target earner if active; recurring soft-tissue/foot issues warrant weekly practice-report monitoring. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Rashod Bateman and Chris Moore absorb added targets, with rookies LaJohntay Wester/Elijah Sarratt seeing more snaps
• Colbie Young (CIN, Depth WR (RWR2) behind Tee Higgins) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Knee injury; limited practice participation, upgraded from OUT the prior week.
  Injury: Knee (since Originally injured ahead of Week 4 (ruled out on/around Oct. 2, 2026)). Typical recovery: Minor knee sprains/bruises of this type typically take 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Trending toward returning in Week 5. Week 5 status: Questionable, improved chance to play vs. Dolphins after being Out in Week 4. Next 4 games: If active, returns to a rotational WR3/4 role behind Chase and Higgins. Fantasy impact: Deep-league/bench piece only; minimal direct fantasy impact, but his return is a positive signal for CIN’s overall WR health
• Ja’Marr Chase (CIN, Starting WR1 (left outside)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Concussion protocol; did not practice Wednesday but was a full participant by Friday and is expected to play.
  Injury: Concussion (since Entered concussion protocol during Week 5 practice week (reported Oct. 7-9, 2026); exact game/hit not specified in available sources). Typical recovery: NFL concussion protocol is individualized — can clear in under a week if the player is symptom-free and passes all protocol stages, or extend multiple weeks. Expected back: Cleared enough of the protocol to be a full practice participant by Friday; trending to play Week 5. Week 5 status: Questionable, expected to play Week 5 at Miami. Next 4 games: No lingering concerns reported once cleared; expect a full WR1 workload if he’s active Sunday. Fantasy impact: If he’s held out, Tee Higgins and Colbie Young/Andrei Iosivas see a target bump, but Cincinnati’s passing offense takes a significant hit without him
• Tee Higgins (CIN, Starting WR (right outside), CIN’s #2 target earner) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Groin/adductor strain (also logged with a neck notation on the Wednesday report); full practice participant by Friday with the team optimistic he plays.
  Injury: Groin/adductor strain (neck also listed on the Wednesday report) (since First reported on/around Oct. 5, 2026). Typical recovery: Groin/adductor strains typically sideline a player 1-3 weeks depending on grade. Expected back: Trending to play Week 5; HC Zac Taylor called him day-to-day and not considered long-term. Week 5 status: Questionable, expected to play Week 5 at Miami. Next 4 games: If he plays through it this week, there is some re-aggravation risk on a muscle strain like this; monitor practice reports closely in subsequent weeks. Fantasy impact: If he sits, added volume for Ja’Marr Chase, Colbie Young, and Dohnte Meyers
• Darius Slayton (IND, WR3 depth (LWR3)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Knee; appeared on the injury report for the first time Friday.
  Injury: Knee (since Not specified in available sources; appears to have come up this week). Typical recovery: Varies; a single limited Friday practice suggests a minor/day-to-day issue. Expected back: Likely available Week 5, but unconfirmed. Week 5 status: Questionable; trending toward playing given it is a late, single-day limited addition. Next 4 games: Watch early-week (Wed/Thu) practice participation next week for recurrence. Fantasy impact: Marginal; a deep-roster receiver with limited standalone fantasy relevance even if he sits
• Keenan Allen (IND, WR2 / RWR1 starter) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Rest/groin management; full practice participant by Friday.
  Injury: Groin / veteran rest management (NIR-Rest) (since Ongoing/nagging since prior weeks). Typical recovery: Groin strains typically 1-3 weeks; this is being managed as an ongoing veteran-rest issue rather than a fresh acute injury. Expected back: Managed week-to-week. Week 5 status: Trending toward playing (ended the week with a full Friday practice) despite the Questionable tag. Next 4 games: Expect continued limited early-week practices with full Friday workouts and a recurring Questionable tag as the Colts manage his workload. Fantasy impact: If he sits, expect added target share for Josh Downs (slot) and Darius Slayton/Laquon Treadwell
• Jordan Addison (MIN, WR2 (right WR)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Hamstring injury; did not practice Wednesday, limited Thursday and Friday, per Minnesota’s official Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 injury report.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Approximately Oct. 5-6, 2026 (first appeared on this week’s report)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains of this grade typically cost 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Uncertain for Week 5; game-time decision possible. Week 5 status: Questionable for Week 5 vs. New Orleans. Next 4 games: Monitor Week 5-6 practice reports for recurrence. Fantasy impact: If both Jefferson and Addison are out/limited, Jauan Jennings and Tai Felton see a notable target-share bump for Minnesota
• Justin Jefferson (MIN, WR1 (left WR)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Right ankle sprain originally suffered in Week 3; limited participant in practice all three days this week (Wed/Thu/Fri) per Minnesota’s official Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 injury report.
  Injury: Ankle sprain (since Week 3, approximately September 20-21, 2026). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains of this severity typically take 2-4 weeks to fully clear. Expected back: Trending toward playing Week 5 (Oct. 11 vs. New Orleans); beat reporters (ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler) describe him as hopeful/likely to play. Week 5 status: Questionable, but trending toward active for Week 5 vs. New Orleans. Next 4 games: If he plays Week 5 his workload may be managed initially, with a fuller role expected by Week 6-7. Fantasy impact: If he sits again, Jordan Addison (himself questionable) becomes the clear WR1, with Jauan Jennings and Tai Felton seeing added target share
• Barion Brown (NO, RWR2, depth/rotational outside receiver behind Bryce Lance) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Final Week 5 Saints/NFL.com injury report lists Brown Questionable with a thigh injury, despite full practice participation Friday.
  Injury: Thigh (described as hamstring in some earlier-week reporting) (since Carried over from last week’s hamstring/thigh issue; not newly dated this session). Typical recovery: Thigh/hamstring strains typically 1-3 weeks. Expected back: Trending to play given full practice participation by Friday, but the Questionable tag remains as a precaution. Week 5 status: Questionable for Sunday vs. Minnesota; likely to play given full practice Thu/Fri. Next 4 games: If he clears the Questionable tag this week, no further concern expected barring setback.. Fantasy impact: Limited direct impact given his depth role; Devaughn Vele and Kevin Austin Jr. would see marginally more snaps if he’s out.
• Carnell Tate (TEN, WR2 starter (RWR1)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Back; limited in practice Thursday and Friday.
  Injury: Back (since Appears to be new this week; not on last week’s report). Typical recovery: Back strains typically range from day-to-day to 1-2 weeks. Expected back: Uncertain for Week 5 given limited practice all week with no full session. Week 5 status: Questionable – a true 50/50 given he never reached a full practice. Next 4 games: Monitor closely; could linger into next week if he is not full by Wednesday. Fantasy impact: If he sits, expect added target share for Calvin Ridley, Wan’Dale Robinson and Chimere Dike; Elic Ayomanor remains the clear WR1 regardless
• Terry McLaurin (WAS, WR1 (LWR1)) — QUESTIONABLE (a) Hamstring; DNP/DNP/LP on the official Friday 10/9 report.
  Injury: Hamstring (since Surfaced Friday 10/3/2026 (ahead of Week 4 vs. Colts in London)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains typically 1-3 weeks for a mild/moderate grade. Expected back: Game-time decision for Week 5; could carry into Week 6 if it flares again. Week 5 status: Questionable, trending toward playing but worth checking Sunday-morning inactives. Next 4 games: If active, expect a route-run/snap-count gradually built back up; still the clear WR1 target when on the field. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Diggs, Burks, and Dyami Brown each see a target-share bump, with Okonkwo’s checkdown role also ticking up.

No Final Tag Yet (Monday-Night Clubs) (6)

Carries a real injury concern, but the club hasn’t filed (or confirmed) its final Week 5 tag yet — check back Saturday.

• DJ Moore (BUF, RWR1 (starter)) — QUESTIONABLE (d) Unofficial/inferred — left the Week 4 loss to New England early after re-aggravating his shoulder; his status for Monday’s game at the Rams was unresolved as of the most recent confirmed reporting (Oct 4-5), and this week’s Wed-Fri Buffalo practice reports could not be independently confirmed in this research pass; no official tag is due until Saturday given the Monday game
  Injury: Left shoulder injury (re-aggravation of an AC joint sprain first suffered in Week 2) (since October 4, 2026 (re-aggravated vs. New England); originally injured in Week 2 (mid-September 2026)). Typical recovery: AC joint/shoulder sprains of this type typically run 1-3 weeks, though a recurrence can extend that. Expected back: Uncertain; ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported it is ‘not considered a long-term issue,’ and the extra days before the Monday game could help. Week 5 status: Chance to play Monday night at the Rams, but unconfirmed as of the last available report. Next 4 games: Worth monitoring given this is a recurrence of an earlier injury; risk of a setback if he returns too soon. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman would absorb added target share, with Dalton Kincaid also a beneficiary underneath
• Keon Coleman (BUF, LWR1 (starter)) — QUESTIONABLE (d) Unofficial/inferred status — this is a lingering ankle story rather than a confirmed Week 5 designation; Buffalo’s Monday night game (Oct 12) means no official Saturday-final tag exists yet, and this week’s Wed-Fri practice reports could not be independently confirmed in this research pass
  Injury: Ankle injury (recurring/managed, not a new acute injury this week as far as confirmed) (since Originally sustained in late September 2026; managed on a weekly basis since). Typical recovery: Ankle sprains of this type typically run 1-3 weeks but can be managed through with limited practice. Expected back: Has continued to play through it; no indication of a new absence. Week 5 status: No confirmed change from playing status; expected to be available Monday night at the Rams barring a new setback, though Buffalo’s official tag won’t be final until Saturday. Next 4 games: Likely continues as a managed, week-to-week ankle situation but active each week. Fantasy impact: If he were to sit, Joshua Palmer would step into the starting LWR role
• Ladd McConkey (LAC, WR3 in the current Ourlads ordering, but a core target in the Chargers’ passing game when healthy) — QUESTIONABLE (b) Foot injury; this is the Chargers’ last independently-confirmed designation, from the Week 4 (Oct 2) Friday report (limited Wed, did not practice Thu, limited Fri), which trended toward him playing that week. This session could not independently re-verify the Chargers’ Week 5 (Oct 9) Friday tag via available sources — treat this as a carryover pending official confirmation, not a verified current-week status.
  Injury: Foot (since Not specified; has been a recurring issue across recent weeks per the Week 4 baseline). Typical recovery: A nagging foot injury of this type is often managed week-to-week rather than requiring a set absence, consistent with repeated Questionable tags rather than an Out designation. Expected back: Likely day-to-day/game-time-decision territory rather than a multi-week absence, based on the recurring Questionable-but-trending-to-play pattern seen through Week 4. Week 5 status: Unconfirmed for Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Denver); last known status (Week 4) was Questionable and trending toward playing. Next 4 games: If the foot issue is being managed on a week-to-week basis as it was through Week 4, expect him to continue carrying a Questionable tag most weeks while still playing a full offensive role when active. Fantasy impact: If he were to sit, Tre’ Harris and Quentin Johnston would see a target bump, with Marquez Valdes-Scantling next in line for snaps
• Caleb Douglas (MIA, RWR1 (starter)) — QUESTIONABLE (b) Did not practice Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 (ankle); head coach Jeff Hafley has described the team as taking it ‘one day at a time’ with Douglas; Thursday/Friday practice status and an official final tag were not independently confirmed in this research pass
  Injury: Ankle injury (since Late September/early October 2026 (the same ankle injury that kept him out of Week 4 at Minnesota)). Typical recovery: Ankle injuries severe enough to cause a DNP and a second straight week of uncertainty typically run 2-4 weeks. Expected back: Uncertain; team has given no firm timetable, describing it one day at a time. Week 5 status: Trending toward another absence Sunday vs. Cincinnati given the Wednesday DNP, though not yet officially ruled out. Next 4 games: Week-to-week with real risk of a second straight missed game. Fantasy impact: Jalen Tolbert and Kevin Coleman Jr. see added snaps/targets in his absence
• Mike Evans (SF, Starting WR1 (left WR) for San Francisco) — QUESTIONABLE (b) Has carried a rib injury (initially described as ribs/oblique, later reported as a rib fracture) for three straight weeks; played through it in Weeks 3 and 4. No independently confirmed Friday, Oct. 9 final tag for Week 5 vs. Seattle was found, so this status is based on the established weekly pattern rather than a freshly confirmed report.
  Injury: Ribs (reported variously as a rib/oblique injury and, in one report, a rib fracture) (since Originally injured Sept. 27, 2026 (Week 3, vs. Arizona) on a hard hit from Budda Baker). Typical recovery: Rib injuries typically take 2-6 weeks depending on severity; a fracture can take longer. Expected back: Has continued to play through it; no missed games reported so far. Week 5 status: Based on the pattern of the last three weeks (practiced limited, then played), expected to be a game-time-type decision again, but not independently confirmed for Week 5. Next 4 games: Expected to keep managing the injury week-to-week as long as it doesn’t worsen. Fantasy impact: If he sits, Deebo Samuel Sr., De’Zhaun Stribling, and Ricky Pearsall would see increased target share
• Ricky Pearsall (SF, WR4/5 rotational piece in San Francisco’s receiver corps) — QUESTIONABLE (b) Carried a preliminary knee-soreness tag in last week’s report with an expectation to play; no fresh Week 5 confirmation was found, so this is carried forward with explicit low confidence rather than independently re-verified.
  Injury: Knee (soreness) (since Not independently pinpointed in sources reviewed this week). Typical recovery: Knee soreness of this preliminary description is typically short-term, day-to-day. Expected back: Was expected to play as of last week’s report. Week 5 status: Likely to play based on last week’s trajectory, but not independently confirmed for Week 5. Next 4 games: Expected to remain in the WR rotation behind Evans, Samuel, and Stribling if healthy. Fantasy impact: Deep-league/bench piece; his absence would not materially change the target distribution among the top three SF receivers

Cleared / No Game-Status Designation (5)

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

• Chris Moore (BAL, Rotational outside WR (WR3/4 in target share behind Flowers and Bateman)) — RESOLVED (a) Ankle injury from Week 4 has cleared; full practice participant all week with no Week 5 game-status designation.
  Injury: Ankle (resolved) (since Originally surfaced ahead of Week 4 (on/around Oct. 2, 2026)). Typical recovery: Minor ankle sprains of this type typically resolve in 1-2 weeks. Expected back: Already returned to full health. Week 5 status: Expected to play Week 5 with no injury designation. Next 4 games: Full-go as part of the WR rotation barring a new issue. Fantasy impact: Minimal direct fantasy relevance; only becomes a deep-league factor if Flowers and/or Bateman miss time
• Jalen Coker (CAR, SWR1 (slot starter)) — RESOLVED (a) No longer on the injury report; listed as the starting slot receiver on Carolina’s current depth chart.
  Injury: None currently active (prior quadriceps injury resolved) (since N/A – resolved). Typical recovery: N/A. Expected back: Already active. Week 5 status: Healthy entering the bye; expected to start when Carolina returns to play. Next 4 games: No injury concern; projects as the full-time slot starter once Carolina resumes its schedule.. Fantasy impact: His return to full health, combined with Legette’s IR stint, makes him a bigger target-share beneficiary in Carolina’s passing game once they’re back from the bye.
• Nico Collins (HOU, WR1 (LWR1)) — RESOLVED (a) Not on the Week 5 injury report at all; fully cleared from the hamstring strain that limited him in prior weeks.
  Injury: Hamstring strain (resolved) (since Prior weeks (specific date not re-confirmed this cycle)). Typical recovery: Hamstring strains typically resolve in 1-3 weeks; consistent with his timeline. Expected back: Already returned/fully available. Week 5 status: Expected to play Week 5 with no restrictions. Next 4 games: No limitations expected; locked in as the Texans’ clear WR1. Fantasy impact: None – full workload expected as the Texans’ top target
• Jakobi Meyers (JAX, WR2 (RWR1 starter)) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (a) Thumb; full practice participant all week, cleared to play.
  Injury: Thumb (since Not specified in available sources). Typical recovery: Minor; playing through it with no practice limitations. Expected back: Already available. Week 5 status: Expected to play Week 5 with a full workload. Next 4 games: No limitations expected. Fantasy impact: None expected; full starter workload
• Malik Nabers (NYG, WR1 (LWR1)) — NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION (a) Knee; DNP/LP/FP on the official Friday 10/9 report — no game-status tag, trending to full health.
  Injury: Knee (since Within the Week 4/5 practice window (early October 2026); exact date not specified in sourcing). Typical recovery: If managed and trending to full practice within a week, typically a minor/moderate knee issue (1-2 weeks). Expected back: Already trending to play Week 5. Week 5 status: Expected to play, Week 5 vs. WAS. Next 4 games: Remains the clear WR1 target hog if health holds. Fantasy impact: If he were to sit, Darnell Mooney and Isaiah Likely would absorb the added target share, with Mooney the likelier primary beneficiary.

Sourcing: NFL.com official injury reports, team-issued injury reports, Ourlads depth charts, and beat-reporter coverage, as of Friday, October 9, 2026.

NFL Week 5 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday WR 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 Wide Receiver

Wide receiver lost its biggest name of the week in a game most managers never got to react to — DJ Moore went down Thursday night, and by the time Sunday lineups lock the damage is already done. Houston, Baltimore and Denver each lost or nearly lost a starter on top of that.

Of the 76 wide receivers on this board, 35 are out or doubtful, 4 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 more got hurt in Thursday night’s game, after his club had already played. 2 are still waiting on tags that do 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?

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

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 76 wide receivers here: 21 are new to the report, 14 improved or cleared outright, 3 got worse, and 38 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 DJ Moore (BUF) can’t go — Keon Coleman (ACT, LWR starter) is the primary beneficiary and already posted 63 receiving yards on Thursday after Moore exited. Josh Palmer (ACT, LWR2) is the next man into the three-receiver rotation and caught a long touchdown in that same game once Moore was gone. Khalil Shakir (ACT, SWR) absorbs the underneath volume. TE Dalton Kincaid (ACT) is the sneaky beneficiary — Buffalo leans on 11 personnel and Kincaid’s target share rises whenever the perimeter thins. Skyler Bell (ACT, RWR2) is the nominal RWR backup on paper but has been a healthy scratch both weeks and should not be counted on.
• If Nico Collins (HOU) can’t go — No single replacement — Houston will redistribute. Kayshon Boutte (RWR1) is the best bet for the vacated downfield/big-play share; Xavier Hutchinson (SWR1) already led Texans WRs in snaps (56%) and targets (6) in Week 1 behind Collins and is the volume floor play; Jaylin Noel (SWR2) is the spike-week dart (53 yards on 2 catches on only a 30% snap share in Week 1). The real beneficiary is TE Dalton Schultz, who saw 8 targets in Week 1 and now inherits a chunk of Collins’ ~10.
• If A.J. Brown (NE) can’t go — Kyle Williams (ACT, LWR2) is the direct replacement and Ourlads now lists him immediately behind Romeo Doubs at LWR — he is the single biggest beneficiary. Romeo Doubs (ACT, LWR starter) inherits the true No. 1 target role and the largest raw share. DeMario Douglas (ACT, SWR) sees expanded slot volume. Mack Hollins (ACT, RWR) holds the other perimeter spot. TE Hunter Henry (ACT) is the underrated beneficiary — with the alpha receiver gone, Drake Maye’s safety-valve usage of Henry rises.
• If Jauan Jennings (MIN) can’t go — Tai Felton (WR4, ACT #13) is the most likely beneficiary and slides up in three-wide sets; Ourlads lists him as the LWR2 behind Justin Jefferson, so expect a rotation rather than a clean slot swap. Myles Price (WR5, ACT #4) is the listed SWR2 and is the direct slot replacement on the depth chart — he also returned a career-long 68-yard kickoff in Week 1. Expect more two-tight-end usage as well, which raises Josh Oliver’s (TE2) snap share.
• If Christian Kirk (SF) can’t go — In his absence the 49ers are running Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel Sr., Demarcus Robinson and the newly promoted KhaDarel Hodge, with Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing behind them.
• If Marvin Mims Jr. (DEN) can’t go — Pat Bryant is already ahead of him as the slot WR1 on Ourlads and absorbs the inside snaps. Troy Franklin (RWR2, cleared this week) is the biggest direct beneficiary for the downfield and gadget snaps. Lil’Jordan Humphrey (LWR2) picks up rotational work. On returns, Denver lists Tyler Badie and RJ Harvey as the backup kickoff returners, though Harvey’s own hamstring complicates that. The real winners are the players who were already ahead of Mims: Courtland Sutton (LWR1) and Jaylen Waddle (RWR1) remain the concentrated target hogs.
• If Tim Patrick (NYJ) can’t go — Arian Smith (ACT, RWR2) moves up in the rotation and is the most direct active beneficiary. Isaiah Williams (ACT, SWR) holds the slot. Adonai Mitchell (ACT, LWR) is the starter whose snaps are safest. The Jets responded to the shortage by signing Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson to the practice squad on Sept 15, 2026 — Shepard in particular is a candidate for a gameday elevation given that, with Patrick on IR and Omar Cooper Jr. ruled out, the active room is down to Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell, Isaiah Williams and Arian Smith.
• If Ashton Dulin (IND) can’t go — Laquon Treadwell (LWR2) and Deion Burks (SWR2) split the vacated rotational snaps. The more meaningful downstream effect is that Indianapolis’ WR depth is now thinner behind the Pierce-Downs-Allen trio, which slightly raises the injury leverage on all three.
• If Omar Cooper Jr. (NYJ) can’t go — Isaiah Williams (ACT, SWR starter) already holds the slot ahead of him and is unaffected. Arian Smith (ACT, RWR2) is the direct beneficiary in the four-receiver rotation. Garrett Wilson (ACT, RWR) and Adonai Mitchell (ACT, LWR) are the starters who absorb the target share. Sterling Shepard (DEV) and Tyler Johnson (DEV), both signed Sept 15, 2026, are gameday elevation candidates — with Patrick on IR and Cooper out, the Jets have only four healthy receivers on the active roster.
• If Beaux Collins (ATL) can’t go — Chris Blair (WR5) holds the roster spot behind Branch, with Dylan Drummond, Antwane Wells Jr. and Vinny Anthony II (all practice squad / DEV) as elevation candidates.
• If De’Zhaun Stribling (SF) can’t go — KhaDarel Hodge is the literal replacement — San Francisco promoted him from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 16 specifically to cover this and now sits as the RWR2 behind Demarcus Robinson. Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing also move up a rung. None of this changes anything at the top: Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr. remain the target hogs.
• If Tyrell Shavers (BUF) can’t go — His snaps are already fully absorbed. Josh Palmer (ACT, LWR2) holds the WR4 role, Skyler Bell (ACT, RWR2) is the next active body, and Greg Dortch (DEV) and Trent Sherfield (DEV) are the practice-squad elevation options. Nobody gains anything new from a Shavers absence because he has never been in the rotation.
• If Chris Brazzell II (CAR) can’t go — John Metchie III (WR4) and Brycen Tremayne (WR5) hold the depth spots behind the Coker/McMillan/Legette trio, with David Moore, Casey Washington and Ja’Seem Reed (all practice squad / DEV) as elevation candidates.
• If Kendrick Law (DET) can’t go — Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR1, SWR, ACT #14), Jameson Williams (WR2, RWR, ACT #1) and Isaac TeSlaa (WR3, LWR, ACT #18) are the unaffected starters. The depth absorbing his would-be snaps is Jackson Meeks (ACT #13), Tay Martin (ACT #17) and Tom Kennedy (ACT #85), with Dominic Lovett (DEV #19) and Lucky Jackson (DEV #9) on the practice squad.
• If Jayden Higgins (HOU) can’t go — His projected snaps are permanently distributed to Kayshon Boutte, Xavier Hutchinson, Jaylin Noel and Jared Wayne, all of whom get an additional bump this week with Nico Collins out.
• If Tank Dell (HOU) can’t go — His snaps are already permanently absorbed: Xavier Hutchinson and Jaylin Noel hold the slot work, with Kayshon Boutte outside. With Nico Collins also out this week, all three see an additional bump.
• If Jeremiah Webb (NE) can’t go — Already absorbed. With A.J. Brown also on IR, the active room is Romeo Doubs (LWR), Mack Hollins (RWR), DeMario Douglas (SWR), Kyle Williams (LWR2) and Efton Chism III (SWR2). Chandler Brayboy (DEV) is a new practice-squad addition since Sept 12, alongside Kyle Dixon (DEV) and Cameron Dorner (DEV).
• If Brock Rechsteiner (NO) can’t go — Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Barion Brown (WR3) and Bryce Lance (WR4) hold all the meaningful snaps.
• If Jordyn Tyson (NO) can’t go — Devaughn Vele (WR2), Barion Brown (WR3) and Bryce Lance (WR4) hold the rotation snaps behind Chris Olave.
• If Mason Tipton (NO) can’t go — Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Barion Brown (WR3) and Bryce Lance (WR4) make up the active receiver rotation, with Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Cedric Tillman, Jalen Moreno-Cropper and Kyrese Rowan on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• If Calvin Austin III (NYG) can’t go — His roster spot and slot/gadget snaps were absorbed before Week 1 by Odell Beckham Jr. (WR4) and Malachi Fields (RWR1), with Darnell Mooney holding the primary slot role and Jalin Hyatt, Braxton Berrios and Dalen Cambre on the practice squad.
• If Gunner Olszewski (NYG) can’t go — His return and depth-receiver duties are covered by Odell Beckham Jr., Malachi Fields and practice-squad options Braxton Berrios, Jalin Hyatt, Dalen Cambre and Charlie Jones.
• If Johnny Wilson (PHI) can’t go — His big-bodied perimeter snaps are covered by Dontayvion Wicks (LWR1), Darius Cooper (LWR2) and Marquise Brown, with Britain Covey now on the active roster and Danny Gray and Xavier Gipson on the practice squad.
• If Jake Bobo (SEA) can’t go — Seattle’s receiver rotation runs Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, Rashid Shaheed and the now-healthy Tory Horton, with Montorie Foster Jr as the next active option.
• If Ricky Pearsall (SF) can’t go — Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel Sr., Demarcus Robinson and KhaDarel Hodge are handling the receiver snaps, with Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing behind them. Christian Kirk (RSR) rejoins from Week 5.
• If David Sills (TB) can’t go — Chris Godwin Jr., Emeka Egbuka, Jalen McMillan, Tez Johnson, Kameron Johnson and Ted Hurst III make up the active receiver room, with Garrett Greene, Dean Patterson IV and Eric Rivers Jr. on the practice squad.
• If Ja’Kobi Lane (BAL) can’t go — Chris Moore, promoted from the practice squad to the 53-man roster on Sept 16, 2026 specifically to fill Lane’s roster spot, is the literal replacement and now sits as RWR2. Elijah Sarratt (LWR2) and LaJohntay Wester (SWR2) also absorb the vacated snaps, and Devontez Walker (RWR1) is the biggest real beneficiary of the reduced competition.
• If Savion Williams (GB) can’t go — Christian Watson (WR1, LWR, ACT #9) and Matthew Golden (WR2, RWR, ACT) are the perimeter starters and neither is threatened by his absence. Jayden Reed (WR3, SWR, ACT #11) holds the slot. The depth behind them absorbing his would-be snaps is Skyy Moore (ACT #23), Bo Melton (ACT, promoted to the active roster since the baseline) and J. Michael Sturdivant (ACT #87).
• If KeAndre Lambert-Smith (LAC) can’t go — Gary Jennings was signed from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 15 specifically to replace him and now sits as the LWR2 behind Quentin Johnston. Brenen Thompson (RWR2) and Derius Davis (slot WR2) absorb the rotational snaps. Los Angeles also added Marquez Valdes-Scantling to the practice squad as further insurance.
• If Cole Burgess (PIT) can’t go — Kaden Wetjen (SWR2) and Germie Bernard (RWR2) hold the depth roles Burgess was competing for, with Brandon Smith and Brandon Johnson on the practice squad as emergency options. His absence has no effect on the top of the depth chart.
• If Zay Flowers (BAL) can’t go — Rashod Bateman (LWR1) inherits the alpha-target role and is the primary beneficiary. LaJohntay Wester (SWR2) slides into the slot and is the direct positional replacement for Flowers’ snaps. Devontez Walker (RWR1) and newly promoted Chris Moore (RWR2) also see bumped playing time, with rookie Elijah Sarratt (LWR2) in four-wide looks.
• If Ladd McConkey (LAC) can’t go — Derius Davis (slot WR2) inherits the slot snaps directly and is himself cleared after appearing on the practice report early in the week. Quentin Johnston (LWR1) and Tre Harris (RWR1) absorb the bulk of the vacated target volume — Johnston is the better bet for red-zone work, Harris for downfield. Brenen Thompson (RWR2) and newly signed Gary Jennings (LWR2, added off the practice squad Sept 15) fill out the rotation. Charlie Kolar and Oronde Gadsden II at tight end also see a target bump.
• If Chris Olave (NO) can’t go — Devaughn Vele (WR2 / slot starter) is the primary beneficiary and would become the de facto No. 1 target. Barion Brown (WR3 / LWR starter, rookie) would see a significant target bump on the outside, and Bryce Lance (WR4) would enter the three-receiver rotation. Tight ends Juwan Johnson (TE1) and Noah Fant (TE2) would also absorb vacated targets — Johnson in particular is the safer PPR pivot.
• If Jalen McMillan (TB) can’t go — Ted Hurst III (WR6, rookie) is the direct LWR backup on the depth chart, with Tez Johnson (WR4) and Kameron Johnson (WR5) the likelier beneficiaries of actual target redistribution. Chris Godwin Jr. and Emeka Egbuka would absorb most of the volume.
• If Michael Pittman Jr. (PIT) can’t go — Roman Wilson (SWR1) is the primary beneficiary — he played 37 snaps in Week 1 and caught 3 of 6 targets, and would move into the fuller role. Germie Bernard (RWR2) is the direct positional backup and had a strong preseason but played only 3 snaps in Week 1. Ben Skowronek (LWR2) and Kaden Wetjen (SWR2) round out the rotation, and TE Pat Freiermuth (TE1) should see a target bump in the intermediate area Pittman normally occupies.

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.

Hurt Thursday night — Week 2 is already over for them (1)

These injuries happened in Thursday night’s Bills-Lions game. Week 2 is already behind these players — the question is Week 3 and beyond.

DJ Moore — BUF (WR1 — RWR starter, Buffalo’s every-down perimeter X and the team’s leading Week 1 receiver)

• Status: OUT — (a) an official in-game ruling for Buffalo’s Week 2 game, the Thursday Sept 17, 2026 night game vs Detroit. Buffalo PR announced him questionable to return in the second quarter, then ruled him out for the remainder of the contest; he did not return. NOTE: Buffalo’s Week 2 game is already complete (Bills 41, Lions 31), so there is no forward-looking Friday Sept 18 designation for him — the Bills, coming off a Thursday game, have not yet filed a Week 3 report.
• Practice this week: Not applicable for Week 2 — he was a full participant all three short-week practices and carried NO designation on Buffalo’s FINAL Wednesday Sept 16 report, then was hurt in the game itself. Full week: Full Mon Sept 14 -> Full Tue Sept 15 -> Full Wed Sept 16 (absent from the report entirely). Buffalo’s first Week 3 practice report is not due until the week of Sept 21.
• Injury: AC joint sprain, left shoulder, with an accompanying stinger (nerve/brachial plexus irritation). X-rays taken in the locker room were negative for fracture.
• When it happened: Second quarter of the Thursday Sept 17, 2026 game vs Detroit at Highmark Stadium, roughly three minutes before halftime. He dove for a low Josh Allen throw at the back of the end zone, landed shoulder-first on the turf with Lions CB Rock Ya-Sin coming down on top of him, and rolled onto his back grabbing the left side of his collarbone. He walked off under his own power with trainers.
• Typical recovery for this injury: AC joint sprains are graded I-III. Grade I (ligament stretch, no separation) is typically 1-2 weeks and very often zero games missed for a receiver. Grade II (partial AC/coracoclavicular tear, minor separation) is typically 2-4 weeks, and receivers frequently play through it in a harness once pain-free. Grade III (complete separation, visible step-off) is 6-8 weeks or season-ending surgery. The reporting — Ian Rapoport relaying that team doctors ‘do not consider it serious,’ negative X-rays, and a day-to-day tag — points squarely at Grade I or a low Grade II. The added stinger component almost always self-resolves inside a week with no residual, though it can cause transient arm weakness that delays contact clearance.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026. Most likely fully symptom-free by roughly Sept 27 to Oct 4, i.e. Week 3 to Week 4. A Grade I resolves in time for Week 3 (Sept 27); a low Grade II more realistically points to Week 4 (Oct 4) for full, unrestricted health even if he suits up in Week 3.
• Next game: PLAYED AND EXITED. Buffalo’s Week 2 game — Thursday Sept 17, 2026 vs the Detroit Lions — has already been played. Moore played roughly a half, was ruled out at the break with the shoulder, and finished without a catch in a 41-31 Buffalo win. His next meaningful availability question is Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Los Angeles Chargers at Highmark Stadium: genuinely 50/50. Schefter’s framing is that he has ‘a chance to play next week, but it’s not a lock.’ The Bills get a 10-day mini-bye off the Thursday game, which is the single biggest factor working in his favor.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 17 vs Detroit) is done — he left at halftime. Week 3 (Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers) is a true coin flip; the 10-day turnaround means he could practice limited midweek and play in a shoulder harness. Week 4 (Oct 4 vs New England) he should be back and near-normal barring a setback — and that is a plus matchup. Week 5 (Oct 12, Monday night at the Los Angeles Rams) he projects as a full-go WR1 again. IR is not in play: a four-game stint would be a gross overreaction to an injury the club is publicly calling day-to-day, and Buffalo has not signaled any such move.
• Who benefits if he sits: Keon Coleman (ACT, LWR starter) is the primary beneficiary and already posted 63 receiving yards on Thursday after Moore exited. Josh Palmer (ACT, LWR2) is the next man into the three-receiver rotation and caught a long touchdown in that same game once Moore was gone. Khalil Shakir (ACT, SWR) absorbs the underneath volume. TE Dalton Kincaid (ACT) is the sneaky beneficiary — Buffalo leans on 11 personnel and Kincaid’s target share rises whenever the perimeter thins. Skyler Bell (ACT, RWR2) is the nominal RWR backup on paper but has been a healthy scratch both weeks and should not be counted on.
• Change since Week 1: BRAND NEW to this report. Moore carried no designation of any kind on the Sept 12 baseline and was not an injury entry a week ago — he was Buffalo’s healthiest and most productive receiver. This is a Week 2 in-game injury that did not exist on Sept 12.

Fantasy takeaway: Do NOT drop or panic-trade him — this is a day-to-day shoulder on a WR who opened the season with 100 yards and a touchdown. In a 12-team full-PPR redraft you hold and you plan a contingency for Week 3 vs the Chargers, because he is a legitimate game-time decision. If you can get a bench flex body cheap, do it now before the Bills’ Week 3 practice reports come out Wednesday Sept 24 and the market re-prices him. The actionable buy here is Keon Coleman, who is a startable WR3/flex in Week 3 in all 12-team PPR formats and a clear WR2 if Moore sits. Josh Palmer is a desperation flex only. Kincaid is a firm TE1 start in Week 3 regardless.

Ruled out or unavailable (34)

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

Nico Collins — HOU (WR1 — split-end/X, the clear alpha target earner; Ourlads LWR1)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Houston on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 home game vs the Cincinnati Bengals. Confirmed on nfl.com/injuries and in NFL.com’s Week 2 leaguewide status roundup.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. He was limited Wednesday, then pulled up and was sent for imaging, and did not practice again.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (reported as a Grade 1 strain)
• When it happened: Wednesday Sept 16, 2026, during the Texans’ first full practice of Week 2 prep. This is NOT a Week 1 game injury — he played the Sept 13 opener at Buffalo and drew roughly 10 targets.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: typically 1-3 weeks of missed time in the NFL, with most players back inside 2 games. Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks; Grade 3 (full tear/avulsion) is 8+ weeks and often IR. Hamstrings have a high re-aggravation rate (roughly 15-30%), which is why teams routinely sit a WR an extra week rather than rush him back.
• Expected back to full health: Targeting Week 3 (late Sept 2026) at the earliest if the Grade 1 read holds; a realistic full-health window is Week 3 to Week 4, i.e. the last week of September into the first week of October 2026. No IR designation was made, which is itself a strong signal Houston does not expect a four-game absence.
• Next game: OUT. He will not play Sunday Sept 20 vs the Cincinnati Bengals (1:00 PM ET, Houston). Ruled out on the final Friday report.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 vs Cincinnati: out, zero. Week 3: genuine coin flip — expect him to open the week limited and carry a Questionable tag; treat him as a game-time decision, not a lock. Weeks 4-5: should be back and near a full snap share barring a setback, and he returns immediately to top-12 WR usage. The risk case is a soft-tissue re-pull in Week 3, which would push him past Week 5.
• Who benefits if he sits: No single replacement — Houston will redistribute. Kayshon Boutte (RWR1) is the best bet for the vacated downfield/big-play share; Xavier Hutchinson (SWR1) already led Texans WRs in snaps (56%) and targets (6) in Week 1 behind Collins and is the volume floor play; Jaylin Noel (SWR2) is the spike-week dart (53 yards on 2 catches on only a 30% snap share in Week 1). The real beneficiary is TE Dalton Schultz, who saw 8 targets in Week 1 and now inherits a chunk of Collins’ ~10.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE, and he is new to this report. Collins was not on the Sept 12 baseline at all — he was fully healthy and played Week 1 at Buffalo. The hamstring happened Wednesday Sept 16 and he went from healthy to ruled out inside three days. This is the single biggest swing in the division.

Fantasy takeaway: Sit him, do not drop him — he is a must-hold WR1 in a 12-team full PPR and you need a one-week band-aid, not a replacement. If you are thin, Xavier Hutchinson is the safest PPR floor add and Kayshon Boutte the higher-ceiling add off waivers. The cleanest way to monetize this is Dalton Schultz, who profiles as a top-10 TE this week against a Cincinnati defense that was generous to tight ends. Also fade C.J. Stroud as a streaming QB this week.

Jimmy Holiday — KC (WR10 — reserve-list receiver and gadget/utility athlete, not on the active depth chart while shelved)

• 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. He is ineligible to play until activated.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: not eligible to practice with the team in any countable capacity Wed Sept 16 / Thu Sept 17 / Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The CBS Sports Chiefs injury listing carries him on Injured Reserve without specifying the injury; the IR placement itself is the official record.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured in the preseason-to-regular-season roster window of late August / early September 2026. He has not been active for Week 1 or Week 2 of the 2026 season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not determinable from the biology because the club has not disclosed the injury. The governing constraint is the roster rule: a post-cutdown Reserve/Injured placement carries a four-game minimum absence before activation eligibility; a pre-cutdown placement ends the season.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown and undisclosed — Week 5 2026 (mid-October) is the earliest procedurally possible return if the four-game minimum applies, but Kansas City has announced nothing and has not opened a practice window.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Arrowhead Stadium. Ineligible by roster rule.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, guaranteed inactive. Week 5 onward: procedurally eligible at the earliest, with no announced target. He would return behind six active receivers and has no path to fantasy-relevant snaps this season.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — his absence is already fully absorbed by the active room of Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Tyquan Thornton, Jalen Royals, Cyrus Allen and Nikko Remigio, with Andrew Armstrong and Omari Evans on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT as an explicit entry — the Sept 12 baseline did not list him, though his reserve status predates that date. Verified today at RES on the nfl.com Kansas City roster pull (Friday Sept 18, 2026). Nothing has actually changed week over week; this is a baseline gap being closed.

Fantasy takeaway: Completely irrelevant in 12-team full-PPR redraft. Do not roster, do not stash, do not spend FAAB. Logged here purely to satisfy the reserve-list reporting requirement and to document that Kansas City’s receiver depth behind the top six is thinner than the raw roster count suggests.

Corey Rucker — LV (WR10 — reserve-list receiver, not on the active depth chart and not competing for snaps while shelved)

• 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. He is ineligible to play until activated.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: not eligible to practice with the team in any countable capacity Wed Sept 16 / Thu Sept 17 / Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The Reserve/Injured placement is the official record; CBS Sports carries him as undisclosed on the Raiders IR listing.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured ahead of the 2026 regular season, in the late August / early September 2026 roster-trimming window. He has not been active for Week 1 or Week 2.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not determinable from the medicine because the injury is undisclosed. The governing constraint is the roster rule: a post-cutdown Reserve/Injured placement carries a four-game minimum absence before activation eligibility; a pre-cutdown placement would end his season.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown and undisclosed. Week 5 2026 (early October) is the earliest procedurally possible activation if the four-game minimum applies; Las Vegas has announced no target date and has not opened a practice window.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 at the Los Angeles Chargers. Ineligible by roster rule.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, guaranteed inactive. Week 5 onward: procedurally eligible at the earliest, with no announced target. He would return as a depth receiver behind at least five players and has no route to fantasy relevance this season.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — his absence is already fully absorbed by the active room of Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor, Jack Bech, Malik Benson and Dareke Young, backed by four practice-squad receivers.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT as an explicit entry — the Sept 12 baseline listed only Dont’e Thornton Jr. among Raiders receivers on reserve, not Rucker. Verified today at RES on the nfl.com Las Vegas roster pull (Friday Sept 18, 2026) and cross-checked against the CBS Sports Raiders injury page. His status likely predates Sept 12; this is a baseline gap being closed rather than a new move.

Fantasy takeaway: Completely irrelevant in 12-team full-PPR redraft. Do not roster, do not stash, do not spend FAAB. Logged here purely to satisfy the reserve-list reporting requirement and to document the true depth of the Raiders’ receiver attrition.

A.J. Brown — NE (Would be WR1 — New England’s clear No. 1 receiver and the X/LWR starter when healthy; currently not on the active depth chart)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com New England roster), placed Sunday Sept 11, 2026. This outranks any game or practice status and outranks the fact that the injury happened in a game. He is ineligible to practice or play and must miss a minimum of four regular-season games.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the club. Full week: no participation logged Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18, and he appears on no New England practice report.
• Injury: Right high ankle sprain (syndesmotic), MRI-confirmed. Ian Rapoport’s reporting: ‘This is a little more serious — six weeks, no surgery planned.’ No surgery is scheduled.
• When it happened: Early third quarter of New England’s Week 1 game vs the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday Sept 9, 2026. He was running a slant when Seahawks cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett’s knee came down directly on his ankle. He had 3 catches for 26 yards before exiting and did not return. He was placed on IR two days later, Sunday Sept 11, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle (syndesmotic) sprains are the slow, frustrating class of ankle injury and are graded I-III. Grade I is 2-4 weeks. Grade II is 4-8 weeks and is where most non-surgical NFL cases land. Grade III involves frank syndesmotic instability and usually requires tightrope or screw fixation, costing 8-12 weeks. Brown’s case is being reported at six weeks with no surgery planned, placing it squarely at the upper end of Grade II. Critically for a receiver, high ankle sprains sap push-off and cutting explosiveness well past the point of pain resolution — players routinely return at 80-85 percent and need two to three additional games to look like themselves.
• Expected back to full health: Late October 2026. The six-week reported timeline from the Sept 9 injury points to roughly Oct 21, 2026, i.e. eligible and realistically available around Week 7. Expect true full explosiveness closer to Week 8 or Week 9 (early November 2026) given how high ankle sprains linger for route-runners.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — he is ineligible by rule for New England’s Sunday Sept 20, 2026 home game vs the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:00 PM ET on CBS. A Reserve/Injured player does not receive a game-status designation and does not count against the inactive list.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5, all OUT and all ineligible. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Pittsburgh) — out. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Jacksonville) — out. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Buffalo) — out. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Las Vegas) — out; this is the fourth game missed, which satisfies the IR minimum and makes him eligible to be activated thereafter. Week 6 (Oct 18 vs the New York Jets) is the first game he is technically eligible for, but the reported six-week timeline points past it to Week 7 (Thursday Oct 22 at the Chicago Bears) as the realistic return, and New England has no incentive to rush him back on a short Thursday week.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kyle Williams (ACT, LWR2) is the direct replacement and Ourlads now lists him immediately behind Romeo Doubs at LWR — he is the single biggest beneficiary. Romeo Doubs (ACT, LWR starter) inherits the true No. 1 target role and the largest raw share. DeMario Douglas (ACT, SWR) sees expanded slot volume. Mack Hollins (ACT, RWR) holds the other perimeter spot. TE Hunter Henry (ACT) is the underrated beneficiary — with the alpha receiver gone, Drake Maye’s safety-valve usage of Henry rises.
• Change since Week 1: Status UNCHANGED since Sept 12 — still Reserve/Injured, confirmed as RES on the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com roster. What is NEW is the firm timeline: reporting since the baseline has established six weeks with no surgery planned, pinning the realistic return at Week 7 (Thursday Oct 22 at Chicago) rather than the four-game IR minimum of Week 6. The baseline knew he was on IR; it did not have the six-week number.

Fantasy takeaway: Stash him on IR if your 12-team full-PPR redraft league has an IR slot — a six-week absence with a Week 7 return is exactly the profile worth holding, and his post-return value as Drake Maye’s No. 1 is real. If your league has NO IR slot, he is a legitimate drop-or-trade candidate in a shallow 12-teamer because six weeks of a dead bench spot is a heavy price; try to sell him to a contender with IR room first. The actionable adds are Romeo Doubs (startable WR3 now) and Kyle Williams (speculative flex/bench stash with standalone value for six weeks).

Jauan Jennings — MIN (WR3 — slot receiver (SWR1), the primary underneath target in three-wide sets)

• 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. Listed under the report’s ‘Personal’ category rather than an injury.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed -> DNP Thu -> DNP Fri. He did not practice on any day.
• Injury: None — non-injury absence. Listed officially as ‘Personal.’ Reporting indicates a death in the family. Head coach Kevin O’Connell confirmed on Friday Sept 18 that Jennings will miss Week 2 for personal reasons.
• When it happened: Absence began at the start of the Week 2 practice week, Wednesday Sept 16, 2026. He was not on the Sept 12 Week 1 report and played Week 1 healthy.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not a medical matter, so no recovery curve applies. Personal-leave absences of this kind are typically one game, occasionally two, and are entirely at the player’s and family’s discretion. No physical limitation is expected on return.
• Expected back to full health: He is physically healthy now. Expect availability for Week 3 the weekend of Sept 27, 2026, though the team has appropriately not set a public timeline on a family matter.
• 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.
• Next four weeks: Out Week 2 at Chicago. Weeks 3, 4 and 5 project as available — there is no injury to recover from and no physical restriction. The only caveat is that the club has given no return date, as is normal and appropriate for a bereavement absence. Treat Week 3 as likely and Weeks 4-5 as full go.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tai Felton (WR4, ACT #13) is the most likely beneficiary and slides up in three-wide sets; Ourlads lists him as the LWR2 behind Justin Jefferson, so expect a rotation rather than a clean slot swap. Myles Price (WR5, ACT #4) is the listed SWR2 and is the direct slot replacement on the depth chart — he also returned a career-long 68-yard kickoff in Week 1. Expect more two-tight-end usage as well, which raises Josh Oliver’s (TE2) snap share.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to the report. Jennings was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list; he was a healthy ACT starter at slot receiver. This absence arose during the Week 2 practice week.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench Jennings in all 12-team full PPR lineups for Week 2 and do not drop him — this is a one-week personal absence, not an injury, and he returns with his role intact. The replacements are not worth chasing: Tai Felton and Myles Price split the vacated slot work rather than one inheriting it, and Carson Wentz is under center. The clean read is that Jennings’s absence concentrates targets in Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and T.J. Hockenson — all three get a modest bump.

Christian Kirk — SF (Not on the active depth chart — would slot into the slot/WR3 rotation behind Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr. when activated)

• 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 18, 2026. Placed on IR at the 53-man cutdown, so he must miss the first four games and is first eligible in Week 5.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and ineligible to practice with the team until his 21-day window opens. He has not practiced. Week of Sept 16-18: no participation of any kind.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury carried from training camp. San Francisco has not detailed the body part.
• When it happened: Training camp, August 2026. Placed on injured reserve with a return designation at the 53-man roster cutdown in late August.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not quantifiable without a named injury, but the four-game IR minimum is the binding constraint regardless. A camp injury given a return designation typically implies a 4-8 week medical timeline, which aligns with the rule.
• Expected back to full health: First eligible Week 5, approximately Oct 11-18, 2026. Watch for San Francisco opening his 21-day practice window in Week 4 — that is the reliable tell.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY and is INELIGIBLE. He cannot be activated for Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Miami Dolphins or for any game before Week 5.
• Next four weeks: Ineligible for Weeks 2, 3 and 4 by rule. Week 5 is his first eligible game and his stock has quietly risen: with Jake Tonges on season-ending IR and De’Zhaun Stribling out roughly 10 weeks, San Francisco’s pass-catcher depth is thin and Kirk would walk straight into meaningful snaps behind Evans and Samuel.
• Who benefits if he sits: In his absence the 49ers are running Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel Sr., Demarcus Robinson and the newly promoted KhaDarel Hodge, with Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing behind them.
• Change since Week 1: STATUS UNCHANGED, OUTLOOK IMPROVED. He remains RSR on the official roster with the same Week 5 eligibility. What changed is the opportunity in front of him: Jake Tonges went to season-ending IR and De’Zhaun Stribling is out roughly 10 weeks after ankle surgery, thinning the pass-catching group he returns into.

Fantasy takeaway: Worth a stash in 12-team full-PPR if you have the bench room, and he is the best of this division’s three IR-with-return stashes. The Stribling and Tonges injuries have cleared a genuine path to targets in a San Francisco offense that throws efficiently, and he is first eligible in Week 5. If you are choosing between stashing Kirk and stashing James Conner, take Kirk — his path to a role is cleaner.

Marvin Mims Jr. — DEN (WR4 — slot WR2 behind Pat Bryant on Ourlads, plus the team’s primary punt/kick returner and a designed-touch gadget piece)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Denver on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 (estimated — Denver did not hold a true Wednesday practice coming off a Monday night game, so the Wednesday report is an estimation) -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. A clean three-DNP week, which is what produces an Out rather than a Questionable.
• Injury: Foot injury — the same foot that has kept him on the report since the preseason. Denver has not specified the structure involved, and the club has kept him on the ACTIVE roster rather than using an IR slot.
• When it happened: August 28, 2026, in the preseason finale vs. the Minnesota Vikings. He exited that game with the foot issue. ESPN reported at the time that he avoided a serious foot injury, which is consistent with Denver carrying him on the 53 rather than shelving him.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Depends entirely on the structure. A midfoot sprain or plantar-plate irritation is 2-4 weeks. A Lisfranc sprain is 6-10 weeks and often ends in surgery. A Jones fracture (fifth metatarsal) is 8-12 weeks with a screw. The tell here is the trajectory: he was a FULL participant on Denver’s final Week 1 report (Sept 11-12) and played, then regressed to three straight DNPs and an Out this week. That pattern — practiced fully, then shut down — is the signature of an AGGRAVATION rather than a linear recovery, which is why this is the concerning entry on Denver’s report despite the mild original diagnosis.
• Expected back to full health: Uncertain and trending later than it looked a week ago. Best case is Week 3 (Sunday Sept 27) if the Out is precautionary rest on a flared-up foot. More realistic is Weeks 4-5 (early-to-mid October 2026) given that a full-practice player does not usually fall to three DNPs without something changing. If Denver places him on IR at any point, the floor becomes Week 6 or later under the four-game minimum.
• Next game: RULED OUT. Will not play Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars in Denver (2:05 p.m. MT, CBS). This is a final, official designation, not a projection.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs. JAX, Sept 20): out, confirmed. Week 3: genuinely in doubt — watch whether he practices at all Wednesday Sept 23; a Wednesday limited would put Week 3 back in play, another DNP week points to a multi-week absence. Weeks 4-5: this is the realistic return window. The thing to watch is an IR designation, which would be the definitive signal and would cost him through at least Week 6. Foot injuries in receivers who depend on burst and change of direction are notorious for the two-steps-forward-one-step-back pattern.
• Who benefits if he sits: Pat Bryant is already ahead of him as the slot WR1 on Ourlads and absorbs the inside snaps. Troy Franklin (RWR2, cleared this week) is the biggest direct beneficiary for the downfield and gadget snaps. Lil’Jordan Humphrey (LWR2) picks up rotational work. On returns, Denver lists Tyler Badie and RJ Harvey as the backup kickoff returners, though Harvey’s own hamstring complicates that. The real winners are the players who were already ahead of Mims: Courtland Sutton (LWR1) and Jaylen Waddle (RWR1) remain the concentrated target hogs.
• Change since Week 1: SIGNIFICANT DOWNGRADE vs. the Sept 12 baseline. Last week he was a FULL participant on Friday Sept 11 with no final game-status tag, and he was available. This week he is a three-day DNP and formally ruled OUT. The depth chart also moved against him: the baseline had him as the No. 3 receiver ahead of Pat Bryant and Troy Franklin, whereas Ourlads’ Sept 16 update has Bryant as the slot starter with Mims behind him. He remains ACT on the nfl.com roster — no IR placement as of Friday Sept 18.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in any 12-team full-PPR format this week and a droppable asset in standard 12-team redraft leagues if you need the roster spot for a healthy FLEX body. He was already a WR4/WR5 dart throw dependent on schemed touches, and the depth chart has moved against him — Pat Bryant is ahead of him in the slot and Troy Franklin is healthy. Only hold him in deeper leagues (14-plus teams) or return-yardage formats. If you are chasing the Denver pass game, Troy Franklin is the free-agent name worth 2-4 percent FAAB, not Mims.

Tim Patrick — NYJ (Was the LWR2/WR4 in the rotation; currently not on the active depth chart, on Reserve/Injured and ineligible to practice or play)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com New York Jets roster), placed Saturday Sept 12, 2026. This outranks the OUT game-status designation he carried a week ago. He must miss a minimum of four regular-season games and cannot return before Week 5.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the club. Full week: no participation logged Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18; he appears on no Jets practice report for Week 2.
• Injury: Groin strain (the Jets have not specified a grade or side). It is the same groin injury that had him DNP on all three Week 1 practice days and produced an OUT designation.
• When it happened: During the Week 1 practice week, early September 2026. He first appeared on the Jets’ Sept 9-11, 2026 reports as a DNP on all three days, was ruled OUT for the Sept 13 game vs Tennessee, and was moved to Reserve/Injured the day before that game, Sept 12, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin (adductor) strains are graded I-III. Grade I is 1-2 weeks, grade II is 3-6 weeks, grade III is 8-12 weeks or surgical. The move to IR is the tell: a club does not surrender a receiver for four games over a grade I. A DNP-every-day week followed immediately by an IR placement points to a solid grade II or worse. Groin strains in receivers are also high-recurrence injuries — the change-of-direction demands mean returning early frequently produces a second, longer absence, which is likely part of why the Jets chose the four-game floor over week-to-week management.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026. The four-game IR minimum makes Week 5 (Sunday Oct 11, 2026 vs Cleveland) the earliest possible return, and a grade II groin from early September realistically resolves in that same window. Expect full health around Week 5 to Week 6 (Oct 11-18, 2026).
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — he is ineligible by rule for the Jets’ Sunday Sept 20, 2026 home game vs the Green Bay Packers, 1:00 PM ET on FOX. A Reserve/Injured player receives no game-status designation and does not count against the inactive list.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Green Bay) — out, ineligible. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Detroit) — out, ineligible. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Chicago) — out, ineligible. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cleveland) — this is the fourth game missed and the first game he is eligible to be activated for, though it requires the Jets to open his practice window in time. Realistically he returns Week 5 or Week 6 (Oct 18 at New England), and even then into a WR4 role behind Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell and a healthy Omar Cooper Jr.
• Who benefits if he sits: Arian Smith (ACT, RWR2) moves up in the rotation and is the most direct active beneficiary. Isaiah Williams (ACT, SWR) holds the slot. Adonai Mitchell (ACT, LWR) is the starter whose snaps are safest. The Jets responded to the shortage by signing Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson to the practice squad on Sept 15, 2026 — Shepard in particular is a candidate for a gameday elevation given that, with Patrick on IR and Omar Cooper Jr. ruled out, the active room is down to Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell, Isaiah Williams and Arian Smith.
• Change since Week 1: STATUS DOWNGRADED and changed in kind. On the Sept 12 baseline he was ‘OUT — a FINAL Friday game-status designation’ for the Sept 13 game vs Tennessee, still on the active roster. He has since been moved to Reserve/Injured (Sept 12, 2026), which converts a one-week absence into a minimum four-game absence and removes him from the active roster entirely. This is a reserve-list status now, which outranks the prior game designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in any 12-team full-PPR redraft league without an IR slot — a four-game minimum absence for a player who returns as a WR4 is not worth a bench spot. If you have an IR slot he is a marginal hold at best; there are better uses. The actionable read is the downstream one: the Jets’ receiver room is genuinely depleted, which concentrates targets on Garrett Wilson (locked-in WR1 start) and gives Adonai Mitchell a clear WR3/flex floor. Arian Smith is a deep-league dart only.

Ashton Dulin — IND (WR5 — Ourlads RWR2 behind Keenan Allen; primarily a special-teams core player with rotational offensive snaps)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Indianapolis on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 game at the Kansas City Chiefs. Confirmed on nfl.com/injuries and on the joint Colts-Chiefs Week 2 report.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. A three-day shutout, which is the standard precursor to an Out tag.
• Injury: Ankle
• When it happened: Sustained in or around the Colts’ Week 1 game vs the Baltimore Ravens (Sunday Sept 13, 2026); he was on the report as a non-participant from the first Week 2 practice on Wednesday Sept 16.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Low ankle sprain: Grade 1 is roughly 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 is 2-4 weeks. A high ankle sprain (syndesmotic) is materially worse at 4-8 weeks and frequently requires a tightrope procedure. A full DNP week without an IR move points to the shorter low-ankle end of the range.
• Expected back to full health: Week 3 to Week 4 (late September into early October 2026) if this is a low ankle sprain. If it turns out to be a high ankle sprain, push that to Week 6 or later and expect an IR designation in the coming days.
• Next game: OUT. He will not play Sunday Sept 20 at the Kansas City Chiefs (8:20 PM ET, Arrowhead Stadium). Ruled out on the final Friday report.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 at Kansas City: out. Week 3: likely questionable or still out, depending on the sprain grade. Weeks 4-5: should return, but back into the same WR5/special-teams role. His fantasy ceiling does not move even when healthy.
• Who benefits if he sits: Laquon Treadwell (LWR2) and Deion Burks (SWR2) split the vacated rotational snaps. The more meaningful downstream effect is that Indianapolis’ WR depth is now thinner behind the Pierce-Downs-Allen trio, which slightly raises the injury leverage on all three.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report. Dulin was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list. The ankle appeared with the Wednesday Sept 16 practice report and he was ruled out on Friday Sept 18.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant to 12-team full-PPR lineups — he was never startable. The only actionable read is indirect: with Dulin out and Alec Pierce carrying a heel issue, the Colts’ WR room has no real insurance, so Josh Downs and Keenan Allen both gain a marginal target-share bump at Kansas City.

Omar Cooper Jr. — NYJ (WR5 — listed as the SWR2/slot backup behind Isaiah Williams on Ourlads; a rookie first-round pick expected to grow into a larger role)

• Status: OUT — (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by the New York Jets on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs the Green Bay Packers. He is one of four Jets ruled out, alongside Minkah Fitzpatrick (groin), Kene Nwangwu (back) and Joseph Ossai (foot).
• 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 on any day of the Week 2 week, which is what produced the OUT designation.
• Injury: Sprained ankle, MRI-confirmed (the Jets have not published a grade, but the MRI was described as positive for a sprain). He is being characterized publicly as week-to-week.
• When it happened: First quarter of the Jets’ Week 1 game vs the Tennessee Titans on Sunday Sept 13, 2026, a 23-10 New York win. He was injured early and did not factor into the rest of the game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Ankle sprains are graded I-III. A grade I low ankle sprain is 1-2 weeks, grade II is 2-4 weeks, grade III is 4-8 weeks; a high ankle sprain runs materially longer at 4-8 weeks non-surgical. The reporting places him week-to-week with an expected return inside four weeks, which brackets this as a grade II low ankle sprain. A full DNP week in the first week after the injury is normal for that grade and does not imply a worsening. For a rookie slot receiver whose value is built on separation quickness, expect the club to be conservative.
• Expected back to full health: Early-to-mid October 2026. The reported sub-four-week window from a Sept 13 injury points to roughly Oct 4-11, i.e. Week 4 or Week 5. A Week 3 return (Sept 27 at Detroit) is possible but would be aggressive given he did not practice at all this week.
• Next game: OUT. He will not play in the Jets’ Week 2 game, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at home vs the Green Bay Packers, 1:00 PM ET on FOX. This is a final, official Friday designation, not a projection.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Green Bay) — officially OUT. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Detroit) — doubtful to questionable; he would need to practice by midweek, and a zero-participation week argues against it. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Chicago) — the most likely return game. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cleveland) — should be back and available. Even upon return he is a rookie WR4/WR5 in a room that will have Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell and Isaiah Williams ahead of him, with Tim Patrick eligible to come off IR around the same time.
• Who benefits if he sits: Isaiah Williams (ACT, SWR starter) already holds the slot ahead of him and is unaffected. Arian Smith (ACT, RWR2) is the direct beneficiary in the four-receiver rotation. Garrett Wilson (ACT, RWR) and Adonai Mitchell (ACT, LWR) are the starters who absorb the target share. Sterling Shepard (DEV) and Tyler Johnson (DEV), both signed Sept 15, 2026, are gameday elevation candidates — with Patrick on IR and Cooper out, the Jets have only four healthy receivers on the active roster.
• Change since Week 1: BRAND NEW to this report. Cooper carried no designation of any kind on the Sept 12 baseline — he was a healthy rookie listed as the SWR2. He was injured in the first quarter of the Week 1 game on Sept 13, 2026, did not practice at all during the Week 2 week, and has now been ruled OUT. This injury did not exist on Sept 12.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable and, in a 12-team full-PPR redraft, not worth a bench spot right now unless you are in a deep dynasty-flavored format. He is a rookie who has played one quarter, is officially OUT, and returns to a crowded WR4 role. Drop for a usable bench piece. The actionable beneficiaries are Garrett Wilson (locked-in WR1, and the target concentration in a depleted room makes him a strong Week 2 start vs Green Bay) and Adonai Mitchell (WR3/flex). Keep Cooper on your watch list for a Week 4 or Week 5 re-add if his role expands.

Beaux Collins — ATL (Depth WR (roughly WR6 when healthy) — currently occupies no active depth-chart slot because he is on a reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, not a weekly game-status designation. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured — Designated to Return, No. 88). Because he sits on a reserve list, he cannot appear on the weekly game-status report at all; this reserve status outranks anything about where or how the injury happened.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 16 -> not reported Thu Sept 17 -> not reported Fri Sept 18. Players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the weekly practice participation report until their 21-day practice window is opened.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement. Atlanta has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: Sustained during the 2026 preseason / final roster-cutdown period, before the Sept 13 Week 1 opener at Pittsburgh.
• Typical recovery for this injury: The ‘Designated to Return’ tag is the operative fact and it is a timeline, not a diagnosis: a player placed on IR with a return designation must miss a minimum of four regular-season games, then the club may open a 21-day practice window before activating him. Without a disclosed body part, no injury-class recovery range can be responsibly assigned.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return no earlier than Week 5 (the week of Oct 11, 2026), being the first game after the mandatory four-game absence. Practical activation is more likely Weeks 6-8 given Atlanta would first need to open and work through a 21-day practice window.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Carolina Panthers — he is on Reserve/Injured and not on the active 53.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, full stop. Week 5: the first week he is even permitted to be activated, and activation that early would require Atlanta to have opened his practice window in advance. Realistically he is a non-factor through the entire Weeks 2-5 stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Blair (WR5) holds the roster spot behind Branch, with Dylan Drummond, Antwane Wells Jr. and Vinny Anthony II (all practice squad / DEV) as elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was RSR on the baseline and is RSR today on the live nfl.com roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft league. He is ineligible for a minimum of four games, and even on return he would be the fifth or sixth option in a passing game currently quarterbacked by Cooper Rush. Drop and ignore.

De’Zhaun Stribling — SF (WR6/WR7 — rookie depth receiver, was working into the rotation before the injury)

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by San Francisco on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 home game vs. Miami. IMPORTANT NUANCE: he is still carried as ACT on the official nfl.com 49ers roster and still appears on the game-status report, meaning the reported IR move had not yet processed as of the Friday filing. Adam Schefter reported Sept 16 that the 49ers are placing him on injured reserve, which will make this a reserve-list status (RESERVE-INJURED) once formalized.
• 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 since the injury and has had surgery.
• Injury: Left ankle. Non-contact, suffered while cutting on a route. He has since undergone surgery.
• When it happened: Thursday, Sept 10, 2026 — the Week 1 game in Melbourne (SF beat LAR 27-7). He entered the medical tent in the first quarter, briefly returned, then exited again in the second quarter and did not come back.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Post-surgical ankle repairs (tightrope/ORIF for a high ankle sprain or fracture) typically cost 8-12 weeks for return to play, with 6-8 weeks being the aggressive end and a full season lost at the bad end. Kyle Shanahan’s stated ‘close to 10 weeks’ sits right in the middle of that band.
• Expected back to full health: Roughly 10 weeks from the Sept 16 surgery window, which points to late November 2026 — approximately Week 12-13. The IR minimum only requires four games, so the surgical timeline, not the IR rule, is the binding constraint.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Officially ruled OUT for Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Miami Dolphins at Levi’s Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5 without question. He is not a Weeks 2-5 consideration in any format. Earliest realistic return is around Week 12.
• Who benefits if he sits: KhaDarel Hodge is the literal replacement — San Francisco promoted him from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 16 specifically to cover this and now sits as the RWR2 behind Demarcus Robinson. Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing also move up a rung. None of this changes anything at the top: Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr. remain the target hogs.
• Change since Week 1: RESOLVED DOWNWARD and much worse than the Sept 12 baseline implied. The baseline had him as a post-game injury with cautious optimism. Since then: he had ANKLE SURGERY, Shanahan put the timeline at close to 10 weeks, Schefter reported an IR placement, and San Francisco filed him OUT on the final Friday report.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all 12-team formats immediately. He is not a stash in redraft — a 10-week surgical timeline plus an IR designation means he has no in-season value until roughly Week 12, and by then the 49ers’ receiver room will have sorted itself. In deep dynasty, hold; the talent and the opportunity behind Evans (who turns 33 this season) are still there in 2027.

Tyrell Shavers — BUF (Reserve WR — not on the active depth chart; he is on the reserve/PUP list and cannot practice with the team)

• Status: PUP — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code PUP on the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com Buffalo roster), not a weekly game-status designation. Reserve/PUP outranks any practice or game report: he is ineligible to be activated before Week 5 at the earliest under the in-season PUP rules.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/PUP is barred from practicing with the club. Full week: no participation Mon Sept 14 / Tue Sept 15 / Wed Sept 16, and none logged Wed Sept 16 / Thu Sept 17 / Fri Sept 18 either.
• Injury: Undisclosed — Buffalo has not specified the injury. It is a training-camp injury that he failed his physical on at the start of the regular season, which is the mechanism that put him on Reserve/PUP rather than the active roster.
• When it happened: During Buffalo’s 2026 training camp / preseason, prior to the Sept 2026 roster cutdown. The club placed him on Reserve/PUP at the initial 53-man deadline, which fixes the injury to the camp window in August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unquantifiable without a disclosed diagnosis. The structural constraint matters more than the medicine: a player on in-season Reserve/PUP must miss a minimum of the first four regular-season games, then opens a 21-day practice window before he can be activated. Even a fully healed player therefore cannot appear before Week 5.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown medically, but procedurally the earliest possible game appearance is Week 5, Monday Oct 12, 2026 at the Los Angeles Rams, and only if Buffalo opens his practice window promptly after Week 4 and then uses one of its limited activations on him.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — he was ineligible for the Thursday Sept 17, 2026 game vs the Detroit Lions by rule, not by designation, and did not count against the inactive list. He remains ineligible through Week 4.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Ineligible for Week 2 (Sept 17 vs Detroit), Week 3 (Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers) and Week 4 (Oct 4 vs New England) by rule. Week 5 (Oct 12 at the Los Angeles Rams) is the first game he could legally play, and that still requires Buffalo to open the 21-day window and activate him. Even in the best case he returns as a WR5/special-teamer behind Moore, Shakir, Coleman and Palmer.
• Who benefits if he sits: His snaps are already fully absorbed. Josh Palmer (ACT, LWR2) holds the WR4 role, Skyler Bell (ACT, RWR2) is the next active body, and Greg Dortch (DEV) and Trent Sherfield (DEV) are the practice-squad elevation options. Nobody gains anything new from a Shavers absence because he has never been in the rotation.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still Reserve/PUP on the Sept 18 nfl.com roster pull, still ineligible, still undisclosed. The only adjustment is that the earliest-return math has tightened by one week as the season progresses.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. He cannot play until Week 5 and would be a WR5 if he did. Ignore entirely; do not use a roster spot even in deep leagues.

Chris Brazzell II — CAR (Depth WR — currently occupies no active depth-chart slot because he is on a reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, not a weekly game-status designation. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RES (Reserve/Injured, with NO return designation, No. 19), which means he is out for the full 2026 season. This reserve status outranks anything about where or how the injury happened.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 16 -> not reported Thu Sept 17 -> not reported Fri Sept 18. Players on season-ending Reserve/Injured do not practice and do not appear on the weekly report.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury sustained in the 2026 preseason. Carolina has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: During the 2026 preseason, prior to the Sept 14 opener vs Chicago.
• Typical recovery for this injury: The absence of a return designation is the controlling fact: this is a season-ending placement regardless of the underlying injury class. No recovery range applies to his 2026 availability because the roster rule, not the biology, ends his season.
• Expected back to full health: Not applicable for 2026 — out for the season. Any return would be for the 2027 league year.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Atlanta Falcons and for every remaining 2026 game.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: ineligible in all four. A season-long non-factor.
• Who benefits if he sits: John Metchie III (WR4) and Brycen Tremayne (WR5) hold the depth spots behind the Coker/McMillan/Legette trio, with David Moore, Casey Washington and Ja’Seem Reed (all practice squad / DEV) as elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was RES on the baseline and is RES today on the live nfl.com roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any format. Drop immediately if still held anywhere.

Kendrick Law — DET (Would be depth receiver behind the top three; currently on injured reserve and off the active roster)

• 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 18, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks any game-status designation; he is not on the active roster and cannot be listed as Out.
• Practice this week: Not reported — players on Reserve/Injured do not practice with the team and do not appear on the official participation report. Full week: no participation of any kind during Detroit’s short Week 2 practice period (Mon-Wed, Sept 14-16).
• Injury: Undisclosed — Detroit has not published a characterization of the injury that led to the IR placement.
• When it happened: Late August 2026, around roster cutdowns, which is when the IR placement occurred. No more specific date has been made public.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable without a disclosed injury type. In general, a rookie-level receiver placed on IR at cutdowns is facing at minimum a four-game absence if designated to return, and potentially the season if not. Absent club disclosure, no responsible recovery window can be given.
• Expected back to full health: Not reliably estimable given the undisclosed injury. Week 5 would be the earliest theoretical eligibility under a four-game minimum, but no practice window has been reported as opened and no public target exists.
• Next game: DID NOT PLAY in Detroit’s Week 2 game at Buffalo on Thursday Sept 17, 2026 — he was ineligible, on injured reserve. NOTE: Detroit’s Week 2 game has already been played; the Lions lost 41-31.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2 (already played), 3 and 4 at minimum. Week 5 is the earliest theoretical return with no indication it is a live target. Even on activation he would be competing for WR4 or WR5 snaps behind Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Isaac TeSlaa.
• Who benefits if he sits: Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR1, SWR, ACT #14), Jameson Williams (WR2, RWR, ACT #1) and Isaac TeSlaa (WR3, LWR, ACT #18) are the unaffected starters. The depth absorbing his would-be snaps is Jackson Meeks (ACT #13), Tay Martin (ACT #17) and Tom Kennedy (ACT #85), with Dominic Lovett (DEV #19) and Lucky Jackson (DEV #9) on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — still RES (injured reserve) and still unavailable, with no practice window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR and not a stash. He is on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury and no return window, and would return to a WR4-or-lower role. The relevant Detroit receiver note is that Amon-Ra St. Brown is fully healthy and just went for 9 catches, 142 yards and 2 touchdowns in the Thursday Week 2 game at Buffalo.

Jayden Higgins — HOU (Not on the active depth chart — season-ending Reserve/Injured. Had been competing for rotational outside WR snaps.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried on nfl.com as status code RES with no return designation, and tagged plain ‘IR’ on Ourlads. Season-ending; this outranks any other consideration.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed/Thu/Fri — he is on season-ending Reserve/Injured and is ineligible to practice or be activated in 2026.
• Injury: Torn ACL
• When it happened: Suffered in the 2026 preseason/training camp period, prior to the Texans’ final roster cutdown at the end of August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Isolated ACL reconstruction: 9-12 months to return to play, with most NFL receivers targeting a full return the following season and often needing a second season to regain top-end separation speed.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late 2027 — he will not play again in the 2026 calendar year or the 2026 season. A realistic target is 2027 training camp.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — ineligible. He cannot play Sunday Sept 20 vs the Cincinnati Bengals, or in any remaining 2026 game.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: ineligible, zero snaps. He is out for the full 2026 season. There is no in-season path back.
• Who benefits if he sits: His projected snaps are permanently distributed to Kayshon Boutte, Xavier Hutchinson, Jaylin Noel and Jared Wayne, all of whom get an additional bump this week with Nico Collins out.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still on season-ending Reserve/Injured (RES), confirmed again on the Sept 18 nfl.com roster pull.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any redraft format. Drop him everywhere if he is somehow still held, including dynasty-lite formats without true IR slots. Zero Week 2 relevance.

Tank Dell — HOU (Not on the active depth chart — on Reserve/Injured with a return designation. When healthy he projects as a starting slot/flanker option.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried on nfl.com as status code RSR and tagged ‘IR^’ (designated to return) on Ourlads. This is a roster-list status and outranks any practice-report consideration; he cannot play Week 2 regardless of health.
• Practice this week: Not applicable (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed/Thu/Fri — players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the weekly practice report until their 21-day return-to-practice window is opened, which Houston has not yet done.
• Injury: Multi-ligament left knee reconstruction — ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus damage
• When it happened: Original injury December 2024 vs Kansas City. He missed the entire 2025 season, returned to practice in 2026 training camp, but was placed on Reserve/Injured with a return designation on or about Aug 30, 2026 as the Texans set the 53-man roster.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Multi-ligament knee reconstruction is the most severe non-catastrophic knee injury class in football: 12-24 months to return to play and frequently longer to regain pre-injury explosiveness. Dell is now roughly 21 months post-surgery. Even after clearance, first-year production for this injury class is typically well below baseline.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to be activated from Week 5 (early-to-mid October 2026) at the earliest, having satisfied the four-game minimum. Realistically, expect a gradual snap ramp through October and no guarantee of a full-health, full-snap role in 2026 at all.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — ineligible. He cannot play Sunday Sept 20 vs the Cincinnati Bengals under the Reserve/Injured rules, health notwithstanding.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-4: ineligible, zero snaps, no path to playing. Week 5 is the first week he can be activated, and even then Houston must open a 21-day practice window first, which means an activation could slip past Week 5. Do not plan around him inside this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: His snaps are already permanently absorbed: Xavier Hutchinson and Jaylin Noel hold the slot work, with Kayshon Boutte outside. With Nico Collins also out this week, all three see an additional bump.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still Reserve/Injured with a designated-to-return tag (RSR), still four-game minimum, still no practice window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-bench stash only, and only in leagues with true IR slots — he cannot occupy an active roster spot for four more weeks and then faces a ramp on top of that. In a standard 12-team full-PPR redraft with limited bench space, he is droppable. Do not use a waiver claim on him this week.

Jeff Caldwell — KC (WR9 — reserve-list receiver, not on the active depth chart and not competing for offensive snaps while shelved)

• 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 outranks any practice or game consideration: he is ineligible to play until activated.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: not eligible to practice with the team in any countable capacity Wed Sept 16 / Thu Sept 17 / Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: Knee injury, per the CBS Sports injury listing for Kansas City. The club has not disclosed the specific structure involved.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured in the preseason-to-regular-season roster window of late August / early September 2026. He has not been active for either Week 1 or Week 2 of the 2026 season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Governed by the roster rule more than the biology: a player placed on Reserve/Injured after the initial 53-man cutdown must miss a minimum of four games before he is eligible for activation, and a player placed on IR before the cutdown is out for the season. Kansas City has not opened a practice window, so the four-game minimum is the operative floor.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-October 2026 at the earliest — Week 5 or later, assuming the post-cutdown four-game minimum applies and that the knee cooperates. No return date has been announced by the club.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Arrowhead Stadium. He is ineligible by roster rule, not by game-day decision.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, guaranteed inactive. Week 5 and beyond: first realistic activation window. Even on return he would slot behind Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Tyquan Thornton, Jalen Royals, Cyrus Allen and Nikko Remigio, so there is no route to a fantasy role this season absent multiple injuries ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — his absence is already fully absorbed by a six-deep active receiver room. No redistribution of snaps or targets is pending.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT as an explicit entry — the Sept 12 baseline did not list him, though his reserve status predates that date. Verified today at RES on the nfl.com Kansas City roster pull (Friday Sept 18, 2026) and cross-checked against the CBS Sports Chiefs injury page. Nothing has actually changed week over week; this is a baseline gap being closed.

Fantasy takeaway: Completely irrelevant in 12-team full-PPR redraft. Do not roster, do not stash, do not spend FAAB. He is documented here only because the assignment requires reserve-list statuses to be reported, and because he plus Jimmy Holiday represent two receiver bodies Kansas City cannot call on if the active room takes a hit.

Dont’e Thornton Jr. — LV (WR9 — reserve-list receiver, not on the active depth chart and not competing for snaps while shelved)

• 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 outranks any practice-report consideration: he is ineligible to play until activated.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: not eligible to practice with the team in any countable capacity Wed Sept 16 / Thu Sept 17 / Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. The Reserve/Injured placement itself is the official record; Las Vegas has not named the structure involved, and CBS Sports carries him as undisclosed.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured ahead of the 2026 regular season, in the roster-trimming window of late August / early September 2026. He has not been active for Week 1 or Week 2.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Governed by the roster rule rather than the medicine, since the injury is undisclosed: a post-cutdown Reserve/Injured placement carries a mandatory four-game minimum absence before activation eligibility. CBS Sports lists his expected return as Week 5, which matches that four-game minimum precisely.
• Expected back to full health: Early October 2026 — Week 5 is the first eligible week and is the date being carried publicly. Realistically he would need a 21-day practice window opened before activation, so Week 5-6 is the honest range.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 at the Los Angeles Chargers. Ineligible by roster rule, not by game-day decision.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, guaranteed inactive. Week 5: first eligible week for activation and the publicly carried target. On return he would compete for rotational outside snaps behind Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor and Malik Benson — a deep-league dart throw at best, not a roster-worthy asset in a 12-teamer.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — his absence is already fully absorbed. Tre Tucker (LWR1), Jalen Nailor (RWR1), Jack Bech (slot), Malik Benson (RWR2) and Dareke Young (slot WR2) constitute the active room, with Deven Thompkins, Ronnie Bell and Cody White on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was on the baseline as Reserve/Injured and remains RES on today’s nfl.com roster pull (Friday Sept 18, 2026). Status confirmed unchanged, with the added detail that his publicly carried return target is Week 5.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Do not spend FAAB. He is a Week 5-plus monitor at most, and only in leagues 14 teams or deeper. He is documented here because the assignment requires reserve-list statuses and because his absence plus Corey Rucker’s is why Las Vegas is carrying five practice-squad receivers.

Jeshaun Jones — MIN (Would be a depth receiver; currently on the Reserve/Suspended list and off the active roster)

• Status: SUSPENDED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code SUS on https://www.nfl.com/teams/minnesota-vikings/roster as of Sept 18, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks any game-status designation; he is not on the active roster, cannot practice with the team, and cannot carry a game designation.
• Practice this week: Not reported — suspended players may not practice with or attend team facilities during the suspension period and do not appear on the official participation report. Full week: no Wed, Thu or Fri participation of any kind.
• Injury: None — this is a league disciplinary suspension, not an injury.
• When it happened: N/A — not an injury. The suspension was in effect entering the 2026 regular season and remains in effect through the Week 2 practice period.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not an injury, so no medical recovery curve applies. The governing timeline is the length of the league-imposed suspension, after which he would be restored to the active roster or the roster-exempt list at the club’s discretion.
• Expected back to full health: He is physically healthy; availability is purely a function of the suspension’s expiration. No public reinstatement date is attached to his current status.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 at Chicago on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He is ineligible — on the Reserve/Suspended list.
• Next four weeks: Out for Week 2 and unavailable until the suspension expires. Even on reinstatement he returns as WR6 or lower in a room featuring Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, Jauan Jennings, Tai Felton and Myles Price, with no realistic path to fantasy-relevant snaps.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A in any meaningful sense — his absence has been priced in since before the season and nobody’s role changed because of it. For completeness, the active depth behind the top three is Tai Felton (ACT #13) and Myles Price (ACT #4), with Dillon Bell, Michael Briscoe and Trayvon Rudolph on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — still SUS (Reserve/Suspended) and still unavailable.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR in any format. Tracked solely to record the reserve-list status accurately and to confirm he remains unavailable. No waiver action warranted now or on reinstatement.

Jeremiah Webb — NE (Reserve WR — not on the active depth chart; on Reserve/Injured and ineligible to practice or play)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an official reserve-list status (status code RES on the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com New England roster), not a weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: Not reported and not applicable — a player on Reserve/Injured is barred from practicing with the club. Full week: no participation logged Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18; he appears on no New England practice report.
• Injury: Undisclosed — New England has not specified the injury. He was placed on IR without a public diagnosis.
• When it happened: During New England’s 2026 training camp or preseason, prior to the early-September 2026 roster reduction. He has been on Reserve/Injured since before the Week 1 game vs Seattle on Sept 9, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unquantifiable without a disclosed diagnosis. Procedurally, a cutdown IR placement without a designated-to-return slot ends the player’s season; with one, the minimum is four regular-season games missed plus a 21-day practice window, so no return before Week 5.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown medically. Procedurally, the earliest theoretical return is around Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026 vs Las Vegas), with a season-long absence far more likely.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — ineligible by rule for New England’s Sunday Sept 20, 2026 home game vs the Pittsburgh Steelers. He receives no game-status designation and does not count against the inactive list.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5, all ineligible. Out for Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Pittsburgh), Week 3 (Sept 27 at Jacksonville), Week 4 (Oct 4 at Buffalo) and Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Las Vegas).
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed. With A.J. Brown also on IR, the active room is Romeo Doubs (LWR), Mack Hollins (RWR), DeMario Douglas (SWR), Kyle Williams (LWR2) and Efton Chism III (SWR2). Chandler Brayboy (DEV) is a new practice-squad addition since Sept 12, alongside Kyle Dixon (DEV) and Cameron Dorner (DEV).
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still Reserve/Injured, confirmed as RES on the Sept 18, 2026 nfl.com roster pull, still undisclosed, still ineligible.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any format — he cannot play and is a depth receiver if activated. Do not roster. The meaningful adjacent point is that New England is carrying TWO receivers on Reserve/Injured (Brown and Webb), which is what makes Kyle Williams a legitimate speculative add rather than a throwaway.

Brock Rechsteiner — NO (Depth WR — currently occupies no active depth-chart slot because he is on the suspended list)

• 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 suspension and does not count against the active roster while suspended. This roster status outranks any other consideration.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 16 -> not reported Thu Sept 17 -> not reported Fri Sept 18. Suspended players may not practice with the club and do not appear on the injury or practice report.
• Injury: None — this is a disciplinary suspension, not an injury
• When it happened: Not applicable. The suspension was in effect entering the 2026 regular season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no injury. Availability is governed entirely by the length of the league-imposed suspension, after which he may be reinstated to the active roster.
• Expected back to full health: He is physically healthy. Availability depends on the suspension term, not on health.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens — he is on the suspended list.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: ineligible unless and until the suspension expires and he is reinstated. Even on reinstatement he would enter as a bottom-of-the-roster receiver behind four established options.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Barion Brown (WR3) and Bryce Lance (WR4) hold all the meaningful snaps.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was SUS on the baseline and is SUS today on the live nfl.com roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any format. He is listed here only because the brief asks for suspended-list players to be reported alongside reserve-list players. Ignore entirely.

Jordyn Tyson — NO (Depth WR — currently occupies no active depth-chart slot because he is on a reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, not a weekly game-status designation. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured — Designated to Return). Because he sits on a reserve list he cannot appear on the weekly game-status report; this reserve status outranks anything about where or how the injury happened.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 16 -> not reported Thu Sept 17 -> not reported Fri Sept 18. Players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the weekly practice participation report until their 21-day window opens.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement. New Orleans has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: Sustained during the 2026 preseason / roster-cutdown period, before the Sept 13 opener at Detroit.
• Typical recovery for this injury: The ‘Designated to Return’ tag is the operative fact and it is a timeline rather than a diagnosis: minimum four regular-season games missed, then a 21-day practice window before activation. Without a disclosed body part no injury-class recovery range can be responsibly assigned.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return no earlier than Week 5 (the week of Oct 11, 2026). Practical activation more likely Weeks 6-8 once New Orleans opens his practice window.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens — he is on Reserve/Injured and not on the active 53.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, full stop. Week 5: the earliest permitted activation. A non-factor across the entire Weeks 2-5 window. He is worth a late-October revisit, because if Chris Olave’s hamstring becomes a lingering problem, New Orleans has genuine incentive to activate Tyson quickly.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devaughn Vele (WR2), Barion Brown (WR3) and Bryce Lance (WR4) hold the rotation snaps behind Chris Olave.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was RSR on the baseline and is RSR today on the live nfl.com roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full-PPR right now — ineligible for at least four games. He is, however, the best dynasty and deep-bench stash on this list given the state of the New Orleans receiver room beyond Olave. In redraft, drop him and set a calendar reminder for Week 5.

Mason Tipton — NO (Depth WR — currently occupies no active depth-chart slot because he is on the reserve/PUP list)

• Status: PUP — (c) official reserve-list status, not a weekly game-status designation. nfl.com’s live roster lists him PUP (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform, No. 15). A player placed on reserve/PUP at the start of the regular season must miss at least the first four games and cannot practice with the team until his window opens. This reserve status outranks anything about where or how the injury happened.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 16 -> not reported Thu Sept 17 -> not reported Fri Sept 18. Players on reserve/PUP are barred from practicing and do not appear on the weekly report.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury carried over from the offseason that prevented him from passing a physical at the start of training camp. New Orleans has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: Originated in the 2026 offseason, before the start of 2026 training camp — the defining feature of reserve/PUP is that the injury predates camp.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Reserve/PUP is a roster mechanism rather than a diagnosis: minimum four regular-season games missed, then a 21-day practice window before activation. Without a disclosed body part no injury-class recovery range can be responsibly assigned. As a practical matter, offseason injuries severe enough to land a player on reserve/PUP frequently keep him out well past the four-game minimum.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return no earlier than Week 5 (the week of Oct 11, 2026). Practical activation more likely Weeks 6-9 given the 21-day practice window requirement and the depth ahead of him.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens — he is on reserve/PUP and not on the active 53.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, full stop. Week 5: the earliest permitted activation. A non-factor across the entire Weeks 2-5 window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Barion Brown (WR3) and Bryce Lance (WR4) make up the active receiver rotation, with Trey Palmer, Kevin Austin Jr., Cedric Tillman, Jalen Moreno-Cropper and Kyrese Rowan on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was PUP on the baseline and is PUP today on the live nfl.com roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full-PPR. Ineligible for at least four games and buried on the depth chart when he does return. Drop and ignore.

Calvin Austin III — NYG (Reserve/Injured wide receiver — not on the active roster, no active depth-chart role.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, not a weekly game-status tag. nfl.com lists him RES on the Giants’ official roster as of Fri Sept 18, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks where or how the injury happened.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not participate Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 and is not eligible to.
• Injury: Torn ACL (knee).
• When it happened: Suffered at a Tuesday practice in late August 2026, during the Giants’ preseason ramp ahead of their preseason finale against the Jets. He was placed on Reserve/Injured before the regular season began.
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction is a 9-12 month return-to-play timeline, and wide receivers specifically often need the full 12 months plus an additional in-season ramp before top-end speed and separation return. A tear suffered in late August 2026 puts any return squarely in the 2027 season.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. Realistic return to football activity is roughly August-September 2027 — there is no 2026 week number at which he becomes available.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Monday Sept 21, 2026 at the Los Angeles Rams, and out for the remainder of the 2026 season. Reserve/Injured players are ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2 (at LAR), 3, 4, 5 and the rest of the season. There is no scenario in which he plays in 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: His roster spot and slot/gadget snaps were absorbed before Week 1 by Odell Beckham Jr. (WR4) and Malachi Fields (RWR1), with Darnell Mooney holding the primary slot role and Jalin Hyatt, Braxton Berrios and Dalen Cambre on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still on Reserve/Injured with a torn ACL.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all 12-team full-PPR redraft formats; he has no 2026 value. The only read-through is that his ACL tear is a meaningful part of why Odell Beckham Jr. has a roster spot and why the Giants’ WR depth behind Nabers and Mooney is thin — which slightly raises Malachi Fields’s contingency value.

Gunner Olszewski — NYG (Reserve/Injured wide receiver and return specialist — not on the active roster, no active depth-chart role.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, not a weekly game-status tag. nfl.com lists him RES on the Giants’ official roster as of Fri Sept 18, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks any injury-location discussion.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not participate Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 and is not eligible to.
• Injury: Achilles (rupture/repair).
• When it happened: Suffered during the Giants’ 2026 preseason/training-camp period, prior to the start of the regular season. He has been on Reserve/Injured continuously since before Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Achilles tendon rupture and repair is one of the longest returns in football: 9-12 months to return-to-play at best, and receivers and return men commonly need 12+ months before explosiveness recovers. A preseason-2026 rupture means a 2027 return.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. Realistic return to football activity is mid-to-late 2027. No 2026 week number applies.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Monday Sept 21, 2026 at the Los Angeles Rams, and out for the remainder of the 2026 season. Reserve/Injured players are ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2 (at LAR), 3, 4, 5 and the rest of 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: His return and depth-receiver duties are covered by Odell Beckham Jr., Malachi Fields and practice-squad options Braxton Berrios, Jalin Hyatt, Dalen Cambre and Charlie Jones.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still on Reserve/Injured with an Achilles injury.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance in a 12-team full-PPR league; do not roster. Listed for completeness of the Giants’ reserve list.

Johnny Wilson — PHI (Reserve/Injured wide receiver — not on the active roster, no active depth-chart role.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, not a weekly game-status tag. nfl.com lists him RES on the Eagles’ official roster as of Fri Sept 18, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks any practice-report discussion.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He did not participate Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 and is not eligible to.
• Injury: Undisclosed by the club. Philadelphia has not specified the injury publicly through Sept 18, 2026.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured at or before the start of the 2026 regular season; he has been on the list continuously since the Sept 12 baseline. The underlying injury date has not been disclosed.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated with precision because the injury is undisclosed. The procedural floor applies: a cutdown-day IR placement without a return designation means the full season, while an in-season placement means a four-game minimum.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate. If a return designation exists, the earliest activation is Week 5 (early October 2026); if he was placed on IR at cutdown without one, he is out for 2026.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium (1:00 p.m. ET). Reserve/Injured players are ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2 (at TEN), 3 and 4 at minimum, with Week 5 the earliest speculative return.
• Who benefits if he sits: His big-bodied perimeter snaps are covered by Dontayvion Wicks (LWR1), Darius Cooper (LWR2) and Marquise Brown, with Britain Covey now on the active roster and Danny Gray and Xavier Gipson on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still on Reserve/Injured with the injury undisclosed.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance in a 12-team full-PPR league; do not roster. Listed for completeness of the Eagles’ reserve list.

Jake Bobo — SEA (Not on the active depth chart — season-ending reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com Seahawks roster as of Sept 18, 2026, with no designation to return. Confirmed season-ending by the club’s own release.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on a season-ending reserve list and ineligible to practice with the team. He has not practiced and will not. Week of Sept 16-18: no participation of any kind.
• Injury: Knee, suffered on a leaping catch attempt during a joint practice.
• When it happened: Friday, Aug 22, 2026 — during a joint practice. Seattle placed him on season-ending injured reserve thereafter.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Depends on the structure: an isolated MCL is 4-8 weeks, a meniscus repair is 4-6 months, and an ACL reconstruction is 9-12 months. Seattle’s decision to end his season at an August injury date points to the longer end of that range.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. Target the 2027 offseason, roughly spring to summer 2027.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY and is ineligible. He cannot appear in the Sept 20, 2026 game vs. Arizona or in any 2026 game.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5 and the entire 2026 season. No return path.
• Who benefits if he sits: Seattle’s receiver rotation runs Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, Rashid Shaheed and the now-healthy Tory Horton, with Montorie Foster Jr as the next active option.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still RES, season-ending, on the official roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all formats — season over with no return path. He had no standalone value in a room with Smith-Njigba, Kupp, Shaheed and Horton even when healthy.

Ricky Pearsall — SF (Not on the active depth chart — season-ending reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RES (Reserve/Injured) on the official nfl.com 49ers roster as of Sept 18, 2026, with NO designation to return. This is season-ending.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — he is on a season-ending reserve list and ineligible to practice with the team. He has not practiced and will not. Week of Sept 16-18: no participation of any kind.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury carried from training camp. San Francisco has not detailed the body part.
• When it happened: Training camp/preseason, August 2026. Placed on injured reserve without a return designation at the 53-man roster cutdown.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not quantifiable without a named injury. Placement on IR with no return designation out of camp signals a timeline the club judged longer than the season.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. Target the 2027 offseason, roughly spring 2027.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY and is ineligible. He cannot appear in the Sept 20, 2026 game vs. Miami or in any 2026 game.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5 and the entire 2026 season. No return path exists.
• Who benefits if he sits: Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel Sr., Demarcus Robinson and KhaDarel Hodge are handling the receiver snaps, with Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing behind them. Christian Kirk (RSR) rejoins from Week 5.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still RES with no return designation on the official roster; season over.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all redraft formats — his 2026 season is over with no return possibility. Dynasty managers should hold; he is still young and the 49ers’ receiver room past 2026 is uncertain with Mike Evans on the wrong side of 32.

David Sills — TB (Depth WR — currently occupies no active depth-chart slot because he is on a reserve list)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, not a weekly game-status designation. nfl.com’s live roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured — Designated to Return, No. 80). Because he sits on a reserve list he cannot appear on the weekly game-status report; this reserve status outranks anything about where or how the injury happened.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 16 -> not reported Thu Sept 17 -> not reported Fri Sept 18. Players on Reserve/Injured do not appear on the weekly practice participation report until their 21-day window opens.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement. Tampa Bay has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: Sustained during the 2026 preseason / roster-cutdown period, before the Sept 13 opener vs Cincinnati.
• Typical recovery for this injury: The ‘Designated to Return’ tag is the operative fact and it is a timeline rather than a diagnosis: minimum four regular-season games missed, then a 21-day practice window before activation. Without a disclosed body part no injury-class recovery range can be responsibly assigned.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return no earlier than Week 5 (the week of Oct 11, 2026). Practical activation more likely Weeks 6-8 once Tampa Bay opens his practice window.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Cleveland Browns — he is on Reserve/Injured and not on the active 53.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, full stop. Week 5: the earliest permitted activation. A non-factor across the entire Weeks 2-5 window, and on return he would be behind six healthy receivers.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Godwin Jr., Emeka Egbuka, Jalen McMillan, Tez Johnson, Kameron Johnson and Ted Hurst III make up the active receiver room, with Garrett Greene, Dean Patterson IV and Eric Rivers Jr. on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was RSR on the baseline and is RSR today on the live nfl.com roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full-PPR. Ineligible for at least four games and seventh on the depth chart on return. Drop and ignore.

Ja’Kobi Lane — BAL (Was RWR2 / No. 4 receiver before the injury; currently off the active depth chart entirely)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, shown as status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster as of Sept 18, 2026. This reserve-list status outranks any practice or game-status consideration. He is ineligible to play or practice until his activation window opens.
• 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 practice entry because IR players are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Wrist injury requiring surgery
• When it happened: Sept 13, 2026 — suffered in the first half of the Ravens’ Week 1 season opener against the Indianapolis Colts. He underwent successful wrist surgery the following Wednesday morning, and Baltimore placed him on IR on Sept 16, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgically repaired wrist fractures and ligament injuries in NFL skill players typically cost 6-10 weeks, with a hard floor around 4-6 weeks for a simple fixation in a player who can play through a cast or brace. Receivers are penalized more than most positions because catching requires full wrist extension and grip strength; return-to-catch is usually 2-3 weeks behind return-to-running.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026. The mandatory four-game IR stay makes Week 6 (vs the Cleveland Browns) his earliest possible return, and head coach Jesse Minter said the aim is ‘the minimum IR stay.’ A realistic fully-healthy, unrestricted-hands date is Week 7-8, roughly late October 2026.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the New Orleans Saints. He is on Reserve/Injured and is not eligible to be activated in time. He is also ineligible for Weeks 3, 4 and 5.
• Next four weeks: Out for the entire Weeks 2-5 window — the four-game minimum IR stay covers exactly this stretch. His first possible game back is Week 6 against Cleveland. Do not expect any fantasy contribution before then, and even the Week 6 return would likely come on a limited snap count with a braced wrist.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Moore, promoted from the practice squad to the 53-man roster on Sept 16, 2026 specifically to fill Lane’s roster spot, is the literal replacement and now sits as RWR2. Elijah Sarratt (LWR2) and LaJohntay Wester (SWR2) also absorb the vacated snaps, and Devontez Walker (RWR1) is the biggest real beneficiary of the reduced competition.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE, and he is effectively new to this report. The Sept 12 baseline listed him as RWR2 with an ACT status code and no injury of any kind. He got hurt in Week 1, had surgery Sept 16, and went to IR the same day. Chris Moore is a corresponding roster addition that was not on the baseline at all.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in all 12-team full PPR redraft leagues unless you have a dedicated IR slot — a four-game minimum absence for a No. 4 receiver is not worth a bench spot. If you have an IR slot, stashing is defensible only in deep or best-ball formats. Revisit him in Week 5 waivers ahead of a possible Week 6 return.

Savion Williams — GB (WR depth / gadget role — was competing for a rotational and designed-touch role before the injury; currently on injured reserve with a return designation)

• 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 18, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks any game-status designation; he is not on the active roster and cannot be listed as Out or Questionable.
• Practice this week: Not reported — players on Reserve/Injured do not practice with the team and do not appear on the official participation report until their 21-day return window is formally opened. Full week: no Wed, Thu or Fri participation of any kind. No reporting indicates the window has been opened as of Friday Sept 18.
• Injury: High ankle sprain (syndesmotic). Initially reported as undisclosed on Aug 30, 2026 and subsequently specified as a high ankle sprain.
• When it happened: Late August 2026, during the final week of the preseason. He was placed on IR with a designation to return at roster cutdowns in late August, which under the rules required him to miss the first four games of the regular season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle sprains are materially slower than lateral ankle sprains. Grade 1 syndesmotic injuries run 2-4 weeks; Grade 2 runs 6-8 weeks; Grade 3 or any requiring tightrope fixation runs 8-12 weeks. For wide receivers the functional return — the point at which cutting and acceleration are normal — typically lags medical clearance by another week or two.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026. Because he was placed on IR at cutdowns, he must miss the first four regular-season games and is first eligible to be activated for Week 5. Green Bay must open his 21-day practice window before activating him. A Week 5-7 return is the realistic band.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 vs the New York Jets on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He is ineligible — on injured reserve, not merely inactive.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3 and 4 by rule — he cannot be activated before Week 5. Week 5 is the first eligible game and is plausible if his practice window opens during the Week 4 practice week; watch for that window opening as the trigger. Even on activation he returns to a crowded room behind Watson, Golden and Reed, so the fantasy ceiling on a Week 5 return is low.
• Who benefits if he sits: Christian Watson (WR1, LWR, ACT #9) and Matthew Golden (WR2, RWR, ACT) are the perimeter starters and neither is threatened by his absence. Jayden Reed (WR3, SWR, ACT #11) holds the slot. The depth behind them absorbing his would-be snaps is Skyy Moore (ACT #23), Bo Melton (ACT, promoted to the active roster since the baseline) and J. Michael Sturdivant (ACT #87).
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — still RSR (Reserve/Injured, designated to return) and still unavailable. No practice window has been opened. The related roster note: Bo Melton has been promoted from the practice squad to the active roster since the baseline, and Quincy Skinner Jr. has been added to the practice squad.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR. He is ineligible until Week 5 at the earliest, and when he does return he slots fourth or fifth in a receiver room where Christian Watson (6-147-2 in Week 1) and Matthew Golden (12 targets in Week 1) are commanding the volume. Leave him on waivers; there is no stash case in a 12-teamer.

KeAndre Lambert-Smith — LAC (WR9 — reserve-list receiver; before the placement he was the WR6 rotational body and special-teams contributor on the active depth chart)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST ROSTER STATUS carried on the Chargers’ nfl.com roster as RES, not a weekly game-status tag. This outranks the fact that the injury happened in a Week 1 game: he is ineligible to play until activated.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — reserve-list players do not appear on the weekly practice report. Full week: not eligible to practice with the team in any countable capacity Wed Sept 16 / Thu Sept 17 / Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: Hamstring strain. Head coach Jim Harbaugh identified it at his Monday Sept 15, 2026 press conference and described it as appearing more severe than the other Week 1 injuries, noting he had not yet decided on an IR placement. The club made that decision two days later.
• When it happened: Week 1, Sunday Sept 14, 2026, in the Chargers’ loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He was placed on Reserve/Injured on Tuesday Sept 15, 2026, the day after Harbaugh’s press conference, in the same transaction that promoted Gary Jennings from the practice squad to the active roster and added cornerback Isas Waxter to the practice squad.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains grade out as: Grade 1 (mild) 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 (moderate/partial tear) 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 (full tear) 8-12 weeks or surgical. An IR placement that costs a minimum of four games implies the club graded this at Grade 2 or worse. The re-injury rate on NFL hamstrings is roughly one in three within the same season, which is why teams increasingly use the IR slot rather than rush a return.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026. CBS Sports carries his expected return as Week 6, which is consistent with a Grade 2 strain plus the four-game IR minimum. Realistically Week 6-7 once a practice window is opened and he rebuilds conditioning.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium (1:05 p.m. PT). Ineligible by roster rule, not by game-day decision.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5: ineligible, guaranteed inactive across the entire four-game window. Week 6 is the first realistic activation date. On return he would re-enter a receiver room behind Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston, Tre Harris, Derius Davis and Brenen Thompson, so even a healthy return does not produce a fantasy role.
• Who benefits if he sits: Gary Jennings was signed from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 15 specifically to replace him and now sits as the LWR2 behind Quentin Johnston. Brenen Thompson (RWR2) and Derius Davis (slot WR2) absorb the rotational snaps. Los Angeles also added Marquez Valdes-Scantling to the practice squad as further insurance.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT and a MAJOR CORRECTION to the baseline depth chart. The Sept 12 baseline listed him as the active WR6 behind Brenen Thompson and Derius Davis with no injury designation. He was hurt in the Week 1 loss to Arizona on Sept 14 and placed on Reserve/Injured on Sept 15 — a roster move that occurred entirely within the Sept 12-18 window. The nfl.com roster pull today confirms him at RES, and Gary Jennings has taken his active-roster spot.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in any 12-team full-PPR redraft league — a four-game minimum absence for a WR6 is an automatic cut, and the roster spot is worth more than the stash. His real fantasy significance is indirect and important: his loss thins the Chargers’ receiver room at exactly the moment Ladd McConkey is questionable with a rib injury, which materially raises the Week 2 ceiling for Quentin Johnston and Tre Harris. That is the actionable read.

Cole Burgess — PIT (Was a depth receiver behind the top six; currently off the active depth chart while on reserve)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, status code RES on the nfl.com Steelers roster as of Sept 18, 2026. He was waived/injured, cleared waivers, and reverted to Pittsburgh’s Reserve/Injured list. This reserve status makes him unavailable regardless of medical progress.
• 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.
• Injury: Lower body, unspecified. He was carted off the field after making a catch, and Pittsburgh never disclosed the specific diagnosis.
• When it happened: August 2026, during the preseason. The cart-off occurred in preseason action, after which he was waived/injured at roster cutdown, cleared waivers and reverted to the Steelers’ injured reserve list before the Sept 14, 2026 season opener.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable with precision because the diagnosis was never released. A cart-off for a lower-body injury most commonly signals a knee or ankle ligament injury or a significant fracture — that class of injury runs 6 weeks to season-ending depending on structure. The waived/injured pathway rather than a return-designated IR placement is itself a signal the club did not expect him back soon.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate and likely not in the 2026 season in a Pittsburgh uniform. A player who reverts to IR via waived/injured is typically headed for an injury settlement and release rather than a return. Any realistic playing return would be 2027 or with another club later in 2026 after a settlement.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the New England Patriots. He is on Reserve/Injured via the waived/injured process and is not on the active roster.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5. There is no realistic path to him appearing in this window. Pittsburgh’s receiver rotation for this stretch is DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Ben Skowronek, Germie Bernard and Kaden Wetjen.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaden Wetjen (SWR2) and Germie Bernard (RWR2) hold the depth roles Burgess was competing for, with Brandon Smith and Brandon Johnson on the practice squad as emergency options. His absence has no effect on the top of the depth chart.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He remains on Reserve/Injured, status code RES on the nfl.com Steelers roster, with no activation window and no new information from the club.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any format. Do not roster or stash even in deep leagues. If Michael Pittman Jr. misses time, the Pittsburgh receivers worth a waiver claim are Roman Wilson first and Germie Bernard second — Burgess is not part of that conversation.

Doubtful (1)

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

Zay Flowers — BAL (SWR1 — slot WR1 and the Ravens’ No. 1 target; led the team with 150 receiving yards and a TD in Week 1 before exiting)

• Status: DOUBTFUL — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Baltimore on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 home opener vs the New Orleans Saints. Confirmed on the club’s own release and on the Friday game-status report.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. The Friday session was his first practice work of the week.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (same hamstring that cost him roughly two weeks of training camp in August 2026)
• When it happened: Sept 13, 2026 — Week 1 vs the Indianapolis Colts. He exited at halftime after 150 receiving yards and a touchdown. It is a recurrence of the August 2026 training-camp hamstring issue.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: roughly 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3 (rare): 8-12 weeks or season-ending. Recurrent hamstring strains in the same muscle carry materially higher re-injury risk and clubs routinely add a week of caution; re-injury rates in-season sit around 15-30 percent when a player returns inside two weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Late September to early October 2026 — realistically Week 4 (week of Sept 27-Oct 4) for a fully unrestricted snap count, with a possible token Week 3 return on a capped snap share. Full health with no snap management by roughly Week 4-5.
• Next game: Expect him to SIT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the New Orleans Saints. Doubtful is roughly a 25 percent play rate league-wide, and head coach Jesse Minter explicitly framed the decision around long-term health, saying the team will ‘make sure we are putting Zay in the best position’ and that it wants to keep the hamstring from becoming chronic. Treat him as out.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 vs New Orleans: assume out. Week 3: questionable at best, and if he plays expect a managed snap count with reduced deep usage — hamstrings blunt the vertical and YAC element that is his whole profile. Weeks 4-5: this is where he should be back to a normal role, and by Week 6 vs Cleveland he should be the unrestricted WR1 again. The dominant risk across this window is a second recurrence, which would push him toward a multi-week absence or IR.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rashod Bateman (LWR1) inherits the alpha-target role and is the primary beneficiary. LaJohntay Wester (SWR2) slides into the slot and is the direct positional replacement for Flowers’ snaps. Devontez Walker (RWR1) and newly promoted Chris Moore (RWR2) also see bumped playing time, with rookie Elijah Sarratt (LWR2) in four-wide looks.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE. On the Sept 12 baseline he was listed as full Friday participation with NO DESIGNATION and played. He then got hurt in the Week 1 game itself, missed Wednesday and Thursday, and now carries a DOUBTFUL tag — a two-step downgrade from where the baseline had him.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him in 12-team full PPR for Week 2 and start a replacement — doubtful plus a recurrent hamstring plus a coach talking about chronic risk is a sit, not a game-time gamble. Do not drop him; he is a top-15 PPR WR when healthy. If you roster him, handcuff with LaJohntay Wester as a cheap FLEX dart in deeper formats and know Rashod Bateman is the better one-week start of the two.

Questionable — game-time calls (4)

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

Ladd McConkey — LAC (WR1 — primary slot receiver and the target-share leader in the Chargers passing game; Derius Davis is the listed slot backup behind him)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Los Angeles on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs. the Las Vegas Raiders.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. The Friday return to the field is the reason he carries Questionable rather than Doubtful or Out.
• Injury: Rib injury (contusion/possible cartilage involvement — the club has not specified a fracture, and a fracture would almost certainly have produced an Out).
• When it happened: Week 1, Sunday Sept 14, 2026 vs. the Arizona Cardinals. He took a massive hit over the middle from Cardinals linebacker Mack Wilson. Head coach Jim Harbaugh described him as day-to-day at his Monday Sept 15 press conference.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Rib contusions and non-displaced rib injuries in the NFL typically cost 1-3 weeks, and many receivers play through them in a flak jacket with a pain-management injection. A confirmed rib FRACTURE is the 3-6 week version; cartilage separation is the nastiest variant at 4-8 weeks and tends to linger. The DNP-DNP-Limited progression plus a day-to-day characterization from the head coach is most consistent with the 1-2 week, play-through-it end of that range.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026 — realistically Week 3 (Sept 27) for pain-free full participation, with genuine 100 percent by early October (Week 4). Ribs hurt long after they are functionally safe, so expect him on the practice report in a limited capacity even in weeks he plays.
• Next game: GENUINE COIN FLIP leaning play, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium (1:05 p.m. PT). Questionable after two DNPs and a Friday limited is the classic game-time-decision profile. The fact that he got on the field Friday at all, at home, in a divisional game, with the Chargers already 0-1 after the Arizona loss, argues for suiting up. Treat him as roughly 55-60 percent to play and monitor the Sunday 11:35 a.m. PT inactives list.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs. LV, Sept 20): game-time call, and even if active, ribs typically suppress contested-catch and over-the-middle volume for a week. Week 3: expect him back at or near a full workload. Weeks 4-5: no residual concern; he should be a locked-in weekly WR1/WR2 with the Chargers thin at receiver behind him after losing KeAndre Lambert-Smith to IR. The bigger risk over this stretch is a re-aggravation from a second shot to the same side, which would push him toward the 4-week end of the range.
• Who benefits if he sits: Derius Davis (slot WR2) inherits the slot snaps directly and is himself cleared after appearing on the practice report early in the week. Quentin Johnston (LWR1) and Tre Harris (RWR1) absorb the bulk of the vacated target volume — Johnston is the better bet for red-zone work, Harris for downfield. Brenen Thompson (RWR2) and newly signed Gary Jennings (LWR2, added off the practice squad Sept 15) fill out the rotation. Charlie Kolar and Oronde Gadsden II at tight end also see a target bump.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT. McConkey did not appear on the Chargers’ final Week 1 injury report filed Friday Sept 11, 2026 — he was fully healthy going into Arizona and was hurt during that game. This is a brand-new Week 1 injury, not a carryover.

Fantasy takeaway: In a 12-team full-PPR league you cannot start him blind at WR1/WR2 — you need a contingency plan locked in before the 1:05 p.m. PT kickoff. If your bench allows, hold him and start a safe alternative; if you are thin, Tre Harris and Quentin Johnston are both viable FLEX dart throws on the McConkey-out branch and are widely available. Do NOT sell McConkey — a rib contusion on a 0-1 team whose WR room just lost a body to IR is a one-week problem, not a value reset. If he is active, start him, but shade your expectations down 15-20 percent for the week.

Chris Olave — NO (WR1 / RWR starter — and coming off a career-best 10-catch, 182-yard Week 1, he is unambiguously New Orleans’ primary receiving weapon)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by New Orleans on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 road game at the Baltimore Ravens. Reporting on the final report frames this as roughly a coin flip, with the decision possibly extending to Sunday pregame warmups.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. He was added to the report on Thursday and never got above Limited, which is the key detail — back-to-back Limited days with no Friday upgrade is what produces a true toss-up Questionable rather than a procedural one.
• Injury: Hamstring strain
• When it happened: Emerged on the Thursday Sept 17, 2026 practice report; he was not on Wednesday’s report, so the injury either occurred at or was first felt after Wednesday’s Sept 16 practice. Important context: he dealt with cramping throughout the Sept 13 Week 1 game at Detroit while posting 10 catches for 182 yards, and cramping frequently precedes a hamstring strain.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains: Grade 1 typically 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 typically 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 6-plus weeks and sometimes surgical. For a route-running receiver whose game depends on separation at the top of the stem, teams are conservative — and the re-injury rate is roughly 3 in 10 within the first two months if a player returns before full strength. A player who can go Limited two days in a row is very likely in the Grade 1 range, but the refusal to upgrade him to Full on Friday is a caution flag.
• Expected back to full health: If Grade 1, full health by late September 2026 — Week 3 to Week 4. If he aggravates it playing Sunday, push that to mid-October 2026, Weeks 5-6. This is the single highest-variance situation in the division.
• Next game: TRUE GAME-TIME DECISION, lean toward playing in a reduced or monitored role. Questionable for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens. Do not lock him into a lineup without confirming his status at the inactive report roughly 90 minutes before kickoff.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (at Baltimore): coin flip, and a tough matchup even if active. Week 3: this is the week to expect him back at or near full if New Orleans sits him Sunday, and history says sitting one game beats missing four. Weeks 4-5: should be the WR1 again, health permitting. The realistic risk branch is that he plays through it Sunday, tweaks it, and misses Weeks 3-4 — which is why the conservative play is to have a replacement ready regardless of what the Sunday inactives say.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devaughn Vele (WR2 / slot starter) is the primary beneficiary and would become the de facto No. 1 target. Barion Brown (WR3 / LWR starter, rookie) would see a significant target bump on the outside, and Bryce Lance (WR4) would enter the three-receiver rotation. Tight ends Juwan Johnson (TE1) and Noah Fant (TE2) would also absorb vacated targets — Johnson in particular is the safer PPR pivot.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report and the biggest negative swing in the division. He did not appear on New Orleans’ Sept 12 final Week 1 injury report at all, then went out and posted a career-best 10/182 at Detroit while fighting cramps. The hamstring surfaced Sept 17, 2026 and has him Questionable eight days later.

Fantasy takeaway: The most important lineup decision in the NFC South this week. He is a must-start-if-active WR2 given the Week 1 usage, but a 50-50 Questionable at a road game in Baltimore is exactly the profile where you need a contingency. Set an alternate in your flex, check the 11:30 a.m. ET inactives, and if you have a viable bench WR do not gamble a starting slot on him. In full-PPR, Devaughn Vele is the sharpest speculative add on the waiver wire this week — he is the direct beneficiary and is rostered in a minority of 12-team leagues.

Jalen McMillan — TB (LWR starter / WR3 in the target pecking order behind Chris Godwin Jr. and Emeka Egbuka)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Tampa Bay on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 home game vs the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium. Head coach Todd Bowles said he and Jacob Parrish ‘could come down to game-day decisions,’ though the full-practice week points strongly toward him playing.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Three consecutive full practices behind a Questionable tag is the most favorable version of that designation — this reads as precautionary rather than genuinely uncertain.
• Injury: Knee
• When it happened: Originated in late August / early September 2026 during 2026 training camp and Week 1 preparation. He was Limited on Tampa Bay’s Sept 9 and Sept 10 practice reports, carried a FINAL Friday DOUBTFUL tag into the Week 1 game vs Cincinnati, and did not play. Head coach Todd Bowles had publicly called him doubtful for the opener.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Without a specified structure, a knee issue that permits three consecutive full practices within two weeks is almost certainly a low-grade sprain, bone bruise, or general soreness — the 1-3 week band. A meniscus or ligament injury would not allow this practice progression. The remaining risk is a snap-count limitation in his first game back rather than a further absence.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally healthy now, Friday Sept 18, 2026, Week 2. Fully unrestricted likely by Week 3, late September 2026.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY. Questionable for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Cleveland Browns, but three full practices make this a strong lean toward active. Confirm at the inactive report 90 minutes before the 1 p.m. ET kickoff.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs Cleveland): expected to play, possibly on a modest snap count in his season debut. Weeks 3-5: full availability projected. His ceiling is capped by role rather than health — Chris Godwin Jr. owns the slot and Emeka Egbuka is the ascending outside target, so McMillan is competing with Tez Johnson for the third receiver’s share. Cleveland’s defense is a difficult Week 2 spot for a player easing back in.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ted Hurst III (WR6, rookie) is the direct LWR backup on the depth chart, with Tez Johnson (WR4) and Kameron Johnson (WR5) the likelier beneficiaries of actual target redistribution. Chris Godwin Jr. and Emeka Egbuka would absorb most of the volume.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — meaningfully upgraded. On the Sept 12 baseline he was Limited on Friday and carried a FINAL Friday DOUBTFUL tag, and he did not play in Week 1. He has now practiced in full all three days and upgraded to Questionable, which moves him from about a 25 percent chance of playing to a strong likelihood.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench in 12-team full-PPR for Week 2. He is returning from a missed game, carries a Questionable tag, is third in the target pecking order, and draws Cleveland — that is four reasons not to start him. Hold him, because he is one Godwin or Egbuka injury away from a real role, and because his snap count should climb through Weeks 3-5. He is a WR5/bench stash right now, not a flex play.

Michael Pittman Jr. — PIT (RWR1 / WR2 — the possession and intermediate target opposite DK Metcalf; led the Steelers with 58 receiving yards in Week 1)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Pittsburgh on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 road game at the New England Patriots. Confirmed on the club’s own Week 2 injury report release.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. This is a downward trajectory, which is the single worst practice pattern a Questionable player can carry into a Sunday.
• Injury: Foot
• When it happened: On or just before Sept 16, 2026. He practiced in a limited capacity Wednesday of Week 2 prep and then shut down entirely, a pattern consistent with an injury carried out of the Sept 14 Week 1 game against Atlanta that worsened with midweek work rather than a fresh practice injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Foot injuries in receivers vary enormously by structure. A midfoot sprain or plantar issue is 2-4 weeks. A Lisfranc sprain is 6-10 weeks and often surgical. A Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal is 8-12 weeks with surgery. Turf toe is 2-6 weeks depending on grade. The fact that Pittsburgh has not ruled him out points toward the milder end, but back-to-back DNPs mean the club does not yet know either.
• Expected back to full health: Late September to early October 2026 — realistically Week 4 (week of Sept 27-Oct 4) for full participation without restriction, assuming this is a soft-tissue midfoot issue. If it proves to be a bone or Lisfranc problem, that estimate pushes into November and an IR stint becomes likely.
• Next game: LEAN OUT, or at best severely limited, for Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the New England Patriots. A Questionable tag with DNP on both Thursday and Friday historically converts to inactive far more often than not — practically, treat him as roughly a coin flip tilted toward sitting, and plan your lineup as if he will not play.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 at New England: assume out or heavily limited. Week 3: questionable, dependent on whether he practices at all the following week. Weeks 4-5: this is the realistic window for a full-strength return if the foot is soft-tissue. The downside scenario, if imaging shows a bone or Lisfranc involvement, is a multi-week IR stint that wipes out the entire Weeks 2-5 stretch — monitor Wednesday practice reports closely, because a third straight DNP week would be the tell.
• Who benefits if he sits: Roman Wilson (SWR1) is the primary beneficiary — he played 37 snaps in Week 1 and caught 3 of 6 targets, and would move into the fuller role. Germie Bernard (RWR2) is the direct positional backup and had a strong preseason but played only 3 snaps in Week 1. Ben Skowronek (LWR2) and Kaden Wetjen (SWR2) round out the rotation, and TE Pat Freiermuth (TE1) should see a target bump in the intermediate area Pittman normally occupies.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list at all. The foot issue surfaced on the Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 Week 2 report and has deteriorated from Limited to consecutive DNPs across the week.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him in 12-team full PPR Week 2 — two straight DNPs into a Questionable tag is a sit, and the 1 pm ET kickoff gives you no cushion to react to the inactives list. Roster him and stash him if you have the bench room; he is the clear No. 2 target in this offense when healthy. The actionable pickup is Roman Wilson as a Week 2 FLEX dart, and DK Metcalf’s target share should spike if Pittman sits, though New England can then shade coverage his way.

Final tag still pending (2)

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

Jordan Whittington — LAR (WR4 overall and the SWR1 (slot starter) on the Rams’ alignment depth chart — Nacua’s most direct backup)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) practice-report only. The Rams play the Giants on MONDAY, Sept 21, so the final game-status report is not filed until Saturday, Sept 19. As of Friday evening Sept 18 he is a DNP with no Out/Doubtful/Questionable attached.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 18) with a quad injury. Practice week for a Monday game: not listed Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18 -> Saturday Sept 19 session outstanding.
• Injury: Quad (quadriceps strain). The club has not graded it.
• When it happened: Surfaced Friday, Sept 18, 2026. He was not on the Rams’ Week 1 injury report and was not listed on the Thursday Sept 17 practice report, so this is a fresh practice-week injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Quadriceps strains run about 1-2 weeks for Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2 and 8-12 weeks for a Grade 3 or a tendon rupture. A first-appearance Friday DNP with no reported imaging concern most often reads as a Grade 1 that resolves inside two weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Likely Week 3 (late September 2026) if he misses Monday; Week 4 (approximately Oct 4) at the outside for a moderate strain.
• Next game: TRUE TOSS-UP leaning toward missing. He is more likely to sit than Nacua is, because he has less positional leverage and the Rams have bodies. Monday, Sept 21, 2026 vs. the New York Giants. Watch the Saturday report.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 vs. the Giants: coin flip, lean out. Weeks 3-5: expect him back and in his normal slot role. His fantasy ceiling never moves much regardless — he is a rotational slot piece on a team with Nacua and Adams ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Xavier Smith is the listed SWR2 and would take the slot snaps. Konata Mumpfield moves up on the outside. If BOTH Whittington and Nacua sit, Tutu Atwell becomes a legitimate flex and Mumpfield becomes a deep-league dart.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT. He does not appear anywhere in the Sept 12 baseline — he was healthy, carried no designation and played Week 1 in Melbourne.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in 12-team full-PPR either way, so his own status is close to irrelevant to you. He matters as a signal: Whittington being down is what would force Mumpfield and Xavier Smith into real snaps if Nacua also sits, and that is the scenario in which Davante Adams becomes a must-start WR1 with a monstrous target share. Track him for the Adams read, not for his own line.

Puka Nacua — LAR (WR1 — Rams’ primary target, lines up at RWR in the base alignment and moves all over)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) practice-report only, no final tag exists yet. The Rams host the Giants on MONDAY NIGHT, Sept 21, so Los Angeles practices Thursday/Friday/Saturday and does not file its FINAL game-status report until Saturday, Sept 19. As of Friday evening Sept 18 he is a DNP on the practice report with no Out/Doubtful/Questionable attached.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 18) with a hip injury — this was his first appearance on the Week 2 report. Practice week for a Monday game: practiced Thu Sept 17 (not listed, no injury) -> DNP Fri Sept 18 -> Saturday Sept 19 session still to come and will decide the designation.
• Injury: Hip. The Rams have not specified further. The open question is whether this is the same psoas (deep core muscle / primary hip flexor) soreness that knocked him out of an August joint practice with Dallas, which the club has pointedly declined to confirm.
• When it happened: Surfaced Friday, Sept 18, 2026 — he was NOT on the Rams’ Week 1 injury report at all, played the full Melbourne game on Sept 10 and finished it healthy, and was not listed Thursday Sept 17. Most likely aggravated in the Thursday or Friday practice session, or a recurrence of the August psoas issue.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hip flexor / psoas strains are notoriously nagging: Grade 1 is 1-3 weeks and often managed through with a limited practice week, Grade 2 is 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 is 8-12 weeks. The dangerous pattern with psoas specifically is the low-grade version that lingers for a month of limited practices rather than a clean miss-and-return.
• Expected back to full health: If this is soreness management, he is functionally fine now and plays Monday. If it is a true re-strain, target Week 4 (approximately Oct 4, 2026) for full health. Given he practiced Thursday, the soreness-management read is the more likely one.
• Next game: GENUINELY IN DOUBT, leaning toward playing. The Rams host the New York Giants on Monday, Sept 21, 2026 and the extra day is real — Saturday’s practice is the tell. Treat him as a true game-time call and do not lock him into a lineup without seeing the Saturday report.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 vs. the Giants: expect him to play, likely on a managed snap count if he is limited Saturday. Weeks 3-5: this is the profile that produces a string of Wednesday DNPs and Friday Questionables without actual missed games. Hold him as a WR1 and budget for weekly anxiety rather than weekly absences.
• Who benefits if he sits: Davante Adams (WR2, LWR) absorbs the alpha target share and would be a locked WR1. Tutu Atwell (WR3) is the direct field-stretcher replacement on the outside. Jordan Whittington would normally slide up, but he is himself a DNP with a quad, which pushes Konata Mumpfield and Xavier Smith into real snaps. Kyren Williams and TE Colby Parkinson also soak up vacated targets in a Nacua-less script.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE and effectively a new entry. On Sept 12 he was listed RESOLVED — clean off the injury report, no Week 1 designation, played the whole game in Melbourne and led ALL Week 1 players with 74 receiving yards. He has now reappeared on the report with a hip injury and a Friday DNP.

Fantasy takeaway: Do NOT drop him from your lineup on Friday news alone — a Monday game means you get the Saturday report and Sunday inactives chatter before you are forced to decide, and he practiced Thursday. Line up a contingency: if you have Adams, this is a buy-the-dip week for him. If Nacua sits, Adams is a top-12 WR play and Atwell is a viable flex. If you can trade for Nacua from a panicking manager at a discount, do it.

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.

Keon Coleman — BUF (WR3 — LWR starter, the vertical/contested-catch outside receiver)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation of any kind on Buffalo’s FINAL Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 report for the Thursday Sept 17 game vs Detroit. He is entirely absent from the injury report for a second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (final practice, Wednesday Sept 16) and unlisted. Full week: Full Mon Sept 14 -> Full Tue Sept 15 -> Full Wed Sept 16. Absence from the report denotes full participation.
• Injury: None currently. He carries no active injury and has not been listed on a Buffalo injury report in either game week this season.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no current injury. His last tracked issue predates the 2026 regular season and was resolved before the Sept 13 opener at Houston.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — nothing is being recovered from. Two consecutive unrestricted practice weeks and two full games played.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: PLAYED, FULLY HEALTHY, AND PRODUCED. Buffalo’s Week 2 game — Thursday Sept 17, 2026 vs the Detroit Lions — has been played; Coleman was active with no designation and posted 63 receiving yards, with his workload visibly climbing after DJ Moore exited at halftime.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 17 vs Detroit) — played healthy, 63 yards. Week 3 (Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers) — full go and the single biggest beneficiary if Moore sits; his target share should spike. Week 4 (Oct 4 vs New England) — full go, and a favorable matchup. Week 5 (Oct 12, Monday night at the Los Angeles Rams) — full go. No health risk in the window; the trajectory is volume up, not down.
• Who benefits if he sits: Josh Palmer (ACT, LWR2) is the direct LWR replacement and is the receiver Ourlads lists immediately behind Coleman. Skyler Bell (ACT) and Greg Dortch (DEV) are the next bodies. Hypothetical only — Coleman is healthy.
• Change since Week 1: No change to his health status since Sept 12 — he was resolved and off the report then and is resolved and off the report now. What DID change is his fantasy context: DJ Moore’s Week 2 AC joint sprain elevates Coleman from a matchup-dependent WR3 to the clear next man up in Buffalo’s passing game. Reported here rather than dropped silently, per the standing rule on cleared players.

Fantasy takeaway: The most actionable add in this division right now. He is a healthy, ascending WR3 with a clean bill of health and a WR1’s target-share path for Week 3 vs the Chargers if DJ Moore’s shoulder keeps Moore out. In a 12-team full-PPR redraft, start him as a WR3/flex this week and be ready to promote him to a WR2 start the moment Buffalo’s Wednesday Sept 24 practice report shows Moore limited or DNP.

Khalil Shakir — BUF (WR2 — SWR/slot starter, Josh Allen’s primary underneath and chain-moving target)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation of any kind on Buffalo’s FINAL Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 report for the Thursday Sept 17 game vs Detroit. He is fully off the injury report and has been cleared for two consecutive weeks.
• Practice this week: Full (final practice, Wednesday Sept 16) and unlisted. Full week: Full Mon Sept 14 -> Full Tue Sept 15 -> Full Wed Sept 16. He does not appear on any Buffalo injury report this week.
• Injury: None currently. The historical entry stems from a 2026 training-camp issue that was fully resolved before the regular season opened; Buffalo has carried no injury listing for him at any point in Weeks 1 or 2.
• When it happened: Not applicable to any current injury. The last tracked issue was a training-camp ailment in August 2026 that cleared prior to the Sept 13 season opener at Houston.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — nothing is being recovered from. He has completed consecutive full practice weeks and played without restriction.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026, and has been since the Week 1 opener.
• Next game: PLAYED, FULLY HEALTHY. Buffalo’s Week 2 game — Thursday Sept 17, 2026 vs the Detroit Lions — has been played and Shakir was active and unrestricted in a 41-31 Buffalo win. No designation, no snap count limit, no post-game injury.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 17 vs Detroit) — played healthy. Week 3 (Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers) — full go, and his role expands if DJ Moore’s shoulder keeps him out. Week 4 (Oct 4 vs New England) and Week 5 (Oct 12 at the Los Angeles Rams) — full go. No health concern across the window. The only variable is target distribution, which trends UP while Moore is limited.
• Who benefits if he sits: Greg Dortch (DEV, listed SWR2 on Ourlads) would be the direct slot replacement and would require a practice-squad elevation. Keon Coleman (ACT) and Josh Palmer (ACT) would absorb the outside-in snap reallocation. This is hypothetical only — Shakir is healthy.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was already resolved and off the report on the Sept 12 baseline and remains resolved and off the report on the Sept 16 final report. Two clean weeks in a row. Reported here rather than dropped silently, per the standing rule on cleared players.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence in every 12-team full-PPR redraft lineup. He is a clean, healthy WR2/high-end WR3 in full PPR because of slot volume, and DJ Moore’s shoulder makes him a modest buy-low-window target share riser for Week 3 vs the Chargers. No injury risk to price in.

Jalen Coker — CAR (WR3 on paper / slot starter — but he led all Carolina receivers in Week 1 snaps (57, 84 percent) and is functionally a co-No. 1 target with Tetairoa McMillan)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Atlanta with a BLANK Game Status column. Stating this plainly: a blank Game Status on the final report means he carries no designation and is expected to play without restriction.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. The upward progression from Limited to Full on Friday is exactly the pattern that produces a clean no-designation result.
• Injury: Ankle — a rolled ankle, not a high ankle sprain per his own description
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 14, 2026, during Carolina’s Week 1 loss to the Chicago Bears. He described it as having ‘just rolled my ankle a little bit’ and wore a protective boot afterward that he characterized as precautionary. He finished the game with 8 receptions for 138 yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low/lateral rolled ankle (Grade 1 inversion sprain) typically costs 0-2 weeks and very often zero missed games when the player practices in full within the same week. A high ankle sprain, by contrast, runs 4-6 weeks — the fact that Coker went Limited-Limited-Full inside five days is strong evidence this is the low-grade variety. Residual soreness and slightly reduced push-off for 1-2 weeks is normal and can shave a step off route breaks.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally available now. Fully asymptomatic likely by late September 2026, Week 3 to Week 4.
• Next game: WILL PLAY. No designation for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (at Atlanta): plays, and faces an Atlanta secondary that must account for McMillan outside — a favorable matchup for slot volume. Weeks 3-5: available, with the only risk being a re-roll of the same ankle. His Week 1 usage (84 percent of snaps, a team-high) plus a fresh contract extension is the strongest signal in the division that his target share is real and repeatable, not a one-week spike.
• Who benefits if he sits: John Metchie III (WR4) is the next man into the slot rotation, with Brycen Tremayne (WR5) and Tetairoa McMillan (WR1) absorbing the redistributed targets. Xavier Legette (WR2) would also see a usage bump.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report. He did not appear on Carolina’s Sept 12 final Week 1 injury report at all — he was fully healthy entering Week 1, then rolled the ankle during the Sept 14 game vs Chicago. This is a fresh, in-game Week 1 injury that has already resolved to no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM in 12-team full-PPR. This is arguably the best buy-window in the division: a no-designation tag after an 8/138/2 opener, a team-leading 84 percent snap rate, and an offense that trailed by enough in Week 1 (lost 59-37 to Chicago) to throw a lot. He is a WR2 this week with WR1 upside. If a panicky manager in your league saw the boot photo and is shopping him, buy.

Rome Odunze — CHI (WR1 — LWR, the primary perimeter target)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) confirmed by the absence of any entry on Chicago’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game vs Minnesota. He carries NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION because he is no longer on the injury report at all.
• Practice this week: Full — he is not listed on any day of the Week 2 participation report. Full week: not listed Wed, not listed Thu, not listed Fri, which by rule means unrestricted full participation.
• Injury: Calf strain (right/left never disclosed by the club) — now fully resolved.
• When it happened: Sustained during the Week 1 practice week, early September 2026. He carried a QUESTIONABLE tag into the Week 1 game on the Sept 11 final report and played, but on a reduced snap count.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 calf strains typically cost 1-2 weeks; Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks. Odunze’s case behaved like a low Grade 1 — he never missed a game, was limited in practice for one week, and was off the report entirely the following week. That is the fastest possible calf-strain arc.
• Expected back to full health: Already achieved, as of the Week 2 practice week beginning Sept 16, 2026. He is fully cleared with no restriction.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, unrestricted, in Week 2 vs Minnesota on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. No designation, full practice all week, and he should see a larger snap count than Week 1 when the calf held him back.
• Next four weeks: Clean for Weeks 2 through 5. The only residual concern with any calf strain is a re-aggravation risk in the first two games back, which is real but modest at this grade. Expect his snap share to climb back to a full workload in Week 2 vs Minnesota and stay there.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is cleared and playing. For reference only, the next men up at LWR would be Jahdae Walker (ACT, #9) with Luther Burden III (RWR) and Kalif Raymond (SWR) absorbing target share.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED. On the Sept 12 baseline he was QUESTIONABLE with a calf strain and Limited in practice all three days. He is now completely off the Week 2 injury report — fully cleared, no designation, no practice restriction.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence in 12-team full PPR. This is the buy signal: he was limited in Week 1 by the calf and underperformed, he is now completely off the injury report, and the matchup is a Vikings defense that will be facing a Bears offense at home. If a leaguemate is souring on him after a quiet Week 1 line, this is the week to buy low — the snap-count suppression that caused it is gone.

Ja’Marr Chase — CIN (LWR1 / WR1 — the Bengals’ clear alpha target and a every-week fantasy WR1)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. He does not appear anywhere on Cincinnati’s Sept 18, 2026 official Week 2 report for the Sept 20 game at Houston, and he carried no practice or game-status listing on Wed, Thu or Fri. The August knee issue from the Sept 12 baseline is fully cleared.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> not listed Thu Sept 17 -> not listed Fri Sept 18. Complete absence from the participation report is the strongest possible clean bill of health.
• Injury: Knee — minor, no structural damage. This is now historical, not active.
• When it happened: Aug 25, 2026, sustained in a Ravens-week-of practice session during training camp. It was managed with veteran rest days through the Week 1 practice week and never cost him a game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor knee sprain or bone bruise with no structural involvement typically resolves in 1-3 weeks, and clubs manage it with scheduled veteran rest days exactly as Cincinnati did. Chase followed that path precisely and is now three-plus weeks out from the incident with no lingering practice restriction.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Sept 16, 2026. There is no remaining timeline — the issue is closed.
• Next game: PLAYING, fully healthy and unrestricted, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Houston Texans. No designation, no practice listing, no snap restriction expected.
• Next four weeks: Fully healthy and available Weeks 2-5. The only variable on his production across this stretch is Joe Burrow’s back — if Burrow misses time and Joe Flacco starts, Chase’s ceiling compresses somewhat, though his target share would if anything increase. No health-based concern.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tee Higgins (RWR1/WR2) would become the primary target, with Andrei Iosivas (SWR1/WR3) and Ke’Shawn Williams (LWR2) absorbing the outside snaps. This is academic — Chase is healthy.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED / RESOLVED. The Sept 12 baseline had him carrying a ‘NIR – Rest / Knee’ listing with a DNP on the Friday practice report, even though he drew no game-status designation. He is now entirely off the injury report with no listing on any of the three Week 2 practice days.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation as a top-three overall WR in 12-team full PPR. The knee story is dead and buried. If a leaguemate in your league is still discounting him over the August knee noise, that is a buy-window, not a sell signal.

Jerry Jeudy — CLE (RWR1 / WR1 — the Browns’ top receiver and primary target)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday outcome. Cleveland listed him on the Sept 18, 2026 practice report with a wrist issue but filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 20 home game vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cleveland’s only final designations were CB Tyson Campbell questionable and G Teven Jenkins out. Jeudy is cleared.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Three straight full practices with the wrist listed only as a maintenance note.
• Injury: Wrist
• When it happened: On or just before Sept 16, 2026. He first appeared on the Week 2 Wednesday report with the wrist listing and was already a full participant that day, which is consistent with a minor issue picked up in the Sept 13 Week 1 game against Jacksonville or in early-week work.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor wrist sprain or contusion in a receiver typically resolves in 1-2 weeks and is played through with tape or a light brace. The concern for a wide receiver is grip and catch-point strength rather than availability; a player at full practice participation three days running has essentially cleared that hurdle. Anything requiring surgery would be 6-10 weeks, and nothing about this presentation suggests that category.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively there as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Full participation all three days means no functional limitation. Expect the listing to disappear by Week 3.
• Next game: PLAYING, with no restriction, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Three full practices plus no game-status designation is as clean as it gets — he will be in the lineup.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 2-5. No lingering availability risk. The thing to actually watch across this window is quarterback play under Deshaun Watson and how quickly rookie slot man KC Concepcion and outside man Denzel Boston take target share, not Jeudy’s wrist.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tylan Wallace (RWR2) is the direct positional backup, with KC Concepcion (SWR1) and Denzel Boston (LWR1) absorbing the bulk of the vacated targets and Harold Fannin Jr. (TE1) picking up short-area work. Moot for Week 2 — Jeudy is playing.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list at all. The wrist listing first appeared on the Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 Week 2 report and he has been a full participant every day since it appeared.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR2/FLEX in 12-team full PPR. The wrist listing is noise given three full practices and no designation. He is the unambiguous target leader in this offense, which matters more than the Browns’ overall efficiency ceiling. No action needed beyond putting him in your lineup.

Christian Watson — GB (WR1 — LWR, the primary deep and perimeter threat)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Green Bay’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game vs the New York Jets carries no entry for Watson. Green Bay’s report contained no offensive skill players at all.
• Practice this week: Full — not listed on any day of the Week 2 participation report. Full week: not listed Wed, not listed Thu, not listed Fri, which by rule means unrestricted full participation.
• Injury: None active. Watson carries a long-documented injury history including prior hamstring and knee issues, but nothing is currently active and he has no 2026 regular-season designation.
• When it happened: N/A for any current issue. He entered the 2026 season healthy and played 52 offensive snaps in Week 1 without incident.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — healthy, no active injury to recover from. The relevant background risk is his soft-tissue history, which is why he is worth active weekly monitoring even when clean.
• Expected back to full health: Currently at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026, with no restriction of any kind.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, unrestricted, in Week 2 vs the New York Jets on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. No designation, full participation all week.
• Next four weeks: Clean for Weeks 2 through 5 on current information. The standing caveat is his injury history — he is a player whose weekly status is worth re-checking every Friday even when he is off the report, because his soft-tissue issues have historically appeared abruptly. Nothing suggests a problem right now.
• Who benefits if he sits: Bo Melton (ACT, recently promoted from the practice squad) is listed as the LWR2 behind him on Ourlads and would be the direct replacement. In practice, Matthew Golden (WR2, RWR) and Jayden Reed (WR3, SWR) would absorb most of the vacated target share, with Skyy Moore (ACT #23) and J. Michael Sturdivant (ACT #87) taking rotational snaps.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to the report as a confirmed-healthy entry. He was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list and remains off the injury report. Included because he is a high-injury-history player whose clean status is itself the actionable information for a fantasy manager.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR2 with weekly WR1 upside in 12-team full PPR. His Week 1 line — 6 catches, 147 yards, 2 touchdowns on 52 snaps — was the best receiving performance in this division and he is entirely clean on the Week 2 report. Tracked here because his injury history makes him a perennial weekly check, and the actionable news this week is that there is nothing to check: he is fully healthy against the Jets.

Alec Pierce — IND (WR1 by alignment — Ourlads LWR1; the vertical/downfield specialist in the Colts’ three-receiver starting group with Josh Downs and Keenan Allen)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday game-status outcome: he appeared on the official Sept 18, 2026 report with a heel injury but Indianapolis filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 20 game at Kansas City. Untagged on Friday means he is expected to play.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. The Thursday DNP was reported as maintenance for a chronic heel issue rather than a new setback, and he answered it with a full Friday.
• Injury: Heel — a recurring, managed condition rather than an acute injury
• When it happened: Chronic/recurring. It dates back to the 2026 offseason and training camp, when the Colts were ‘hopeful’ he would return to practice in the preseason. It has been managed week to week ever since; the Thursday Sept 17, 2026 DNP is the latest maintenance day, not a new event.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Chronic heel conditions in this class (plantar fasciitis, heel contusion, Achilles insertional irritation) do not follow a clean recovery curve. They are managed with reduced practice reps across the season and typically do not cost game time as long as the player can push off. Expect recurring midweek DNPs all season.
• Expected back to full health: No clean date — this is a manage-not-cure situation likely to persist through the 2026 season. For practical purposes he is game-healthy now (Friday Sept 18, 2026) and should be treated as available each week absent a Friday Out or Doubtful tag.
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY with no restriction. He will start Sunday Sept 20 at the Kansas City Chiefs (8:20 PM ET, Arrowhead Stadium). No Friday game-status designation was filed.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: available, but expect the Wednesday-or-Thursday DNP pattern to repeat. The heel does not appear to be costing him snaps. The bigger drag on his fantasy value is the matchup at Kansas City in Week 2 and a target share split three ways with Downs and Keenan Allen.
• Who benefits if he sits: Josh Downs (SWR1) would command more of the target share, with Laquon Treadwell (LWR2) sliding into the vacated outside snaps and Keenan Allen absorbing red-zone looks. With Ashton Dulin out, Indianapolis’ WR depth behind the top three is genuinely thin.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED slightly. The Sept 12 baseline had him as ‘NO DESIGNATION – CLEARED’ with the heel logged after a Limited-Limited-Full week. This week he regressed to a midweek DNP (Thursday Sept 17) before again practicing full Friday and again drawing no game-status tag. Net: same outcome, slightly noisier week — the heel is clearly chronic and recurring.

Fantasy takeaway: Startable as a WR3/flex in 12-team full PPR, but this is a low-floor week — Kansas City on the road at night is a hard matchup and Pierce’s profile is boom-bust downfield volume rather than PPR-friendly target volume. Do not panic-drop over the Thursday DNP; it is a recurring maintenance pattern, and the Friday full practice plus no game-status tag is the signal that matters.

Brian Thomas Jr. — JAX (WR1 — Ourlads LWR1, the Jaguars’ primary receiving weapon and Trevor Lawrence’s top target)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday game-status outcome: he appeared on Jacksonville’s official Sept 18, 2026 report as a practice participant but the Jaguars filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 20 game at Denver. Every player who appeared on the Jaguars’ Week 2 report came off it untagged.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. He practiced in some capacity all three days; head coach Liam Coen publicly expressed no concern about his availability.
• Injury: Left shoulder — an in-game injury he returned from in the same game
• When it happened: Second quarter of the Week 1 game vs the Cleveland Browns, Sunday Sept 13, 2026. He was evaluated, returned to the game, and Jacksonville won 34-10.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Shoulder AC joint sprain / contusion: Grade 1 is 1-2 weeks and is routinely played through with limited practice reps, Grade 2 is 2-4 weeks, Grade 3 is 6-12 weeks and often surgical. A receiver who returns to the same game and practices in limited fashion all week is squarely in the Grade 1 play-through band.
• Expected back to full health: Week 3 to Week 4 (late September into early October 2026) for full, unrestricted practice participation. He is game-healthy right now; expect the limited practice tag to persist another week or two as maintenance.
• Next game: PLAYING, expected unrestricted. He starts Sunday Sept 20 at the Denver Broncos (4:05 PM ET, Empower Field). No Friday game-status designation was filed and Coen indicated no concern.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: full availability expected, with recurring limited practice designations that should be ignored. Week 2 at Denver is a genuinely difficult matchup against a strong secondary and is the toughest of the stretch. Expect his snap share to remain near-total.
• Who benefits if he sits: Parker Washington (SWR1) would move outside and take the bigger target share, Josh Cameron (LWR2) would slide into the vacated outside role, and Travis Hunter’s offensive snap count would very likely spike. This is contingency only — Thomas is playing.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report. Thomas was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list. The shoulder happened in the second quarter of the Week 1 win over Cleveland on Sept 13, he returned to that game, and he has been limited but untagged all Week 2.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR1 in 12-team full PPR without hesitation. The shoulder produced three limited practices but zero game-status tag, and Coen was dismissive of the concern. Denver is a tough matchup that may cap the ceiling, but you do not bench a target hog of this caliber over a play-through shoulder. If a nervous manager will sell on the injury noise, buy.

Rashee Rice — KC (WR1 — primary slot receiver and the leading target in the Chiefs passing game; Jalen Royals is the listed slot backup)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appears on Kansas City’s Week 2 practice report with a knee listing but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs. the Indianapolis Colts. Cleared to play.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Reported with no limitations at practice on the Wednesday report and never regressed.
• Injury: Knee — a maintenance/monitoring listing. The club has not described a new injury event, and three consecutive full practices with no final tag confirm it is not functionally limiting.
• When it happened: The knee listing carried over from the Week 1 report (he was a full participant on the Chiefs’ Saturday Sept 12, 2026 final Week 1 report) and persisted into Week 2. There is no discrete new injury date — this is a continuing treatment notation rather than a fresh event.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not meaningfully applicable — a knee entry that produces six consecutive full practices across two game weeks is soreness or routine maintenance. He is not on a recovery timeline. For scale, the knee injuries that actually cost NFL receivers time are MCL sprains (2-6 weeks), meniscus procedures (2-4 weeks for a trim) and ACL tears (9-12 months); Rice’s presentation is in none of those categories.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Expect the listing to fall off the report entirely within the next week or two.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Arrowhead Stadium (Sunday Night Football). No designation and no restriction.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: weekly WR1 with a full workload. No injury-driven downside is in play. With Xavier Worthy also fully cleared this week, the Chiefs enter Week 2 with their intended receiver room intact for the first time this season, which is a mild target-competition headwind for Rice but a large efficiency tailwind for the whole passing game.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jalen Royals (slot WR2) inherits the slot snaps directly. Xavier Worthy (RWR1) and Tyquan Thornton (LWR1) would absorb the bulk of vacated targets, with Travis Kelce (TE1) picking up the short-middle volume. Nikko Remigio and Cyrus Allen fill out the rotation. Kansas City is thin behind this group — Jeff Caldwell and Jimmy Holiday are both on Reserve/Injured.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED CLARITY vs. the Sept 12 baseline. Last week his entry read NO FINAL TAG YET with the final status pending because Kansas City played Monday night. This week the cycle is complete and confirmed: three full practices Wed/Thu/Fri and explicitly no final game-status designation on the Sept 18 report. Same health, now verified rather than pending. Depth chart unchanged at WR1, roster status unchanged at ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a confident WR1 in 12-team full-PPR. The knee listing is a non-event: six straight full practices and no Friday tag two weeks running. Sunday Night Football at Arrowhead against Indianapolis is a strong volume and game-script environment. If anything, the persistent injury-report presence has suppressed his perceived value slightly — that makes him a buy, not a sell.

Xavier Worthy — KC (WR2 — right-side outside starter and the vertical/speed element in the Chiefs passing game; Nikko Remigio is the listed RWR backup)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) fully cleared. He does not appear anywhere on Kansas City’s Week 2 injury report for Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18, and received no final Friday game-status tag for the Sept 20 game vs. Indianapolis. His shoulder listing from Week 1 is gone.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 16 -> not on the report Thu Sept 17 -> not on the report Fri Sept 18. A player absent from the practice report is by definition a full, unrestricted participant.
• Injury: None currently. The right shoulder issue that had him on the Week 1 report is fully resolved and has dropped off the report entirely.
• When it happened: The shoulder issue was present in the Week 1 preparation window — he was listed with a shoulder designation on Kansas City’s Thursday Sept 10 and Saturday Sept 12, 2026 Week 1 reports as a FULL participant, and he was available for the Monday Sept 14 win over Denver. It resolved between Week 1 and Week 2.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury. For context, the shoulder issues that do cost NFL receivers time are AC joint sprains (1-4 weeks by grade) and dislocations/labrum involvement (4-8 weeks or surgical). Worthy’s never restricted his practice participation at any point, which places it at the mildest end and explains the clean resolution inside one week.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). No pending milestone; he is off the report.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Arrowhead Stadium (Sunday Night Football). No designation, no restriction, no availability risk.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: full workload as the starting outside receiver opposite Rashee Rice. The health question is closed. With Rice also cleared and Travis Kelce healthy, the Chiefs’ intended pass-catching group is intact, which raises the offense’s overall efficiency while modestly compressing any single player’s target share.
• Who benefits if he sits: Nikko Remigio (RWR2) is the listed backup on the right side. Tyquan Thornton (LWR1) and Jalen Royals would absorb the vacated snaps, with Rashee Rice and Travis Kelce soaking up the target volume. This is contingency detail only — he is cleared.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED / NOW CLEARED. The Sept 12 baseline had him listed with a shoulder and NO FINAL TAG YET. He is now entirely absent from the Week 2 injury report — a clean resolution, reported here rather than dropped silently. Depth chart unchanged at WR2, roster status unchanged at ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR2 in 12-team full-PPR with no health hesitation. This is also the clearest stale-source trap in the division this week: multiple prominent search results describe Worthy as doubtful for Week 2 with a dislocated shoulder, and every one of those is a September 2025 article about a different injury in a different season. The 2026 reality is that he is completely off the injury report. If a leaguemate is acting on the stale narrative and will sell Worthy cheap, that is a free arbitrage.

Davante Adams — LAR (WR2 overall and the LWR1 (outside starter) on the Rams’ alignment depth chart)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) practice-report only, and the entry was administrative rather than medical. The Rams play the Giants on MONDAY, Sept 21, so no final game-status report is filed until Saturday, Sept 19. His only listing this week was ‘NIR – Rest’ on Thursday, and he returned to practice Friday.
• Practice this week: Practiced Friday Sept 18 (returned). Practice week for a Monday game: DNP Thu Sept 17 (NIR – Rest, a non-injury designation) -> practiced Fri Sept 18 -> Saturday Sept 19 session outstanding.
• Injury: None. ‘NIR’ stands for Not Injury Related — the Thursday absence was a scheduled veteran rest day, not a medical issue.
• When it happened: Not applicable — there is no injury. The rest day was Thursday, Sept 16, 2026 (the Rams’ first practice of the Monday-game week).
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable. A scheduled non-injury rest day carries no recovery timeline whatsoever.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday, Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, full role, no restriction expected. Monday, Sept 21, 2026 vs. the New York Giants at SoFi Stadium on Monday Night Football.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and starting Weeks 2 through 5. Expect the occasional NIR rest day for a receiver his age — it is maintenance and not predictive of absences. His Weeks 2-5 value hinges almost entirely on Puka Nacua’s hip: Adams is a solid WR2 with Nacua active and a genuine WR1 with a bloated target share if Nacua misses time.
• Who benefits if he sits: Konata Mumpfield is the listed LWR2 behind him. Tutu Atwell would also move up. In practice, an Adams absence would concentrate targets on Puka Nacua and TE Colby Parkinson.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT but non-medical. He does not appear in the Sept 12 baseline as an injury — he played Week 1 in Melbourne with no injury designation. His only Week 2 listing is a Thursday NIR – Rest day from which he has already returned.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR2 in 12-team full-PPR and upgrade him toward WR1 territory if Nacua is ruled out Saturday. The NIR-Rest listing is pure noise — do not let it scare you off. This is the single most leveraged ‘if-then’ in the division this week: Nacua out means Adams in a Monday night game with a massive target share and the shootout script the Giants matchup could provide. If you are in a DFS or best-ball spot, Adams-if-Nacua-sits is the play to have queued up.

Malik Nabers — NYG (WR1 — LWR/X starter and the clear alpha target in the Giants passing game.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries NO designation on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Monday Sept 21 game at the Los Angeles Rams. He does not appear on the Week 2 injury report at all. This is a genuine upgrade from the Week 1 Questionable tag and directly resolves last week’s open thread.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Head coach John Harbaugh said Nabers ‘looked good’ at Thursday’s session, and he was not listed as limited on any day.
• Injury: Left knee — ongoing maintenance/load management following the torn ACL he suffered in 2025, plus minor post-game soreness after his Week 1 return. Neither is an active structural injury.
• When it happened: Original ACL tear in 2025. The current item is only mild soreness that surfaced after his Week 1 return to game action on Sunday Sept 13, 2026 vs Dallas — described by beat reporting on Sept 17, 2026 as ‘nothing to be concerned about.’
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction is a 9-12 month return-to-play timeline with a well-documented second phase: most receivers need a further 4-8 games back on the field before explosiveness and route-running burst fully normalize. Nabers is past the return threshold and into that re-acclimation phase. Routine post-game soreness in a surgically repaired knee in the first weeks back is expected and typically resolves within 48-72 hours.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally cleared now — Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Expect the residual soreness and any snap-count management to be fully gone by late September / early October 2026, roughly Weeks 4-5, when he should be at unrestricted pre-injury explosiveness.
• Next game: PLAYING, with no designation and no expected snap restriction, in Week 2 on Monday Sept 21, 2026 at the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium (8:15 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN).
• Next four weeks: Expected to play and start Weeks 2 (at LAR, Mon Sept 21), 3, 4 and 5. The load-management framing from Week 1 has been dropped; the trend line across this stretch is toward a rising snap and route share, not a managed one. The Rams matchup on a short-prep Monday road trip is the toughest of the four on paper.
• Who benefits if he sits: Darnell Mooney (slot WR1) would absorb the target share first, with Malachi Fields (RWR1) and Odell Beckham Jr. (WR4) moving up, and TE Isaiah Likely seeing more volume. This is largely academic — he is not expected to miss.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — and this is the resolution of the open thread. On Sept 12 he was QUESTIONABLE on the final Week 1 report despite three full practices (pure load management). He PLAYED in Week 1 vs Dallas and by his own account ‘left a lot out there.’ For Week 2 he is off the injury report entirely with no designation. Straight upgrade.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation as a WR1 in 12-team full-PPR. The Week 1 Questionable tag that made managers sweat is gone entirely — no designation, three full practices. If a nervous manager in your league is shopping him at a discount on the back of last week’s scare, buy. The only real caution is game script on a Monday night road trip at SoFi.

Cooper Kupp — SEA (WR2 overall and the SWR1 (slot starter) on Seattle’s alignment depth chart, behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 game at Arizona with a back entry, but with NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag filed. Beat reporting describes his back as a minor issue expected to resolve before kickoff.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Trending up and off the concern list.
• Injury: Back — non-specific soreness. The club has not graded or detailed it.
• When it happened: Reported Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026. No identified injury event; this reads as ordinary post-Week-1 soreness. He was not on the Week 1 injury report and played the Sept 9 opener vs. New England.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Non-specific back soreness in a veteran receiver is a zero-to-one-game item, typically handled with one limited practice day exactly as Seattle did here. A disc or nerve-root issue would be 3-6 weeks, but a Limited-to-Full-to-Full progression inside 48 hours rules that out.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively there. Fully healthy as of Friday, Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, no designation, normal role. Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Arizona Cardinals, in Arizona.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 2 through 5. The variable for Kupp is not health, it is quarterback: Drew Lock starts Week 2 and possibly Weeks 3-4 before Sam Darnold returns. Kupp’s timing-and-option-route game is more quarterback-dependent than Smith-Njigba’s, so his floor is softer while Lock plays. Also note the room got more crowded — Rashid Shaheed’s role expanded sharply in Week 1 and Tory Horton is now healthy and back in the rotation.
• Who benefits if he sits: Montorie Foster Jr is the listed backup at the LWR spot and Tory Horton is now fully healthy behind Rashid Shaheed — either would absorb snaps. In practice, a Kupp absence would push targets to Jaxon Smith-Njigba (who commanded 8 catches for 122 yards and a 45-yard TD in Week 1) and to Horton.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT but not a concern. He does not appear in the Sept 12 baseline — he was listed as healthy and verified on the Seattle roster. He picked up a back listing Wednesday of Week 2 and practiced fully the next two days with no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR2/flex in 12-team full-PPR, but with tempered expectations rather than confidence. The back is a non-issue — Full Thursday and Friday with no designation settles it. The real concern is the pecking order: Smith-Njigba is the unquestioned alpha, Shaheed is soaking up two-WR-set snaps, Horton is back healthy, and Drew Lock is throwing the ball. If you can sell Kupp on name value to a manager chasing volume, this is a reasonable week to shop him.

Emeka Egbuka — TB (RWR starter — and with Mike Evans gone to San Francisco, he is the leading candidate to be Tampa Bay’s outside alpha alongside slot man Chris Godwin Jr.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he does not appear anywhere on Tampa Bay’s Week 2 injury or practice reports — not on the Sept 17 Thursday report and not on the FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sept 20 game vs Cleveland. He has been removed entirely and carries no designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> not listed Thu Sept 17 -> not listed Fri Sept 18. A player absent from all three practice reports is practicing without restriction.
• Injury: Toe (now resolved)
• When it happened: Surfaced in late August / early September 2026 during 2026 training camp and Week 1 preparation. Head coach Todd Bowles declared him a ‘full go’ before the Week 1 opener vs Cincinnati, and he carried a blank Game Status into that game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Toe injuries in receivers range from trivial (a stubbed or bruised toe, days) to season-altering (turf toe, a first-MTP sprain, which costs 2-8 weeks and can nag for months and visibly degrade push-off and route-break explosiveness). The fact that he was declared a full go before Week 1 and is now entirely absent from the report two weeks running strongly indicates the mild end of that range. This is no longer an active concern.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy — he has been since before the Sept 13 opener vs Cincinnati.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, no restriction. Cleared for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: healthy and available. He is the most important long-term fantasy asset on this Buccaneers list because of the vacated target volume in Tampa’s receiver room. Week 2 draws Cleveland, a tougher defensive matchup; Weeks 3-5 should offer better spots.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tez Johnson (WR4) is the direct RWR backup on the depth chart. Chris Godwin Jr. (slot starter) and Jalen McMillan (LWR starter) would absorb most of the redistributed targets.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — upgraded to fully cleared. On the Sept 12 baseline he was on the final Week 1 report with a toe and a BLANK Game Status. He is now off the injury report entirely, which is a step beyond a blank status.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM as a WR2 in 12-team full-PPR and treat him as a buy in any trade conversation. The toe is fully behind him — two straight weeks completely off the injury report — and the roster context is what matters: Mike Evans is on San Francisco, which leaves a very large share of Tampa Bay’s outside target volume for Egbuka to inherit alongside Godwin. If a manager in your league is still discounting him over the camp toe listing, that is the window.

Calvin Ridley — TEN (WR1 — Ourlads LWR1, the nominal No. 1 outside receiver)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday outcome: he does not appear anywhere on Tennessee’s official Sept 18, 2026 injury report for the Sept 20 game vs Philadelphia. Tennessee listed only three players, all defensive. Fully available.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Not listed on the Titans’ Week 2 practice report on any day.
• Injury: None active. His Week 1 problem was production, not health — he was a complete non-factor with zero receptions in the Sept 13 loss to the Jets despite being fully healthy.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury. The zero-catch Week 1 was a scheme, coverage and quarterback-play outcome, not an injury outcome.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2).
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. He starts Sunday Sept 20 vs the Philadelphia Eagles (1:00 PM ET, Nissan Stadium).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: health is not the concern; the Titans’ offense is. Tennessee’s offense drew straight failing grades after a 23-10 Week 1 loss in which Cam Ward was under constant pressure. Week 2 vs Philadelphia is another top-tier defense. Ridley needs the offensive line and Ward to stabilize before his talent translates — that is a Week 4-5 question, not a Week 2 one.
• Who benefits if he sits: Elic Ayomanor (LWR2) is the direct backup, with Carnell Tate (RWR1) and Wan’Dale Robinson (SWR1) holding the other starting spots.
• Change since Week 1: No change to his health status since Sept 12 — he was not on the baseline injury list and is not on the Week 2 report. He is added to this report as a tracked story because of the zero-reception Week 1, which is a fantasy-relevant development even though it is not an injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Hold, start only if you must, in 12-team full PPR. A zero-catch Week 1 from a fully healthy alpha is alarming but is a one-game sample in a broken offensive environment — do not drop him. Do not chase him into the Philadelphia matchup either. If you can buy low from a panicking manager at a real discount, do it; his Week 2-3 outlook is poor but his Week 6+ outlook is fine.

Tee Higgins — CIN (RWR1 / WR2 — the No. 2 target and red-zone mismatch opposite Ja’Marr Chase)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) FINAL Friday outcome confirming the issue is closed. He does not appear on Cincinnati’s Sept 18, 2026 official Week 2 report for the Sept 20 game at Houston, with no listing Wed, Thu or Fri. The foot/heel contusion carried on the Sept 12 baseline is cleared.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> not listed Thu Sept 17 -> not listed Fri Sept 18. He has dropped off the report entirely.
• Injury: Foot — heel contusion. This is now historical, not active.
• When it happened: Late August 2026, at the end of the preseason. He practiced in full through the entire Week 1 practice week and played Sept 13 vs Tampa Bay with no designation.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A heel contusion or heel-pad bruise typically takes 1-3 weeks to become fully asymptomatic and is managed with padding and orthotics rather than rest. It rarely costs games once a player is practicing in full. Higgins was already at full participation during Week 1 prep, which put him at the tail end of that range then.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Sept 16, 2026. He was functionally healthy in Week 1 and is now formally off the report.
• Next game: PLAYING, fully healthy and unrestricted, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Houston Texans. No designation and no practice listing at all.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 2-5. The relevant swing factor for his production is Joe Burrow’s back rather than his own foot. With Chase commanding the top corner, Higgins is a weekly boom candidate in this window regardless of health.
• Who benefits if he sits: Andrei Iosivas (SWR1/WR3) would move outside and take the larger share, with Colbie Young (RWR2) stepping into the backup right-outside role. Mike Gesicki (TE2, receiving TE) would also absorb red-zone looks. Academic — Higgins is healthy.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED / RESOLVED. The Sept 12 baseline carried him with ‘Foot’ listed on the official Week 1 report despite full participation all three days. He is now completely absent from the Week 2 injury report — a clean removal, not just an upgrade.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a confident WR2 in 12-team full PPR. The heel story is over and he is off the report entirely. His week-to-week variance is target-distribution driven, not injury driven, at this point.

Josh Downs — IND (WR2 by target share — Ourlads SWR1, the primary slot receiver and Daniel Jones’ most frequent underneath target)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) final Friday outcome: fully cleared, no injury and no game-status tag on Indianapolis’ official Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sept 20 game at Kansas City.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Not listed on the Colts’ Week 2 practice report at any point.
• Injury: None active — the late-August 2026 calf issue is fully resolved.
• When it happened: Not applicable. The calf issue dates to late August 2026 and cleared before the Sept 13 Week 1 game vs Baltimore, which he played.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury. For reference, the calf strain he had cleared in under two weeks, consistent with a Grade 1.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2), and has been since before Week 1.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. He starts in the slot Sunday Sept 20 at the Kansas City Chiefs (8:20 PM ET, Arrowhead Stadium).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: full availability and the most stable target share in the Colts’ receiver room. His PPR floor is the best of the three Colts starters because of where he wins — underneath and on third down. Week 2 at Kansas City is a tough matchup but a high-volume game script for the Colts.
• Who benefits if he sits: Deion Burks (SWR2) is the direct backup in the slot, with Alec Pierce and Keenan Allen absorbing target share. With Ashton Dulin out, the room has no fourth option of consequence.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was already logged as resolved on the baseline and remains off the injury report entirely. Reported here as cleared rather than dropped silently, per the tracking rule.

Fantasy takeaway: Confident WR3 start in 12-team full PPR and arguably the safest Colts pass catcher this week outside of Tyler Warren. His slot role insulates him from the Chiefs’ outside coverage, and with Dulin ruled out and Alec Pierce managing a heel, Downs’ target share should hold or grow. Start him.

Jakobi Meyers — JAX (WR2 — Ourlads RWR1; the reliable possession receiver opposite Brian Thomas Jr.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday game-status outcome: he appeared on Jacksonville’s official Sept 18, 2026 report as a limited participant but the Jaguars filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 20 game at Denver.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. He has been limited every practice day for two straight weeks, which is now clearly established as maintenance for the thumb rather than a trending-down signal.
• Injury: Thumb
• When it happened: Pre-Week 1. It first appeared on the Sept 9-11, 2026 practice reports and carried into Week 1, which he played. It is a managed condition, not a new Week 2 event.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Thumb sprain or minor fracture for a receiver: 2-6 weeks depending on whether it is the catching hand and whether it requires taping, a splint or pinning. Meyers has played and practiced through it every day since it appeared, indicating a low-grade sprain managed with taping.
• Expected back to full health: Week 4 to Week 5 (early-to-mid October 2026) for a full, untagged practice week. He is game-healthy now and the practice limitation is expected to persist as week-to-week maintenance.
• Next game: PLAYING. He will play Sunday Sept 20 at the Denver Broncos (4:05 PM ET, Empower Field) and is explicitly expected to participate as he did in Week 1, per Jaguars reporting.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: available every week, with the limited practice tag likely recurring throughout. Week 2 at Denver is the hardest matchup in the stretch. His role as the volume-stable No. 2 does not change.
• Who benefits if he sits: C.J. Williams (RWR2) is the direct backup, with Parker Washington and Travis Hunter absorbing target share. Contingency only — Meyers is playing.
• Change since Week 1: Essentially no change since Sept 12, with one clarification. The baseline correctly recorded this as ‘Thumb’ (correcting an earlier ‘wrist/hand’ entry) and had him cleared with no designation after a Limited-Limited-Limited week. Week 2 is an exact repeat: limited all three days, no game-status tag. The pattern is now confirmed as ongoing maintenance.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR3/flex in 12-team full PPR. The thumb is fully priced in at this point — two consecutive weeks of limited practice with zero game-status tag is the definition of maintenance. The Denver matchup is the real reason to consider a downgrade, not the hand. Do not drop or bench him over the injury designation.

Carnell Tate — TEN (WR2 by alignment — Ourlads RWR1; rookie first-round pick starting on the outside)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) final Friday outcome: fully cleared, no injury and no game-status tag on Tennessee’s official Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sept 20 game vs Philadelphia. He does not appear on the Week 2 report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Not listed on the Titans’ Week 2 injury report at any point.
• Injury: None active — the prior issue carried on the Sept 12 baseline is fully resolved.
• When it happened: Not applicable. The prior issue cleared before the Sept 13 Week 1 loss to the New York Jets, in which he led Tennessee’s receivers with four receptions for 39 yards.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2), and has been since before Week 1.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. He starts Sunday Sept 20 vs the Philadelphia Eagles (1:00 PM ET, Nissan Stadium).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: available throughout, and the most interesting trajectory in this receiver room. He out-targeted and out-produced Calvin Ridley in Week 1 (4-39 vs 0-0) as a rookie. If that holds for another week against Philadelphia, the Titans’ de facto WR1 job is his by Week 4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Elic Ayomanor is the swing outside backup; Calvin Ridley and Wan’Dale Robinson hold the other starting spots.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 on health — he was already logged as resolved on the baseline and remains off the injury report. Reported here as cleared rather than dropped silently. Context change: he led all Titans receivers in Week 1 while Calvin Ridley was blanked, which meaningfully raises his outlook.

Fantasy takeaway: Speculative add and watch-list priority in 12-team full PPR — not yet a start. Four catches for 39 yards is modest, but leading a receiver room that contains Calvin Ridley in Week 1 is a real signal for a rookie. Grab him off waivers if he is available and be ready to flex him in Week 3-4 once the Philadelphia matchup is behind him.

Keenan Allen — IND (WR3 by alignment — Ourlads RWR1; the possession/red-zone option in the three-receiver starting group)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday game-status outcome: he appeared on the official Sept 18, 2026 report but logged as NIR (Rest), which is a non-injury entry, and Indianapolis filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 20 game at Kansas City.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 (rest) -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. The Wednesday limitation was logged as NIR/rest, i.e. scheduled veteran load management.
• Injury: None — NIR (Rest). This is a veteran maintenance entry, not an injury designation.
• When it happened: Not applicable. The Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 limitation was a scheduled rest day for a 34-year-old veteran receiver, a pattern the Colts have used all season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no injury. Scheduled veteran rest carries no recovery timeline, though it does tend to recur most Wednesdays.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). He has practiced fully the last two days.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. He starts Sunday Sept 20 at the Kansas City Chiefs (8:20 PM ET, Arrowhead Stadium).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: full availability expected, with recurring Wednesday rest entries that should be ignored. Volume is the question, not health — he is the third mouth to feed behind Alec Pierce and Josh Downs and faces a difficult Week 2 matchup at Kansas City.
• Who benefits if he sits: Laquon Treadwell (LWR2) and Deion Burks (SWR2) would split the snaps, with Josh Downs absorbing the target share. Indianapolis is thin here with Ashton Dulin ruled out.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report, but only as a non-injury entry. Allen was not on the Sept 12 baseline. He appears on the Sept 18 report solely as NIR (Rest) and carries no game-status tag — he is listed here for completeness so a rest entry is not mistaken for an injury.

Fantasy takeaway: Low-upside WR4/flex in 12-team full PPR — start only if you are desperate, and prefer him in PPR over half-PPR given his short-area target profile. Do not read anything into the Wednesday limitation; NIR (Rest) is an administrative entry. His problem is target competition, not health.

Marquise Brown — PHI (WR3 in practice — listed as the RWR2 behind DeVonta Smith on the Ourlads chart, but he plays as the third receiver in three-wide sets alongside Smith and Dontayvion Wicks.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on the Eagles’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Tennessee with a BLANK Game Status column. Stating this explicitly: a blank Game Status on the final Friday report means he is available to play without restriction. The report’s summary line reads that ‘everyone else on the Eagles active roster is available to play in Week 2.’
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: he was not listed Wed Sept 16, not listed Thu Sept 17, and a Full participant Fri Sept 18 — appearing on the report only on the final day with a full session, which is the least concerning pattern possible.
• Injury: Hamstring — minor, and evidently a precautionary listing given he practiced fully on the day he appeared.
• When it happened: Reported during the Week 2 practice week, surfacing on the Friday Sept 18, 2026 report. No specific game or practice incident has been tied to it, and he was not on the Week 1 report, so it arose during the week of Sept 14-18, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains sideline an NFL player roughly 1-2 weeks; Grade 2 roughly 3-6 weeks; Grade 3 8-12+ weeks. A player who practices fully on the same report he first appears on is functionally sub-Grade-1 — tightness or precautionary management rather than a true strain. Expect no missed time.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively full health already as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Any residual tightness should be gone by Week 3 (late September 2026).
• Next game: PLAYING, with no designation and no expected restriction, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium (1:00 p.m. ET).
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 2 (at TEN), 3, 4 and 5. The one thing to monitor is that hamstring listings in fast, vertical receivers have a habit of recurring; if he shows up Limited on a Wednesday in the next fortnight, take it more seriously than this listing.
• Who benefits if he sits: Makai Lemon (SWR1) and Britain Covey (SWR2) would take slot snaps, with Darius Cooper moving up on the perimeter behind DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 Week 1 injury list at all. The hamstring listing is new this week, but it is the mildest possible version — he was a Full participant on the day he appeared and carries no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: A marginal WR4/flex in 12-team full-PPR and the hamstring does not change that — he is playing. He is a boom-or-bust deep threat in an offense that funnels to DeVonta Smith and Saquon Barkley, so use him as a bye-week filler rather than a confident start. If you are choosing between him and a healthy alternative with a better target share, take the alternative.

Wan’Dale Robinson — TEN (WR3 by alignment — Ourlads SWR1, the primary slot receiver)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) final Friday outcome: fully cleared, no injury and no game-status tag on Tennessee’s official Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sept 20 game vs Philadelphia. He does not appear on the Week 2 report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Not listed on the Titans’ Week 2 injury report at any point.
• Injury: None active — the prior issue carried on the Sept 12 baseline is fully resolved.
• When it happened: Not applicable. The prior issue cleared before the Sept 13 Week 1 loss to the New York Jets, which he played.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2), and has been since before Week 1.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted. He starts in the slot Sunday Sept 20 vs the Philadelphia Eagles (1:00 PM ET, Nissan Stadium).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: available throughout. In a Tennessee offense that struggled badly in Week 1 and now faces Philadelphia, the slot receiver is the likeliest beneficiary of a checkdown-heavy, negative-script game plan. His PPR floor is the most defensible in this receiver room.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chimere Dike (SWR2) is the direct backup in the slot, with Calvin Ridley, Carnell Tate and Elic Ayomanor outside.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was already logged as resolved on the baseline and remains off the injury report entirely. Reported here as cleared rather than dropped silently, per the tracking rule.

Fantasy takeaway: Flex-viable in 12-team full PPR and the Titans receiver I would most want this week. Tennessee will likely trail Philadelphia, and Robinson’s short-area, high-volume slot role is the profile that survives a bad game script. He is a better Week 2 start than Calvin Ridley despite the depth-chart ordering.

Zachariah Branch — ATL (WR4 — slot backup behind Olamide Zaccheaus, also the primary return man)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he does not appear anywhere on Atlanta’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official injury report for the Sept 20 game vs Carolina. He has been removed from the report entirely and carries no designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> not listed Thu Sept 17 -> not listed Fri Sept 18. A player absent from all three practice reports is practicing without restriction.
• Injury: Hamstring (now resolved)
• When it happened: Surfaced in early September 2026 during Week 1 preparation; he was limited on Atlanta’s first Week 1 practice report and carried a blank Game Status into the Sept 13 opener at Pittsburgh.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Low-grade hamstring strains in a speed receiver typically cost 1-3 weeks and carry a meaningful re-injury risk for roughly a month after return. Branch never missed a game and has now had a full clean practice week, which is the best available signal that the strain has fully quieted.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 — Week 2.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, no restriction. Cleared for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Carolina Panthers.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: available throughout barring a re-aggravation, which is the only realistic risk given hamstrings recur. His snap ceiling is limited by the depth chart, not by health — Zaccheaus holds the slot and London/Dotson hold the outside. Monitor whether Atlanta’s poor QB play pushes them toward more quick-game slot usage, which would help him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Blair (WR5) and Dylan Drummond (practice squad / DEV) would absorb the WR4 snaps; Olamide Zaccheaus (WR3) would keep the full slot workload.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — upgraded to fully cleared. On the Sept 12 baseline he was on the final Week 1 report with a hamstring and a BLANK Game Status. He is now off the injury report entirely, which is a step beyond a blank status.

Fantasy takeaway: Cleared, but still not rosterable in 12-team full-PPR redraft. He is a WR4 on a team whose quarterback is Cooper Rush — a bad combination of low opportunity and low offensive efficiency. Report him as healthy and move on; he is a deep-dynasty or return-yardage-league name only.

Jaylin Noel — HOU (WR4 — slot, Ourlads SWR2 behind Xavier Hutchinson)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) final Friday outcome: fully cleared, no injury and no game-status tag on Houston’s official Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sept 20 game vs Cincinnati.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Not listed on the Texans’ Week 2 practice report at any point.
• Injury: None active — the prior issue carried on the Sept 12 baseline is fully resolved.
• When it happened: Not applicable. The prior issue predates Week 1 and cleared before the Sept 13 opener at Buffalo, in which he played and produced.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). He has been cleared since before Week 1.
• Next game: PLAYING, unrestricted, and with an expanded role. Active Sunday Sept 20 vs the Cincinnati Bengals (1:00 PM ET, Houston).
• Next four weeks: Week 2 vs Cincinnati is his best opportunity of the stretch with Collins out — expect a snap share well above his Week 1 30%. Weeks 3-5: role compresses back toward WR4 once Collins returns, so this is a one-to-two week window, not a season-long change.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jared Wayne (LWR2) and practice-squad WRs Lewis Bond and Josh Kelly would be the depth behind him. Not a live concern — Noel is healthy.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED in outlook, not in health. He was carried on the Sept 12 baseline as ‘resolved — off the injury report’ and remains so. What is different is opportunity: Nico Collins’ Wednesday hamstring vaults Noel from WR4 dart throw to a legitimate Week 2 waiver target.

Fantasy takeaway: Speculative add in 12-team full PPR, not a confident starter. He went 2-53 on a 30% snap share in Week 1, so the per-route efficiency is real but the volume is not yet. He is the boom-or-bust option behind Hutchinson (floor) and Boutte (ceiling) as the Collins replacements. Bench-stash him and see the Week 2 snap count before starting him in Week 3.

Travis Hunter — JAX (WR4 by offensive alignment — Ourlads SWR2 behind Parker Washington — but simultaneously a STARTING CORNERBACK. This two-way split is the defining constraint on his fantasy value.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (c) he carries no Friday game-status tag and no reserve-list status, and does not appear on Jacksonville’s official Sept 18, 2026 injury report at all. Fully cleared and available for the Sept 20 game at Denver.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Not listed on the Jaguars’ Week 2 practice report at any point.
• Injury: None active — the surgically repaired knee is fully recovered and he is off the injury report entirely.
• When it happened: Not applicable to 2026 Week 2. The knee injury and surgery predate this season; head coach Liam Coen referenced it on Aug 31, 2026 as ‘obviously a pretty serious injury’ while cautioning against expecting a full offensive workload immediately. He played Week 1 vs Cleveland without restriction.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury. The relevant residual effect is not medical clearance but conditioning: a two-way player coming off a major knee procedure is snap-limited on offense by design while his defensive workload takes priority.
• Expected back to full health: Already medically cleared and fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Full OFFENSIVE workload, however, is a separate question and may not arrive at all in 2026.
• Next game: PLAYING, but overwhelmingly on defense. He will be active Sunday Sept 20 at the Denver Broncos (4:05 PM ET, Empower Field) as a starting cornerback with a small package of offensive snaps.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: the Week 1 snap split is the warning — 29 defensive snaps (57%) against just 4 offensive snaps (7%), producing one carry for three yards and one catch for eight yards. Denver in Week 2 is a harder game that may actually increase his defensive usage further. Do not expect a meaningful offensive role before Week 5 unless Brian Thomas Jr. or Jakobi Meyers misses time.
• Who benefits if he sits: Josh Cameron and C.J. Williams are the WR depth; on defense Jacksonville would turn to Christian Braswell. His offensive snaps would simply revert to the three established starters.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED in outlook, not in health. The Sept 12 baseline had him fully cleared with no designation, which remains accurate. What is new is the Week 1 evidence: the offensive snap share came in at just 7%, far below what his depth-chart listing implies, and national coverage is now openly calling the two-way experiment a flop. His fantasy value is materially lower than it looked on Sept 12.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop or deep-bench him in 12-team full-PPR redraft. A 7% offensive snap share producing 11 total yards is not a fantasy asset, and Coen has publicly managed expectations downward. He is healthy — that is not the problem. The problem is that the two-way experiment is currently allocating him to defense. Hold only in dynasty or if you have a spare bench spot and want the Brian Thomas Jr. contingency lottery ticket.

Derius Davis — LAC (WR4 — slot WR2 directly behind Ladd McConkey, plus the Chargers’ primary return specialist)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appeared on the Chargers’ early-week practice report but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs. the Las Vegas Raiders. Explicitly listed among the cleared and available players.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. The league injury page carries him at full participation with no injury specified, and the club’s Friday release groups him with the cleared players.
• Injury: Minor and unspecified — he surfaced on the Chargers’ Wednesday Sept 16 practice report in the wave of post-Arizona bumps but was never given a named injury on the league report, and he cleared within the same week.
• When it happened: Surfaced on the Chargers’ Week 2 practice report of Wednesday Sept 16, 2026, following the Sunday Sept 14 Week 1 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He carried no designation on the final Week 1 report, so this was a new post-game notation that resolved immediately.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not meaningfully applicable — an unnamed practice-report notation that produces full participation and no Friday tag is routine post-game soreness, which resolves in days and carries no game-availability risk.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Expect him off the report entirely by Week 3.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium (1:05 p.m. PT). No designation, no restriction, explicitly cleared by the club.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs. LV, Sept 20): elevated slot snaps if Ladd McConkey is inactive or limited by the rib injury. Weeks 3-5: back to a WR4 and return-specialist role once McConkey is at full strength. His usage is entirely a function of McConkey’s health, not his own.
• Who benefits if he sits: Brenen Thompson (RWR2) and newly promoted Gary Jennings (LWR2) would cover the rotational snaps. This is contingency detail only — Davis is cleared. If he were unavailable, the Chargers would be down to five active receivers with KeAndre Lambert-Smith on IR.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT and already resolved. Davis carried no designation on the Chargers’ final Week 1 report filed Friday Sept 11, 2026 and was not on the Sept 12 baseline. He appeared on the Week 2 practice report Wednesday Sept 16 and cleared by Friday. He also moved UP the practical depth chart this week because KeAndre Lambert-Smith went to IR. Roster status unchanged at ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a start in a 12-team full-PPR league, and not worth FAAB even on the McConkey-out branch — Quentin Johnston and Tre Harris are the receivers who would actually absorb McConkey’s target volume, not Davis. He has some value in return-yardage leagues. The reason he is tracked here is to confirm he is cleared, which removes one more variable from an already thin Chargers receiver room.

Tory Horton — SEA (WR4 overall — the RWR2 behind Rashid Shaheed on the alignment depth chart, back in the rotation)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he was REMOVED from Seattle’s injury report and carries NO designation on the FINAL official Friday report of Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 game at Arizona. He is cleared to play.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Three consecutive full practices, which is the cleanest possible clearance profile for a hamstring.
• Injury: Hamstring strain — now healed.
• When it happened: Suffered in the run-up to Week 1 (early September 2026). It carried a Questionable designation on Seattle’s final Week 1 report and he was INACTIVE for the Sept 9 opener vs. New England.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains run 1-3 weeks for Grade 1, 4-8 weeks for Grade 2 and 8-12 weeks or surgical for Grade 3. Horton missed exactly one game and returned to full participation, placing this at the mild end of Grade 1 — the textbook outcome.
• Expected back to full health: Already there. Fully healthy as of Friday, Sept 18, 2026. Note the standard caveat: recurrence risk for a hamstring is highest in the first two to three weeks after return, so a re-aggravation in Weeks 2-4 would not be surprising.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, fully cleared, no designation. Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Arizona Cardinals, in Arizona. This will be his 2026 season debut.
• Next four weeks: Available Weeks 2 through 5. His role is the open question rather than his health — he returns into a receiver room where Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the alpha, Cooper Kupp is the slot and Rashid Shaheed’s snap share expanded sharply in Week 1 (46.1% of two-WR sets) while Horton was out. Expect a gradual snap ramp in Week 2 rather than a full workload, growing through Weeks 3-5.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is healthy and cleared. For completeness, Montorie Foster Jr is the next man up among active receivers, with Velus Jones Jr., Ricky White III, Emmanuel Henderson Jr. and Julian Hicks on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: MATERIAL UPGRADE. On Sept 12 he was Questionable, limited in practice and INACTIVE for the Week 1 opener. He has now practiced fully three straight days, been removed from the injury report entirely, and will play his first game of 2026.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench him in Week 2 in 12-team full-PPR — he is a hold and a watch, not a start. He is coming off a one-game hamstring absence into a crowded room with Drew Lock at quarterback, and a snap ramp is far more likely than a featured role. Worth rostering in 12-team leagues on upside: if Shaheed or Kupp goes down, Horton is the immediate beneficiary and has the profile to matter. Do not spend meaningful FAAB on him this week.

Skyler Bell — BUF (WR5 — listed as the RWR backup behind DJ Moore on Ourlads, but has not dressed for a game)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (c) a roster/gameday status, not an injury status. He is HEALTHY and carries no injury designation of any kind; he was a HEALTHY SCRATCH and an inactive for Buffalo’s Week 2 game on Thursday Sept 17, 2026 vs Detroit, exactly as he was in Week 1 on Sept 13 at Houston. He appears on no Buffalo injury report at any point this season.
• Practice this week: Full participant and unlisted. Full week: not on the injury report Mon Sept 14, Tue Sept 15 or Wed Sept 16 — absence from the report means full participation. He practices in full; he simply is not being dressed.
• Injury: None — he is not injured. He is carried here solely to correct the record and to clarify the Buffalo WR pecking order behind DJ Moore’s shoulder.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no injury has occurred. He has been a coach’s decision inactive in both games played.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no injury to recover from. The relevant timeline is a depth-chart one, not a medical one: he needs to beat out Josh Palmer for the WR4 rotation spot to dress.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026. There is no health question — only an availability one.
• Next game: INACTIVE (healthy). Buffalo’s Week 2 game — Thursday Sept 17, 2026 vs the Detroit Lions — has been played, and Bell was one of seven inactives as a coach’s decision. He was available and healthy; the club chose not to dress him.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 17 vs Detroit) — healthy scratch. Week 3 (Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers) — this is his opening. If DJ Moore cannot go, Bell is the most likely candidate to finally dress as the fifth receiver, though Josh Palmer and Greg Dortch would absorb the actual snaps ahead of him. Week 4 (Oct 4 vs New England) and Week 5 (Oct 12 at the Los Angeles Rams) — back to a likely scratch once Moore returns, barring further injury.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is not in the rotation, so nobody replaces him. If anything, Greg Dortch (DEV) and Trent Sherfield (DEV) are the practice-squad receivers competing with him for the same spare gameday slot.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report. He appeared on the Sept 12 baseline depth chart as an active WR but was never an injury entry, and is not one now either. He is added here because DJ Moore’s Week 2 shoulder injury makes the Buffalo WR depth order suddenly fantasy-relevant, and because his two straight healthy-scratch inactives need to be on the record so he is not mistaken for a Moore replacement.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full-PPR redraft league. The only reason to know his name is to avoid a mistake: if you see ‘Bills WR2’ on a depth chart while scrambling for a DJ Moore replacement, understand that Bell has not played a single snap this season. The actual Moore contingency plays are Keon Coleman and Josh Palmer, not Bell.

Troy Franklin — DEN (WR5 — right-side WR2 behind Jaylen Waddle on Ourlads, rotational outside receiver with a path to more snaps while Marvin Mims Jr. is out)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he appeared on Denver’s Week 2 practice report all three days with a knee listing but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 18, 2026 report. He is cleared to play vs. Jacksonville on Sept 20.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 (estimated) -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Three full participations with a listed injury is the standard profile for a player who is monitored but unrestricted.
• Injury: Knee — minor, unspecified by the club. The listing exists only because he received treatment; the three straight full practices confirm it is not functionally limiting.
• When it happened: First surfaced on Denver’s Week 2 injury report of Wednesday Sept 16, 2026, following the Monday Sept 14 Week 1 loss at Kansas City. He carried no designation on the final Week 1 report, so the knee is a new post-Week 1 entry.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not meaningfully applicable — a knee listing that produces three consecutive full practices is a bruise or general soreness, which resolves in days and does not restrict game availability. For scale, the graded knee injuries that do cost time are MCL sprains (2-6 weeks by grade), meniscus trims (2-4 weeks) and ACL tears (9-12 months); Franklin’s presentation is not in any of those categories.
• Expected back to full health: Already functionally at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Expect him off the report entirely by Week 3.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars in Denver (2:05 p.m. MT, CBS). No designation means no availability risk.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs. JAX, Sept 20): elevated snaps with Mims out. Week 3: his role depends heavily on whether Mims returns — if Mims misses again, Franklin holds the expanded rotation. Weeks 4-5: likely back to a WR4/WR5 role in a Denver offense that concentrates targets in Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle and Evan Engram. The knee is not the story; the opportunity from the Mims absence is.
• Who benefits if he sits: Lil’Jordan Humphrey (LWR2) and practice-squad bodies Dane Key (DEV) and Kolbe Katsis (DEV) would be the next names up, but with Franklin cleared this is academic. If Franklin were somehow unavailable, Pat Bryant would simply take more snaps.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT. Franklin was not on the Sept 12 baseline and carried no designation on Denver’s final Week 1 report. The knee listing appeared for the first time Wednesday Sept 16, 2026, and he cleared it within the same week. He also moved up the practical pecking order this week because Marvin Mims Jr. was ruled out.

Fantasy takeaway: Not a start in a 12-team full-PPR league, but he is the correct free-agent speculative add off the Denver receiver situation — he is healthy, Mims is ruled out, and he sits directly behind Jaylen Waddle on the right side. Spend 2-4 percent FAAB if you are chasing a Denver pass-catcher. He is a bench stash with contingent WR4 upside, not a Week 2 lineup piece. Courtland Sutton and Jaylen Waddle remain the only truly startable Denver receivers.

Brenen Thompson — LAC (WR5 — right-side WR2 behind Tre Harris on Ourlads, rotational outside receiver and special-teams contributor)

• Status: RESOLVED — (b) no injury designation of any kind. He does not appear on the Chargers’ Week 2 injury report for Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18, and received no final Friday game-status tag for the Sept 20 game vs. Las Vegas.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted all three days. Full week: not on the report Wed Sept 16 -> not on the report Thu Sept 17 -> not on the report Fri Sept 18. Absence from the practice report means unrestricted full participation.
• Injury: None currently. The hip issue that had him on the Week 1 practice report is fully resolved and he is off the report entirely.
• When it happened: Not applicable for Week 2 — there is no active injury. The prior hip issue had him limited during Week 1 preparation but produced no final game-status designation on the Chargers’ Friday Sept 11, 2026 report, and it has since cleared completely.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury. For context on the resolved hip issue: hip flexor strains and hip pointers in the NFL typically cost 1-3 weeks, and his clean resolution inside a week places it at the mildest end of that range.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). No pending milestone; he is off the report.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium (1:05 p.m. PT). No designation and no restriction.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs. LV, Sept 20): elevated snaps are plausible — Ladd McConkey is questionable and KeAndre Lambert-Smith is on IR, so the Chargers are running a thin rotation. Weeks 3-5: settles back to a WR5 role once McConkey is at full strength. He is a depth piece whose opportunity is entirely a function of the injuries ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Gary Jennings (LWR2, promoted from the practice squad Sept 15) would take the rotational outside snaps, with Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Theo Wease Jr. available for practice-squad elevation. This is contingency detail only — Thompson is cleared.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED / NOW CLEARED. The Sept 12 baseline carried him with a hip issue marked resolved and a Limited practice note. He is now entirely absent from the Week 2 injury report — a clean resolution, reported rather than dropped silently. He also moved UP the practical depth chart this week because KeAndre Lambert-Smith went to Reserve/Injured. Roster status unchanged at ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a standard 12-team full-PPR league even with the Chargers’ receiver attrition. If McConkey sits, the targets go to Quentin Johnston and Tre Harris, not to Thompson. He is a deep-league-only name. Tracked here because he was on the Sept 12 baseline and the assignment requires cleared players to be reported explicitly rather than dropped.

Devontez Walker — BAL (RWR1 — outside receiver, now elevated in importance with Flowers doubtful and Ja’Kobi Lane on IR)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday outcome. Baltimore listed him on the Sept 18, 2026 practice report with a groin issue but filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 20 game vs the New Orleans Saints. He is cleared to play.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Clean upward progression to full participation.
• Injury: Groin (adductor) strain
• When it happened: Early September 2026, in the run-up to Week 1. He carried it through Week 1 practice week as a Limited participant and played Sept 13 vs Indianapolis with a Questionable tag.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 adductor strain: 1-2 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3: 8-12 weeks. Walker’s presentation is consistent with a low-grade strain given he never missed a game and reached full participation inside two weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively there — full practice participation as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Consider him fully healthy from Week 2 onward.
• Next game: PLAYING, with no restriction, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the New Orleans Saints. Full Thursday and Friday practices plus no designation is the cleanest possible signal.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 2-5. His value is less about health now than about opportunity: with Zay Flowers doubtful and Ja’Kobi Lane on IR, Baltimore’s receiver room is thin and Walker’s route share should spike in Week 2. Expect that to partially recede in Weeks 4-5 as Flowers returns, though Lane’s IR stay through at least Week 6 keeps a floor under his snaps.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Moore (RWR2, promoted from the practice squad Sept 16) is the direct replacement at the right-outside spot, with Elijah Sarratt (LWR2) also in the rotation. This is moot for Week 2 — Walker is playing.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED. The Sept 12 baseline had him QUESTIONABLE after a full week of Limited practices. He has now progressed to Full participation and shed the designation entirely. Separately, his fantasy opportunity is materially better than a week ago because of the Flowers and Lane injuries above him.

Fantasy takeaway: A legitimate streaming WR3/FLEX in 12-team full PPR for Week 2 only. Flowers doubtful plus Lane on IR concentrates targets, and Walker is the healthy outside starter. Add him off waivers if he is free; treat him as a one-to-three week rental rather than a season-long hold, since his role compresses when Flowers is back.

Elijah Moore — PHI (SWR3 — the third slot receiver behind Makai Lemon and Britain Covey, and a depth/rotational piece overall.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on the Eagles’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Tennessee with a BLANK Game Status column. Stating this explicitly: a blank Game Status on the final Friday report means available without restriction.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16, not listed Thu Sept 17, Full Fri Sept 18. Like Marquise Brown, he surfaced only on the final report and practiced fully.
• Injury: Neck — minor. Practicing in full on the day of the listing indicates a stinger-type or precautionary entry rather than a structural issue.
• When it happened: Reported during the Week 2 practice week, appearing on the Friday Sept 18, 2026 report. No specific incident has been tied to it publicly; it arose during the week of Sept 14-18, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Neck listings in the NFL span a wide range. A burner/stinger (brachial plexus irritation) usually resolves within days and costs no game time. A cervical strain runs 1-3 weeks. Anything involving disc or cord symptoms is a multi-month or career-level concern — but those never come with a same-day full practice, which is what he logged. Treat this as the mildest category.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively full health already as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Expect it gone entirely by Week 3 (late September 2026).
• Next game: PLAYING, with no designation and no expected restriction, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium (1:00 p.m. ET).
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 2 (at TEN), 3, 4 and 5. His snaps depend on game script and three-wide usage rather than health. Worth a second look only if an injury opens the slot ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Makai Lemon (SWR1) and Britain Covey (SWR2) already play ahead of him, so his absence would barely register; Darius Cooper and practice-squad receivers Danny Gray and Xavier Gipson are the depth behind.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 Week 1 injury list. The neck listing is new this week and is minimal — Full practice Friday, no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in a 12-team full-PPR league and not worth a roster spot. Listed because he carries a Week 2 injury entry. The neck note is a non-event — he is playing — but his role is too small to matter unless Philadelphia’s receiver room thins out further.

Jaylin Lane — WAS (SWR2 — the second slot receiver behind Stefon Diggs and the team’s primary return specialist.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he was removed from Washington’s report before the FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 filing for the Sept 20 game vs Dallas and carries no game-status tag. He is cleared to play. Washington’s final report lists only Frankie Luvu (Out), Chig Okonkwo (Out) and Javon Kinlaw (Questionable).
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18) — he was upgraded off the report. Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Full/off-report Fri Sept 18. The Friday upgrade is what removed the designation.
• Injury: Groin strain — now resolved.
• When it happened: Reported at the open of the Week 2 practice week, appearing as Limited on the Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 report. No specific Week 1 game incident has been tied to it; it surfaced during the week of Sept 14-18, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin/adductor strains: Grade 1 roughly 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 roughly 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 8-12+ weeks. Two Limited practices followed by a Friday upgrade to no designation is the signature of a Grade 1 tweak that needed a couple of managed days rather than a true strain.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Expect no residual effect into Week 3.
• Next game: PLAYING, with no designation and no expected restriction, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET, FOX), in his slot and return roles.
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 2 (vs DAL), 3, 4 and 5. His fantasy relevance is limited by Washington’s crowded receiver room — Terry McLaurin, Stefon Diggs, Dyami Brown and Treylon Burks all rank ahead of or alongside him — rather than by any health issue.
• Who benefits if he sits: Luke McCaffrey (SWR3) would take slot snaps and Antonio Williams would handle return duties; Stefon Diggs already holds the primary slot role.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 Week 1 injury list. The groin listing appeared Wednesday Sept 16, cost him two Limited practices, and cleared by Friday with no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in a 12-team full-PPR league and not worth rostering outside very deep formats. The groin is a non-issue — he is playing — but he is the fifth option in a receiver room led by McLaurin and Diggs. Only relevant to you if you play in a league that scores return yards.

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 18, 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 2 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday WR first appeared on Game On Media.