Bottom Line Up Front at Running Back

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

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

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

Who is on this report?

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

What changed since Week 2

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

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

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

How to read this report

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

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

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

Ruled out or unavailable (21)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doubtful (2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Questionable — game-time calls (2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final tag still pending (2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jadarian Price — SEA (RB1 — lead back)

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

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

Christian McCaffrey — SF (RB1 — lead back)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emanuel Wilson — SEA (RB3 — depth back)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kyle Juszczyk — SF (Starting fullback)

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

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

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

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

Bottom Line Up Front at Running Back

Running back did not lose a single starter to a Friday designation — every headline at the position this week came from the transaction wire instead. Two backs went to injured reserve, one is having season-ending surgery, and Green Bay’s lead back is still sitting on the Commissioner’s Exempt List with no timetable attached.

Of the 63 running backs on this board, 20 are out or doubtful, 4 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 39 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all.

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

Who is on this report?

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

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 63 running backs here: 11 are new to the report, 15 improved or cleared outright, 4 got worse, and 33 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 Josh Jacobs (GB) can’t go — Chris Brooks (RB1, ACT #30) is the current lead — 38 offensive snaps and 13 carries for 37 yards in Week 1. MarShawn Lloyd (RB2, ACT #32) is close behind at 30 snaps and 13 carries for 37 yards, an almost perfectly even split. Kaleb Johnson (RB3, ACT #26), acquired from Pittsburgh to cover this absence, played zero offensive snaps in Week 1 and was limited to kickoff return duty. Pierre Strong (DEV, #22) is the practice-squad depth.
• If Dylan Sampson (CLE) can’t go — Quinshon Judkins (RB1) is the overwhelming beneficiary and now projects to a true bell-cow workload including passing downs. Raheim Sanders (RB2) moves up to the primary backup and change-of-pace role. Jaleel McLaughlin, signed off the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 15, 2026 as the corresponding move, slots in as RB3 and the most likely pass-catching complement given his profile.
• If Malik Davis (DAL) can’t go — Emari Demercado (RB2) inherited the direct handcuff job behind Javonte Williams, and Tyler Goodson — signed off the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad to the 53-man roster the week of Sept 14-15 specifically to replace Davis — is the RB3. Hunter Luepke remains the fullback and short-yardage body.
• If Isaac Guerendo (SF) can’t go — Christian McCaffrey (RB1), Kaelon Black (RB2) and Jordan James (RB3) are handling the backfield, with Sincere McCormick on the practice squad.
• If Adam Randall (BAL) can’t go — Rasheen Ali (RB3) holds the depth role Randall was competing for, behind Derrick Henry (RB1) and Justice Hill (RB2, passing downs). Practice-squad back Jonathan Ward (DEV) is the emergency body if Baltimore needs another.
• If Audric Estime (NO) can’t go — Kendre Miller (RB3) absorbed the RB3 role in his absence and scored in Week 1. CJ Donaldson was signed from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 18, 2026 and is now the RB4. Zamir White remains on the practice squad as further depth.
• If Kene Nwangwu (NYJ) can’t go — Breece Hall (ACT, RB1) is unaffected and remains the workhorse. Braelon Allen (ACT, RB2) and Isaiah Davis (ACT, RB3) sit ahead of him and absorb any offensive snaps. Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation option. The real vacancy is on special teams, where the Jets lose their designated kick returner — Isaiah Davis and Arian Smith are the likely return candidates.
• If James Conner (ARI) can’t go — Tyler Allgeier and Jeremiyah Love are splitting the work in his absence, with Bam Knight as RB3 and Evan Hull on the practice squad. Allgeier is nominally the listed starter; Love is the more valuable fantasy asset.
• If Trey Benson (ARI) can’t go — Tyler Allgeier and Jeremiyah Love handle the backfield, with Bam Knight as RB3. James Conner (RSR) rejoins the mix from Week 5.
• If Trey Sermon (ATL) can’t go — Brian Robinson (RB2) is the primary handcuff to Bijan Robinson. Khalil Herbert (practice squad / DEV, signed Sept 16, 2026) and Cash Jones (practice squad / DEV) are the depth behind him.
• If Brittain Brown (CHI) can’t go — D’Andre Swift (RB1, ACT #4), Kyle Monangai (RB2, ACT #25) and Roschon Johnson (RB3, ACT #23) are the unaffected active backs — all three are available for Week 2. Salvon Ahmed (DEV, #36) and Zavier Scott (DEV) are the practice-squad depth.
• If Isiah Pacheco (DET) can’t go — Jahmyr Gibbs (RB1, ACT) is the workhorse and his role is unaffected — he caught a touchdown in the Thursday loss at Buffalo. Sione Vaki (RB2, ACT #33) is the complementary back and the primary beneficiary of Pacheco’s absence. Jacob Saylors (RB3, ACT #25) is the depth. Jabari Small (DEV) is the practice-squad option.
• If Myles Montgomery (NE) can’t go — His roster spot is already absorbed. Rhamondre Stevenson (ACT, RB1), TreVeyon Henderson (ACT, RB2) and Corey Kiner (ACT, RB3) form the active backfield, with Reggie Gilliam (ACT) at fullback and Lan Larison (DEV) on the practice squad. Nobody gains anything new from his continued absence.
• If Ty Chandler (NO) can’t go — Travis Etienne (RB1), Alvin Kamara (RB2), Kendre Miller (RB3) and CJ Donaldson (RB4, promoted to the active roster Sept 18, 2026) constitute the full active backfield.
• If Chip Trayanum (NYJ) can’t go — Already absorbed. Breece Hall (ACT, RB1), Braelon Allen (ACT, RB2), Isaiah Davis (ACT, RB3) and Kene Nwangwu (ACT, RB4) make up the active backfield, with Andrew Beck (ACT) at fullback and Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) on the practice squad. Nobody gains anything new from his continued absence.
• If Zach Charbonnet (SEA) can’t go — Jadarian Price (RB1) leads on early downs, George Holani (RB2) handles third-down and goal-line work, and Emanuel Wilson (RB3) takes limited red-zone snaps. Brady Russell is the fullback.
• If Jeremy McNichols (WAS) can’t go — His roster spot and change-of-pace snaps are already covered by Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB1), Rachaad White (RB2) and Kaytron Allen (RB3), with Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. on the practice squad.
• If Jordan Mason (MIN) can’t go — Aaron Jones (RB1, ACT #33) is the clear primary and will lead the backfield Sunday — he absorbs the bulk of Mason’s vacated early-down and goal-line work. DeeJay Dallas (ACT, promoted from the practice squad Sept 16) is the new RB2 per Ourlads and is a core special-teamer. Demond Claiborne (RB3, ACT #21) is expected to be active for Week 2 and is in line for a larger role than he had in Week 1. Jerome Ford was added to the practice squad Sept 16 as insurance and is a candidate for elevation if Jones is dinged.
• If RJ Harvey (DEN) can’t go — Jonah Coleman (RB3) is the direct next man up and would step into the RB2 role, per Denver beat reporting on the Friday report. Tyler Badie (RB4) would slide to RB3 and take the kickoff-return work. The far more important beneficiary is J.K. Dobbins (RB1), who would see a near-bellcow workload including the passing-down snaps Harvey normally takes — Dobbins is the actual fantasy play on the Harvey-out branch, not Coleman.
• If Kaelon Black (SF) can’t go — Jordan James (RB3) is the direct beneficiary and would slot in as the clear No. 2 behind McCaffrey. Christian McCaffrey’s own workload would climb. Sincere McCormick is on the practice squad as the emergency body. Kyle Juszczyk would see a modest bump in short-yardage involvement.
• If Ty Johnson (BUF) can’t go — Ray Davis (ACT) is the direct beneficiary and has been the de facto RB2 behind James Cook for both games. James Cook (ACT) is the far larger beneficiary in raw volume — Johnson’s absence removes the only back who threatens Cook’s passing-down work. Frank Gore Jr. (DEV, practice squad) is the emergency third body and would require a gameday elevation.
• If DJ Giddens (IND) can’t go — Seth McGowan is RB2 and the direct handcuff to Jonathan Taylor; practice-squad backs Davon Booth and Anderson Castle are the emergency elevations behind Giddens.

How to read this report

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

• Buffalo and Detroit have already played. The Bills beat the Lions 41-31 on Thursday night, September 17. For those two clubs Week 2 is settled — what matters is who got hurt in the game and what it means from Week 3 on.
• The Rams host the Giants on Monday night, September 21, so Los Angeles does not file its final game-status report until Saturday. Any Rams player listed here is Friday practice participation with the final designation still to come.
• A player listed with no designation is good news. Several names below appear on an official report with a blank game-status column — that is a club formally declining to tag them, which is stronger than never having been listed at all.

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

Ruled out or unavailable (20)

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

Josh Jacobs — GB (Would be the unquestioned RB1 and workhorse; currently on the Commissioner’s Exempt List and off the Week 2 depth chart entirely)

• Status: EXEMPT — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code EXE on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 18, 2026. He is on the Commissioner’s Exempt List and remains there for Week 2. This is a league-imposed roster-list status, not an injury; he cannot practice or play, does not count against the 53, and no game-status designation exists or can exist for him.
• Practice this week: Not reported — players on the Commissioner’s Exempt List are barred from practicing or attending team activities 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 legal and disciplinary matter, not a physical injury. Jacobs faced misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May 23, 2026 incident.
• When it happened: Placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List in late August 2026 following the offseason arrest. Entered a no-contest plea to two misdemeanor charges in court on Sept 10, 2026, drawing a $1,000 fine, five conditions including restitution, and no jail time.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not an injury, so no medical recovery curve applies. The governing timeline is the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy review. Comparable exempt-list stints have run anywhere from two weeks to the better part of a season. The league has stated there is no timeline for a discipline decision and is still seeking to interview Jacobs and review video evidence from the incident.
• Expected back to full health: Physically he is healthy now; availability is entirely a league-discipline question with no date attached. GM Brian Gutekunst has said he is hopeful Jacobs returns before the end of the season but that the process will be allowed to play out. A realistic earliest return is mid-to-late October 2026 (Weeks 7-9), and a full-season absence remains live. Any games spent on the exempt list count toward a future suspension, with back pay if he is later suspended.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 vs the New York Jets on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He remains on the Commissioner’s Exempt List and is ineligible.
• Next four weeks: Assume out for Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5. The complicating development, reported Sept 16: attorneys for Jacobs’s former girlfriend filed a motion to permanently seal the evidence and discovery in the criminal case, including the video the NFL wants. If that motion succeeds, the league’s investigation could stall indefinitely — which cuts both ways, since a stalled investigation could either delay a suspension ruling or prolong the exempt-list stay. There is no credible path to him suiting up inside this four-week window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Brooks (RB1, ACT #30) is the current lead — 38 offensive snaps and 13 carries for 37 yards in Week 1. MarShawn Lloyd (RB2, ACT #32) is close behind at 30 snaps and 13 carries for 37 yards, an almost perfectly even split. Kaleb Johnson (RB3, ACT #26), acquired from Pittsburgh to cover this absence, played zero offensive snaps in Week 1 and was limited to kickoff return duty. Pierre Strong (DEV, #22) is the practice-squad depth.
• Change since Week 1: Status itself is unchanged — still EXE, still unavailable, as on the Sept 12 baseline. Two things did develop: the Sept 10 no-contest plea resolved the criminal case (fine, conditions, no jail), and on Sept 16 a motion was filed to permanently seal the case evidence, which may block the NFL’s access to the video it needs to rule. The league has confirmed there is still no timeline. Separately, the Green Bay RB depth ORDER is corrected against the baseline: Chris Brooks is RB1, not MarShawn Lloyd.

Fantasy takeaway: Jacobs is a hold-only-if-you-have-the-bench-space stash in 12-team full PPR; in shallower formats he is droppable, because the most likely outcomes are a long absence followed by a suspension. The Green Bay backfield is explicitly not startable: Brooks and Lloyd split 38/30 snaps and 13/13 carries for identical 37-yard lines in Week 1, which is the definition of an unusable committee. Do not start either in a 12-teamer. If you must speculate, Lloyd has the higher upside if the committee ever breaks; Kaleb Johnson is the name to watch only if Green Bay gets frustrated enough to change course, but zero offensive snaps in Week 1 says that is not imminent.

Dylan Sampson — CLE (Was RB2 and the change-of-pace/kick-return back behind Quinshon Judkins; currently off the active depth chart entirely)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, status code RES on the nfl.com Browns roster as of Sept 18, 2026. Cleveland placed him on injured reserve on Sept 15, 2026. This reserve-list status outranks the fact that the injury happened in a game — he is unavailable by roster rule, not by designation.
• 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: Sprained knee
• When it happened: Sept 13, 2026 — Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was hurt on his second play of the game, a 37-yard kick return, left the field in the first quarter and was ruled out before halftime. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported the injury was expected to sideline him for a significant amount of time, and Cleveland placed him on IR two days later on Sept 15.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Knee sprains grade by ligament. MCL sprain: Grade 1 roughly 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 roughly 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 roughly 6-10 weeks. A high-grade MCL or a PCL sprain runs 6-10 weeks. An isolated ACL or multi-ligament injury is season-ending at 9-12 months. The combination of an immediate IR placement and ‘significant amount of time’ reporting points to at least a Grade 2, putting the realistic floor well beyond the four-game minimum.
• Expected back to full health: Late October to November 2026 at the earliest. The IR rule makes Week 6 his first eligible game, but the severity language around the injury suggests a genuine return closer to Weeks 8-10, roughly late October through mid-November 2026. Treat Week 6 as the optimistic edge, not the expectation.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible. He is also ineligible for Weeks 3, 4 and 5 under the four-game minimum.
• Next four weeks: Out for the entire Weeks 2-5 window by rule, with the first possible return in Week 6. Given the reported severity, assume he does not play in this window and quite possibly does not play until Week 8 or later. Cleveland has already restructured the backfield around his absence.
• Who benefits if he sits: Quinshon Judkins (RB1) is the overwhelming beneficiary and now projects to a true bell-cow workload including passing downs. Raheim Sanders (RB2) moves up to the primary backup and change-of-pace role. Jaleel McLaughlin, signed off the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 15, 2026 as the corresponding move, slots in as RB3 and the most likely pass-catching complement given his profile.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE, and he is new to this report. The Sept 12 baseline listed him as RB2 with an ACT status code and no injury. He was hurt on his second snap of Week 1, was placed on IR Sept 15, and Cleveland signed Jaleel McLaughlin to the active roster the same day — a player who was not on the baseline active roster at all.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in 12-team full PPR redraft unless you have an IR slot — a minimum four-game absence with real severity signals behind it is not worth a bench spot. The actionable move is the other side of this: Quinshon Judkins just became a locked-in RB1 with no committee competition, and Jaleel McLaughlin is a worthwhile speculative waiver add in deeper leagues as the new passing-down option.

Malik Davis — DAL (Formerly RB2; now off the active roster entirely and on season-ending injured reserve. His RB2 job went to Emari Demercado.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, not a weekly game-status tag. nfl.com lists him RES on the Cowboys’ official roster as of Fri Sept 18, 2026. This is season-ending IR with no return designation, so it outranks any practice or game-status discussion.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on Reserve/Injured. He has not practiced since he was carted off on Fri Sept 11, 2026, and he underwent surgery the following day.
• Injury: Hip injury requiring surgery — season-ending.
• When it happened: Friday, Sept 11, 2026, during practice at the Cowboys’ Frisco facility (The Star). He was carted off the field. He had hip surgery on Saturday, Sept 12, 2026, and was placed on season-ending IR before the Cowboys played Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgical hip repairs in NFL running backs (labral repair / femoroacetabular impingement / hip capsule work) are 4-6 month rehabs at the low end and commonly 6-9 months before full football speed returns. A season-ending IR designation with no return window filed means the club has internally assigned this to the longer end of that band. Recovery is measured in months, not weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. Realistic full clearance falls in the March-June 2027 window, i.e. in time for 2027 offseason work rather than any point this season. There is no Week number in 2026 at which he becomes available.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 and every remaining 2026 game, including Sunday Sept 20 vs the Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET). Season-ending IR without a return designation cannot be reversed this year.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2 (vs WAS, Sept 20), 3, 4 and 5 and the rest of the season. There is no scenario in which he returns during this stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Emari Demercado (RB2) inherited the direct handcuff job behind Javonte Williams, and Tyler Goodson — signed off the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad to the 53-man roster the week of Sept 14-15 specifically to replace Davis — is the RB3. Hunter Luepke remains the fullback and short-yardage body.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE. On Sept 12 the baseline had him ACT and merely ‘RULED OUT Wk1, hip.’ He is now on season-ending Reserve/Injured after hip surgery on Sept 12. Dallas also signed Tyler Goodson to the active roster and waived Israel Abanikanda to make room, so the baseline’s note that Abanikanda was the ‘top elevation candidate’ is obsolete.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in all 12-team full-PPR redraft formats; he has no 2026 value and should not occupy a bench or IR slot unless your league’s IR spot is free and deep. The actionable spillover is that Emari Demercado is a legitimate priority-waiver handcuff to Javonte Williams in a Dallas offense that scored plenty in Week 1, and Tyler Goodson is a watch-list-only third body.

Isaac Guerendo — SF (Not on the active depth chart — would compete for the RB2/RB3 role behind Christian McCaffrey when activated)

• Status: PUP — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as PUP (active/Physically Unable to Perform) on the official nfl.com 49ers roster as of Sept 18, 2026. By rule he must miss the first four games and is first eligible in Week 5.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — a player on active/PUP is barred from practicing with the team until his 21-day activation window opens. He has not practiced. Week of Sept 16-18: no participation of any kind.
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried from training camp, undisclosed by the club.
• When it happened: Training camp, August 2026. Placed on active/PUP at the 53-man roster cutdown in late August.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not quantifiable without a named injury; the four-game active/PUP minimum is the binding constraint regardless of medical readiness.
• Expected back to full health: First eligible Week 5, approximately Oct 11-18, 2026. Watch for the 21-day practice window opening in Week 4.
• 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, but the landscape has shifted against him — rookie Kaelon Black out-carried Christian McCaffrey in Week 1 and has locked down the RB2 job in his absence. Guerendo returns to a committee that has moved on.
• Who benefits if he sits: Christian McCaffrey (RB1), Kaelon Black (RB2) and Jordan James (RB3) are handling the backfield, with Sincere McCormick on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: STATUS UNCHANGED, OUTLOOK WORSENED. Still on active/PUP per the official roster with the same Week 5 eligibility. What changed is that Kaelon Black seized the RB2 role in Week 1 (14 carries, 65 yards) and is now entrenched, shrinking Guerendo’s path back to snaps.

Fantasy takeaway: Not worth a stash in 12-team full-PPR. He cannot help you until Week 5 and the job he would have returned to has been taken by Kaelon Black. If you want San Francisco backfield exposure behind McCaffrey, own Black or Jordan James instead — both are on the field now.

Adam Randall — BAL (Was competing for the RB3/RB4 role; currently off the active depth chart while on reserve)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, designated to return. Status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster as of Sept 18, 2026. The reserve-list status outranks everything else and makes him unavailable regardless of how his rehab is going.
• Practice this week: Not reported — ineligible to practice until his 21-day activation window is opened. No Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 entry exists for him on the participation report.
• Injury: Undisclosed — Baltimore did not specify the nature of the injury when it placed him on IR
• When it happened: Late August 2026. He was placed on injured reserve with a return designation on approximately Aug 30, 2026, as part of the initial 53-man roster cutdown, which means the injury occurred during training camp or the preseason.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable with precision because the club never disclosed the injury. The structural constraint is the rule, not the biology: a player placed on IR before the season with a return designation must miss the first four regular-season games. Camp injuries severe enough to warrant that designation typically run 4-8 weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Early-to-mid October 2026. He becomes eligible to return in Week 5, and the practice window can open before that. A realistic fully-healthy, game-ready date is Week 5-6, roughly the first half of October 2026.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the New Orleans Saints. He is on Reserve/Injured serving the mandatory four-game absence and cannot be activated.
• Next four weeks: Out Weeks 2, 3 and 4 by rule. Week 5 is his first game of eligibility, and even then activation is not guaranteed — Baltimore has Derrick Henry, Justice Hill and Rasheen Ali healthy and has no pressing need to use a roster spot on him. Assume no fantasy relevance across Weeks 2-5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rasheen Ali (RB3) holds the depth role Randall was competing for, behind Derrick Henry (RB1) and Justice Hill (RB2, passing downs). Practice-squad back Jonathan Ward (DEV) is the emergency body if Baltimore needs another.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He remains on Reserve/Injured with a return designation, status code RES, no practice window opened, and no new information released by the club.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in any 12-team full PPR redraft league. He is a fourth-string back on a team with an entrenched bell cow in Derrick Henry and a defined passing-down back in Justice Hill. Ignore him entirely; the only Baltimore backfield handcuff worth a bench spot is Justice Hill.

Audric Estime — NO (Was RB4 — 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 now lists him RES (No. 30) after New Orleans placed him on Injured Reserve on Sept 12-13, 2026, ahead of the Week 1 opener at Detroit. This reserve status outranks his prior weekly OUT tag and outranks anything about where 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.
• Injury: Thigh (quadriceps) injury
• When it happened: Early September 2026 during Week 1 preparation. He was a DNP on the Sept 11 practice report and carried a FINAL Friday OUT tag into Week 1 before being moved to Injured Reserve on Sept 12-13, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Quadriceps strains: Grade 1 typically 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 typically 4-6 weeks, Grade 3 or a quad contusion with myositis 6-plus weeks. Reporting at the time of placement indicated he would miss multiple weeks, which is consistent with a Grade 2. The IR placement itself imposes a hard floor of four missed regular-season games regardless of how quickly the quad heals.
• Expected back to full health: Physically likely healthy in the mid-to-late October 2026 range. By rule he cannot return before Week 5 (the week of Oct 11, 2026), and a realistic activation is Weeks 6-8 once New Orleans opens a practice window.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens — he is on Injured Reserve and not on the active 53.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2, 3 and 4: ineligible, full stop. Week 5: the earliest he can be activated. Even on return he would be the fourth or fifth back in a room that now has Travis Etienne, Alvin Kamara, Kendre Miller and CJ Donaldson.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kendre Miller (RB3) absorbed the RB3 role in his absence and scored in Week 1. CJ Donaldson was signed from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 18, 2026 and is now the RB4. Zamir White remains on the practice squad as further depth.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — status escalated. On the Sept 12 baseline he was a DNP carrying a weekly OUT designation for Week 1. He has since been placed on Injured Reserve, which converts a one-week absence into a minimum four-game absence. This is a roster-list change, not just an injury update.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full-PPR. Drop him. The actionable spillover is Kendre Miller, who found the end zone in Week 1 and is the change-of-pace back behind Travis Etienne while Kamara is on a snap restriction — Miller is a defensible deep-bench stash in 12-team leagues this week.

Kene Nwangwu — NYJ (RB4 — fourth on the depth chart behind Breece Hall, Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis; primarily a kick returner and special-teams contributor)

• 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 Omar Cooper Jr. (ankle), Minkah Fitzpatrick (groin) 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, a full zero-participation week that directly produced the OUT tag.
• Injury: Back (as listed on the official league injury report). The Jets have not specified a diagnosis — spasms, a strain and a disc issue would all be reported identically as ‘back.’
• When it happened: During the Week 1 practice week, early September 2026. He first appeared on the Jets’ Sept 9-11, 2026 reports, was a DNP on Friday Sept 11, and was listed DOUBTFUL for the Sept 13 game vs Tennessee, which he missed. He has now failed to practice for two consecutive weeks.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Back injuries are the least predictable class on an injury report because the label covers everything from transient muscular spasms to disc pathology. Simple spasms or a muscular strain typically cost 1-2 weeks. A facet or disc-related issue commonly runs 3-6 weeks and is prone to recurrence. Two full weeks of zero practice participation, with the designation worsening from Doubtful to Out, is a concerning pattern that argues against simple spasms and pushes the estimate toward the multi-week end. Backs with recurring back issues frequently end up on IR if the trend continues.
• Expected back to full health: Uncertain, with early October 2026 as a reasonable midpoint — roughly Week 4 to Week 5 (Oct 4-11, 2026). The honest read is that two straight no-practice weeks with a worsening designation gives no positive signal, and an IR placement would not be surprising if he cannot practice next week either.
• 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. He has now missed both Jets games this season.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Green Bay) — officially OUT. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Detroit) — unlikely without a practice breakthrough next week; watch the Wednesday Sept 23 report closely. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Chicago) — possible return if the back settles. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cleveland) — plausible. Reserve/Injured is a live possibility if he posts a third straight zero-participation week. Even fully healthy he is the RB4 and a return specialist with no meaningful offensive role.
• Who benefits if he sits: Breece Hall (ACT, RB1) is unaffected and remains the workhorse. Braelon Allen (ACT, RB2) and Isaiah Davis (ACT, RB3) sit ahead of him and absorb any offensive snaps. Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation option. The real vacancy is on special teams, where the Jets lose their designated kick returner — Isaiah Davis and Arian Smith are the likely return candidates.
• Change since Week 1: STATUS WORSENED. On the Sept 12 baseline he was DOUBTFUL — a final Friday designation for the Sept 13 game vs Tennessee — with a DNP on Friday Sept 11. He has now been downgraded to OUT after a second consecutive week of zero practice participation (DNP Wed/Thu/Fri). Two full weeks without practicing and a designation moving from Doubtful to Out is a clear negative trend, and IR is now a realistic next step.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league, in any format. He is the RB4 on his own depth chart, has missed both games, and his value was always return-based rather than offensive. Drop him without a second thought. The relevant fantasy read is that Breece Hall’s workhorse role faces zero threat from the back end of this depth chart.

Chris Collier — LV (RB6 — reserve-list running back, 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 requires a minimum four-game absence before activation eligibility.
• 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.
• 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. He would return as RB4 or lower behind Ashton Jeanty, Mike Washington Jr. and Dylan Laube, with no fantasy path.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — his absence is already fully absorbed. Ashton Jeanty (RB1), Mike Washington Jr. (RB2) and Dylan Laube (RB3) are the active room, with Dare Ogunbowale and Roman Hemby 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. 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 to satisfy the reserve-list reporting requirement. The practical note for managers is that the Raiders’ only meaningful backfield handcuff is Mike Washington Jr. — Collier being shelved removes one of the bodies that might otherwise have muddied that picture.

James Conner — ARI (Not on the active depth chart — he was the projected lead back before the injury and will re-enter the Allgeier/Love committee when activated)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as RSR (Reserve/Injured, DESIGNATED TO RETURN) on the official nfl.com Cardinals roster as of Sept 18, 2026. He was placed on IR at the 53-man cutdown, which means he must miss the first four games by rule and is first eligible to play 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 practice window is opened. He has not practiced. Week of Sept 16-18: no participation of any kind.
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried in from training camp. Arizona has not publicly detailed the specific injury or the body part.
• When it happened: Training camp, August 2026. He was placed on injured reserve at the 53-man roster cutdown in late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unquantifiable without a named injury. The operative constraint is procedural rather than medical: a player placed on IR at cutdown with a return designation must sit four games regardless of how quickly he heals. A soft-tissue injury of the kind implied would ordinarily be a 4-8 week item, which lines up neatly with the rule-mandated four-game minimum.
• Expected back to full health: First eligible to return in Week 5, approximately Oct 11-18, 2026. Arizona would need to open his 21-day practice window before then — watch for that opening during Week 4, which is the single best leading indicator that his return is real.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY and is INELIGIBLE to play. He cannot be activated for Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Seattle Seahawks, 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 is a genuine possibility if the 21-day window opens in Week 4. When he returns he walks into a backfield where Jeremiyah Love (the No. 3 overall pick, now fully healthy) and Tyler Allgeier have been splitting work, and Mike LaFleur has signalled a hot-hand approach — so do not assume Conner reclaims a lead role on arrival.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Allgeier and Jeremiyah Love are splitting the work in his absence, with Bam Knight as RB3 and Evan Hull on the practice squad. Allgeier is nominally the listed starter; Love is the more valuable fantasy asset.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He remains RSR on the official roster, has not practiced, and his four-game IR clock is unchanged — first eligible Week 5.

Fantasy takeaway: A stash, not a start, in 12-team full-PPR — and only if your bench is deep enough to carry a player who cannot help you until Week 5. His return value is genuinely uncertain because Love has seized real opportunity in his absence and the staff has said it will ride the hot hand. If you are tight on roster spots, the better move is to drop Conner and own Love outright.

Trey Benson — ARI (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 Cardinals roster as of Sept 18, 2026, with NO designation to return. He was waived-injured in late August 2026 and reverted to injured reserve, which makes this 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: Knee.
• When it happened: August 2026, during training camp/preseason. He was waived-injured in late August and reverted to IR when he cleared waivers.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Depends on the structure involved: an isolated MCL is 4-8 weeks, a meniscus repair is 4-6 months, and an ACL reconstruction is 9-12 months. The fact that Arizona waived-injured him rather than carrying him on the 53 points to a long-timeline injury.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026. Target the 2027 offseason, roughly spring 2027, ahead of 2027 training camp.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY and is ineligible to play. He cannot appear in the Sept 20, 2026 game vs. Seattle or in any 2026 game.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5 and the entire 2026 season. There is no return path — he is on IR with no designation to return.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Allgeier and Jeremiyah Love handle the backfield, with Bam Knight as RB3. James Conner (RSR) rejoins the mix from Week 5.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He remains RES with no return designation on the official roster and his season is over.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all redraft formats, including the deepest ones — his 2026 season is over with no possibility of return. In dynasty, he is a low-cost hold only if you have an IR slot; his path back to relevance in Arizona is now blocked by Jeremiyah Love regardless of health.

Trey Sermon — ATL (Depth RB — 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), which means he is out for the entire 2026 season unless he is later reached an injury settlement or waived-injured. 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 without a return designation do not practice and do not appear on the weekly report.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury sustained in the 2026 preseason. Atlanta has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: During the 2026 preseason, prior to the Sept 13 Week 1 opener at Pittsburgh.
• 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 — he is out for the season. Any return would be for the 2027 league year.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Carolina Panthers and for every remaining 2026 game.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: ineligible in all four. He is a season-long non-factor.
• Who benefits if he sits: Brian Robinson (RB2) is the primary handcuff to Bijan Robinson. Khalil Herbert (practice squad / DEV, signed Sept 16, 2026) and Cash Jones (practice squad / DEV) are the depth behind him.
• 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 he is still on a bench anywhere. The relevant takeaway from his absence is that Brian Robinson is Atlanta’s only meaningful backup to Bijan Robinson, which makes Brian Robinson a legitimate handcuff hold in 12-team full-PPR leagues where Bijan is rostered.

Trevor Etienne — CAR (Depth RB — 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. 23). 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 is opened.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement. Carolina has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: Sustained during the 2026 preseason / roster-cutdown period, before the Sept 14 opener vs Chicago.
• 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 Carolina opens and works through his practice window.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Atlanta Falcons — 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, and that would require Carolina to open his window in advance. A non-factor across the entire Weeks 2-5 window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Not applicable in the usual sense — his absence is already priced in. Chuba Hubbard (RB1), Jonathon Brooks (RB2) and AJ Dillon (RB3) constitute the full active backfield, with Anthony Tyus III (practice squad / DEV) as the emergency body.
• 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. He is ineligible for at least four games and returns to a backfield that already has three backs ahead of him. Drop and ignore. Deep-dynasty holders can keep him on taxi.

Brittain Brown — CHI (Would be depth running back 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/chicago-bears/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 Wed, Thu or Fri participation of any kind.
• Injury: Undisclosed — Chicago 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 depth back placed on IR at cutdowns faces at minimum a four-game absence if designated to return. 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: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 vs Minnesota on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He is ineligible — on injured reserve, not on the active roster.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3 and 4 at minimum, with Week 5 the earliest theoretical return and no indication it is a live target. Even on activation he would be RB4 behind D’Andre Swift, Kyle Monangai and Roschon Johnson with no path to fantasy volume.
• Who benefits if he sits: D’Andre Swift (RB1, ACT #4), Kyle Monangai (RB2, ACT #25) and Roschon Johnson (RB3, ACT #23) are the unaffected active backs — all three are available for Week 2. Salvon Ahmed (DEV, #36) and Zavier Scott (DEV) are the practice-squad depth.
• 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, no return window, and would be fourth on the depth chart if activated. Tracked only to record the reserve-list status accurately. The actionable Chicago backfield names are Swift and Monangai, both of whom are cleared for Week 2.

Isiah Pacheco — DET (Would be the complementary and short-yardage back behind Jahmyr Gibbs; 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 the Week 2 practice period (Detroit practiced Mon-Wed Sept 14-16 ahead of the Thursday Sept 17 game).
• Injury: MCL sprain (knee).
• When it happened: Sustained during the 2026 preseason / late August, leading to his IR placement before the regular season opened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Isolated MCL sprains are graded: Grade 1 runs 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks, and Grade 3 runs 6-10 weeks or longer if surgery is needed. MCL injuries generally heal without surgery, which is favorable, but running backs are held conservatively because of the cutting and contact load. That Detroit used an IR placement rather than a weekly designation points to at least a Grade 2.
• Expected back to full health: Early-to-mid October 2026. If he was placed on IR at or near cutdowns he must miss the first four games and is first eligible for Week 5; Detroit would need to open his 21-day practice window first. A Week 5-7 return is the realistic band.
• 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 by rule. Week 5 is the first eligible game and depends on Detroit opening his practice window during the Week 4 period. Even then he returns behind a healthy Jahmyr Gibbs and would be competing with Sione Vaki for the complementary role.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jahmyr Gibbs (RB1, ACT) is the workhorse and his role is unaffected — he caught a touchdown in the Thursday loss at Buffalo. Sione Vaki (RB2, ACT #33) is the complementary back and the primary beneficiary of Pacheco’s absence. Jacob Saylors (RB3, ACT #25) is the depth. Jabari Small (DEV) is the practice-squad option.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — still RES (injured reserve) and still unavailable. No practice window has been reported as opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR. He is ineligible until Week 5 at the earliest and returns to a backfield where Jahmyr Gibbs is an every-week RB1 and Sione Vaki has already consolidated the complementary snaps. The only Detroit backfield handcuff worth a bench spot in a 12-teamer is Vaki, not Pacheco.

Myles Montgomery — NE (Reserve RB — 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. He was placed on IR out of training camp, which absent a designated-to-return move means he is out for the season.
• 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 at the roster cutdown 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 was on Reserve/Injured before the Week 1 game vs Seattle on Sept 9 and has not been on the field since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unquantifiable without a disclosed diagnosis. Procedurally, a player placed on IR at cutdown without a return designation is out for the season; if New England reserved a return slot, the minimum is four regular-season games missed followed by a 21-day practice window, making any return no earlier than Week 5.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown medically. Procedurally, a 2026 return is unlikely; the earliest theoretical activation would be around Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026 vs Las Vegas), and New England has given no indication it intends to make that move.
• 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. A Reserve/Injured player 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). Assume no availability across the entire window.
• Who benefits if he sits: His roster spot is already absorbed. Rhamondre Stevenson (ACT, RB1), TreVeyon Henderson (ACT, RB2) and Corey Kiner (ACT, RB3) form the active backfield, with Reggie Gilliam (ACT) at fullback and Lan Larison (DEV) on the practice squad. Nobody gains anything new from his continued absence.
• 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. Verified against the current roster rather than carried over on faith.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. He cannot play, likely will not play this season, and sits fourth or lower on the depth chart if activated. Do not roster.

Ty Chandler — NO (Depth RB — 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. 32), 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. New Orleans has not specified the body part publicly.
• When it happened: During the 2026 preseason, prior to the Sept 13 opener at Detroit.
• 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 Baltimore Ravens 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: Travis Etienne (RB1), Alvin Kamara (RB2), Kendre Miller (RB3) and CJ Donaldson (RB4, promoted to the active roster Sept 18, 2026) constitute the full active backfield.
• 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.

Chip Trayanum — NYJ (Reserve RB — 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), 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 Jets practice report.
• Injury: Undisclosed — the Jets have not specified the injury. He was placed on IR without a public diagnosis.
• When it happened: During the Jets’ 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 Tennessee on Sept 13, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unquantifiable without a disclosed diagnosis. The procedural constraint governs: a cutdown IR placement without a designated-to-return slot is season-ending; with a return slot, 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 activation is around Week 5 (Oct 11, 2026 vs Cleveland), with a season-long absence more likely. The Jets have signaled nothing.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2 — ineligible by rule for the Jets’ Sunday Sept 20, 2026 home game vs the Green Bay Packers. A Reserve/Injured player 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 Green Bay), Week 3 (Sept 27 at Detroit), Week 4 (Oct 4 at Chicago) and Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cleveland). Assume no availability across the window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already absorbed. Breece Hall (ACT, RB1), Braelon Allen (ACT, RB2), Isaiah Davis (ACT, RB3) and Kene Nwangwu (ACT, RB4) make up the active backfield, with Andrew Beck (ACT) at fullback and Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) on the practice squad. Nobody gains anything new from his continued absence.
• 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. Verified against the current roster rather than carried over on faith.

Fantasy takeaway: Zero fantasy relevance in any 12-team full-PPR redraft format. He cannot play, is unlikely to play this season, and sits fifth or lower if activated. Do not roster.

Zach Charbonnet — SEA (Not on the active depth chart — would be a lead or co-lead back ahead of or alongside Jadarian Price when activated)

• Status: PUP — (c) reserve/roster-list status. Carried as PUP (active/Physically Unable to Perform) on the official nfl.com Seahawks roster as of Sept 18, 2026. By rule he must miss the first four games and is first eligible in Week 5.
• Practice this week: Not applicable — a player on active/PUP is barred from practicing with the team until his 21-day activation window opens. He has not practiced. Week of Sept 16-18: no participation of any kind.
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried from training camp, undisclosed by the club.
• When it happened: Training camp, August 2026. Placed on active/PUP at the 53-man roster cutdown in late August.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not quantifiable without a named injury; the four-game active/PUP minimum governs regardless of how quickly he heals.
• Expected back to full health: First eligible Week 5, approximately Oct 11-18, 2026. Watch for Seattle opening his 21-day practice window in Week 4.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY and is INELIGIBLE. He cannot be activated for Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Arizona Cardinals 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 he is the most interesting stash in this division’s backfields: rookie Jadarian Price has the early-down job (10 carries, 52 yards in the opener) but Seattle’s rushing attack has not been dominant, and Charbonnet has an established NFL track record that Price does not.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jadarian Price (RB1) leads on early downs, George Holani (RB2) handles third-down and goal-line work, and Emanuel Wilson (RB3) takes limited red-zone snaps. Brady Russell is the fullback.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still on active/PUP per the official roster, still ineligible until Week 5, still no practice window opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Stash him in 12-team full-PPR if your bench allows — he is the best RB stash in the NFC West. He is first eligible in Week 5 and walks back into a backfield led by a rookie in Jadarian Price whose grip is not firm. Acquire him cheaply now from a manager tired of holding an unavailable player; his Week 5-plus role could be a legitimate RB2. Note this cuts against Price’s rest-of-season value.

Jeremy McNichols — WAS (Reserve-list running back — not on the active roster and off the active depth chart.)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) a reserve-list roster status, not a weekly game-status tag. nfl.com shows him with the code RSR (reserve) on Washington’s official roster as of Fri Sept 18, 2026. He was placed on injured reserve with a designation to return, requiring a minimum four-game absence. The reserve-list status outranks any practice discussion.
• Practice this week: No practice participation is filed for a player on the reserve list. He did not participate Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 and is not eligible to. No 21-day practice window has been opened as of Friday Sept 18, 2026.
• Injury: Quadriceps injury.
• When it happened: Sustained during Washington’s 2026 preseason/training-camp period; he was placed on injured reserve with a return designation before the regular season began and has been on the list since before Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Quadriceps strains: Grade 1 roughly 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 roughly 4-6 weeks, Grade 3 (with tendon involvement) 3+ months and often surgical. A quad injury serious enough for an IR-with-return-designation placement rather than week-to-week handling points to at least a Grade 2. Note that the four-game minimum, not the muscle, is the binding constraint here.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest activation is Week 5 (the week of Oct 4-8, 2026) under the four-game minimum, and only if Washington opens his 21-day practice window first. Realistically, full health and a real role are more likely mid-to-late October 2026 — Weeks 6-7.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET). Reserve-list players are ineligible to play.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2 (vs DAL), 3 and 4 with certainty. Week 5 is the first week he is eligible to be activated. Watch for the club to open his practice window in late September as the leading indicator.
• Who benefits if he sits: His roster spot and change-of-pace snaps are already covered by Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB1), Rachaad White (RB2) and Kaytron Allen (RB3), with Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. Still on the reserve list with a designation to return and a quadriceps injury; no practice window has been opened.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR league. He is a deep-league watch-list name at most — even on return he would be the fourth back in a three-man rotation that already has a defined lead, a pass-catcher and a goal-line specialist. Do not use a bench or IR slot on him.

Jordan Mason — MIN (Was the 1B in a near-even committee with Aaron Jones and led the team in Week 1 rushing; now on injured reserve and off the Week 2 depth chart entirely)

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status. Verified as status code RES on https://www.nfl.com/teams/minnesota-vikings/roster as of Sept 18, 2026. Placed on IR Wednesday Sept 16, 2026. This is a short-term/designated-to-return IR placement, not a season-ending one. The reserve-list status outranks any game-status designation; he cannot be listed as Out because he is not on the active roster.
• 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 Wed, Thu or Fri participation of any kind.
• Injury: Fractured thumb, surgically repaired. Reported as a thumb fracture requiring surgery rather than a pin-and-play situation.
• When it happened: Sunday Sept 13, 2026, during Minnesota’s Week 1 win over Green Bay. He played through it — he led the Vikings with 59 rushing yards on 15 carries and scored a 1-yard touchdown. The fracture was identified after the game and he was placed on IR three days later on Sept 16.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A surgically fixed thumb fracture in a ball-carrier typically costs 4-8 weeks. Non-displaced fractures managed with a screw can return in 4-6 weeks with a cast or club; displaced or multi-fragment fractures run 6-10 weeks. Running backs are on the shorter end of that band relative to receivers because ball security can be managed with a club cast, but fumble risk keeps clubs conservative.
• Expected back to full health: Late October 2026. He must miss a minimum of four games under short-term IR rules, making him first eligible to return for Week 6 (weekend of Oct 18). A Week 6-8 return is the realistic window, with Week 7 the most probable if the surgery was routine.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 at Chicago on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. He is ineligible — on injured reserve, not merely inactive.
• Next four weeks: Out for all of Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5 without exception; short-term IR mandates a four-game minimum absence from the date of placement. Week 6 is the earliest possible activation, and Minnesota would need to open his 21-day practice window before that. Treat Weeks 2-5 as a guaranteed zero.
• Who benefits if he sits: Aaron Jones (RB1, ACT #33) is the clear primary and will lead the backfield Sunday — he absorbs the bulk of Mason’s vacated early-down and goal-line work. DeeJay Dallas (ACT, promoted from the practice squad Sept 16) is the new RB2 per Ourlads and is a core special-teamer. Demond Claiborne (RB3, ACT #21) is expected to be active for Week 2 and is in line for a larger role than he had in Week 1. Jerome Ford was added to the practice squad Sept 16 as insurance and is a candidate for elevation if Jones is dinged.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE. On the Sept 12 baseline Mason was ACT and the co-lead back. He is now RES (injured reserve) as of Sept 16. This also forced two other roster corrections against the baseline: DeeJay Dallas moved from DEV (practice squad) to ACT, and Jerome Ford is a new practice-squad addition who was not on the baseline at all.

Fantasy takeaway: Mason is a drop in 12-team full PPR unless you have an IR slot — he is a four-game minimum absence with a realistic Week 6-8 return. The actionable side is Aaron Jones, who becomes a clear RB2 with RB1 upside on volume for the next month; if you own Jones, this is a legitimate sell-high window because the workload spike is temporary and he is 31. Demond Claiborne is the speculative add — he is the handcuff with standalone upside and should be rostered in deeper 12-team leagues. DeeJay Dallas is a special-teams promotion, not a fantasy asset.

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.

RJ Harvey — DEN (RB2 — the change-of-pace and passing-down complement to J.K. Dobbins, and a listed backup kickoff returner)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (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: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 (estimated — Denver held no true Wednesday practice off the Monday night game, so Wednesday is an estimated non-participation) -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. Two consecutive limited practices into a Questionable is the lean-positive version of this tag.
• Injury: Hamstring strain.
• When it happened: Between the Monday Sept 14, 2026 Week 1 loss at Kansas City and Denver’s first Week 2 injury report on Wednesday Sept 16, 2026, when he first appeared as an estimated non-participant. Denver has not stated whether it occurred in the game itself or in the early-week conditioning work; he carried no injury designation on the final Week 1 report, so it is new within that window.
• 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. Reaching two limited practices by Thursday and Friday of the same week points squarely at a Grade 1. The real hazard with hamstrings is not the initial strain but the re-injury rate — roughly a third of NFL hamstring strains recur within the same season, and re-aggravations are consistently worse than the original.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026 — he should be fully unrestricted by Week 3 (Sept 27) or Week 4 (early October) even if Denver manages his snaps in Week 2. Call it full health by the first week of October.
• Next game: LEAN PLAY but with a reduced workload, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars in Denver (2:05 p.m. MT, CBS). Two limited practices is a meaningfully better signal than one, and Denver is at home against a Jacksonville team that has all 53 active-roster players healthy and cleared — the Broncos will want their full backfield. Expect him active but with Denver leaning harder on Dobbins and pulling Harvey off kick-return duty.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs. JAX, Sept 20): active but snap-limited; treat any projection as 60-70 percent of his normal usage. Week 3: should be clean if there is no setback. Weeks 4-5: full role, assuming no recurrence. The single biggest risk across this stretch is a re-aggravation in Week 2 while playing at less than full strength, which would turn a one-week nuisance into a three-to-four-week absence. If Denver rules him out late Sunday morning, the value shifts entirely to Dobbins.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jonah Coleman (RB3) is the direct next man up and would step into the RB2 role, per Denver beat reporting on the Friday report. Tyler Badie (RB4) would slide to RB3 and take the kickoff-return work. The far more important beneficiary is J.K. Dobbins (RB1), who would see a near-bellcow workload including the passing-down snaps Harvey normally takes — Dobbins is the actual fantasy play on the Harvey-out branch, not Coleman.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT. Harvey carried no injury designation at all on Denver’s final Week 1 injury report filed Friday Sept 11, 2026 and was not on the Sept 12 baseline. The hamstring surfaced for the first time on Denver’s estimated Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 Week 2 report.

Fantasy takeaway: A risky FLEX in a 12-team full-PPR league — his passing-down role is exactly the usage a hamstring most suppresses, and a limited-practice hamstring back is the classic Sunday disappointment. Have a replacement ready. The actionable move is the other side of the trade: J.K. Dobbins is a confident RB2 start this week with his handcuff compromised and Jacksonville arriving fully healthy but on the road. Jonah Coleman is worth a speculative 1-3 percent FAAB bid as a same-backfield contingency if you already roster Dobbins or Harvey; do not spend more than that.

Kaelon Black — SF (RB2 — the rookie who out-carried Christian McCaffrey in Week 1 and now sits second on the Ourlads depth chart, ahead of Jordan James)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by San Francisco on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 home game vs. the Miami Dolphins.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. He was seen practicing Friday, which is a meaningful positive against the Questionable tag.
• Injury: Groin (adductor strain).
• When it happened: Between the Week 1 Melbourne game (Sept 10) and Thursday, Sept 17, 2026 — he was clean on the Wednesday report and first appeared as Limited on Thursday, so this was almost certainly picked up in the Thursday practice session or in post-travel recovery work.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin/adductor strains are 1-2 weeks for Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2, and 8-12 weeks or surgical for Grade 3. Practicing in a limited capacity on back-to-back days two days after onset is the signature of a Grade 1.
• Expected back to full health: Week 3 (late September 2026) at the latest. He may well be fully healthy for Week 2 itself, just managed.
• Next game: LIKELY PLAYS, on a reduced or monitored workload. Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Miami Dolphins. Limited participation on consecutive days with a Questionable tag is the classic ‘plays but is not the full version’ profile.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 vs. Miami: expect him active with fewer carries than his Week 1 share. Weeks 3-5: full health and a return to the committee, where he is the change-of-pace and early-down complement to McCaffrey. His value spikes the moment McCaffrey misses time, which at McCaffrey’s age and injury history is not a remote scenario.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jordan James (RB3) is the direct beneficiary and would slot in as the clear No. 2 behind McCaffrey. Christian McCaffrey’s own workload would climb. Sincere McCormick is on the practice squad as the emergency body. Kyle Juszczyk would see a modest bump in short-yardage involvement.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THE REPORT. He does not appear in the Sept 12 baseline — he was healthy in Week 1 and took 14 carries for 65 yards in Melbourne, out-carrying McCaffrey.

Fantasy takeaway: Flex-worthy in 12-team full-PPR but a shaky one this week — a Questionable groin on a committee back in a game the 49ers should control is a recipe for a 7-touch dud. If you rostered him as the McCaffrey handcuff, keep holding; that is his real value. If you were counting on him as a flex starter, pivot and keep him on the bench until the groin is off the report.

Ty Johnson — BUF (RB3 — nominally the passing-down back and Ourlads’ listed RB2, but functionally third behind James Cook and Ray Davis given two straight game-day inactives)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) a FINAL official game-status designation filed by Buffalo on the Wednesday Sept 16, 2026 report for the Thursday Sept 17 game vs Detroit (Wednesday is the final report day on a short Thursday week). He was then declared INACTIVE 90 minutes before kickoff and did not play. Buffalo’s Week 2 game is complete, so this designation has already resolved to a DNP.
• Practice this week: Limited (final practice, Wednesday Sept 16). Full short week: Limited Mon Sept 14 -> Limited Tue Sept 15 -> Limited Wed Sept 16. He never reached full participation at any point in the week, which is what preceded the inactive call.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (Buffalo has not specified left or right, and has not publicly graded it)
• When it happened: Originated in the practice week leading into Week 1 — he was first listed on Buffalo’s Sept 9-11, 2026 reports and was already Questionable for the Sept 13 game at Houston, which he missed. Most consistent with a late-camp/early-September practice strain rather than a game injury; the club has never tied it to a specific snap.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains are graded I-III. Grade I (mild, few fibers) is 1-2 weeks. Grade II (partial tear) is 3-6 weeks and is the most common range for a back who keeps getting limited-but-not-full and keeps being scratched. Grade III (full tear/avulsion) is 8-12 weeks or surgical. Johnson’s pattern — limited practices for two consecutive weeks, never full, inactive twice — is the classic low-to-mid Grade II presentation. Hamstrings in running backs are notoriously prone to re-injury if rushed, which is exactly why Buffalo keeps sitting a back who is technically practicing.
• Expected back to full health: Late September to early October 2026 — realistically Week 3 (Sept 27) at the earliest for a return to the active roster, with Week 4 (Oct 4) the more defensible bet for genuine full health and an unrestricted role.
• Next game: DID NOT PLAY. Buffalo’s Week 2 game — Thursday Sept 17, 2026 vs the Detroit Lions — has already been played, and Johnson was one of seven Bills inactives alongside Ed Oliver, Skyler Bell, Jalon Kilgore, Ar’maj Reed-Adams, Jude Bowry and T.J. Sanders. He has now missed both Bills games this season. The next decision point is Week 3, Sunday Sept 27, 2026 vs the Los Angeles Chargers, where the 10-day break off the Thursday game gives him the most runway he has had all season.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 17 vs Detroit) — inactive, did not play. Week 3 (Sept 27 vs the Los Angeles Chargers) — lean toward him finally being active given the extended rest, but even if active he is behind Cook and Davis and is a passing-down specialist at best. Week 4 (Oct 4 vs New England) — should be healthy and available. Week 5 (Oct 12, Monday night at the Los Angeles Rams) — healthy, but by then Ray Davis will have two-plus weeks of entrenched RB2 reps and Johnson’s path back to meaningful volume is narrow. The realistic ceiling for the rest of this stretch is a third-down/two-minute change-of-pace role.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ray Davis (ACT) is the direct beneficiary and has been the de facto RB2 behind James Cook for both games. James Cook (ACT) is the far larger beneficiary in raw volume — Johnson’s absence removes the only back who threatens Cook’s passing-down work. Frank Gore Jr. (DEV, practice squad) is the emergency third body and would require a gameday elevation.
• Change since Week 1: SAME designation as Sept 12 (Questionable, hamstring), but MATERIALLY WORSE in practical terms. On Sept 12 he had progressed DNP -> DNP -> Limited and there was a case he was trending up. He has now been inactive in both Week 1 and Week 2, never reached a full practice, and the depth chart has hardened behind him with Ray Davis taking the RB2 reps. The designation did not change; the outlook clearly deteriorated.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Two straight inactives with a lingering hamstring and no clear path past Ray Davis makes him waiver-wire fodder. The real fantasy content here is downstream: James Cook is a locked-in RB1 with zero passing-down competition, and Ray Davis is a legitimate high-priority handcuff stash — Davis is the Cook handcuff, not Johnson, and anyone still holding Johnson as the Buffalo handcuff is holding the wrong player. Drop Johnson for a startable bench piece.

DJ Giddens — IND (RB3 — Ourlads has him third behind Jonathan Taylor and Seth McGowan; he was a healthy inactive in Week 1)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (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: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He was added to the report Thursday, then returned to full participation Friday — an encouraging trajectory that makes the Questionable tag look precautionary.
• Injury: Knee
• When it happened: Emerged Thursday Sept 17, 2026 — he was added to the injury report that day and did not practice. He did not play in Week 1 vs Baltimore (healthy inactive), so this is a practice-week injury rather than a game injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An unspecified knee complaint that permits full participation within 24 hours is almost always a bruise, a mild sprain or soreness — typically 0-7 days. If it were ligamentous (MCL Grade 1 is 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 is 3-6 weeks), he would not have returned to full practice on Friday.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively already there — full participation Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). Expect him off the injury report entirely by Week 3 (late September 2026).
• Next game: EXPECTED TO PLAY, though as a Questionable designation it is not guaranteed. If active Sunday Sept 20 at the Kansas City Chiefs (8:20 PM ET, Arrowhead), he is the No. 3 back and may again be a healthy scratch given he was inactive in Week 1 even while healthy.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: the knee is a non-story; the depth chart is the story. He sits behind Jonathan Taylor and Seth McGowan and was inactive on game day in Week 1. Unless Taylor misses time, Giddens has no standalone path to touches through Week 5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Seth McGowan is RB2 and the direct handcuff to Jonathan Taylor; practice-squad backs Davon Booth and Anderson Castle are the emergency elevations behind Giddens.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report. Giddens was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list and was a healthy inactive for Week 1 vs Baltimore. The knee surfaced Thursday Sept 17 and produced a Friday Questionable tag.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start, and do not spend waiver capital. The Questionable tag is noise — the relevant fact for a 12-team full-PPR manager is that he is RB3 and was a healthy inactive in Week 1, so Seth McGowan, not Giddens, is the Jonathan Taylor handcuff worth holding. Drop Giddens if you need the bench spot.

Cleared — listed this week but carrying no designation (39)

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

Jeremiyah Love — ARI (RB2 by listing, but a true committee co-starter with Tyler Allgeier — the rookie No. 3 overall pick and the long-term lead back)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO entry at all on Arizona’s FINAL official Friday injury report of Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 game vs. Seattle. He has been removed from the injury report entirely.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point this week. Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> not listed Thu Sept 17 -> not listed Fri Sept 18. Contrast with Week 1, when he was Limited on all three days and carried a Questionable tag.
• Injury: High ankle sprain, right ankle — now healed. Love’s own words entering Week 2: ‘It’s all gas, no brakes.’
• When it happened: Preseason opener, August 2026. It cost him the balance of the preseason and had him on a snap/carry pitch count through Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle (syndesmotic) sprains run 2-4 weeks for Grade 1, 4-8 weeks for Grade 2 and 8-12 weeks or surgery for Grade 3. Love is now roughly six weeks removed from an August injury, which puts him at the back end of a Grade 1-2 timeline — consistent with a full, clean clearance.
• Expected back to full health: Already there. Fully healthy as of Week 2, Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, fully cleared and with no designation, for Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Seattle Seahawks in Arizona.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available for Weeks 2 through 5. The constraint on him is no longer the ankle, it is the coaching staff: Mike LaFleur explicitly said ‘I wouldn’t say an expanded role or anything like that. I mean, his role was going to be what it was,’ and that the team will ride ‘whoever was the hot hand.’ Expect a near-even split with Allgeier in Week 2 that tilts toward Love as the season goes on. James Conner is eligible to return from IR beginning Week 5, which is the real threat to this backfield’s shape.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is healthy. For completeness, Tyler Allgeier is the co-starter and Bam Knight is the RB3.
• Change since Week 1: MATERIAL UPGRADE. On Sept 12 he was Limited all three practice days and carried a FINAL QUESTIONABLE designation on Arizona’s Week 1 report. He is now completely off the injury report with no designation and has publicly declared himself 100 percent.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence in 12-team full-PPR as an RB2/flex. He posted 13 touches (11 carries, 2 catches) for 50 scrimmage yards and a TD in his debut while still on a pitch count, and the pitch count is now gone. He is the highest-upside buy in this division — his price is still suppressed by the ankle narrative and by a committee that the staff has all but said will resolve toward the better player. Buy now, before the Week 5 Conner return muddies the picture.

Chuba Hubbard — CAR (RB1 — and after Week 1, a genuine workhorse rather than the 1A of a committee (48 snaps, 71 percent))

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he does not appear anywhere on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official injury report for the Sept 20 game at Atlanta, the second consecutive week he has been fully off the report.
• 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. Practicing without restriction for a second straight week.
• Injury: Hamstring (resolved prior to Week 1)
• When it happened: Originated in Carolina’s 2026 training camp (late July / August 2026), when he was publicly described as ‘week-to-week’ with a hamstring. It resolved before the Sept 14 opener.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains run 1-3 weeks for Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2, and carry an elevated recurrence rate for roughly 4-8 weeks after return — which is the live risk here, since he is only about six weeks removed from a camp strain and just absorbed a 71 percent snap load. That workload spike is the specific thing that re-tears hamstrings. Report him healthy, but treat him as the division’s most likely candidate for a soft-tissue re-aggravation.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, Week 2. He is past the acute phase; residual recurrence risk persists through roughly early-to-mid October 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY. No designation for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Atlanta Falcons.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: projected to play all four as Carolina’s lead back. The watch item is volume management — 48 snaps and 13 touches in a blowout loss suggests Carolina is not protecting him. If a Wednesday ‘Limited — hamstring’ line reappears on any future report, move immediately to secure Jonathon Brooks.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jonathon Brooks (RB2) is the direct beneficiary and would become an every-week RB2 with immediate 15-plus touch upside. AJ Dillon (RB3) would take short-yardage and goal-line work.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was already off the report on the baseline and remains off it. What is new is confirmation from Week 1 usage that he is a true bell cow rather than half of a committee, which raises his floor considerably.

Fantasy takeaway: START HIM as a solid RB2 in 12-team full-PPR. Week 1 delivered 10 carries for 49 yards and a TD plus 3 catches for 38 yards and a second TD — a 71 percent snap share with real receiving involvement is exactly the profile PPR rewards. The caveat is the camp hamstring; if you roster him, spend a late waiver claim on Brooks as insurance.

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

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Chicago filed its FINAL Friday report on Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 game vs Minnesota with Swift listed as a full participant and NO designation. He appeared on the participation report during the week but was cleared off the game-status column.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed -> Limited Thu -> Full Fri. The Friday upgrade to full participation is what removed the designation.
• Injury: Ankle/knee — listed jointly on Chicago’s report. Neither is characterized as significant; the club treated it as maintenance and he was never in danger of a designation.
• When it happened: Sustained in Week 1 vs Carolina, Sunday Sept 13, 2026. He was not on the Sept 11 Week 1 final report, so the issue arose in the game itself. He first appeared on the Week 2 report on Wednesday Sept 16 as a new addition.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Minor ankle and knee contusions or low-grade sprains in running backs that permit limited practice midweek and full practice Friday resolve within the same week essentially by definition. Players on this arc almost never miss the following game, and the practical injury risk is a modest re-aggravation chance rather than lost time.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively already there, as of Friday Sept 18, 2026. He reached full practice on the final day of the Week 2 practice week and carries no restriction into the game.
• Next game: WILL PLAY in Week 2 vs Minnesota on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. Full Friday practice, no designation. Expect his normal lead-back workload.
• Next four weeks: Clean for Weeks 2 through 5 on current information. The one structural risk to his fantasy value across this window is not the ankle or knee — it is Kyle Monangai, who has been steadily working into a larger share and is also fully cleared. Watch the Week 2 carry split closely; if Monangai’s share grows again, Swift’s Weeks 3-5 outlook degrades on usage rather than health.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kyle Monangai (RB2, ACT #25) is the direct beneficiary and would lead the backfield — he is himself fully cleared for Week 2. Roschon Johnson (RB3, ACT #23) would handle short-yardage and goal-line work. Salvon Ahmed (DEV, #36) is the practice-squad emergency option.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to the injury report. On the Sept 12 baseline Swift was explicitly listed as resolved and absent from Chicago’s Week 1 final report. The ankle/knee issue arose in the Week 1 game and put him on the Week 2 report Wednesday, but he practiced up to full by Friday and drew no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a normal RB2 in 12-team full PPR — the Friday full practice and the absent designation remove the injury question entirely. Do not read the two limited days as a workload warning. The real thing to monitor is not his ankle but Monangai’s snap share; Swift’s passing-down role is what keeps his PPR floor intact, and that is the piece to watch erode, not his health.

Javonte Williams — DAL (RB1 — clear three-down lead back and the only every-down option in the Dallas backfield.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear at all on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 20 game vs Washington. The Cowboys’ Week 2 report is limited to DeMarvion Overshown (hamstring, Out), Malik Hooker (forearm, Out), James Houston (shoulder) and Ajani Cornelius (knee). Williams is fully clear.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report at any point this week, therefore no participation level is filed. He practiced in full Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. He is listed here because the Malik Davis IR placement reshaped the depth behind him and he is the player that thread runs through.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no active injury to recover from. Historical context only: he is three-plus years removed from the 2022 multi-ligament knee injury and has shown no 2026 usage restriction.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2).
• Next game: ACTIVE and starting for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs the Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET).
• Next four weeks: Expected to start Weeks 2 (vs WAS), 3, 4 and 5 with a workhorse touch share. With Davis gone for the year and Demercado/Goodson as the only competition, his floor of touches is actually higher than it was on Sept 12.
• Who benefits if he sits: Emari Demercado (RB2, pass-down and change-of-pace back) would lead a committee, with Tyler Goodson (RB3) taking the complementary work and Hunter Luepke (FB) handling short-yardage and goal-line.
• Change since Week 1: No injury change since Sept 12 — he was healthy then and is healthy now. What changed is around him: Malik Davis went to season-ending IR and Tyler Goodson was signed, consolidating the backfield behind Williams.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence in 12-team full-PPR as a locked-in RB1/RB2 against a Washington defense that just gave up a competitive game to Philadelphia. His workload risk went DOWN this week, not up — Davis’s IR removes a body from the rotation. If you roster Williams, spend a modest FAAB bid on Emari Demercado; that handcuff is now cheap and singular.

J.K. Dobbins — DEN (RB1 — lead back and the primary early-down/goal-line runner; Ourlads has him first in the room on its Sept 16 update)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he does not appear anywhere on Denver’s Week 2 injury report for the Sept 20 game vs. Jacksonville. No practice-report entry Wed/Thu/Fri, no game-status tag Friday. Fully cleared and available.
• Practice this week: Full — unlisted, which on an NFL report means unrestricted participation. 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 who never appears on the practice report is by definition a full participant.
• Injury: None currently. No active injury designation of any kind. His prior foot issue is fully resolved and has not appeared on a 2026 regular-season injury report.
• When it happened: Not applicable for Week 2 — there is no current injury. His last tracked issue was a 2025-season foot problem that resolved before the 2026 season opened; he has been off the injury report for both Week 1 and Week 2 of 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury. For context on the resolved foot issue, midfoot problems of the type he previously dealt with typically run 4-8 weeks, and he is well past that and asymptomatic through two full game weeks of practice.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). No return-to-health date is pending.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars in Denver (2:05 p.m. MT, CBS). No designation, no restriction, and with RJ Harvey questionable with a hamstring he is positioned for an elevated workload.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (vs. JAX, Sept 20): elevated volume, potentially approaching a bellcow share if Harvey is limited or inactive. Weeks 3-5: he should hold the RB1 role, though the split narrows as Harvey gets healthy — Denver drafted Harvey to be a real part of this backfield and will get back to a committee. The durability question that has followed Dobbins his whole career is the standing risk, not any current ailment.
• Who benefits if he sits: RJ Harvey (RB2) would be the lead back, though he is himself questionable with a hamstring this week. Jonah Coleman (RB3) is next and would take the complementary snaps. Tyler Badie (RB4) is the emergency body. If both Dobbins and Harvey were unavailable, Coleman would be a startable one-week FLEX by sheer volume.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — still fully cleared with no injury designation, exactly as on the Sept 12 baseline. The one meaningful CONTEXT change is external to him: RJ Harvey’s new hamstring strain has improved Dobbins’ projected workload for Week 2. Depth-chart position unchanged at RB1, roster status unchanged at ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence as an RB2 in 12-team full-PPR. This is the cleanest positive-leverage spot in the division: a healthy lead back at home whose committee partner is dinged, against a Jacksonville defense on the road. Denver’s Week 1 loss at Kansas City was a script-negative game and a bounce-back home game is a better volume environment. If you drafted him at a discount on durability concerns, this is the week the investment pays.

Jahmyr Gibbs — DET (RB1 — workhorse back and primary receiving back)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Detroit’s FINAL Week 2 official report, filed Sept 16, 2026 for the Thursday Sept 17 game at Buffalo, carried no entry for Gibbs. He played and was not limited.
• Practice this week: Full — not listed on any day of Detroit’s Week 2 participation report during the short Thursday-game practice week (Mon-Wed, Sept 14-16). Unrestricted throughout.
• Injury: None active.
• When it happened: N/A — no in-season injury. He was managed and ramped up during training camp in August 2026, but that was precautionary workload management and never produced a regular-season designation.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — healthy, no injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Currently at full health as of Sept 18, 2026. He came out of the Thursday Sept 17 game at Buffalo with no reported issue.
• Next game: ALREADY PLAYED Week 2 — he played at Buffalo on Thursday Sept 17, 2026 and caught a touchdown pass in the 41-31 loss. He did not leave the game and there is no post-game injury reporting on him.
• Next four weeks: Healthy through Weeks 2 (played), 3, 4 and 5. Detroit’s Thursday game buys the roster extra recovery days before Week 3. With Isiah Pacheco on IR, Gibbs’s workload share has no meaningful competition beyond Sione Vaki’s complementary snaps. Shootout game scripts of the kind Buffalo produced are strongly positive for his receiving volume.
• Who benefits if he sits: Sione Vaki (RB2, ACT #33) would take over as the lead back and is the direct handcuff. Jacob Saylors (RB3, ACT #25) is next. Isiah Pacheco is unavailable on injured reserve, which makes Vaki the only meaningful contingency.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to the report as a confirmed-healthy entry. He was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list. He is included because Detroit’s Week 2 game is already complete and confirming his post-game health status is the actionable fact for Week 3 lineup decisions.

Fantasy takeaway: A locked-in every-week RB1 in 12-team full PPR — his Week 2 receiving touchdown is exactly the profile that makes him format-proof. Tracked here to confirm he exited the Thursday game healthy, which matters because the Lions played early and their managers set lineups before the rest of the league. Hold Sione Vaki on your bench if you can afford it; with Pacheco on IR, Vaki is the single highest-leverage handcuff in this division.

Bhayshul Tuten — JAX (RB1 by Ourlads ordering — co-starter with Chris Rodriguez Jr. in a genuine committee backfield)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) final Friday outcome: fully cleared, no injury and no game-status tag on Jacksonville’s official Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sept 20 game at Denver. 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 Jaguars’ 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 win over Cleveland, 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 is in the starting backfield Sunday Sept 20 at the Denver Broncos (4:05 PM ET, Empower Field).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: health is a non-issue; the committee is the issue. He splits early-down work with Chris Rodriguez Jr. and is now facing pressure on passing downs from LeQuint Allen Jr., whom Coen has promised a larger role. Denver in Week 2 is a poor run matchup. His value depends entirely on whether he separates from Rodriguez over this stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Rodriguez Jr. would become the clear lead back, with LeQuint Allen Jr. on passing downs and Ameer Abdullah as the veteran change-up. A Tuten injury would make Rodriguez an immediate must-add.
• 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 entirely. Reported here as cleared rather than dropped silently, per the tracking rule. Context change: the backfield around him got more crowded with Coen’s comments on LeQuint Allen Jr.

Fantasy takeaway: Volatile RB3/flex in 12-team full PPR — startable only in deeper leagues or bye-week binds. The committee caps his ceiling and the Denver front caps his Week 2 floor. Hold, monitor the snap split, and be aware that LeQuint Allen Jr.’s expanding role is a direct threat to Tuten’s receiving work.

Ashton Jeanty — LV (RB1 — workhorse lead back and the centerpiece of the Raiders offense; Mike Washington Jr. is the listed RB2 behind him)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (b) he was carried on the Raiders’ Week 2 practice report with an ankle notation but received NO final game-status tag on the Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game at the Los Angeles Chargers. Fully cleared.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. Three full participations with no Friday tag, explicitly described by the club as full participation all week.
• Injury: Right ankle — a resolved sprain carried as a maintenance notation only. Three straight full practices and no designation confirm it is not functionally limiting.
• When it happened: Originally sustained August 23, 2026 in the preseason. It resolved before Week 1 — he carried no game-status designation on the Raiders’ final Week 1 report filed Friday Sept 11, 2026 and played against Miami. The ankle remains a treatment notation rather than an active problem.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Ankle sprains grade out as: Grade 1 (low/lateral) 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 2-4 weeks, Grade 3 or a high ankle sprain 4-8 weeks with lingering explosiveness effects. Jeanty is roughly four weeks past the original August 23 event and has practiced fully for two consecutive game weeks, which places it firmly in the resolved Grade 1 category.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). No pending milestone; expect the ankle notation to drop off the report entirely.
• Next game: WILL PLAY with a full workload, Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 at the Los Angeles Chargers (SoFi Stadium, 1:05 p.m. PT). No designation and no restriction.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: locked-in weekly RB1 with a genuine workhorse share. His receiving usage should tick UP in Week 2 specifically, because with Brock Bowers doubtful the Raiders lose their primary seam threat and Kirk Cousins leans harder on checkdowns — Jeanty is the direct beneficiary of that. Expect the passing-game bump to fade somewhat once Bowers returns around Week 3.
• Who benefits if he sits: Mike Washington Jr. (RB2) would be the lead back and would carry standalone FLEX value given the volume. Dylan Laube (RB3) handles third-down and passing-game snaps. Dare Ogunbowale (DEV) and Roman Hemby (DEV) are practice-squad elevation candidates; Chris Collier is on Reserve/Injured and unavailable.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was already marked resolved and off the game-status report on the baseline, and he remains cleared with no final designation this week. He is carried here rather than dropped silently because the ankle notation still appears on the Raiders’ practice report. The meaningful CONTEXT change is external: Brock Bowers being doubtful raises Jeanty’s receiving projection for Week 2. Depth chart unchanged at RB1, roster status unchanged at ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a confident RB1 in 12-team full-PPR and specifically bump your expectation this week — the Bowers absence funnels checkdown volume to him, and PPR scoring rewards exactly that. This is one of the cleanest start calls in the division. Mike Washington Jr. is a worthwhile handcuff stash for Jeanty managers in a 12-team league given how concentrated this backfield is.

De’Von Achane — MIA (RB1 — Miami’s featured back and clear workhorse, the focal point of a run game head coach Jeff Hafley has publicly committed to)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game at San Francisco. He is entirely absent from the injury report for a second consecutive week.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He does not appear on any of Miami’s three Week 2 practice reports, which denotes full participation on every day.
• Injury: None currently. He carries no active injury and has not been listed on a Miami injury report at any point in the 2026 regular season.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no current injury. His widely-documented knee injury history is from prior seasons and is not active; he has no 2026 in-season injury on record.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — nothing is being recovered from. Two consecutive fully unrestricted practice weeks and a full Week 1 workload.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026, and has been since the Sept 13 opener at Las Vegas.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, FULLY HEALTHY. He starts and carries the featured workload for Miami in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 PM ET on FOX. No designation, no listing, no snap restriction.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 at San Francisco) — full workhorse role against a stout 49ers run defense. Week 3 (Sept 27 vs Kansas City) — full role. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Minnesota) — full role. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cincinnati) — full role and the softest matchup of the stretch, immediately before Miami’s Week 6 bye. Hafley’s stated ‘We have to run the football’ mandate off an 0-1 start points to volume trending UP across the window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jaylen Wright (ACT, RB2) is the direct next man up and would inherit the lead role. Ollie Gordon II (ACT, RB3) would take the short-yardage and between-the-tackles work. DJ Herman (ACT, listed at FB by Ourlads) is a situational body. Jarquez Hunter (DEV) and Carlos Washington (DEV) are practice-squad elevation options.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was resolved and off the report on the Sept 12 baseline and remains resolved and off the report on the Sept 18 final report. Two clean weeks in a row, confirmed against the current report rather than assumed. Reported here rather than dropped silently, per the standing rule on cleared players.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in RB1 start in every 12-team full-PPR redraft lineup, every week. He is fully healthy, carries no designation, and his head coach just publicly recommitted to the run game after an 0-1 start — that is volume you want. The matchup at San Francisco is difficult on the ground but his receiving floor in full PPR insulates the downside. Start without hesitation; if a nervous manager in your league will sell him at a discount over the 49ers matchup, buy.

Aaron Jones — MIN (RB1 — now the clear lead back with Jordan Mason on injured reserve, rather than the co-lead he was in Week 1)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Minnesota’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Chicago carries no entry for Jones. He is fully healthy and unrestricted.
• 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. Jones has a substantial career injury history including hamstring and soft-tissue issues, but nothing is currently active and he carries no 2026 regular-season designation.
• When it happened: N/A for any current issue. He came through Week 1 against Green Bay healthy and was never on the Week 2 report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — healthy, no active injury to recover from. The relevant background concern is age and cumulative workload: he turned 31 and is now being asked to absorb a materially larger share for at least four games.
• Expected back to full health: Currently at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026, with no restriction.
• Next game: WILL PLAY in Week 2 at Chicago on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 with an expanded workload. No designation. He is confirmed to lead Minnesota’s backfield with Jordan Mason on IR.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and in a lead role for Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5 — Jordan Mason cannot return before Week 6. That is a four-game window of elevated volume. The risk is precisely that volume: a 31-year-old back with a soft-tissue history absorbing a co-lead’s vacated carries is an elevated injury-risk profile, and the workload spike ends the moment Mason is activated. Additionally, with Kyler Murray out and Carson Wentz starting in Week 2, the game script should lean run-heavy at Chicago, which is a further short-term positive.
• Who benefits if he sits: DeeJay Dallas (RB2, ACT, promoted from the practice squad Sept 16) is the listed second back per Ourlads, though he is primarily a special-teams contributor. Demond Claiborne (RB3, ACT #21) is the more likely offensive beneficiary and is confirmed expected to be active for Week 2 with a larger role than he had in Week 1. Jerome Ford (DEV) was added to the practice squad Sept 16 as insurance and would be an elevation candidate.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED IN ROLE, not health. On the Sept 12 baseline Jones was the listed starter but split the backfield with Jordan Mason, who actually out-touched him in Week 1 (15 carries, 59 yards, 1 TD). With Mason placed on IR on Sept 16, Jones is now the outright lead back for at least four games. He remains off the injury report and fully healthy.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a confident RB2 with RB1 upside in Week 2 at Chicago — Mason is on IR, Wentz is starting which points to a run-lean script, and Jones has the backfield to himself. But this is an explicit sell-high window in 12-team full PPR: the volume spike has a hard four-game expiration when Mason returns in Week 6, and Jones is 31 with a soft-tissue history. If you can trade him into a leaguemate’s panic buy over the next two weeks, do it. Demond Claiborne is the contingency worth a bench spot.

Rhamondre Stevenson — NE (RB1 — New England’s lead back, listed first on Ourlads, and the workhorse who carried an 84.5 percent snap share in Week 1 with TreVeyon Henderson out)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing on New England’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs Pittsburgh. He is entirely absent from the injury report and is fully healthy.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He appears on none of New England’s three Week 2 practice reports, which denotes full participation on every day.
• Injury: None currently. He carries no active injury and has not been listed on a New England injury report at any point in the 2026 regular season.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no current injury. He played 84.5 percent of the offensive snaps in the Week 1 game vs Seattle on Sept 9, 2026 and emerged without a listing.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — nothing is being recovered from. He has completed a full, unrestricted practice week following a near-every-down Week 1 workload.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, FULLY HEALTHY. He starts for New England in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at home vs the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:00 PM ET on CBS. No designation, no listing, no restriction. The only change to his outlook is competitive, not medical: TreVeyon Henderson is back.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Pittsburgh) — starts, but his snap share should fall materially from 84.5 percent now that Henderson is cleared. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Jacksonville) — starts in what is likely a settled committee. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Buffalo) — starts. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Las Vegas) — starts, best matchup of the stretch. No health concern anywhere in the window; the risk to his fantasy value is entirely the Henderson timeshare.
• Who benefits if he sits: TreVeyon Henderson (ACT, RB2) is the direct beneficiary and, now healthy, would step into a true lead role. Corey Kiner (ACT, RB3) would be the complementary back. Reggie Gilliam (ACT) is the fullback and Lan Larison (DEV) the practice-squad option.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to this report as a health entry — he was not an injury listing on the Sept 12 baseline and is not one now. He is added here because the CHANGE around him is material: TreVeyon Henderson going from ruled out to fully cleared directly compresses Stevenson’s role. His health status is unchanged and clean; his fantasy outlook is meaningfully worse than on Sept 12.

Fantasy takeaway: Still a startable RB2 in a 12-team full-PPR redraft, but his arrow is pointing DOWN and you should act on it. An 84.5 percent snap share was a one-week artifact of Henderson being out; with Henderson off the injury report and practicing in full three straight days, expect Stevenson’s share to drop and the passing-down work in particular to migrate. Start him in Week 2 vs Pittsburgh, but if another manager in your league is still valuing him off that Week 1 volume, this is the week to sell. Do not buy him at a Week 1 price.

Cam Skattebo — NYG (RB1 — lead back and goal-line option, ahead of Devin Singletary.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no designation of any kind on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Monday Sept 21 game at the Rams. He does not appear on the Week 2 injury report, exactly as he did not appear on the final Week 1 report.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report, so no participation level is filed. Full participation Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: None currently. Historical only: the dislocated right ankle with associated tibia/fibula involvement suffered in 2025, from which he is fully recovered and playing without restriction.
• When it happened: N/A for any current injury. The 2025 ankle dislocation is the historical item; he carried no residual designation into either Week 1 or Week 2 of 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A dislocated ankle with fracture involvement is typically a 4-6 month surgical recovery with a further conditioning ramp; running backs returning from it often need a full offseason before cutting ability normalizes. Skattebo has had that offseason and has shown no in-season limitation, so the clock on this has run out.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). He has been unrestricted through two weeks of the season.
• Next game: ACTIVE and starting in Week 2, Monday Sept 21, 2026 at the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium (8:15 p.m. ET).
• Next four weeks: Expected to start Weeks 2 (at LAR), 3, 4 and 5. The mild caution across this stretch is committee encroachment — Devin Singletary caught four passes including a touchdown in Week 1 and Najee Harris is being added to the rotation — rather than any health concern.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devin Singletary (RB2) would lead the committee and is already the primary passing-down back; Najee Harris would absorb goal-line work and Tyrone Tracy Jr. the remainder.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was off the injury report then and is off it now, with no designation either week.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as an RB2 in 12-team full-PPR against the Rams. Reporting him as CLEARED rather than dropping him: no designation, no practice limitation, two straight clean weeks. Temper expectations on receiving work — Singletary is taking the passing-down role — so his value is carries and touchdowns.

Breece Hall — NYJ (RB1 — the Jets’ unquestioned workhorse back, listed first on Ourlads and the centerpiece of a run-heavy New York offense)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on the Jets’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs Green Bay. The groin maintenance listing he carried a week ago is completely gone; he is entirely absent from this week’s injury report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He appears on none of the Jets’ three Week 2 practice reports, which denotes full participation on every day.
• Injury: None currently. The prior groin listing was a maintenance entry only — he never missed or was limited in a single practice, and it has now dropped off the report entirely.
• When it happened: Not applicable to any current injury. The superseded groin maintenance listing appeared on the Jets’ Sept 9-11, 2026 Week 1 reports without ever affecting his participation, and did not recur in Week 2.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — nothing is being recovered from. A maintenance listing that never produced a limited practice and then disappears entirely the following week is the cleanest possible resolution. He played a full Week 1 workload in a 23-10 win over Tennessee and emerged with no listing at all.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026, and arguably has been all season.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, FULLY HEALTHY. He starts and carries the featured workload for the Jets in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at home vs the Green Bay Packers, 1:00 PM ET on FOX. No designation, no listing, no restriction. The Jets’ only final tags are Cooper, Fitzpatrick, Nwangwu and Ossai (all OUT) plus Will McDonald IV (QUESTIONABLE).
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Green Bay) — full workhorse role; Green Bay’s own run defense is dinged with Warren Brinson OUT and Javon Hargrave DOUBTFUL, which is a genuine edge. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Detroit) — full role. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Chicago) — full role. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cleveland) — full role. No health concern anywhere in the window, and the Jets’ depleted receiver room concentrates offensive value in the backfield.
• Who benefits if he sits: Braelon Allen (ACT, RB2) is the direct handcuff and would inherit the lead role. Isaiah Davis (ACT, RB3) is next. Kene Nwangwu (ACT, RB4) is currently OUT with a back injury. Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is the practice-squad option and Chip Trayanum is on Reserve/Injured — so the Jets’ backfield depth behind Allen is genuinely thin.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED and now fully resolved. On the Sept 12 baseline he carried a groin maintenance listing with NO game-status designation while practicing in full all three days. He is now completely off the Jets’ injury report with no listing at all. A clean upgrade from ‘listed but full’ to ‘not listed.’ Reported here as cleared rather than dropped silently, per the standing rule.

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in RB1 start in every 12-team full-PPR redraft lineup. He is now completely clean on the injury report, and the surrounding context is a gift: the Jets’ receiver room is down to four healthy bodies (Tim Patrick on IR, Omar Cooper Jr. OUT), Green Bay’s interior run defense is banged up, and New York is a run-heavy offense. This is a strong start with league-winning upside in Week 2. Braelon Allen is a must-hold handcuff.

Saquon Barkley — PHI (RB1 — workhorse lead back and the centerpiece of the Philadelphia offense.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no designation of any kind on the Eagles’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Tennessee. He does not appear on the Week 2 injury report at all, and the report’s summary explicitly states that everyone on the active roster other than Jonathan Greenard (Out) and Andrew Mukuba (Questionable) is available.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report this week, so no participation level is filed. Full participation Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. He is included here specifically because prior-season (2025) stories about a Barkley knee issue rank highly in search and read as current; this entry exists to mark him affirmatively clean for Week 2 of 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no active injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2).
• Next game: ACTIVE and starting in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium (1:00 p.m. ET).
• Next four weeks: Expected to start and carry a workhorse load Weeks 2 (at TEN), 3, 4 and 5 with no health concern on the horizon. The Eagles also lost LG Landon Dickerson to injured reserve after Week 1, which is a mild negative for interior run blocking across this stretch — worth noting but not enough to change how you deploy him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tank Bigsby (RB2) would lead a committee with Will Shipley (RB3), and practice-squad backs Jaydon Blue, Dameon Pierce and Carson Steele provide depth. Bigsby would be an immediate must-start if Barkley ever missed time.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was not on the Week 1 injury list and is not on the Week 2 list. He is new to this written report only as an explicit stale-source correction.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a top-tier RB1 in 12-team full-PPR. Reporting him as clean rather than silent because the stale-source risk on his name is unusually high right now: a widely circulating NBC Sports Philadelphia piece about Barkley being ‘upgraded to limited’ with knee soreness is from October 7, 2025 and refers to Week 6 of last season. Ignore it. He has no 2026 Week 2 designation. The only genuine roster note is Dickerson’s IR placement on the offensive line.

Christian McCaffrey — SF (RB1 — lead back and a primary receiving weapon out of the backfield)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on San Francisco’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 home game vs. Miami, but with NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag. The report codes his Wednesday absence as ‘Rest’, not as an injury.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 (rest) -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: None. This is a scheduled veteran rest day, coded ‘Rest’ on the official report. He was part of a group of veterans (Nick Bosa, Dre Greenlaw, Trent Williams) all given Wednesday off after the trip back from Melbourne.
• When it happened: Not applicable — there is no injury. For context, the only physical item from Week 1 was in-game CRAMPING during the Melbourne game (heat and travel related, shared with LT Trent Williams), from which he returned and finished the game. That has fully resolved.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable. Exertional cramping resolves within 24-48 hours with rehydration and has no carryover. The Wednesday rest day is load management, which by definition carries no recovery timeline.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday, Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, full workload, no restriction. Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Miami Dolphins at Levi’s Stadium — San Francisco’s home opener.
• Next four weeks: Healthy for Weeks 2 through 5. Expect the Wednesday rest day to become a weekly fixture; that is how San Francisco has managed him and it is not predictive of absences. The genuine risk with McCaffrey is not this week’s report, it is his cumulative injury history, and that risk does not show up on a practice sheet.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaelon Black (RB2, himself Questionable with a groin) and Jordan James (RB3) would split the work. Black has the larger projected share and already out-carried McCaffrey in Week 1, making him the handcuff that matters.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED and effectively resolved. The Sept 12 baseline carried him as a minor post-game cramping item. The cramping is gone; the only Week 2 entry is an administrative rest day, and he has no game-status designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a top-5 RB in 12-team full-PPR. Ignore the Wednesday DNP entirely — it is coded ‘Rest’ and he practiced fully twice after it. Miami’s run defense is a favorable draw for the home opener. The one thing worth doing this week is making sure you own Kaelon Black or Jordan James, because McCaffrey’s handcuff carries more standalone value than most.

Kyle Juszczyk — SF (FB1 — the only fullback on the roster, lead blocker and occasional check-down target)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on San Francisco’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 home game vs. Miami with a finger entry, but with NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag filed.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: Finger. The club has not specified whether it is a fracture, dislocation or sprain, and no hand surgery has been reported.
• When it happened: Between the Week 1 Melbourne game (Sept 10) and Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026 — he first appeared on the Week 2 report as a Limited participant on Wednesday. Most likely picked up in the Melbourne game itself, since he played and finished it.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Finger injuries in non-primary-ball-handling roles are routinely played through with a splint or taping. A simple sprain or dislocation costs zero games; a fracture needing pinning costs 2-4 weeks, but a player who practices fully by Friday is not in that category.
• Expected back to full health: Already game-ready. Full healing of a finger typically takes 4-6 weeks, but it will not affect availability — expect him to play through it from Week 2 onward.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, no restriction. Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Miami Dolphins at Levi’s Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Available and playing Weeks 2 through 5. A finger issue on a fullback whose job is blocking is close to irrelevant to availability. The only conceivable effect is fewer targets if he is splinted, and he barely gets targets as it is.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — San Francisco carries no second fullback. If Juszczyk could not go, the 49ers would simply play more 11-personnel or use a tight end (Luke Farrell or Brayden Willis) as the lead blocker in the few snaps that call for it.
• Change since Week 1: NEW INJURY, same non-impact. The Sept 12 baseline marked him RESOLVED after an undisclosed minor practice-report entry cleared before Week 1. He now has a NEW and different listing — a finger injury — but the outcome is the same: Full practice Friday, no designation, plays.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in 12-team full-PPR — do not roster a fullback. Listed here only for completeness because he carried an entry on the baseline. If you are in a bizarre league that starts a fullback, he plays.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt — WAS (RB1 — the featured back, listed first on the Ourlads chart ahead of Rachaad White and Kaytron Allen, and the back Washington is pushing toward an every-down role.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no designation on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game vs Dallas. He does not appear on the Week 2 injury report at all, an upgrade from the blank-status groin listing he carried into Week 1.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report this week, so no participation level is filed. Full participation Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18 — a clean week, versus three Limited sessions before Week 1.
• Injury: Groin strain — now fully resolved. He returned to practice and has come off the report entirely.
• When it happened: The groin issue arose in the Commanders’ late-August 2026 practice period and carried into the Week 1 practice week (Sept 9-11, 2026), where he was Limited all three days but played. It has since cleared.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin/adductor strains: Grade 1 roughly 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 roughly 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 (with tearing off the pubic bone) 8-12+ weeks and sometimes surgical. His was clearly Grade 1 — he never missed a game and has come off the report inside two weeks, which is the textbook Grade 1 arc.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). The item is closed.
• Next game: ACTIVE and starting, with no designation and no snap restriction, in Week 2 on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET, FOX). Washington’s game plan this week is explicitly built around running him at Dallas.
• Next four weeks: Expected to start Weeks 2 (vs DAL), 3, 4 and 5 with a rising workload as Washington leans into the every-down plan. Groin strains can recur under heavy volume, so a return to the injury report in the next month would not be shocking — but there is nothing to act on now.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rachaad White (RB2, the passing-down back) would take over as the lead and is an immediate flex play, with Kaytron Allen (RB3) handling short-yardage and goal-line, and Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. on the practice squad. Jeremy McNichols is on reserve and unavailable.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — now CLEARED. On Sept 12 he was on the Week 1 report with a groin injury, Limited Wed/Thu/Fri and a blank Game Status. For Week 2 he is off the injury report entirely with full practices and no designation. Note also a roster correction: Washington’s nfl.com roster render omitted him from its RB block on our pull, but Ourlads (updated 09/17/2026) has him as the clear RB1 and the beat confirms he is the featured back — he is ACT and playing.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as an RB2 with genuine RB1 upside in 12-team full-PPR. Reporting him as CLEARED rather than dropping him: this is a straight upgrade from Week 1’s Limited-all-week groin, and Washington is publicly pointing to him as the every-down back against Dallas. The Cowboys’ run defense and the loss of safety Malik Hooker make this a favorable spot. He is a confident start.

Jonathon Brooks — CAR (RB2 — the 1B of what was billed as a 1A/1B committee, though Week 1 usage did not support that framing)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he does not appear anywhere on Carolina’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official injury report for the Sept 20 game at Atlanta. 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: Groin (now resolved)
• When it happened: Surfaced in early September 2026 during Week 1 preparation; he carried a groin listing with a blank Game Status into the Sept 14 opener vs Chicago and played in that game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin/adductor strains in a running back typically cost 1-3 weeks for Grade 1 and 3-6 weeks for Grade 2, with a notable recurrence risk on cuts and lateral pushes for several weeks after return. Brooks never missed a game and has now had a completely clean practice week, which is the strongest available evidence the strain has fully settled.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 — Week 2.
• Next game: WILL PLAY. No designation for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Atlanta Falcons.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: healthy and available. The problem is not his health, it is his workload. Week 1 was a rout in which Chuba Hubbard took 71 percent of snaps to Brooks’s 19 percent and AJ Dillon’s 10 percent. Unless Hubbard’s own hamstring history resurfaces, Brooks projects as a low-teens-snap complementary back through this stretch. He remains the single most valuable handcuff in the NFC South because of how thoroughly Hubbard dominates the touches.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chuba Hubbard (RB1) would take on an even larger share, with AJ Dillon (RB3) as the short-yardage and closeout back and Anthony Tyus III (practice squad / DEV) as an emergency elevation.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — upgraded to fully cleared. On the Sept 12 baseline he was listed with a groin and a BLANK Game Status on the final Week 1 report. He is now off the injury report entirely, which is a step beyond a blank status. His usage concern, however, is newly confirmed by the Week 1 snap split.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench in 12-team full-PPR but absolutely hold — he is the handcuff to a workhorse. His Week 1 line (4 carries for 14 yards plus a 48-yard reception on 13 snaps) shows real big-play ability inside a tiny role. He is a stash, not a starter, and he becomes an immediate top-20 RB the moment Hubbard’s hamstring flares. Do not start him against Atlanta.

Kyle Monangai — CHI (RB2 — complementary back behind D’Andre Swift, trending toward a larger share)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) Chicago filed its FINAL Friday report on Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 game vs Minnesota with Monangai listed as a full participant and NO designation. He appeared on the participation report during the week but was cleared off the game-status column.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed -> Limited Thu -> Full Fri. The Friday upgrade to full participation removed the designation.
• Injury: Hamstring — the club did not specify a grade or which leg. Handled as a minor strain with midweek management.
• When it happened: Sustained in Week 1 vs Carolina, Sunday Sept 13, 2026. He was not on the Sept 11 Week 1 final report and was a new addition to the Week 2 report on Wednesday Sept 16.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains cost 1-3 weeks; Grade 2 runs 4-6 weeks. A player who is limited Wednesday and Thursday and full on Friday of the same week is at the mildest end of Grade 1 — often closer to tightness than a true strain. The caveat that always applies to hamstrings: re-injury rates are meaningfully elevated for 2-3 weeks after return even in mild cases, so this is worth tracking into Week 3 and Week 4.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively already there, as of Friday Sept 18, 2026. Full practice on the final day of the week with no restriction carried into the game.
• Next game: WILL PLAY in Week 2 vs Minnesota on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. Full Friday practice, no designation.
• Next four weeks: Available for Weeks 2 through 5, with hamstring re-aggravation the standing risk across Weeks 3-4. The usage story is the more interesting one: he was trending toward a larger share before this, and both he and Swift are fully cleared, so Week 2’s carry split against Minnesota is the number that defines his Weeks 3-5 value.
• Who benefits if he sits: Roschon Johnson (RB3, ACT #23) would absorb the complementary and short-yardage work, with D’Andre Swift (RB1) taking a heavier overall share. Salvon Ahmed (DEV, #36) is the practice-squad call-up option.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to the injury report. On the Sept 12 baseline Monangai was explicitly listed as resolved and absent from Chicago’s Week 1 final report. The hamstring arose in the Week 1 game, put him on the Week 2 report Wednesday, and he practiced up to full by Friday with no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: A flex-and-hold in 12-team full PPR rather than a confident start for Week 2 — he is cleared, but he is still splitting a backfield with a healthy D’Andre Swift. The reason to roster him is the arrow: his share has been climbing, and he is the direct handcuff to Swift in an offense that will run. If you own Swift, you should own Monangai. If you own neither, he is a reasonable speculative add ahead of a potential role change.

Samaje Perine — CIN (RB2 — passing-down and third-down back behind Chase Brown, the primary pass-protection and check-down option)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) FINAL Friday outcome. Cincinnati carried him on the Sept 18, 2026 practice report but filed NO game-status tag for the Sept 20 road game at the Houston Texans. He is cleared to play.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. He was added to the report on Thursday and did not practice either of the last two days, yet still drew no final designation — an unusual combination that signals the club is confident despite the missed work.
• Injury: Illness (he was added to the Thursday report with the issue; some outlets initially reported it as a knee, and Cincinnati’s own listing leaned to the non-injury-related illness category by Friday)
• When it happened: Approximately Sept 16-17, 2026. He had no Wednesday practice listing and first appeared on the Thursday Sept 17 report, placing the onset mid-week rather than in the Sept 13 Week 1 win over Tampa Bay.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Short-term illness in an NFL player typically costs 2-4 days of practice with no game missed once fever and GI symptoms resolve. The residual risk is conditioning and stamina rather than structural — players returning from a multi-day illness commonly see a reduced snap count in the first game back. If the knee component is real, a minor knee contusion or sprain runs 1-2 weeks.
• Expected back to full health: By Week 2 kickoff, Sunday Sept 20, 2026, with the caveat that two missed practice days may mean a slightly trimmed workload. Fully back to normal conditioning by Week 3.
• Next game: PLAYING in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Houston Texans. He was reported cleared to play on Friday Sept 18 after making enough progress, and Cincinnati filed no designation at all — which for a player who missed Thursday and Friday is a strong affirmative signal.
• Next four weeks: Available Weeks 2-5 with no expected absences. His role is stable and matchup-independent: he is the passing-down back and short-yardage change-up. The one thing to watch across this window is Tahj Brooks, who would have started eating into Perine’s work had this absence lasted, and who remains a threat to the role if Perine’s efficiency slips.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tahj Brooks (RB3) is next in line and was explicitly identified as the man up if Perine could not go. Chase Brown (RB1) would also absorb additional passing-down snaps, which would push him toward a true three-down workload.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list. The ailment surfaced mid-week on the Thursday Sept 17, 2026 report.

Fantasy takeaway: A low-end FLEX/bench back in 12-team full PPR — playable in a pinch because of the passing-down role, but the two missed practices raise the odds of a reduced snap count at Houston. Do not start him over a healthy alternative in Week 2. The more actionable note: this scare confirms Chase Brown’s path to a genuine three-down role if Perine ever misses a game, which is a reason to hold Brown, not to chase Perine.

Emari Demercado — DAL (RB2 — the Javonte Williams handcuff and the passing-down back. Promoted from RB3 by the Malik Davis IR placement.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 20 game vs Washington. Healthy and unrestricted.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report this week, so no participation level is filed. Full participation Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. He is tracked here because he is the direct beneficiary of the Malik Davis hip injury of Sept 11, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2).
• Next game: ACTIVE for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs the Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET), in the RB2 role behind Javonte Williams.
• Next four weeks: Active and in the RB2/passing-down role for Weeks 2 (vs WAS), 3, 4 and 5. The only thing that raises his weekly ceiling is a Javonte Williams absence, which would make him an immediate low-end RB2 in full PPR.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Goodson (RB3, signed off the Atlanta practice squad the week of Sept 14) would move up to the No. 2 job, with Hunter Luepke (FB) absorbing short-yardage.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED. On Sept 12 he was RB3 behind a merely week-to-week Malik Davis. Davis’s season-ending IR has made Demercado the outright RB2 and the sole meaningful handcuff, which is a real promotion in role, not just on paper.

Fantasy takeaway: This is the actionable Dallas claim of the week. In a 12-team full-PPR redraft he is a bench stash and the single most valuable handcuff in this division right now, because Dallas has no other proven back. He is not startable in Week 2 behind a healthy Williams — leave him on your bench — but if you have a Williams share, bid to get him. Low-single-digit FAAB is fair.

Woody Marks — HOU (RB2 — change-of-pace and passing-down back behind David Montgomery)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) final Friday outcome: he does not appear anywhere on Houston’s official Sept 18, 2026 injury report for the Sept 20 game vs Cincinnati. Healthy and available.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He was not listed on the Texans’ Week 2 practice report on any day.
• Injury: None active. The shoulder injury attached to his name in search results is from the January 18, 2026 playoff loss at New England — the prior season — and is fully resolved.
• When it happened: Not applicable for 2026 Week 2. The stale shoulder injury dates to Jan 18, 2026 (2025-season playoffs), in a game he returned to after being initially deemed questionable.
• 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. Active Sunday Sept 20 vs the Cincinnati Bengals (1:00 PM ET, Houston) in his normal RB2 role.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: stable RB2 workload. With Nico Collins out, Houston is likelier to lean on the run game and on checkdowns, which modestly raises Marks’ passing-down usage in Week 2. No injury risk flag.
• Who benefits if he sits: David Montgomery would absorb early-down work and British Brooks (carried at FB) would handle short-yardage; practice-squad backs Jawhar Jordan and Noah Whittington are the emergency elevations.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 in terms of health — he was not on the baseline injury list and is not on the Week 2 report. He is included here only to explicitly rule out the widely-circulating stale shoulder story.

Fantasy takeaway: Flex-level in deeper 12-team full-PPR formats only, with a small bump this week — Collins’ absence pushes target volume toward the back and tight end. Do not spend real waiver capital; he is a bench stash behind Montgomery with contingent value.

Keaton Mitchell — LAC (RB2 — change-of-pace and passing-down back behind Omarion Hampton, ahead of Kimani Vidal)

• 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. A player absent from the practice report is by definition a full, unrestricted participant.
• Injury: None currently. The hamstring 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 hamstring 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 hamstring: Grade 1 strains run 1-2 weeks, which matches the timeline of his clean resolution between Week 1 and Week 2. The standing caution with any player who has had a hamstring strain is the roughly one-in-three same-season recurrence rate.
• 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: Weeks 2-5: healthy and available in a complementary RB2 role behind Omarion Hampton. His fantasy value is almost entirely contingent — he is the direct handcuff to a lead back who is himself fully healthy. Watch for a passing-down usage bump in weeks where the Chargers trail, which after an 0-1 start is a live possibility.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kimani Vidal (RB3) would take the complementary snaps behind Omarion Hampton. Amar Johnson and Gregory Desrosiers are practice-squad elevation candidates. The meaningful beneficiary would be Omarion Hampton, who would approach a bellcow workload.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED / NOW CLEARED. The Sept 12 baseline carried him with a hamstring marked resolved and a Limited practice note. He is now entirely absent from the Week 2 injury report — a clean resolution, reported here rather than dropped silently. Depth chart unchanged at RB2, roster status unchanged at ACT.

Fantasy takeaway: A bench stash in 12-team full-PPR, not a starter. He is the correct handcuff for Omarion Hampton managers given his explosive-play profile and pass-catching role, and his clean health resolution makes that stash safe again. Not worth FAAB for anyone who does not roster Hampton. Omarion Hampton remains an unambiguous RB1/RB2 start with no injury concerns of his own — he is entirely absent from the Chargers’ Week 2 report.

TreVeyon Henderson — NE (RB2 — the explosive complement to Rhamondre Stevenson and New England’s passing-down and big-play back, listed second on Ourlads behind Stevenson)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he is entirely OFF New England’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs Pittsburgh. He carries no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag, and the Patriots’ only final tags are Dametrious Crownover (OUT, knee) and Carlton Davis III, Dre’Mont Jones and Ben Brown (all QUESTIONABLE). He is cleared and expected 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, a complete reversal from Week 1 when he did not participate on any day. He himself has publicly stated he will play against the Steelers.
• Injury: Ankle sprain (New England has not specified high vs low). The full-participation progression and the roughly 10-day absence strongly imply a low ankle sprain rather than a syndesmotic one.
• When it happened: Late in the 2026 preseason / Week 1 practice week — he was a DNP for New England’s entire Week 1 practice week and was ruled OUT for the Wednesday Sept 9, 2026 game vs Seattle, a 13-10 New England loss. The club has not tied it to a specific snap, which is consistent with a practice injury in early September 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Low (lateral/inversion) ankle sprains are graded I-III. Grade I is 1-2 weeks, grade II is 2-4 weeks, grade III is 4-8 weeks. Henderson missed exactly one game and returned to three straight full practices about 10 days after being ruled out, which is a clean grade I to low grade II presentation. For a running back whose game is built on burst and lateral cuts, the practical concern after clearance is less about re-injury than about a possible snap-count ramp in the first game back — though full participation all three days argues against any meaningful limitation.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively there — Friday Sept 18, 2026. Three full practices is the strongest possible signal. Expect fully unrestricted usage by Week 3 (Sept 27 at Jacksonville) at the latest, if New England eases him in at all on Sunday.
• Next game: WILL PLAY. He is active and expected to take a meaningful role for New England in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at home vs the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:00 PM ET on CBS. He is off the injury report entirely, practiced in full all three days, and has said publicly he will play. The only open question is snap share in his first game back, not availability.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Pittsburgh) — plays, likely in a committee with Rhamondre Stevenson and possibly on a soft ramp in his season debut. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Jacksonville) — fully unrestricted, expect his share to grow. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Buffalo) — full role in a division game. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Las Vegas) — full role and an appealing matchup. The trend across the window is clearly upward: Stevenson played 84.5 percent of snaps in Week 1 with Henderson out, and that number has to come down now, with the passing-down work the most likely piece to shift.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rhamondre Stevenson (ACT, RB1) is the primary beneficiary and would revert to the near-every-down role he had in Week 1. Corey Kiner (ACT, RB3) is the next man up. Reggie Gilliam (ACT) is the fullback. Lan Larison (DEV) is the practice-squad elevation option, and Myles Montgomery is on Reserve/Injured. This is now a hypothetical — Henderson is cleared.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR IMPROVEMENT — the single biggest positive change in the division. On the Sept 12 baseline he was ‘OUT for Week 1’ with a DNP on every practice day of the Week 1 week. He has now gone Full -> Full -> Full (Wed/Thu/Fri), is completely off the Friday Sept 18 final injury report, carries no game-status designation, and has said he will play. He goes from ruled out to cleared in one week.

Fantasy takeaway: The most important CLEARED story in this division. In a 12-team full-PPR redraft he moves from an unstartable injured stash to a flex-worthy RB3 with genuine weekly upside, and his full-PPR profile is strong because the passing-down role is the exact piece Stevenson is most likely to cede. If he is somehow still on waivers in your league, add him immediately — this is the highest-priority claim in the AFC East. Start him as a flex in Week 2 only if you are thin; the safer play is to start him from Week 3 at Jacksonville onward once the snap share is confirmed. Conversely, this is a real downgrade for Rhamondre Stevenson, who is no longer an 84-percent-snap workhorse — sell Stevenson if a manager in your league still prices him off his Week 1 volume.

Alvin Kamara — NO (RB2 — passing-down and committee back behind Travis Etienne, who took 59 percent of offensive snaps in Week 1)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on New Orleans’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report with a BLANK Game Status column after full participation on all three days, and reporting describes him as off the injury report entirely. Stating this plainly: blank means no designation and he is cleared to play at the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Sept 20.
• 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 is the cleanest possible signal and is the direct answer to last week’s open thread.
• Injury: MCL sprain (listed on the official report simply as ‘Knee’) — now healed
• When it happened: Sustained in the 2026 preseason / early September 2026. It cost him the Sept 13 Week 1 opener at Detroit, where he was among the inactives despite carrying a Questionable tag into that game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Isolated MCL sprains: Grade 1 typically 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 typically 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 (complete tear) 6-plus weeks and occasionally surgical. Kamara’s roughly two-to-three-week absence puts this squarely in the Grade 1 to low Grade 2 band. MCL injuries, unlike ACL injuries, generally heal without surgery and without lingering instability, and re-injury risk after a full practice week is low. The residual risk here is not the knee — it is a 31-year-old back in his first game action of the season.
• Expected back to full health: Structurally healthy now, Week 2 (Sept 20, 2026). Workload-wise, expect New Orleans to need two to three games before he is at an unrestricted snap count — full workload realistically by Week 4, early October 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, in a limited and specifically defined role. No designation for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens. Head coach Kellen Moore said ‘Alvin is going to play a really valuable role this week’ while declining to specify a snap count, and reporting places him in a third-down / passing-down role behind Travis Etienne.
• Next four weeks: Week 2 (at Baltimore): season debut, capped snaps, likely a receiving-heavy usage pattern against a strong Baltimore front that will not yield much on the ground. Week 3: expect a step up in snaps if the knee responds. Weeks 4-5: this is where he should approach a normal committee split, and where his PPR floor becomes reliable again. The ceiling case is that Etienne struggles and New Orleans reverts to Kamara as the lead back; the floor case is that Etienne holds the job and Kamara settles as a 30-40 percent snap passing-down specialist all year.
• Who benefits if he sits: Not applicable — he is the backup. If he were unavailable, Travis Etienne (RB1) would carry an even heavier load, with Kendre Miller (RB3) and newly promoted CJ Donaldson (RB4, signed to the active roster Sept 18, 2026) as the depth behind him.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE and a resolution of last week’s open thread. On the Sept 12 baseline he was QUESTIONABLE after a full Friday practice. The answer to ‘did he play’ is NO — he was on the Week 1 inactive list at Detroit and did not take a snap. For Week 2 he has upgraded all the way to no designation after three full practices and will make his 2026 season debut. The new and important wrinkle is role: Travis Etienne handled 59 percent of Week 1 snaps and remains the lead back, so Kamara returns as a complementary piece rather than reclaiming a bell-cow job.

Fantasy takeaway: Flex-only in Week 2 in 12-team full-PPR — start him only if your alternatives are genuinely bad. The role is real (passing downs in a full-PPR format is a friendly assignment) but the snap cap and the Baltimore matchup make this a low-ceiling week. The correct posture is hold and be patient: his value should climb meaningfully by Weeks 4-5 as the knee restriction lifts. Do not sell him at the bottom on the back of a quiet Week 2 line; equally, do not pay up for him if you are the one buying, because Travis Etienne is genuinely the lead back here.

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

• 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. The Titans 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. IMPORTANT: search engines rank a ‘Spears leaves Jets game with ankle injury’ story highly. That story is dated September 15, 2024, from the Brian Callahan era, and is not current — Tennessee’s head coach in 2026 is Robert Saleh. Spears has no 2026 ankle injury.
• When it happened: Not applicable for 2026 Week 2. The stale ankle story dates to Sept 15, 2024. He played the Sept 13, 2026 Week 1 loss to the New York Jets without incident.
• 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. Active Sunday Sept 20 vs the Philadelphia Eagles (1:00 PM ET, Nissan Stadium) in his normal RB2 role.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: stable RB2 usage with passing-down work. Week 2 vs Philadelphia is a brutal run matchup against one of the league’s best fronts, which pushes Tennessee toward negative game script — historically that has actually increased Spears’ receiving snaps. He is the direct handcuff to Tony Pollard.
• Who benefits if he sits: Julius Chestnut (RB3) and Nicholas Singleton (RB4) are next up, with practice-squad backs Kalel Mullings and Michael Carter as elevation candidates. Tony Pollard would absorb the early-down work.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was not on the baseline injury list and is not on the Week 2 report. He is included here specifically to rule out the widely-circulating 2024 ankle story, which reads as current in search results.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench stash and Pollard handcuff in 12-team full PPR — not a Week 2 start against Philadelphia. His PPR value is real if Tennessee trails, which they likely will, so he is a viable deep-league flex dart. The key point for managers: ignore the ankle stories in your feed, they are two years old.

Rachaad White — WAS (RB2 — the passing-down and change-of-pace back behind Jacory Croskey-Merritt.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no designation of any kind on Washington’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game vs Dallas. He does not appear on the Week 2 injury report, exactly as he did not appear on the final Week 1 report.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report, so no participation level is filed. Full participation Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no current injury. He is carried forward from last week’s list, where he was already marked resolved, and he remains the direct handcuff to a lead back who had a groin issue as recently as Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2).
• Next game: ACTIVE for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET), in the RB2 and passing-down role.
• Next four weeks: Available Weeks 2 (vs DAL), 3, 4 and 5. His floor comes from receiving work in a Jayden Daniels offense; his ceiling arrives only if Jacory Croskey-Merritt’s groin recurs, in which case he becomes a weekly RB2.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaytron Allen (RB3) would absorb the complementary carries behind Croskey-Merritt, with Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. on the practice squad. Jeremy McNichols remains unavailable on the reserve list.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was off the injury report then and is off it now, with no designation either week.

Fantasy takeaway: A flex-worthy PPR piece in 12-team full-PPR and the best handcuff in the Washington backfield. Reporting him as clear rather than dropping him silently. Because he catches passes, he has standalone value even in a committee — unlike most handcuffs. If you roster Croskey-Merritt, you should strongly prefer White over Kaytron Allen as the contingency, since the pass-catching role transfers cleanly to a lead-back workload.

Tyler Goodson — DAL (RB3 — depth/change-of-pace back, new to the 53-man roster this week.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he does not appear on the Cowboys’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official game-status report for the Sept 20 game vs Washington. He is healthy; he was simply not on the roster a week ago.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report. He practiced fully Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18 as he learns the offense after signing.
• Injury: None. Healthy.
• When it happened: N/A — no injury. He is on this report as a roster-move consequence of the Malik Davis hip injury (Sept 11, 2026), not as an injured player.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2).
• Next game: ACTIVE, or at minimum on the 53 and available, for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs the Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET). Expect a very small snap count in his first week in the building.
• Next four weeks: Roster depth through Weeks 2-5. His role only grows if Javonte Williams or Emari Demercado misses time; otherwise he is a special-teams and mop-up back.
• Who benefits if he sits: Hunter Luepke (FB) and any practice-squad elevation. Dallas carries no other halfback on the 53.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Dallas roster on Sept 12; the Cowboys signed him off the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad to the 53-man roster the week of Sept 14-15, 2026, to replace Malik Davis, waiving Israel Abanikanda in the corresponding move.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a 12-team full-PPR redraft league. Watch-list only. He matters to you solely as the third domino — if both Williams and Demercado went down he would have standalone value, but that is a two-injury scenario, not a Week 2 bet.

British Brooks — HOU (FB/RB3 — Ourlads carries him at fullback, not tailback; short-yardage and special-teams role)

• 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 cleared before the Sept 13 Week 1 game at Buffalo.
• 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. Active Sunday Sept 20 vs the Cincinnati Bengals (1:00 PM ET, Houston) in a fullback/short-yardage and special-teams role.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: negligible offensive touches. His role is blocking and special teams. No projected change.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jawhar Jordan and Noah Whittington on the practice squad; Houston would more likely just play more 11-personnel than replace the fullback snap.
• Change since Week 1: CORRECTION vs the Sept 12 baseline, health unchanged. The baseline listed him as ‘RB3/FB’ third on the running back depth chart; the current Ourlads chart carries him at FB as a separate position, not in the tailback rotation. His health status is unchanged (resolved, off the report).

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR. He is a fullback in the Ourlads alignment with no meaningful touch projection. Ignore.

LeQuint Allen Jr. — JAX (RB3 — third-down and passing-down back behind co-starters Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez 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. This is an UPGRADE from Week 1, when he carried a Questionable designation.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Limited Wed Sept 16 -> Limited Thu Sept 17 -> Limited Fri Sept 18. He was limited in all three sessions but, unlike Week 1, was not held out of any of them — there was no DNP this week.
• Injury: Hip — a soft-tissue lower-body injury, listed as ‘Hip’ on the official report
• When it happened: Pre-Week 1. It first appeared on the Sept 9-11, 2026 practice reports (DNP Wednesday, Limited Thursday, Limited Friday) and produced a Questionable tag for the Sept 13 opener vs Cleveland.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hip flexor / hip pointer strain: Grade 1 is 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 is 3-6 weeks. Hip pointers (iliac crest contusion) are typically 1-3 weeks and are highly pain-dependent. His trajectory from a Week 1 DNP to three limited sessions in Week 2 indicates steady improvement in the Grade 1 band.
• Expected back to full health: Week 3 to Week 4 (late September into early October 2026). He has improved week over week and should be off the report entirely within two weeks.
• Next game: PLAYING, with an EXPANDED role. He will play Sunday Sept 20 at the Denver Broncos (4:05 PM ET, Empower Field). Head coach Liam Coen stated he ‘fully anticipates’ Allen having a larger role this week.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: this is the most interesting ascending-usage story in the Jacksonville backfield. Coen’s explicit comment about a larger role, combined with the hip improving, points to Allen carving out the passing-down job. Watch the Week 2 snap count at Denver closely — if he clears 35% of snaps with 4+ targets, he becomes a real PPR asset for Weeks 3-5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ameer Abdullah (RB4) is the veteran passing-down alternative; Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr. would absorb the early-down and goal-line work as they already do. Practice-squad back J’Mari Taylor is the emergency depth.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED since Sept 12. The baseline had him QUESTIONABLE with a DNP Wednesday / Limited Thursday / Limited Friday week. This week he upgraded to limited all three days with NO game-status designation, and Coen added that he ‘fully anticipates’ a larger role. Both the health and the usage arrows point up.

Fantasy takeaway: Priority speculative add in 12-team full PPR. This is the highest-leverage waiver move in the division this week that nobody is talking about: the head coach publicly promised a larger role, he upgraded from Questionable to untagged, and Jacksonville’s backfield is a true committee with no entrenched bell cow. Add him as a bench stash now and be ready to flex him in Week 3 if the Week 2 snaps confirm it. Do not start him at Denver yet.

Ollie Gordon II — MIA (RB3 — third back behind De’Von Achane and Jaylen Wright, short-yardage and power-run change-up)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing of any kind on Miami’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game at San Francisco. He is entirely absent from the injury report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He does not appear on any of Miami’s Week 2 practice reports, which denotes full participation.
• Injury: None currently. He carries no active injury and has not been listed on a Miami injury report in the 2026 regular season.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no current injury. The last tracked issue predates the 2026 regular season and resolved before the Sept 13 opener at Las Vegas.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — nothing is being recovered from. Two consecutive unrestricted practice weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY (rotational), FULLY HEALTHY. He is active and unrestricted for Miami in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 PM ET. No designation, no listing.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 at San Francisco) — rotational/short-yardage snaps. Week 3 (Sept 27 vs Kansas City), Week 4 (Oct 4 at Minnesota) and Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cincinnati) — same limited role, then Miami’s Week 6 bye. Hafley’s run-game recommitment could modestly expand the early-down and goal-line rotation, which is the one path to him mattering. No health concern in the window.
• Who benefits if he sits: DJ Herman (ACT) is the next active body, with Jarquez Hunter (DEV) and Carlos Washington (DEV) as practice-squad elevation options. De’Von Achane (ACT, RB1) and Jaylen Wright (ACT, RB2) sit ahead of him and would absorb the carries.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was resolved and off the report on the Sept 12 baseline and remains resolved and off the report on the Sept 18 final report. Confirmed against the current report. Reported here rather than dropped silently, per the standing rule on cleared players.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a standard 12-team full-PPR redraft — he is the RB3 and would need two injuries ahead of him to matter. He has modest deep-league appeal ONLY as a goal-line vulture if Hafley’s run-first mandate produces a defined short-yardage role. The correct Achane handcuff is Jaylen Wright, not Gordon. Leave on the wire.

Kendre Miller — NO (RB3 — the change-of-pace back behind Travis Etienne and Alvin Kamara, and he scored a touchdown in Week 1)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he does not appear anywhere on New Orleans’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official injury report for the Sept 20 game at Baltimore, the second consecutive week he has been fully off the report.
• 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. Practicing without restriction for a second straight week.
• Injury: Minor practice injury from early September 2026 (resolved before Week 1)
• When it happened: Early September 2026, during 2026 training camp / Week 1 preparation. It was reported at the time as minor and it never produced a game-status designation.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not meaningfully applicable — the issue never reached a designation and never cost him a game. Two consecutive clean practice weeks is conclusive evidence there is nothing left to track.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy — he has been since before the Sept 13 opener at Detroit.
• Next game: WILL PLAY. No designation for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: healthy and available. His usage is the story, not his health — with Audric Estime on IR and Alvin Kamara on a Week 2 snap restriction in his season debut, Miller has a genuine near-term opportunity for early-down and rotational carries behind Travis Etienne. That window narrows in Weeks 4-5 as Kamara’s restriction lifts.
• Who benefits if he sits: CJ Donaldson (RB4, promoted from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 18, 2026) would be the next man up, with Zamir White on the practice squad as further depth.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12 — he was already off the report on the baseline and remains off it. What is new is opportunity: Estime’s move to Injured Reserve permanently removes a body ahead of him, and Kamara’s restricted return leaves early-down work available in Week 2.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench in 12-team full-PPR but a defensible deep speculative add this week. He found the end zone in Week 1, Audric Estime is on IR, and Kamara is capped in his debut — that is a real if narrow opening for touches at Baltimore. He is not a start, but he is the kind of RB3 you want on your bench when a backfield is this fluid.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. — NYG (RB3 — demoted this week. He is now behind Cam Skattebo (RB1) and Devin Singletary (RB2) on the Ourlads chart, with Najee Harris (RB4) pushing him.)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries no designation on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Monday Sept 21 game at the Rams. He never appeared on the official report at all this week despite an early-week illness, which the club confirmed by leaving him off Thursday’s list.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report, so no participation level is filed. He had what head coach John Harbaugh called a ‘bad flu’ early in the week but was back and off the report by Thursday Sept 17, and remained off it Friday Sept 18.
• Injury: Illness (influenza-type). Not an orthopedic injury and now resolved.
• When it happened: Early in the Week 2 practice week — Monday/Tuesday Sept 14-15, 2026. Harbaugh disclosed it midweek and said he expected Tracy back by Thursday, which happened.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Influenza-type illness in an NFL player is typically a 2-5 day absence, with the main risks being dehydration and a temporary drop in conditioning rather than any lasting limitation. A player who is back to full practice within the same week carries no residual game-day risk.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Thursday Sept 17, 2026 (Week 2). No lingering effect.
• Next game: ACTIVE and available for Week 2, Monday Sept 21, 2026 at the Los Angeles Rams (8:15 p.m. ET). His playing time, not his health, is the question — he is the third back.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 2 (at LAR), 3, 4 and 5, but with a shrinking role. The Week 1 fumble cost him snaps and Najee Harris is being worked into the rotation behind Skattebo and Singletary. Expect single-digit touches unless someone ahead of him gets hurt.
• Who benefits if he sits: Najee Harris (RB4) would take the third-back snaps directly; Devin Singletary and Cam Skattebo already handle the bulk of the work.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED on two fronts. Health: he was already ‘Resolved / not on the report’ on Sept 12, then picked up a new flu bug early in Week 2 prep and has cleared it — so he is CLEARED again. Role: he has dropped from RB2 to RB3 on the depth chart after his Week 1 fumble, which is a genuine change versus the baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: Droppable in most 12-team full-PPR redraft leagues. Reporting him as CLEARED rather than dropping him silently: the illness is over, but the depth-chart news is worse than the health news. He fumbled on one of two carries in Week 1, got benched for it, and has fallen to RB3 with Najee Harris getting a look. If you are holding him for upside, the upside has moved to Singletary and Harris.

Isaiah Davis — NYJ (RB3 — third back behind Breece Hall and Braelon Allen, and with Kene Nwangwu OUT, a likely candidate to absorb kick-return duties)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO designation and NO injury listing on the Jets’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs Green Bay. The knee maintenance listing from a week ago is gone; he is entirely absent from the injury report.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18) and unlisted. Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He appears on none of the Jets’ three Week 2 practice reports, which denotes full participation throughout.
• Injury: None currently. The prior knee listing was a maintenance entry only — he never missed or was limited in a practice, and it has dropped off the report entirely.
• When it happened: Not applicable to any current injury. The superseded knee maintenance listing appeared on the Jets’ Sept 9-11, 2026 Week 1 reports without ever affecting his participation, and did not recur in Week 2.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — nothing is being recovered from. A maintenance listing with zero limited practices that then disappears the following week is a complete resolution.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY (rotational), FULLY HEALTHY. He is active and unrestricted for the Jets in Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at home vs the Green Bay Packers, 1:00 PM ET. No designation, no listing.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Green Bay) — rotational offensive snaps plus a likely bump in special-teams and return work with Kene Nwangwu OUT. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Detroit), Week 4 (Oct 4 at Chicago) and Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cleveland) — same role. No health concern in the window. His snap ceiling is capped by Breece Hall and Braelon Allen being healthy ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) would be the practice-squad elevation. Braelon Allen (ACT, RB2) and Breece Hall (ACT, RB1) sit ahead of him and would absorb the carries. Kene Nwangwu (ACT, RB4) is currently OUT with a back injury, so New York’s backfield depth is already stretched.
• Change since Week 1: IMPROVED and now fully resolved. On the Sept 12 baseline he carried a knee maintenance listing with NO game-status designation while practicing full all three days. He is now completely off the Jets’ injury report. Reported here as cleared rather than dropped silently, per the standing rule.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in a standard 12-team full-PPR redraft — he is the RB3 and would need two injuries ahead of him to see real volume. He is a deep-league stash only. The correct Breece Hall handcuff is Braelon Allen, not Davis. Leave him on the wire, but note that with Nwangwu out and Trayanum on IR, the Jets’ backfield is only three deep, which makes Davis one injury away from relevance rather than two.

Emanuel Wilson — SEA (RB3 — limited red-zone and rotational snaps behind Jadarian Price and George Holani)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he carries NO entry at all on Seattle’s FINAL official Friday report of Sept 18, 2026 for the Sept 20 game at Arizona. He remains fully off the injury report.
• Practice this week: Full participant and not listed on the report at any point this week. Full week: not listed Wed Sept 16 -> not listed Thu Sept 17 -> not listed Fri Sept 18.
• Injury: None. The undisclosed minor issue that produced a Week 1 practice-report entry cleared before the opener and has not recurred.
• When it happened: Not applicable — no active injury. The prior item was an early-September practice-report entry that resolved before Week 1, in which he was active and played.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no current injury.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now, as of Friday, Sept 18, 2026.
• Next game: WILL PLAY, no designation, in his normal rotational role. Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Arizona Cardinals, in Arizona.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 2 through 5. His path to volume is blocked in front and behind: Jadarian Price has the early-down job, George Holani owns third down and goal line, and Zach Charbonnet becomes eligible off PUP in Week 5. Expect his snap share to shrink, not grow, over this stretch.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is healthy. For completeness, Jacardia Wright is the practice-squad running back who would be elevated if Seattle needed a fourth body.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was marked RESOLVED on the baseline and remains completely off the injury report with no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full-PPR. He is the RB3 in a three-way committee that is about to become a four-way one when Zach Charbonnet comes off PUP in Week 5. If you are speculating on this backfield at all, the names are Jadarian Price now and Charbonnet for the stretch run.

Sean Tucker — TB (RB3 behind Bucky Irving and Kenny Gainwell)

• Status: RESOLVED — (a) he does not appear on Tampa Bay’s FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game vs Cleveland. He was on the practice report Wednesday and Thursday as a full participant and was removed entirely by Friday, carrying no designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full and unlisted (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> not listed Fri Sept 18. Two full practices followed by removal from the report is the cleanest possible clearance pattern.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (now resolved)
• When it happened: Early September 2026 during Week 1 preparation — he was a DNP on Tampa Bay’s Sept 9 practice report, upgraded to Limited on Sept 10, and carried a FINAL Friday DOUBTFUL tag into the Week 1 game vs Cincinnati.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains: Grade 1 typically 1-3 weeks, Grade 2 typically 3-6 weeks. A roughly one-week absence followed by two full practices puts this firmly in the Grade 1 band. Recurrence risk stays modestly elevated for about 4-6 weeks, which for an RB3 is largely academic given his limited snap exposure.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy now — Friday Sept 18, 2026, Week 2.
• Next game: WILL PLAY. No designation for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: available throughout barring re-aggravation. His role is the ceiling, not his health — Bucky Irving is the clear lead back and Kenny Gainwell is the established RB2 and passing-down option. Tucker projects as a handful of snaps per week plus special teams unless one of the two ahead of him goes down.
• Who benefits if he sits: Josh Williams (RB4) is the only other running back on Tampa Bay’s active roster and would be the emergency option. Bucky Irving (RB1) and Kenny Gainwell (RB2) hold effectively all the meaningful work.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED — upgraded from DOUBTFUL to fully cleared. On the Sept 12 baseline he was Limited on Friday with a FINAL Friday DOUBTFUL designation. He practiced in full Wednesday and Thursday of Week 2 and is off the final report entirely.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full-PPR. Cleared and healthy, but he is the third back in a room where the top two are firmly established. Report him as cleared and move on. The one scenario worth noting: Tampa Bay’s running back room is only four deep, so if Irving misses time, Gainwell becomes an immediate RB2 and Tucker becomes a real flex option.

Kaytron Allen — WAS (RB3 — the short-yardage and goal-line back behind Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Rachaad White.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on Washington’s Week 2 report with a BLANK Game Status column and full practice participation, and is not among the three players carrying a final Friday Sept 18, 2026 designation for the Sept 20 game vs Dallas. Stating this explicitly: a blank Game Status means available without restriction.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 18). Full week: Full Wed Sept 16 -> Full Thu Sept 17 -> Full Fri Sept 18. He was listed with an injury but never practiced at less than full capacity on any day.
• Injury: Ankle/knee — a dual minor listing, evidently precautionary given three consecutive full practices.
• When it happened: Listed at the open of the Week 2 practice week on Wednesday Sept 16, 2026, most plausibly accumulated general soreness from the Week 1 game at Philadelphia on Sept 13, 2026. No discrete incident has been reported.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low-grade ankle sprain costs an NFL running back roughly 1-2 weeks at Grade 1 and 3-6 weeks at Grade 2; a minor knee contusion or sprain without ligament involvement is typically under a week. A player carrying both listings who practices fully three straight days has neither at a meaningful grade — this is maintenance, not injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Friday Sept 18, 2026 (Week 2). No meaningful recovery is outstanding.
• Next game: ACTIVE with no restriction for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET, FOX), in his short-yardage and goal-line role.
• Next four weeks: Expected available Weeks 2 (vs DAL), 3, 4 and 5. His value rides entirely on goal-line touchdown equity in a backfield led by Croskey-Merritt, not on health.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rachaad White (RB2) would absorb the short-yardage work alongside Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. available off the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: NEW TO THIS REPORT. He was not on the Sept 12 Week 1 injury list. The ankle/knee listing is new this week but is the mildest possible version — three full practices and no designation.

Fantasy takeaway: A touchdown-dependent deep-league stash only; not a Week 2 start in 12-team full-PPR. The injury listing is noise — he practiced fully all week and will play. He becomes genuinely interesting only if Croskey-Merritt’s groin flares up again, in which case Rachaad White is still the bigger beneficiary. Leave him on waivers in standard 12-team leagues.

Najee Harris — NYG (RB4 on the published order, but functionally the No. 3 back the Giants intend to rotate in for goal-line, short-yardage and pass-catching snaps starting in Week 2.)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he carries no designation on the Giants’ FINAL Friday Sept 18, 2026 report for the Monday Sept 21 game at the Rams. He is not on the injury report. His Week 1 absence was a healthy scratch (a coaching decision), not an injury designation.
• Practice this week: Not on the injury report, so no participation level is filed. Full participation Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 and Fri Sept 18. Head coach John Harbaugh said this week that Harris is ‘looking good.’
• Injury: None currently. Historical context only: he is working back from a torn ACL suffered in the 2025 season, which is why New York ramped him slowly.
• When it happened: N/A for any current injury. The underlying 2025 ACL tear is the reason for the phased return; he has been medically cleared and on the active roster, and was simply inactive by choice in Week 1 on Sunday Sept 13, 2026 vs Dallas.
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction runs 9-12 months to return-to-play, and running backs specifically tend to need another 4-8 game appearances before contact balance and burst look normal. Harris is medically past the clearance line; what remains is a deliberate workload ramp by the club rather than a medical restriction.
• Expected back to full health: Medically healthy now (Friday Sept 18, 2026, Week 2). Expect a full, unmanaged workload to be available to him by mid-October 2026, roughly Weeks 5-6, if the rotation opens up.
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to make his Giants debut in Week 2, Monday Sept 21, 2026 at the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium (8:15 p.m. ET), taking the No. 3 rotational role. He will not start.
• Next four weeks: Available Weeks 2 (at LAR), 3, 4 and 5 with a role that should grow week over week. Cam Skattebo and Devin Singletary remain the 1-2 punch, but Harris is the likeliest back to steal goal-line work — which is where his fantasy value lives.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB3 on paper) would reclaim the rotational snaps, and practice-squad backs Grant Finley and Phil Mafah are the emergency depth.
• Change since Week 1: CHANGED / effectively new to this report. On Sept 12 he was simply RB4 with no injury note; he was then a healthy scratch for Week 1. For Week 2 the Giants have signalled he will be active and folded into the rotation, which is a real change in his outlook.

Fantasy takeaway: Speculative add in a 12-team full-PPR league, not a Week 2 start. He is a low-cost bench stash whose value is entirely tied to goal-line touchdown equity behind Cam Skattebo. If Skattebo were to miss time, Harris would be a weekly flex play immediately. Do not start him blind on Monday night.

Pierre Strong — GB (Practice-squad running back (DEV) — depth behind Chris Brooks, MarShawn Lloyd and Kaleb Johnson)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (c) he is a practice-squad player (status code DEV on https://www.nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster as of Sept 18, 2026). Practice-squad players do not appear on the official NFL injury report at all, so no game-status designation exists or can exist for him. He is available for elevation.
• Practice this week: Not reported — practice-squad participation is not published on the official injury report. Full week: no Wed, Thu or Fri participation is publicly documented, and none can be. There is no indication of any physical limitation.
• Injury: None verified. The Sept 9 baseline carried an unofficial beat-reporting note about a possible issue; no official source has ever confirmed an injury and he appears on no injury report.
• When it happened: N/A — no verified injury. Nothing has been officially documented at any point.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no verified injury to recover from.
• Expected back to full health: He is presumed healthy as of Friday Sept 18, 2026. Nothing in the official record indicates otherwise, and practice-squad status is a roster classification rather than a health status.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 vs the New York Jets on Sunday Sept 20, 2026 unless Green Bay elevates him from the practice squad, which has not been announced. With three healthy active-roster backs ahead of him, an elevation is unlikely.
• Next four weeks: Practice-squad depth through Weeks 2 through 5 barring an injury to Chris Brooks, MarShawn Lloyd or Kaleb Johnson. He is the fourth option and becomes relevant only if the Green Bay backfield takes another hit on top of Josh Jacobs’s exempt-list absence.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A — he is himself the backup-of-the-backups. Damon Bankston (DEV) is the only body behind him on the practice squad.
• Change since Week 1: Clarified rather than changed. The Sept 12 baseline flagged an unofficial beat-reporting injury note with no official confirmation. That remains unconfirmed and he still appears on no injury report; he is simply a healthy practice-squad back. No change to his DEV status.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in 12-team full PPR. He is a practice-squad player behind three active backs in a committee that is already unusable for fantasy. Tracked only to close out the unverified injury note carried on the baseline — there is no confirmed injury and no official designation. Ignore him unless Green Bay suffers a second backfield injury.

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 RB first appeared on Game On Media.

Bottom Line Up Front at Running Back

Running back came through the week better than Wednesday suggested. Most of the backs who were limited midweek practiced their way out of a designation entirely, and the real damage was concentrated in a few specific backfields rather than spread across the position.

Of the 44 running backs on this board, 19 are out or doubtful, 4 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 21 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all.

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

Who is on this report?

Josh Jacobs (GB), Christian McCaffrey (SF), Malik Davis (DAL), Isiah Pacheco (DET), TreVeyon Henderson (NE), Isaac Guerendo (SF), Adam Randall (BAL), Audric Estime (NO), James Conner (ARI), Trey Sermon (ATL), Trevor Etienne (CAR), Ty Chandler (NO), Zach Charbonnet (SEA), Jeremy McNichols (WAS), Trey Benson (ARI), Myles Montgomery (NE), Chip Trayanum (NYJ), Sean Tucker (TB), Kene Nwangwu (NYJ), Jeremiyah Love (ARI), Ty Johnson (BUF), Alvin Kamara (NO), LeQuint Allen Jr. (JAX), Chuba Hubbard (CAR), D’Andre Swift (CHI), J.K. Dobbins (DEN), Bhayshul Tuten (JAX), Ashton Jeanty (LV), De’Von Achane (MIA), Cam Skattebo (NYG), Breece Hall (NYJ), Jacory Croskey-Merritt (WAS), Jonathon Brooks (CAR), Kyle Monangai (CHI), Keaton Mitchell (LAC), Tyrone Tracy Jr. (NYG), Rachaad White (WAS), British Brooks (HOU), Ollie Gordon II (MIA), Kendre Miller (NO), Isaiah Davis (NYJ), Emanuel Wilson (SEA), Pierre Strong Jr. (GB), Kyle Juszczyk (SF)

What changed since Wednesday

Wednesday’s reports were practice participation only. Friday’s are the real thing — the final Out, Doubtful and Questionable tags that govern Sunday. Across the 44 running backs here: 4 are new to the report, 8 improved, 2 got worse, and 13 cleared entirely. The pattern worth internalizing: a midweek Limited usually resolved upward, and the players who never practiced are the ones who ended up with a tag.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• If Josh Jacobs (GB) can’t go — MarShawn Lloyd (ACT #32) is the listed lead back, with Chris Brooks (ACT #30) and Kaleb Johnson (ACT #26) in a committee. OC Adam Stenavich said Sept 8 the Packers will go running-back-by-committee ‘for a little bit’ without Jacobs.
• If Christian McCaffrey (SF) can’t go — Jordan James (ACT) and rookie Kaelon Black (ACT), with Sincere McCormick on the practice squad; Isaac Guerendo is on PUP until Week 5
• If Malik Davis (DAL) can’t go — Emari Demercado (#31) moves up to RB2 and becomes the direct handcuff/change-of-pace behind Javonte Williams. Israel Abanikanda (#25, practice squad) is the in-house candidate for a standard elevation or an active-roster promotion.
• If Isiah Pacheco (DET) can’t go — Sione Vaki (ACT #33) is the active RB2 behind Jahmyr Gibbs, with Jacob Saylors (ACT #25) third.
• If TreVeyon Henderson (NE) can’t go — Rhamondre Stevenson handles the bulk of the work as the clear RB1, with Corey Kiner as the RB2 change-of-pace. Lan Larison (practice squad) is the standard-elevation option — New England elevated him for the Seattle game.
• If Isaac Guerendo (SF) can’t go — Jordan James and rookie Kaelon Black are already handling the RB2/RB3 work behind McCaffrey
• If Adam Randall (BAL) can’t go — Rasheen Ali holds the RB3 job in his absence, behind Derrick Henry and Justice Hill.
• If Audric Estime (NO) can’t go — Kendre Miller (healthy, off the report) is the direct beneficiary and serves as the RB3 behind Travis Etienne Jr. and Alvin Kamara
• If James Conner (ARI) can’t go — Tyler Allgeier is the starter in his absence, with Jeremiyah Love the featured talent and Bam Knight third
• If Trey Sermon (ATL) can’t go — Brian Robinson Jr. is the RB2 behind Bijan Robinson; Tyler Goodson and Cash Jones are the practice-squad depth
• If Trevor Etienne (CAR) can’t go — AJ Dillon holds the RB3 role behind Chuba Hubbard and Jonathon Brooks in his absence
• If Ty Chandler (NO) can’t go — Kendre Miller is the healthy RB3 behind Travis Etienne Jr. and Alvin Kamara
• If Zach Charbonnet (SEA) can’t go — Jadarian Price (ACT) on early downs, George Holani (ACT) on third down and at the goal line, Emanuel Wilson (ACT) in the red zone
• If Jeremy McNichols (WAS) can’t go — His snaps are already absorbed: Jacory Croskey-Merritt (#22) leads, Rachaad White (#1) handles passing downs, Kaytron Allen (#31) handles short yardage. Craig Reynolds (#24) is the practice-squad depth.
• If Trey Benson (ARI) can’t go — Tyler Allgeier and Jeremiyah Love split the work his roster spot would have absorbed; Bam Knight is RB3
• If Sean Tucker (TB) can’t go — Kenny Gainwell (RB2) is the primary backup behind Bucky Irving; practice-squad RB Josh Williams is the named elevation candidate if Tucker cannot go
• If Kene Nwangwu (NYJ) can’t go — Isaiah Davis (fully cleared, no designation) covers the RB3 role behind Breece Hall and Braelon Allen; Al-Jay Henderson (practice squad, DEV) is the elevation option, and the return duties would shift to a receiver or Davis.
• If Jeremiyah Love (ARI) can’t go — Tyler Allgeier (ACT) takes the lead role outright, with Bam Knight (ACT) as the change-of-pace; Evan Hull would need a practice-squad elevation
• If Ty Johnson (BUF) can’t go — Ray Davis takes the RB2 snaps behind James Cook; Frank Gore Jr. (practice squad, DEV) is the standard-elevation candidate for depth.
• If Alvin Kamara (NO) can’t go — Travis Etienne Jr. is already the RB1 and would simply carry a larger load; Kendre Miller (healthy and off the report) is the specific player who absorbs Kamara’s committee snaps
• If LeQuint Allen Jr. (JAX) can’t go — Per the verified club depth chart, there is no single replacement – his third-down responsibilities would be split between the two co-starters, CHRIS RODRIGUEZ JR. and BHAYSHUL TUTEN, neither of whom is a natural pass-catching back. AMEER ABDULLAH (RB4, ACT, #20) is the roster’s other passing-down option and is the most likely beneficiary of any true pass-game snaps if Allen sits.

How to read this report

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

• Four teams have already played. Seattle beat New England on Wednesday and San Francisco beat the Rams in Melbourne on Thursday. For those four clubs the Week 1 question is settled — what matters is who got hurt in the game and what it means for Week 2.
• Denver and Kansas City play Monday night, so their reporting week runs a day later and their final tags file Saturday. Anything listed for them here is Friday participation with the final designation still pending.
• 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.

Reserve-list designations — IR, PUP, Commissioner’s Exempt List — are roster transactions and are settled regardless of the day.

Ruled out or unavailable (17)

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

Josh Jacobs — GB (Was the clear RB1; currently NOT on the active depth chart (verified: nfl.com roster status EXE; Ourlads lists him under Commissioner’s Exempt). MarShawn Lloyd is the nominal lead back in his absence.)

• Status: COMMISSIONER’S EXEMPT LIST (EXE) – this is (b) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION, verified as status code EXE on nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster/ as of Sept 12 2026. It is NOT an injury designation and NOT a weekly game-status tag. Players on the Exempt List are paid but may not practice or play.
• Practice this week: not reported – players on the Commissioner’s Exempt List do not practice with the team and do not appear on the weekly injury report. He is correctly absent from the Sept 11 final report.
• Injury: None – this is a legal/disciplinary matter, not an injury. Jacobs faced two misdemeanor charges (battery and criminal damage to property) stemming from a May 2026 altercation with his girlfriend.
• When it happened: N/A (not an injury). Key dates: charges announced late August 2026; placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List Sunday, Aug 31, 2026; initial court appearance moved up from Nov 17 to Thursday, Sept 10, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A – not an injury. For reference, NFL Personal Conduct Policy resolutions in comparable misdemeanor domestic-violence cases have historically produced suspensions in the 3-to-8 game range, with time already served on the Exempt List typically credited against the suspension.
• Expected back to full health: Physically healthy now. Availability is a league-discipline question, not a medical one, and there is currently NO TIMELINE. ProFootballRumors and NBC Sports both reported Sept 10 that there is no timetable for discipline.
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 at the Minnesota Vikings (4:25 PM ET) – OUT / INELIGIBLE. He remains on the Commissioner’s Exempt List and cannot play.
• Next four weeks: Assume OUT for Weeks 1-4 as the base case. His Sept 10 court appearance RESOLVED THE CRIMINAL CASE but did NOT restore his playing status – the NFL explicitly said Thursday Sept 10 that he ‘remains on the Commissioner’s Exempt list while the league reviews the matter.’ The league review must conclude and any suspension must be served before he returns. GM Brian Gutekunst has expressed hope he plays at some point this season while saying the team will ‘be prepared either way.’
• Who benefits if he sits: MarShawn Lloyd (ACT #32) is the listed lead back, with Chris Brooks (ACT #30) and Kaleb Johnson (ACT #26) in a committee. OC Adam Stenavich said Sept 8 the Packers will go running-back-by-committee ‘for a little bit’ without Jacobs.
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – and this is the important finding. The Sept 9 snapshot flagged his Sept 10 court date as potentially decisive. IT WAS NOT. On Thursday Sept 10 Jacobs pleaded NO CONTEST to both misdemeanors, was fined $1,000 on the battery count, avoided jail, and had the criminal-damage count set for dismissal if he completes a year of counseling and no-contact conditions. The NFL stated the same day that he REMAINS on the Commissioner’s Exempt List while the league reviews the matter, with no timetable for discipline. His roster status is still EXE as of Sept 12. Green Bay’s backfield therefore stays wide open.

Fantasy takeaway: Stash him only if you have a deep bench – the criminal case is over but the NFL review is not, there is no reinstatement timeline, and a suspension almost certainly follows before he plays a down.

Christian McCaffrey — SF (RB1, though rookie Kaelon Black out-carried him 14 to 10 in the opener)

• Status: (c) Minor post-game item from an already-played game – McCaffrey dealt with CRAMPS during the Melbourne game but returned and finished it. No injury designation, not on any reserve list, and he was off the Week 1 injury report entirely.
• Practice this week: n/a – game already played
• Injury: Cramping only (heat/travel-related, shared with LT Trent Williams, who also cramped and took an IV). No structural injury.
• When it happened: 2026-09-10 (in-game cramping in Melbourne)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cramping resolves within hours to a day with rehydration; it carries no meaningful missed-time risk and is not a reportable injury
• Expected back to full health: Already healthy – he finished the game and posted 88 yards from scrimmage
• Next game: Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the MIAMI DOLPHINS (home): expected to PLAY, no designation anticipated
• Next four weeks: Healthy for all four. The genuine concern is not his health but his workload – Kaelon Black’s 14 carries for 65 yards signals a real committee.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jordan James (ACT) and rookie Kaelon Black (ACT), with Sincere McCormick on the practice squad; Isaac Guerendo is on PUP until Week 5
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – still off the injury report, now with a healthy game played

Fantasy takeaway: He is fully healthy – the cramps were a non-event – but monitor the Kaelon Black split, which is the bigger threat to his fantasy floor than his body is.

Malik Davis — DAL (RB2 on the official Cowboys depth chart, behind Javonte Williams and ahead of Emari Demercado)

• Status: OUT — this is (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation on the Cowboys’ official Week 1 report dated Friday Sept 11, 2026. Confirmed on nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1, dallascowboys.com and multiple Sept 11 beat reports.
• Practice this week: Limited — he was participating in Friday’s practice (logged Limited) when he was injured and carted off; that is why the final report shows Limited alongside an Out designation
• Injury: Hip — carted off the practice field; Cowboys COO Stephen Jones publicly called it ‘pretty serious’
• When it happened: Friday, September 11, 2026 (injured at practice)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Depends on structure. A significant hip flexor/adductor strain typically sidelines an NFL player 4–8 weeks. A hip labral tear requiring arthroscopic repair is 3–6 months. A hip subluxation/dislocation is 4–6 months or longer. ‘Carted off’ plus ‘pretty serious’ plus ‘several games’ points to the middle-to-upper part of that band.
• Expected back to full health: Not in 2026 Week 1 and not soon. Stephen Jones indicated Davis will miss Sunday and ‘several more’ games — realistically mid-October at the very earliest, and potentially the season if imaging shows labral or dislocation involvement. No imaging results had been released as of Sat Sept 12.
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 vs. the NEW YORK GIANTS (8:20 PM ET, SNF) — OUT. Officially ruled out.
• Next four weeks: Expect him to miss all four and to be moved to Injured Reserve. He was still carried as ACT on the official roster as of Saturday Sept 12, so an IR designation plus a corresponding roster addition is the move to watch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Emari Demercado (#31) moves up to RB2 and becomes the direct handcuff/change-of-pace behind Javonte Williams. Israel Abanikanda (#25, practice squad) is the in-house candidate for a standard elevation or an active-roster promotion.
• Change since Wednesday: NEW — and a genuine Wednesday-to-Friday swing. Davis was not on the Sept 9 injury report at all; he was hurt at Friday’s practice and went straight from unlisted to ruled OUT with a potentially multi-week hip injury. This is the largest new injury in the division this week.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in all formats and pivot to Emari Demercado as the Javonte Williams handcuff — Demercado just inherited the entire backup backfield on a Friday.

Isiah Pacheco — DET (Was projected RB2 behind Jahmyr Gibbs; currently NOT on the active depth chart (verified: nfl.com roster status RES). With him out, Sione Vaki is the active RB2 and Jacob Saylors RB3.)

• Status: RESERVE/INJURED (IR) – this is (b) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION, verified as status code RES on nfl.com/teams/detroit-lions/roster/ as of Sept 12 2026. Not a weekly game-status tag.
• Practice this week: not reported – players on Reserve/Injured do not practice with the team and do not appear on the weekly injury report. He is correctly absent from Detroit’s Sept 11 final report.
• Injury: MCL sprain (knee)
• When it happened: Late August 2026 – placed on injured reserve Sept 1, 2026 (reported by the Detroit News and NBC Sports on Sept 1-2, 2026).
• Typical recovery for this injury: MCL sprain: Grade 1 typically 1-2 weeks; Grade 2 typically 3-6 weeks; Grade 3 typically 8-12 weeks, occasionally surgical. Detroit’s decision to use standard IR (minimum four games) rather than keeping him active points to a Grade 2 or higher.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026. He is ineligible to return before Week 5 (the game on/after Oct 4, 2026) under the four-game IR minimum. The Detroit News reported Sept 2 that the Lions ‘hope’ he can return at some point this season – notably short of a guarantee.
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 vs the New Orleans Saints (1:00 PM ET) – OUT. Ineligible to play; on Reserve/Injured.
• Next four weeks: OUT for all four of Weeks 1-4 by rule. The earliest possible return is Week 5. Treat him as an IR stash only.
• Who benefits if he sits: Sione Vaki (ACT #33) is the active RB2 behind Jahmyr Gibbs, with Jacob Saylors (ACT #25) third.
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – still RES/Reserve-Injured on the official roster, exactly as captured in the Sept 9 baseline. No transaction since.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in redraft leagues without IR slots – he cannot help you until Week 5 at the earliest, and the Lions have only said they ‘hope’ he returns this season.

TreVeyon Henderson — NE (RB2 behind Rhamondre Stevenson — explosive committee/passing-down back)

• Status: OUT for Week 1 — that was (a) a FINAL official game-status designation for the already-played Sept 9 game at Seattle. He remains on the ACTIVE roster (status ACT), was NOT placed on IR, and has no Week 2 designation yet because New England’s Week 2 practice week does not begin until Wednesday Sept 16.
• Practice this week: DNP (did not participate) through the entire Week 1 practice week including the final session before the Seattle game. No practice has been held since.
• Injury: Ankle sprain (club has not specified high vs low; he has been limited since late August)
• When it happened: Late August / around September 2, 2026 — he first missed practice on Sept 2 and never returned before Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A standard low (lateral) ankle sprain sidelines an NFL running back roughly 1-3 weeks; a moderate one 3-4 weeks; a high ankle sprain 4-8 weeks. He has now missed roughly two weeks of practice and one game without being placed on IR, which points to the club expecting a return inside the four-game IR minimum — consistent with a moderate low ankle sprain rather than a syndesmotic injury.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026 — a realistic full-go window is Weeks 3-4, with a limited-snap return possible in Week 2.
• Next game: WEEK 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs Pittsburgh Steelers — UNDETERMINED. Watch the Wednesday Sept 16 practice report: a Limited session would put him on track to play, another DNP would point to a second straight miss. Staying off IR is the encouraging signal.
• Next four weeks: Genuinely in play for Week 2 vs Pittsburgh on a snap count; more likely a real workload by Week 3 at Jacksonville and Week 4 at Buffalo. With A.J. Brown on IR, New England has extra incentive to get its most explosive skill player back on the field.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rhamondre Stevenson handles the bulk of the work as the clear RB1, with Corey Kiner as the RB2 change-of-pace. Lan Larison (practice squad) is the standard-elevation option — New England elevated him for the Seattle game.
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged in substance — his Week 1 OUT was already final on Sept 9 and that game has now been played. The new information is negative-by-absence: no post-game update, no IR placement, and no practice report until Sept 16.

Fantasy takeaway: Hold him on your bench through Week 2 and check Wednesday’s practice report — Rhamondre Stevenson is the immediate start in New England’s backfield until Henderson practices.

Isaac Guerendo — SF (Would be the RB2/RB3 change-of-pace; currently on the active/PUP list)

• Status: (b) OFFICIAL reserve-list designation – PUP (active/Physically Unable to Perform) per the official nfl.com 49ers roster. Must miss the first four games by rule.
• Practice this week: n/a – on active/PUP and barred from team practice until his window opens after Week 4
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried from training camp (undisclosed)
• When it happened: 2026-08-26 (placed on active/PUP at roster cutdown)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Active/PUP is a fixed 4-game minimum by rule; most PUP backs return between Weeks 5 and 8
• Expected back to full health: Week 5 at the earliest, realistically Weeks 5-7
• Next game: Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Miami Dolphins: OUT – ineligible by rule
• Next four weeks: OUT for all four games by rule
• Who benefits if he sits: Jordan James and rookie Kaelon Black are already handling the RB2/RB3 work behind McCaffrey
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Low-priority stash – Kaelon Black’s 14-carry opener has already claimed the backfield role Guerendo would return to.

Adam Randall — BAL (RB4 / rookie — not on the active depth chart; Baltimore’s active backfield is Derrick Henry, Justice Hill, Rasheen Ali)

• Status: Reserve/Injured, designated to return — category (b), an official reserve-list designation (status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster). He must miss the first four games and can be activated from Week 5 once medically cleared.
• Practice this week: not reported — ineligible to practice until his 21-day activation window opens
• Injury: Undisclosed. The Ravens did not specify the injury; it was sustained late in the preseason after he had impressed with a touchdown against Philadelphia and a long run against Washington.
• When it happened: Late August 2026; placed on Reserve/Injured with a return designation on Aug 30, 2026 at the 53-man cutdown
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not publicly stated. The binding constraint is procedural rather than medical: a designated-to-return IR placement carries a mandatory four-game absence regardless of how fast the player heals.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest activation is Week 5 (early October 2026), assuming medical clearance; practice window can open sooner.
• Next game: OUT — ineligible for at Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026.
• Next four weeks: Out for all four by rule. Weeks 1-4 are the mandatory absence; he becomes activation-eligible for Week 5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rasheen Ali holds the RB3 job in his absence, behind Derrick Henry and Justice Hill.
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged — same Reserve/Injured (designated to return) status, still Week 5 eligible.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-dynasty stash only — he cannot help a lineup before Week 5, and even then he would be fourth in a Derrick Henry backfield.

Audric Estime — NO (RB4 behind Travis Etienne Jr., Alvin Kamara and Kendre Miller – verified ACT (#30) on nfl.com)

• Status: OUT – this is (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation on the official Week 1 report
• Practice this week: DNP
• Injury: Thigh (quadriceps)
• When it happened: On or before 2026-09-09 (DNP on the first official Week 1 report)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Thigh/quadriceps strains and deep contusions typically sideline an NFL player 1-3 weeks; a significant quad strain can run 3-5 weeks
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late September 2026 (roughly Weeks 2-3)
• Next game: OUT at Detroit Lions (Sunday, Sept 13, 1:00 PM ET)
• Next four weeks: Should return within the next two to three weeks, but he returns to a crowded room. With Etienne entrenched, Kamara healthy and Kendre Miller ahead of him, his path to touches over the next four games is minimal short of multiple injuries.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kendre Miller (healthy, off the report) is the direct beneficiary and serves as the RB3 behind Travis Etienne Jr. and Alvin Kamara
• Change since Wednesday: DOWNGRADED – his Wednesday DNP (which carried no game status) has converted into a formal OUT. He did not practice at all this week.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable – out Week 1 and fourth on the depth chart when he returns.

James Conner — ARI (Would be the veteran lead/passing-down back; currently occupying a reserve-list spot)

• Status: (b) OFFICIAL reserve-list designation – RSR (Reserve/Injured, designated to return) per the official nfl.com Cardinals roster. He was placed on IR at the 53-man cutdown, which mandates he miss the team’s first four games.
• Practice this week: n/a – on the reserve list and ineligible to practice with the team until his 21-day return window opens
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried in from camp (the club has not detailed it publicly beyond the IR placement)
• When it happened: 2026-08-26 (placed on IR at the initial 53-man roster deadline)
• Typical recovery for this injury: A season-opening IR stint is a fixed 4-game minimum by rule regardless of the underlying injury; most designated-to-return players activate between Weeks 5 and 8
• Expected back to full health: Week 5 at the earliest (first eligible game), realistically Weeks 5-7 once a 21-day practice ramp is factored in
• Next game: Sunday, Sept 13 at the LA Chargers (Week 1): OUT – ineligible by rule, not a game-status question
• Next four weeks: OUT for all four. He cannot play Weeks 1-4 under the rule. Watch for the club to open his 21-day practice window in late September, which is the tell that a Week 5 activation is live.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Allgeier is the starter in his absence, with Jeremiyah Love the featured talent and Bam Knight third
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Pure bench stash – he cannot help you until Week 5 at the earliest, and only roster him in leagues with IR slots or deep benches.

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

• Status: (b) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – nfl.com’s official roster lists him RES (Reserve/Injured, no return designation). Not a weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: not reported – players on Reserve/Injured are not listed on the weekly practice report
• Injury: Undisclosed injury sustained in the 2026 preseason
• When it happened: August 2026 (preseason)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable as a weekly question – a straight Reserve/Injured placement without a return designation ends the player’s season in almost all cases
• Expected back to full health: Not applicable for 2026 – season-ending placement
• Next game: OUT at Pittsburgh Steelers – ineligible, on season-ending Reserve/Injured
• Next four weeks: Out for the season. He cannot be activated from a straight RES placement.
• Who benefits if he sits: Brian Robinson Jr. is the RB2 behind Bijan Robinson; Tyler Goodson and Cash Jones are the practice-squad depth
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – still RES on the official roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Cut him everywhere – this is a season-ending designation, not a week-to-week one.

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

• Status: (b) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – nfl.com’s official roster lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured – Designated to Return, #23). Not a weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: not reported – players on Reserve/Injured are not listed on the weekly practice report
• Injury: Undisclosed injury that led to the Reserve/Injured placement with a designation to return
• When it happened: Late August 2026 (at or near final roster cutdowns)
• Typical recovery for this injury: The Reserve/Injured-Designated to Return mechanism enforces a minimum four-game absence regardless of the underlying injury; practical return windows run 4-8 weeks
• Expected back to full health: Around Week 6 (mid-October 2026) based on his expected return window
• Next game: OUT vs Chicago Bears – ineligible to play, on Reserve/Injured
• Next four weeks: Ineligible for all four of Carolina’s first four games by rule. He is a candidate to open his practice window during that stretch but cannot be activated before Week 5 at the earliest, with Week 6 the expectation.
• Who benefits if he sits: AJ Dillon holds the RB3 role behind Chuba Hubbard and Jonathon Brooks in his absence
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – still RSR on the official roster with no return activity reported.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in redraft – he is the fourth back on a team that already splits work two ways.

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

• Status: (b) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – nfl.com’s official roster lists him RES (Reserve/Injured, no return designation, #32). Not a weekly game-status designation.
• Practice this week: not reported – players on Reserve/Injured are not listed on the weekly practice report
• Injury: Undisclosed injury sustained in the 2026 preseason
• When it happened: August 2026 (preseason)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable as a weekly question – a straight Reserve/Injured placement without a return designation ends the player’s season in almost all cases
• Expected back to full health: Not applicable for 2026 – season-ending placement
• Next game: OUT at Detroit Lions – ineligible, on season-ending Reserve/Injured
• Next four weeks: Out for the season. He cannot be activated from a straight RES placement.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kendre Miller is the healthy RB3 behind Travis Etienne Jr. and Alvin Kamara
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – still RES on the official roster.

Fantasy takeaway: Cut him everywhere – this is a season-ending designation.

Zach Charbonnet — SEA (Would be the lead or co-lead back; currently on the active/PUP list)

• Status: (b) OFFICIAL reserve-list designation – PUP (active/Physically Unable to Perform) per the official nfl.com Seahawks roster. Must miss the first four games by rule.
• Practice this week: n/a – on active/PUP and barred from team practice until his window opens after Week 4
• Injury: Lower-body injury carried from training camp (undisclosed by the club)
• When it happened: 2026-08-26 (placed on active/PUP at the 53-man roster deadline)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Active/PUP carries a fixed 4-game minimum; most PUP running backs return between Weeks 5 and 8
• Expected back to full health: Week 5 at the earliest, realistically Weeks 5-7 after a 21-day practice ramp
• Next game: Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 at the Arizona Cardinals: OUT – ineligible by rule
• Next four weeks: OUT for all four games (Weeks 1-4) by rule. Week 5 is his first eligible date, and his return would immediately reshape a three-way committee.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jadarian Price (ACT) on early downs, George Holani (ACT) on third down and at the goal line, Emanuel Wilson (ACT) in the red zone
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: The single best RB stash in this division – he is the one player who can collapse Seattle’s three-way committee into a real workload, and he is first eligible in Week 5.

Jeremy McNichols — WAS (Depth RB — was in the RB rotation mix before the injury; currently not on the active depth chart)

• Status: Reserve/Injured, DESIGNATED TO RETURN — this is (b) an OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION, a club transaction rather than a weekly game-status tag. Minimum four games before he is eligible to return to the active roster.
• Practice this week: DNP — on Reserve/Injured, so no practice participation is filed
• Injury: Quadriceps
• When it happened: Preseason 2026 (placed on IR ahead of the regular season; exact date not independently verified this pass)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Quadriceps strain/tear: Grade 1 roughly 2–3 weeks; Grade 2 roughly 4–8 weeks; Grade 3 or tendon rupture 4–6 months or surgical. The designated-to-return tag implies the club expects a mid-season return, consistent with a Grade 2.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return no earlier than Week 5. A realistic activation window is Weeks 5–9 depending on how the quad responds.
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 at the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4:25 PM ET, FOX) — OUT. Ineligible on Reserve/Injured.
• Next four weeks: OUT for all four by rule — the designated-to-return minimum is four games.
• Who benefits if he sits: His snaps are already absorbed: Jacory Croskey-Merritt (#22) leads, Rachaad White (#1) handles passing downs, Kaytron Allen (#31) handles short yardage. Craig Reynolds (#24) is the practice-squad depth.
• Change since Wednesday: Unchanged — same Reserve/Injured, designated-to-return status as on Sept 9.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable — he is ineligible for at least four games and returns to a backfield that has already moved on without him.

Trey Benson — ARI (Off the active roster entirely – on the season-ending reserve list)

• Status: (b) OFFICIAL reserve-list designation – RES (Reserve/Injured), season-ending with NO designation to return. He was waived-injured in late August and reverted to Arizona’s injured reserve after clearing waivers.
• Practice this week: n/a – season-ending reserve list
• Injury: Knee
• When it happened: 2026-08-24 (waived-injured; reverted to IR after clearing waivers)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Varies widely by knee structure – 6-12 months for a major ligament reconstruction, 4-8 weeks for a meniscus trim; moot here because the reversion to IR ends his 2026 season by rule
• Expected back to full health: 2027 offseason – his 2026 season in Arizona is over regardless of how the knee heals
• Next game: Sunday, Sept 13 at the LA Chargers (Week 1): OUT – season-ending reserve
• Next four weeks: OUT for all four and for the remainder of the 2026 season
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Allgeier and Jeremiyah Love split the work his roster spot would have absorbed; Bam Knight is RB3
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in every format – his season is over and he is not returning to this roster.

Myles Montgomery — NE (Depth RB — not in the active rotation)

• Status: RESERVE/INJURED — (b) an official reserve-list designation (status code RES on the nfl.com roster).
• Practice this week: not reported — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured.
• Injury: Undisclosed (club has not specified); placed on IR out of training camp / final cuts
• When it happened: August 2026 (exact date not disclosed)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Roster status rather than a diagnosis. A designated-for-return activation requires a minimum four-game absence; most initial-53 IR placements last the full season.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown — no published club timeline.
• Next game: WEEK 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs Pittsburgh Steelers — INELIGIBLE (Reserve/Injured).
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2-5. Earliest possible activation is Week 6.
• Who benefits if he sits: Not applicable — Corey Kiner and practice-squad backs Hassan Haskins and Lan Larison cover the depth he would have provided.
• Change since Wednesday: NEW to the injury list — carried as Reserve/Injured in the Sept 9 depth-chart baseline but never broken out as an entry. Roster status itself unchanged.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy value — ignore.

Chip Trayanum — NYJ (Depth RB — not in the active rotation)

• Status: RESERVE/INJURED — (b) an official reserve-list designation (status code RES on the nfl.com roster).
• Practice this week: not reported — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured.
• Injury: Undisclosed (club has not specified)
• When it happened: August 2026 (exact date not disclosed)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Roster status rather than a diagnosis; a designated-for-return activation requires a minimum four-game absence.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown — no published club timeline.
• Next game: Week 1, Sunday Sept 13 vs Tennessee Titans — INELIGIBLE (Reserve/Injured).
• Next four weeks: Out for all four games; earliest possible activation is Week 5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Not applicable — Al-Jay Henderson (DEV) is the practice-squad depth option.
• Change since Wednesday: NEW to the injury list — carried as Reserve/Injured in the Sept 9 depth-chart baseline but never broken out as an entry. Roster status itself unchanged.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy value — ignore.

Doubtful (2)

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

Sean Tucker — TB (RB3 behind Bucky Irving and Kenny Gainwell – verified ACT (#44) on nfl.com)

• Status: DOUBTFUL – this is (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation on the official Week 1 report. Doubtful conventionally means roughly a 25% chance to play.
• Practice this week: Limited
• Injury: Hamstring
• When it happened: On or before 2026-09-09 (DNP on the first official Week 1 report)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains cost 1-3 weeks for a grade-1 and 3-6 weeks for a grade-2. Progressing from DNP to limited work within the same week suggests a mild strain nearing resolution.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late September 2026 (roughly Weeks 2-3)
• Next game: DOUBTFUL at Cincinnati Bengals (Sunday, Sept 13, 1:00 PM ET) – very likely inactive
• Next four weeks: Likely misses Week 1, with Bowles again attributing the caution to the return process rather than any setback. Expect him back within one to two weeks, but he returns as the third back behind Bucky Irving and Kenny Gainwell, so his standalone value over the next four games is minimal.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kenny Gainwell (RB2) is the primary backup behind Bucky Irving; practice-squad RB Josh Williams is the named elevation candidate if Tucker cannot go
• Change since Wednesday: DOWNGRADED – his Wednesday DNP converted into a formal DOUBTFUL. Worth noting the mixed signal: his practice participation actually improved (DNP Wednesday to Limited Thursday and Limited Friday), but the club still assigned a Doubtful designation.

Fantasy takeaway: No Week 1 value and little beyond it – he is a third-string back, so only Bucky Irving’s handcuff (Kenny Gainwell) is worth a roster spot here.

Kene Nwangwu — NYJ (RB4 behind Breece Hall, Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis — primarily a kick returner)

• Status: DOUBTFUL — (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation, filed by the Jets on the Sept 11, 2026 official report for the Sept 13 game vs Tennessee. Doubtful historically means roughly a 75-percent chance of NOT playing.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 11). He did not practice Friday. NOTE: nfl.com’s official league report lists the injury as ‘Back’ with a Did Not Participate Friday; JetNation’s Sept 11 writeup describes it as a groin. The official nfl.com entry is treated as authoritative here and the discrepancy is flagged.
• Injury: Back (per the official nfl.com league injury report); some beat reporting describes it as a groin
• When it happened: Week of September 7-11, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Non-structural back strains/spasms: roughly 1-2 weeks, occasionally a single week. A disc-related back issue is a different animal at 4-8+ weeks. If the beat reporting is right and it is a groin, the range is 1-4 weeks for a Grade 1-2 strain. Either way, the Doubtful tag on a Friday DNP points to a short-term, week-to-week absence rather than anything structural.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late September 2026 (approximately Weeks 2-3).
• Next game: Week 1, Sunday Sept 13 vs Tennessee Titans — DOUBTFUL, and should be treated as effectively out. His absence matters more for the kick-return unit than for the offense.
• Next four weeks: Likely out Week 1, plausibly back by Week 2 or 3. Even fully healthy he is the RB4 and touches the ball on offense only in emergencies.
• Who benefits if he sits: Isaiah Davis (fully cleared, no designation) covers the RB3 role behind Breece Hall and Braelon Allen; Al-Jay Henderson (practice squad, DEV) is the elevation option, and the return duties would shift to a receiver or Davis.
• Change since Wednesday: NEW — he was not on the Sept 9 injury list at all and debuts on the final report with a DOUBTFUL designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in standard fantasy — this only matters in return-yardage leagues, and even there treat him as out.

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.

Jeremiyah Love — ARI (Rookie (No. 4 overall), the talent lead back, but Tyler Allgeier is the listed starter on the club depth chart while Love is limited)

• Status: (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation – QUESTIONABLE on Arizona’s official final Week 1 injury report filed Friday, Sept 11, confirmed on nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1 and azcardinals.com. Head coach Mike LaFleur will make the call before Sunday’s kickoff.
• Practice this week: Limited participant Wednesday 9/9, Thursday 9/10 and Friday 9/11 – three straight limited sessions, never a full one
• Injury: High ankle sprain (right ankle), suffered in the preseason opener
• When it happened: 2026-08-13 (preseason opener vs. Las Vegas)
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle (syndesmotic) sprains typically sideline an NFL player 4-8 weeks for a moderate grade, 2-4 weeks for a mild one; lingering soreness and reduced burst commonly persist 2-4 weeks past return to play
• Expected back to full health: Late September to early October 2026 – roughly Weeks 3-5 for genuinely unrestricted explosiveness; he is playing through it, not past it
• Next game: Sunday, Sept 13 at the LA Chargers (Week 1): QUESTIONABLE, but trending toward playing. Beat reporting and the club both describe him as ‘trending well,’ and he told reporters he would ‘fight his hardest’ to play. Expect him active on a pitch count rather than ruled out.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 1-2 a snap-limited committee back behind Allgeier; Weeks 3-4 the ankle should quiet down and the rookie’s talent takes over the backfield. The real cliff is Week 5, when James Conner is first eligible off IR and can reclaim passing-down and goal-line work.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Allgeier (ACT) takes the lead role outright, with Bam Knight (ACT) as the change-of-pace; Evan Hull would need a practice-squad elevation
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED – on Sept 9 he was an unofficial practice-report entry with no game status; he now carries a formal Questionable and is trending toward playing

Fantasy takeaway: Start him only in deeper formats this week – he is likely to be active but on a pitch count with Allgeier listed ahead of him, so Allgeier is the safer Week 1 play and the better contingency stash.

Ty Johnson — BUF (RB2 per Ourlads (Cook > Johnson > Davis); functionally RB3 behind Ray Davis while injured — passing-down/change-of-pace back)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE — (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation, filed by Buffalo on the Sept 11, 2026 official report for the Sept 13 game at Houston.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 11). Full week: DNP Wed → DNP Thu → Limited Fri.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (right/left not specified on the official report)
• When it happened: Early August 2026 — traces to the ‘Return of the Red and Blue’ practice; he has not practiced in full since.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains: Grade 1 roughly 1-2 weeks, Grade 2 roughly 3-6 weeks, Grade 3 (with tendon involvement) 8-12+ weeks. A strain that has already lingered ~5 weeks with no full practice behaves like a moderate Grade 2 with a high re-aggravation rate; realistic full clearance is 1-3 more weeks.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026 (approximately Weeks 3-4). He is not likely to be a full-practice participant until he strings together consecutive full sessions.
• Next game: Week 1, Sunday Sept 13 at Houston Texans — QUESTIONABLE and a genuine coin flip. HC Joe Brady: ‘We’ll take it up to game time and see what that looks like.’ Friday’s Limited session and the absence of a non-contact jersey are mild positives, but two prior DNPs point to a low snap count even if active.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 1-2 should be treated as out-or-minimal. Expect a gradual ramp into the third-down/change-of-pace role by Weeks 3-4, with James Cook keeping the overwhelming majority of the workload regardless. Re-aggravation risk stays elevated through the month.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ray Davis takes the RB2 snaps behind James Cook; Frank Gore Jr. (practice squad, DEV) is the standard-elevation candidate for depth.
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED — the Sept 9 Wednesday DNP converted to a Friday Limited and a final QUESTIONABLE rather than an Out. That is the meaningful Wednesday-to-Friday move for Buffalo.

Fantasy takeaway: Don’t start him, and don’t chase him off the Questionable tag — Ray Davis is the only Buffalo backup worth a bench spot, and only as a James Cook handcuff.

Alvin Kamara — NO (RB2 / passing-down and committee back BEHIND Travis Etienne Jr., who is the verified RB1 – Kamara verified ACT (#41) on nfl.com)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE – this is (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation on the official Week 1 report, not unofficial. Notably he earned it after a FULL Friday practice, which is the most favorable version of a Questionable tag.
• Practice this week: Full
• Injury: MCL sprain (listed on the official report simply as ‘Knee’)
• When it happened: August 2026 (training camp / preseason)
• Typical recovery for this injury: MCL sprains run 1-3 weeks for a grade-1, 3-6 weeks for a grade-2, and 6-12 weeks for a grade-3. A back who has progressed from a first practice back to full participation inside one week is tracking as a low-grade sprain at the tail end of its recovery.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively now – he reached full participation Friday, Sept 11, 2026. Expect a snap-count ramp rather than a health restriction from here.
• Next game: QUESTIONABLE at Detroit Lions (Sunday, Sept 13, 1:00 PM ET). The full Friday practice makes him far more likely to play than not, but the club has not committed and his snap count is the real unknown.
• Next four weeks: The knee should be a non-issue within one to two weeks. The durable problem is role, not health: Travis Etienne Jr. is the established RB1 on a roughly $12M/yr deal, and Kamara is working back into a committee rather than into a bell-cow job. Expect a limited Week 1 pitch count, then a stabilized passing-down and change-of-pace role with RB2-range value across Weeks 2-4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Travis Etienne Jr. is already the RB1 and would simply carry a larger load; Kendre Miller (healthy and off the report) is the specific player who absorbs Kamara’s committee snaps
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED – Limited Wednesday (his first practice back) AND Limited Thursday converted to a FULL practice Friday. Note the nuance for anyone reading the tag alone: his Wednesday Limited did convert into a formal QUESTIONABLE designation he did not carry on Sept 9, but the underlying practice trend moved clearly in the right direction.

Fantasy takeaway: A full Friday practice means he almost certainly plays, but start him only as a flex with a real handcuff behind him – Etienne is the back to own and a Week 1 snap-count ramp is likely.

LeQuint Allen Jr. — JAX (RB3 on the club’s Week 1 chart, listed behind co-starters Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr.; functionally the designated third-down / passing-down back, the role he held as a rookie in 2025 on the strength of his pass-blocking and pass-catching)

• Status: QUESTIONABLE – this is (a) a FINAL FRIDAY GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION, filed on the official Sept 11, 2026 report and confirmed on nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1. HC Liam Coen separately and explicitly called him a game-time decision to be resolved after Sunday warmups.
• Practice this week: Limited (Friday Sept 11). Full week: DNP Wednesday, Limited Thursday, Limited Friday – a two-step trend upward.
• Injury: Hip (soft-tissue lower-body injury). Listed as ‘Hip’ on the official NFL injury report.
• When it happened: Late August 2026 – sustained in the closing weeks of training camp; he missed the end of camp with it and it was still limiting him into Week 1 prep.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Soft-tissue hip strains (hip flexor / hip adductor / groin-adjacent) typically sideline an NFL player 1-4 weeks for a Grade 1, and 4-8 weeks for a Grade 2. The defining risk with this injury class is re-aggravation: hip and groin strains recur at an elevated rate when a player returns before full strength, which is precisely why a five-week-old strain is still producing limited practices.
• Expected back to full health: Late September to mid-October 2026 for genuine, unrestricted full health. He is at or near the point of game availability now, but the persistence of the issue across five weeks argues he will be managed rather than turned loose for at least another two to three weeks.
• Next game: Sunday, Sept 13, 2026 vs the Cleveland Browns – GENUINELY 50/50 and the only real game-time decision among all four AFC South rosters. Two consecutive limited practices and the absence of a Doubtful tag lean him toward active, but Coen’s public game-time-decision framing is a real signal, not boilerplate. If he dresses, expect a reduced snap count concentrated on obvious passing downs.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 1-4: expect a slow ramp. Even fully healthy his ceiling in this committee is the third-down role, and Jacksonville has two co-starters ahead of him. The realistic path to relevance is either an injury to Tuten or Rodriguez, or Allen simply winning the receiving-down job outright once the hip is behind him – plausible by Weeks 3-4. Hip strains with this kind of lingering profile carry a meaningful re-aggravation risk that could cost him another week somewhere in this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Per the verified club depth chart, there is no single replacement – his third-down responsibilities would be split between the two co-starters, CHRIS RODRIGUEZ JR. and BHAYSHUL TUTEN, neither of whom is a natural pass-catching back. AMEER ABDULLAH (RB4, ACT, #20) is the roster’s other passing-down option and is the most likely beneficiary of any true pass-game snaps if Allen sits.
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED. On Sept 9 he was a Wednesday DNP and a stated game-time decision with no final status. He practiced on a limited basis both Thursday and Friday, and that Wednesday DNP has now converted to a final QUESTIONABLE rather than an Out or Doubtful – a clear net-positive move, though Coen’s game-time-decision language survived the week intact.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him in Week 1 and have a replacement ready – a Questionable game-time decision on a committee RB3 is the single least startable status in fantasy, but he is a worthwhile stash in deeper leagues given how wide open Jacksonville’s backfield is behind two unproven co-starters.

Cleared — listed this week but carrying no designation (21)

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

Chuba Hubbard — CAR (RB1 – listed first, the ‘1A’ of a 1A/1B committee; verified ACT (#30) on nfl.com)

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report. He does not appear anywhere on Carolina’s final Friday Week 1 report.
• Practice this week: Full – not listed on the report at all
• Injury: Hamstring (now resolved)
• When it happened: August 2026 (training camp)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains cost 1-3 weeks at grade-1 and 3-6 weeks at grade-2; his has fully run its course
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – cleared and off the report entirely
• Next game: Expected to play vs Chicago Bears (Sunday, Sept 13, 1:00 PM ET) – fully healthy, no designation
• Next four weeks: No injury concern. The only cap on his value is the committee: Canales has described a near-even split with Jonathon Brooks, with Hubbard getting the larger early share on experience. Expect RB2-range volume across the first four games with goal-line work as the swing factor.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jonathon Brooks would take over as the lead back, with AJ Dillon moving up to the RB2 role
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED – now off the report. He was already trending off on Sept 9 and that has been formally confirmed; he is absent from Carolina’s final Friday report.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence as a healthy RB2 – but temper expectations, because the confirmed Brooks committee caps his weekly ceiling.

D’Andre Swift — CHI (RB1 / starter (verified: nfl.com roster ACT #4; Ourlads lists him first))

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report. Confirmed ABSENT from Chicago’s FINAL Friday Sept 11 injury report on both nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1 and chicagobears.com. No designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full – not listed on any day of the Week 1 injury report, which means unrestricted participation.
• Injury: None active
• When it happened: N/A
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A – no active injury
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Sept 11-12, 2026
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 at the Carolina Panthers (1:00 PM ET) – ACTIVE, no designation, expected to start.
• Next four weeks: Clean bill of health heading into Weeks 1-4 as Chicago’s lead back, with Kyle Monangai handling the change-of-pace and complementary work.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kyle Monangai (ACT #25), then Roschon Johnson (ACT #23).
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – was already verified off Chicago’s Wednesday Sept 9 report in the baseline, and remains off the FINAL Friday report. Carried here only because the Sept 9 snapshot tracked him.

Fantasy takeaway: Fully clear to start as a healthy RB1/RB2 – no injury caveat whatsoever for Week 1.

J.K. Dobbins — DEN (RB1 (verified vs nfl.com roster — status ACT))

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. Dobbins does not appear anywhere on Denver’s official Week 1 injury reports (Thursday Sept. 10 or Friday Sept. 11, 2026). Denver listed exactly one player — Marvin Mims Jr. — and reported that all 53 players on its active roster are healthy. Dobbins was specifically described as ‘at 100%.’
• Practice this week: Full
• Injury: None currently — no active injury designation. (His 2025 foot issue is fully behind him.)
• When it happened: not applicable — no current injury
• Typical recovery for this injury: not applicable — no current injury
• Expected back to full health: Healthy now.
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to start Monday, Sept. 14 vs. Kansas City (MNF). No designation, none expected on today’s Saturday report.
• Next four weeks: Clean four-game outlook as Denver’s lead back. The live variable is committee usage with rookie-role back RJ Harvey rather than health.
• Who benefits if he sits: RJ Harvey, then Jonah Coleman and Tyler Badie.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED — now off the injury report. On Sept. 9 his status was flagged as unofficial with no filing in existence; Denver has since filed twice and he is not listed on either report.

Fantasy takeaway: Start Dobbins as an RB2 with confidence — he is completely off the injury report and Denver has declared its roster healthy.

Bhayshul Tuten — JAX (CO-STARTER at running back with Chris Rodriguez Jr. – the club’s Week 1 chart lists them jointly with no clear RB1)

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report
• Practice this week: Full – not listed on the Jaguars’ Week 1 injury report at any point, Wednesday through Friday.
• Injury: None active – prior issue fully resolved.
• When it happened: n/a – no active injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: n/a – no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Currently at full health.
• Next game: Sunday, Sept 13, 2026 vs the Cleveland Browns – WILL PLAY, fully healthy, no designation.
• Next four weeks: Expected to play all four games. His fantasy risk is entirely committee-related rather than health-related: Jacksonville is genuinely splitting the job with Chris Rodriguez Jr., and if LeQuint Allen Jr. sits Sunday, Tuten stands to absorb a share of the third-down work as well.
• Who benefits if he sits: CHRIS RODRIGUEZ JR. (co-starter, ACT, #24) would take the lead role, with AMEER ABDULLAH (#20) and, health permitting, LEQUINT ALLEN JR. (#5) filling the passing-down snaps.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED – now off the report, and this holds through the final Friday report. He never appeared on any Week 1 injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: A healthy but genuinely risky RB2/flex – he is completely off the injury report, and if LeQuint Allen Jr. is inactive Sunday, Tuten’s workload gets a quiet bump.

Ashton Jeanty — LV (RB1 (verified vs nfl.com roster — status ACT))

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. Jeanty does not appear on the Raiders’ FINAL Week 1 injury report filed Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. He carried no game-status designation and was removed entirely after full participation Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
• Practice this week: Full
• Injury: Right ankle (sprain), sustained Aug. 23, 2026 — now resolved
• When it happened: 2026-08-23
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low ankle sprain typically sidelines an NFL running back 1-3 weeks; a high ankle sprain runs 4-6 weeks. Jeanty’s roughly three-week absence from late August to full practice in Week 1 prep is consistent with the low-ankle branch, and he has cleared it.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy as of Sept. 11, 2026. He told reporters he is ‘feeling 100 percent and good to go for Week 1.’
• Next game: ACTIVE and expected to start Sunday, Sept. 13 vs. the Miami Dolphins. No designation.
• Next four weeks: Clean four-game outlook. The one caveat is workload rather than availability: beat reporting on Sept. 11 noted the Raiders may manage his early-season snap count because backup Mike Washington Jr. performed well in the preseason. Expect that committee risk to fade as the ankle proves out.
• Who benefits if he sits: Mike Washington Jr., with Dylan Laube as the third back.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED — now off the injury report. The Sept. 9 Wednesday Full participation held through Thursday and Friday and he was removed from the final report without a designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Start Jeanty as a every-week RB1 — he is off the report entirely, though a slightly capped Week 1 touch count is the realistic downside.

De’Von Achane — MIA (RB1 — clear lead back and the offense’s primary skill-position weapon)

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. No entry on Miami’s FINAL Sept 11 report.
• Practice this week: not reported — absent from the official injury report, i.e. full participation with no injury entry.
• Injury: None currently
• When it happened: Not applicable
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Sept 11, 2026.
• Next game: Week 1, Sunday Sept 13 vs Las Vegas Raiders — fully available, no designation. Hafley on Friday: ‘I expect everybody to be available.’
• Next four weeks: No health restriction expected Weeks 1-4; he should carry a full workload.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jaylen Wright would lead the committee, with Ollie Gordon II as the early-down complement.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED — now off the report; he never appeared on Miami’s official Wednesday report either.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation — he is completely off the report and unrestricted.

Cam Skattebo — NYG (RB1 — lead back, first up in nearly every running drill through camp)

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. He carries NO designation of any kind: he does not appear on the Giants’ final Friday Sept 11 report. Any remaining commentary about his 2025 leg injury is (c) UNOFFICIAL / tracked-story only.
• Practice this week: not reported — he is not on the injury report, so no participation status is filed for him
• Injury: None currently. Historical: dislocated right ankle with an open tibia/fibula fracture and a ruptured deltoid ligament suffered in Week 8 of the 2025 season vs. Philadelphia, requiring emergency surgery.
• When it happened: Late October 2025 (Week 8 of the 2025 season) — historical, fully rehabbed
• Typical recovery for this injury: Open tib/fib fracture with ankle dislocation and deltoid rupture: typically 9–12 months to return to play, sometimes longer. Skattebo is roughly 10-11 months out and cleared, having gone through full minicamp and full training camp without restriction.
• Expected back to full health: Already there for practical purposes — he completed camp unrestricted and is off the injury report entirely. Some residual ankle stiffness is normal in year one back but is not being reported.
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 vs. the DALLAS COWBOYS (8:20 PM ET, SNF) — PLAYING, starting, no designation. He has said ‘I’ll be ready to go.’
• Next four weeks: Every-week starter with workhorse intent. Volume is the story: he has publicly said he is prepared for a major workload, with Tyrone Tracy Jr. as the change-of-pace back.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyrone Tracy Jr. (#29) would take over as the lead back, with Devin Singletary (#26) third and Najee Harris (#23) fourth.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED — now off the report. On Sept 9 he was carried only as an unofficial tracked story with no official designation; the final Friday report confirms he is not listed at all. Fully clean.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation — the single cleanest piece of news in this division is that the Giants’ lead back finished Week 1 prep entirely off the injury report.

Breece Hall — NYJ (RB1 — clear lead back and a core piece of the Jets offense)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) he appears on the FINAL Friday Sept 11 report as a practice-participation entry with a groin listing but received NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag. He is fully cleared.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 11). Full week: Full Wed → Full Thu → Full Fri — a full participant throughout.
• Injury: Groin (maintenance listing only — he never missed or was limited in a practice)
• When it happened: Early September 2026 (carried as a report listing, not a functional limitation)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin/adductor strains generally run 1-2 weeks (Grade 1) to 3-6 weeks (Grade 2). Full participation on all three days indicates this is at most a very minor Grade 1 or simple soreness being documented for compliance — no recovery time required.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 11, 2026.
• Next game: Week 1, Sunday Sept 13 vs Tennessee Titans — AVAILABLE with no designation and no expected snap restriction.
• Next four weeks: Full workload expected Weeks 1-4. The groin listing warrants passive monitoring only; nothing about the week suggests a lingering problem.
• Who benefits if he sits: Braelon Allen is the RB2 and would lead the committee, with Isaiah Davis mixing in.
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED / effectively resolved — the Sept 9 Wednesday Full participation held through Friday and produced NO final designation. He is cleared.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with full confidence — the groin note never produced a designation and he practiced fully all three days.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt — WAS (RB1 — lead back on the Commanders’ released Week 1 depth chart, ahead of Rachaad White and Kaytron Allen)

• Status: NO DESIGNATION — he appears on the final Friday Sept 11 report with a BLANK Game Status column. Explicitly stating this per instruction: a blank Game Status means NO designation was assigned, which is GOOD NEWS — he is cleared to play. This is (a) a final Friday game-status filing whose status field is intentionally empty. Washington’s official game-status release is headlined ‘Oweh, Chaisson, Croskey-Merritt cleared to play vs. Eagles.’
• Practice this week: Limited — Wednesday Limited, Thursday Limited, Friday Limited (limited all three days, but cleared anyway)
• Injury: Groin
• When it happened: On the report from the first Week 1 practice, Wednesday Sept 9, 2026 (no specific injury event reported; a training-camp/ramp-up groin issue)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin (adductor) strain: Grade 1 roughly 1–2 weeks; Grade 2 roughly 3–6 weeks; Grade 3 / avulsion 8–12 weeks or surgical. Being cleared after three Limited practices is consistent with a mild Grade 1 that never threatened availability.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively healthy now for availability purposes. Expect the groin to be off the report entirely within 1–2 weeks barring re-aggravation; groin strains do have a meaningful re-injury rate if workload spikes too fast.
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 at the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4:25 PM ET, FOX) — PLAYING, and starting. No designation.
• Next four weeks: Every-week starter as the lead back. The realistic risk is not absence but committee erosion — Rachaad White was signed specifically for passing downs and Kaytron Allen owns short-yardage/goal-line, so a cautious Week 1 groin workload could hand third-down and goal-line work to those two.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rachaad White (#1) would take the majority of the passing-down and early-down work, with Kaytron Allen (#31) absorbing short-yardage and goal-line carries.
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED — and this is the single most valuable status change in the division. On Sept 9 he was Limited with no game status and was flagged as the clearest lineup risk in the NFC East. The Wednesday Limited did NOT convert into an Out or even a Questionable: he stayed Limited all three days and Washington cleared him outright with a blank Game Status.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence — the division’s biggest Wednesday lineup risk cleared with no designation, though script a slightly lower expectation on third-down and goal-line volume in his first game back from the groin.

Jonathon Brooks — CAR (RB2 / the ‘1B’ in a near-even committee with Chuba Hubbard – verified ACT (#25) on nfl.com)

• Status: NO DESIGNATION – he appears on Carolina’s final Week 1 injury report with a BLANK Game Status column. Stating this plainly: blank means no designation and he is cleared to play. HC Dave Canales said Brooks has ‘no limitations’ for Sunday.
• Practice this week: Full
• Injury: Groin
• When it happened: On or before 2026-09-09 (present on the first official Week 1 report)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin strains typically sideline an NFL player 1-4 weeks; a grade-1 strain often resolves inside a week, while a grade-2 runs 3-6 weeks. Reaching full participation within the same week points to the mildest end.
• Expected back to full health: Now – he was a full participant Thursday and Friday and was cleared without limitations
• Next game: Expected to play vs Chicago Bears (Sunday, Sept 13, 1:00 PM ET) – no designation, no limitations
• Next four weeks: Healthy and in a genuine committee. Canales has signalled a roughly even split with Hubbard, with Hubbard getting more initial volume on experience and the staff open to riding the hot hand. Brooks projects to roughly 10 touches in Week 1 with the split trending toward him if he produces. The groin is worth monitoring given his extensive lower-body injury history.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chuba Hubbard (RB1) absorbs the workload; AJ Dillon is the RB3
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED – Limited Wednesday converted to Full Thursday and Full Friday, and he finished with a blank Game Status. His Wednesday Limited did NOT convert to an Out or Questionable. This is the cleanest resolution of any Sept 9 skill-position entry in the division.

Fantasy takeaway: Startable as a flex in deeper leagues and a strong stash everywhere – a cleared committee back with standalone value and league-winning upside if Hubbard misses time.

Kyle Monangai — CHI (RB2 / backup to D’Andre Swift (verified: nfl.com roster ACT #25; Ourlads lists him second))

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report. Confirmed ABSENT from Chicago’s FINAL Friday Sept 11 injury report on both nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1 and chicagobears.com. No designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: Full – not listed on any day of the Week 1 injury report.
• Injury: None active
• When it happened: N/A
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A – no active injury
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Sept 11-12, 2026
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 at the Carolina Panthers (1:00 PM ET) – ACTIVE, no designation.
• Next four weeks: Healthy complementary back behind Swift through Weeks 1-4; standalone value depends entirely on a Swift absence.
• Who benefits if he sits: Roschon Johnson (ACT #23) would absorb the RB2 role.
• Change since Wednesday: unchanged – was already verified off Chicago’s Wednesday Sept 9 report in the baseline, and remains off the FINAL Friday report.

Fantasy takeaway: Healthy, but purely a Swift-contingent handcuff – rosterable in deeper leagues, not a Week 1 starter.

Keaton Mitchell — LAC (RB2 behind Omarion Hampton (verified vs nfl.com roster status ACT and Ourlads depth chart updated 09/10/2026))

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. Mitchell received NO final game-status designation on the Chargers’ final Week 1 report filed Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. He was Limited Wednesday, Limited Thursday, then FULL Friday and was cleared without a tag.
• Practice this week: Full
• Injury: Hamstring — now resolved
• When it happened: Early September 2026 (first appears on the Chargers’ initial Week 1 report, Sept. 9, 2026)
• Typical recovery for this injury: A hamstring strain typically sidelines an NFL player 1-3 weeks for a Grade 1 and 4-8 weeks for a Grade 2. Progressing Limited-Limited-Full inside a single week without missing a practice puts this at the mildest end of Grade 1 — effectively a tweak.
• Expected back to full health: Healthy as of Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
• Next game: ACTIVE, no designation, for Sunday, Sept. 13 vs. the Arizona Cardinals.
• Next four weeks: Available all four weeks. He remains a change-of-pace back behind Omarion Hampton, so his fantasy value is tied to game script and any Hampton absence rather than to this hamstring. Soft-tissue injuries do carry meaningful recurrence risk in the two to three weeks after return, which is the thing to watch.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kimani Vidal is the next back up behind Hampton.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED — off the injury report. The Sept. 9 Wednesday Limited progressed to Full on Friday and produced no final designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Mitchell is cleared but stays a handcuff/deep-bench hold — his upside arrives only if Hampton misses time.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. — NYG (RB2 — change-of-pace back behind Cam Skattebo)

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. He does not appear on the Giants’ final Friday Sept 11 report and carries no designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: not reported — not on the injury report
• Injury: None reported
• When it happened: N/A
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no active injury
• Expected back to full health: Healthy now
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 vs. the DALLAS COWBOYS (8:20 PM ET, SNF) — PLAYING. No designation.
• Next four weeks: Available all four as the primary backup. His value is almost entirely contingent on a Skattebo absence or a larger-than-expected committee.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devin Singletary (#26) would move up to the No. 2 role behind Skattebo, with Najee Harris (#23) fourth.
• Change since Wednesday: Unchanged — he was already off the report on Sept 9 and remains off it on the final Friday report.

Fantasy takeaway: Hold as the Skattebo handcuff — he is healthy and is the direct beneficiary of any Skattebo absence, which matters given Skattebo’s 2025 leg surgery.

Rachaad White — WAS (RB2 — passing-down specialist behind Jacory Croskey-Merritt)

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. He does not appear anywhere on the Commanders’ final Friday Sept 11 report and carries no designation of any kind.
• Practice this week: not reported — not on the injury report (he practiced through the week without being listed)
• Injury: None reported
• When it happened: N/A
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A — no active injury
• Expected back to full health: Healthy now
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 at the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4:25 PM ET, FOX) — PLAYING. No designation.
• Next four weeks: Available all four in a defined passing-down role. Dan Quinn has indicated White could handle ‘some third downs,’ which overlaps directly with Croskey-Merritt’s improving receiving usage.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaytron Allen (#31) would absorb the complementary snaps behind Croskey-Merritt; Craig Reynolds (#24) is the practice-squad elevation candidate.
• Change since Wednesday: Unchanged — off the report on Sept 9 and still off it on the final Friday report. Worth flagging that the scenario that would have elevated him (a Croskey-Merritt Out) did not materialize.

Fantasy takeaway: A PPR-only flex dart and the direct Croskey-Merritt handcuff — his role got slightly LESS valuable when Croskey-Merritt cleared with no designation.

British Brooks — HOU (RB3 / fullback behind David Montgomery and Woody Marks)

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report
• Practice this week: Full – not listed on any Texans Week 1 practice report, Wednesday through Friday.
• Injury: None active – prior issue fully resolved.
• When it happened: n/a – no active injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: n/a – no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Currently at full health.
• Next game: Sunday, Sept 13, 2026 vs the Buffalo Bills – WILL PLAY, fully healthy, no designation.
• Next four weeks: Expected to be available all four games in a short-yardage and special-teams role. No injury risk flagged.
• Who benefits if he sits: Practice-squad backs JAWHAR JORDAN (#25) and NOAH WHITTINGTON (#26) are the elevation candidates.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED – now off the report. Confirmed absent from all three Texans Week 1 practice reports.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance – a healthy RB3/fullback with negligible touch volume behind David Montgomery and Woody Marks.

Ollie Gordon II — MIA (RB3 behind De’Von Achane and Jaylen Wright — early-down/short-yardage complement)

• Status: Resolved — off the injury report. No entry on Miami’s FINAL Sept 11 report.
• Practice this week: not reported — absent from the official injury report, i.e. full participation with no injury entry.
• Injury: None currently
• When it happened: Not applicable
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no active injury.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Sept 11, 2026.
• Next game: Week 1, Sunday Sept 13 vs Las Vegas Raiders — fully available, no designation.
• Next four weeks: Healthy and available Weeks 1-4; his fantasy ceiling is capped by the depth chart, not by injury.
• Who benefits if he sits: DJ Herman would move up, with Jarquez Hunter (DEV) available via elevation.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED — now off the report.

Fantasy takeaway: Healthy but third in line — a stash only if you roster De’Von Achane and want the goal-line contingency.

Kendre Miller — NO (RB3 behind Travis Etienne Jr. and Alvin Kamara – verified ACT (#5) on nfl.com)

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report. He does not appear on the Saints’ final Friday Week 1 report.
• Practice this week: Full – not listed on the report at all
• Injury: Minor practice injury from early September, reported at the time as ‘minor’ and now fully resolved
• When it happened: 2026-09-01 (practice)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable – the issue has fully resolved and was described as minor from the outset
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy – cleared and off the report entirely
• Next game: Expected to play at Detroit Lions (Sunday, Sept 13, 1:00 PM ET) – fully healthy, no designation
• Next four weeks: Healthy, and the most relevant contingency piece in the Saints backfield. With Estime out and Kamara carrying a Questionable tag and a likely snap-count ramp, Miller is one injury away from a genuine committee role behind Travis Etienne Jr.
• Who benefits if he sits: Audric Estime would be next up, but he is himself ruled Out for Week 1, which leaves only practice-squad backs CJ Donaldson and Zamir White behind Etienne and Kamara
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED – now off the report, confirming the Sept 9 read. He is absent from the Saints’ final Friday report.

Fantasy takeaway: The best speculative add in this backfield – a fully healthy RB3 who becomes flex-relevant immediately if Kamara’s knee limits him Sunday.

Isaiah Davis — NYJ (RB3 behind Breece Hall and Braelon Allen)

• Status: NO GAME-STATUS DESIGNATION — (a) a FINAL Friday Sept 11 practice-participation entry with a knee listing and no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag; cleared to play.
• Practice this week: Full (Friday Sept 11). Full week: Full Wed → Full Thu → Full Fri — he practiced every day.
• Injury: Knee (maintenance listing — no missed or limited practices)
• When it happened: Early September 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor knee contusion or soreness that permits full practice generally resolves in under a week. Anything structural (MCL sprain 2-4 weeks, meniscus 4-8 weeks, ACL season-ending) would have produced limited sessions — his full participation rules those out.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Friday Sept 11, 2026.
• Next game: Week 1, Sunday Sept 13 vs Tennessee Titans — AVAILABLE, no designation. With Kene Nwangwu doubtful, Davis is the healthy RB3.
• Next four weeks: Available Weeks 1-4 with no restriction; his role is capped by the depth chart, not by health.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kene Nwangwu would be next up, but he is DOUBTFUL himself — Al-Jay Henderson (practice squad, DEV) is the elevation fallback.
• Change since Wednesday: UPGRADED / effectively resolved — the Sept 9 Wednesday Full held through Friday with NO final designation.

Fantasy takeaway: Healthy but third in line — only a handcuff-of-a-handcuff behind Breece Hall and Braelon Allen.

Emanuel Wilson — SEA (RB3 in a three-way committee – red-zone change-of-pace snaps)

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report. He appeared on Seattle’s Sept 9 practice report but carried NO final game designation, was active, and played.
• Practice this week: n/a – game already played (he was a full participant before it)
• Injury: Undisclosed minor issue that produced a Week 1 practice-report entry only; fully resolved
• When it happened: Early September 2026 (practice-report entry only)
• Typical recovery for this injury: n/a – no time was missed
• Expected back to full health: Already healthy as of Sept 9
• Next game: Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 at the Arizona Cardinals: expected to PLAY, no designation
• Next four weeks: Healthy but capped – he is the third man in a committee and loses work entirely when Charbonnet returns in Week 5
• Who benefits if he sits: Jacardia Wright (DEV) would need a practice-squad elevation; Price and Holani would simply absorb the snaps
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED – now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Waiver-wire filler only – he saw limited red-zone snaps, which is touchdown-dependent volatility rather than usable volume.

Pierre Strong Jr. — GB (Practice-squad RB depth (verified: nfl.com roster status DEV, #22). Not on the active depth chart.)

• Status: UNOFFICIAL – (c). Practice-squad players do not appear on the official NFL injury report at all, so no game-status designation exists or can exist for him. There is no official designation of any kind attached to this player.
• Practice this week: not reported – practice-squad participation is not published on the official injury report.
• Injury: None verified. The Sept 9 baseline carried an unofficial beat-reporting item on him; no Sept 11-12 reporting substantiates an active injury, and he remains on the practice squad in good standing (DEV) rather than on practice-squad injured reserve.
• When it happened: N/A – no verified injury
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A – no verified injury
• Expected back to full health: N/A – presumed healthy; he carries an active DEV status rather than a practice-squad IR designation.
• Next game: Sunday Sept 13 at the Minnesota Vikings (4:25 PM ET) – NOT ON THE ACTIVE ROSTER. He would need a standard practice-squad elevation to play, and no Saturday Sept 12 elevation has been reported for Green Bay as of this writing.
• Next four weeks: Practice-squad depth. He becomes relevant only if Green Bay suffers injuries to MarShawn Lloyd, Chris Brooks or Kaleb Johnson, in which case he is an elevation candidate.
• Who benefits if he sits: N/A – he is himself the depth. Damon Bankston (DEV) is the other practice-squad back.
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED – now off the report. The Sept 9 baseline carried him on unofficial beat reporting only; no injury has been substantiated in Sept 11-12 sourcing, and he holds a clean DEV practice-squad status. Retained here solely because the Sept 9 snapshot tracked him.

Fantasy takeaway: Ignore in all formats unless Green Bay elevates him and an injury opens real touches ahead of him.

Kyle Juszczyk — SF (Starting fullback; listed at FB on the official nfl.com roster (some club charts group him with the TEs))

• Status: Resolved – off the injury report. He was a LIMITED practice-report entry on Sept 9 but does NOT appear on the official nfl.com league Week 1 injury report and carried no game designation.
• Practice this week: n/a – game already played
• Injury: Undisclosed minor issue that produced a practice-report entry only; resolved before kickoff
• When it happened: Early September 2026 (practice-report entry only)
• Typical recovery for this injury: n/a – no time was missed
• Expected back to full health: Already healthy as of Sept 10
• Next game: Week 2, Sunday Sept 20 vs. the Miami Dolphins: expected to PLAY, no designation
• Next four weeks: Healthy throughout; his role may tick up with Tonges out, since San Francisco can use more two-back looks in place of two-TE sets
• Who benefits if he sits: No true backup fullback on the roster – San Francisco would shift to 11 or 12 personnel
• Change since Wednesday: RESOLVED – now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Healthy but not fantasy-relevant outside of deep two-point-per-reception FB-eligible leagues.

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 11, 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 1 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday RB first appeared on Game On Media.

Running back took the most damage in Week 1 prep, and Wednesday’s official reports sorted the real problems from the noise. Several backfields that looked settled in August now aren’t, and a handful of August scares quietly cleared.

What changed since the weekend

Clubs filed their first official injury reports of the season on Wednesday, which replaces the guesswork of the preseason with real practice participation. Across the 40 running backs on this board: 5 are new to the report, 8 improved, 3 got worse, and 11 cleared entirely and are no longer listed by their teams.

How to read this report

Week 1 spans six days, so teams are at different points in their reporting week and their designations do not mean the same thing:

• Seattle–New England played Wednesday, September 9. Those teams have final designations and published inactives.
• San Francisco–LA Rams play Thursday, September 10 in Melbourne — final or near-final.
• Everyone else plays Sunday, September 13 or Monday, September 14. Their Wednesday filing is practice participation only. Final Out/Doubtful/Questionable tags land Friday, September 11. A Wednesday “Full” is a strong signal, not a guarantee.

Anything on the reserve list — IR, PUP, Commissioner’s Exempt List — is an official roster transaction and is settled regardless of the day.

Ruled out or unavailable (12)

Official reserve-list designations and confirmed absences. Plan around these.

Josh Jacobs — GB (Would be the unquestioned RB1; currently NOT on the active depth chart at all – carried on the roster with status code EXE and unavailable to practice or play.)

• Wednesday practice: Not applicable – players on the Commissioner’s Exempt List are prohibited from practicing or attending games. He may attend meetings, workouts and rehab at the facility only with team permission.
• Official status: (c) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – Commissioner’s Exempt List, verified today as status code ‘EXE’ on nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster/. This is a league action by the Commissioner’s office, NOT a team injury designation, so it does not appear on the Week 1 injury report and is not subject to Friday’s Out/Doubtful/Questionable process. UNCHANGED since Sept 6.
• Injury: NOT AN INJURY. Jacobs is on the Commissioner’s Exempt List under the NFL Personal Conduct Policy. He faces two misdemeanor charges – battery and criminal damage to property – arising from a May 2026 altercation with his girlfriend; he was initially booked on five counts including felony strangulation, which were not all carried forward. He remains on paid status while exempt. His initial court appearance was MOVED UP to Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, from an original Nov. 17 date – three days before kickoff. GM Brian Gutekunst: ‘we’re going to let this process play out, and we’ll be prepared either way,’ adding the team had not yet viewed the surveillance footage. His legal team stresses the placement ‘is not a final determination.’ Any games missed on the exempt list would count toward a subsequent suspension, but he would have to repay earnings for that stretch.
• When it happened: Placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List Aug. 30-31, 2026 (announced by the NFL). Underlying incident: May 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: No medical recovery window applies. Comparable Personal Conduct Policy exempt-list stays have ranged from roughly 1-2 weeks (charges resolved or dropped quickly) to a full season (cases that proceed to trial), with a 6-game baseline suspension typical for a substantiated violence finding.
• Expected back to full health: Physically healthy right now. Football availability depends entirely on the legal process and the NFL investigation, with the Sept. 10 initial appearance the first real checkpoint. No return date has been set by the league or the team.
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept. 13 at Minnesota – not by injury designation but because exempt-list players cannot play. This is effectively final regardless of Friday’s injury report.
• Weeks 1-4: Treat as out for the foreseeable run of games. A fast, favorable resolution at the Sept. 10 hearing is the only realistic path to a return inside the next four weeks, and even then reinstatement requires the league to conclude its review. If the league instead moves to discipline, a multi-game suspension would push him well past Week 4.
• Who benefits if he sits: MarShawn Lloyd is the listed RB1 in his absence (Ourlads 09/08, No. 32), with Chris Brooks second and Kaleb Johnson third – an explicit committee rather than a single replacement.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – still EXE on the official roster; the one NEW development is that his initial court appearance was moved up to Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not roster him in any lineup you need production from this week, but if you can afford a stash spot he is the single highest-upside held-out asset in the league given a Sept. 10 hearing that could change everything in one day.

Zach Charbonnet — SEA (Not on the active roster — would be the co-lead or RB1 when healthy)

• Wednesday practice: DNP
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation — Reserve/PUP. Placed on the active/PUP list July 22, 2026 and carried over to the reserve/PUP list at the Aug 26 cutdown. Confirmed as PUP on nfl.com’s official roster today.
• Injury: Torn ACL
• When it happened: 2025-12-01 (approximate — late 2025 season)
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction typically requires 9-12 months before game action, with running backs frequently needing the full 12 months to regain cutting confidence.
• Expected back to full health: Late October to December 2026
• Week 1: OUT for tonight’s kickoff (Wednesday, Sept 9). On reserve/PUP he must miss at least the first four games and cannot be activated before Week 5.
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible to play in any of the next four games by rule. Watch for a designated-to-return practice window opening around early-to-mid October.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jadarian Price is already the starter in his absence; George Holani is the No. 2
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: A stash-only IR/bench hold — he cannot help you until Week 5 at the earliest, and Price may have seized the job by then.

TreVeyon Henderson — NE (RB2 / co-lead back and the explosive-play back behind Rhamondre Stevenson; had been trending toward a near-even committee before the injury)

• Wednesday practice: DNP — did not participate Sunday 9/6, Monday 9/7 or Tuesday 9/8. He has not practiced in over two weeks.
• Official status: (a) FINAL official game-status designation — OUT. Filed by the Patriots on the official Week 1 injury report ahead of tonight’s Wednesday Sept 9 kickoff game at Seattle. This is the only FINAL designation among all four teams’ skill players.
• Injury: Ankle sprain (lingering from preseason; team has not specified high vs. low, but the duration of the absence and the non-contact rehab pattern point toward a high ankle sprain)
• When it happened: Sustained in preseason, mid-to-late August 2026; he has been out of practice since roughly Aug 24, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Low ankle sprain: 1-3 weeks. High ankle sprain (syndesmotic): 4-8 weeks to return to play for a running back, and often 8-12 weeks before true explosiveness and cutting confidence return. A three-week practice absence with no contact work is far more consistent with the high-ankle range.
• Expected back to full health: Best estimate for 100%: early-to-mid October 2026 (Weeks 5-6). A Week 2-3 return at reduced snaps is plausible, but ankle sprains in RBs classically suppress burst and lateral cutting for several weeks past the return date.
• Week 1: OUT — officially ruled out for tonight’s Wednesday Sept 9 kickoff at Seattle. Confirmed, no ambiguity.
• Weeks 1-4: Week 1: OUT (confirmed). Week 2: genuinely uncertain — he needs to string together practices first; a limited/rotational return is the optimistic case. Week 3: likely back but probably capped in snaps. Week 4: expected to be the full co-lead back again, assuming no setback. Treat Weeks 2-3 as a ramp, not a return to full workload.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rhamondre Stevenson takes over as the clear lead back and gets the goal-line and early-down work. Corey Kiner is the No. 2 and should see change-of-pace and passing-down snaps. Lan Larison was elevated from the practice squad on Sept 9 specifically to fill the RB3/special-teams spot tonight.
• Change since the weekend: DOWNGRADED — on Sept 6 this was an unofficial preseason ankle concern with no filing; it is now an official, FINAL ‘Out’ designation.

Fantasy takeaway: START Rhamondre Stevenson tonight as a volume-driven RB2/flex — he inherits a near-bellcow workload against a stout Seattle run defense — and if Henderson’s manager panics, this is the cheapest buy-low window you will ever get on him.

Isaac Guerendo — SF (Not on the active roster — would be the RB2 or RB3 when healthy)

• Wednesday practice: DNP
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation — Reserve/PUP. Official team filing made at the Aug 26, 2026 cutdown to 53; nfl.com’s official roster confirms PUP today.
• Injury: Torn pectoral
• When it happened: 2026-07-28 (approximate — early training camp)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgically repaired pectoral tears typically sideline an NFL player 4-6 months; running backs can sometimes return at the shorter end since the injury is not load-bearing for running.
• Expected back to full health: November to December 2026
• Week 1: OUT for Thursday, Sept 10 in Melbourne. On reserve/PUP he must miss at least the first four games and cannot be activated before Week 5.
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for all four games by rule, and the realistic recovery timeline extends well past Week 5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jordan James is the RB2 behind Christian McCaffrey; Kaelon Black is the No. 3
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Not worth a roster spot — he is ineligible until Week 5 and his pectoral timeline likely runs into November.

Trey Sermon — ATL (Was the RB3/depth back; currently off the active roster.)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported – on the reserve list, not on the weekly practice report.
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation – NFL.com lists him RES (Reserve/Injured), with no designated-to-return tag, so he is out for the season.
• Injury: Undisclosed preseason injury; no public diagnosis from the club.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured at the Aug 2026 cutdown.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A – a straight Reserve/Injured placement without a return designation ends the player’s season regardless of the injury class.
• Expected back to full health: Not applicable for 2026; he would be aiming at the 2027 offseason.
• Week 1: Out for Sunday, Sept 13 at Pittsburgh – and for the season.
• Weeks 1-4: Out for all of Weeks 1-4 and the rest of 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: Brian Robinson Jr. is the RB2 behind Bijan Robinson; Tyler Goodson is the practice-squad emergency option.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – already on IR as of Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: Ignore entirely – he is on season-ending reserve.

Adam Randall — BAL (RB4 (on reserve; not on the active depth chart))

• Wednesday practice: not applicable – ineligible to practice with the team until his 21-day practice window opens
• Official status: (a) FINAL OFFICIAL ROSTER-STATUS DESIGNATION: Reserve/Injured, designated to return. This is a filed, official league status – not a weekly game-status tag – and it definitively rules him out through Week 4. Confirmed on the nfl.com roster page as RES.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury sustained in the preseason; the club did not specify the body part.
• When it happened: August 2026, prior to the Aug 30 roster cutdown.
• Typical recovery for this injury: The IR-designated-to-return mechanism enforces a minimum four-game absence regardless of the injury. The designation itself signals the club expects a mid-season return rather than a season-ending one.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to return to practice ahead of Week 5 (early-to-mid October 2026); realistic game return Week 5-7 depending on how the 21-day window is used.
• Week 1: OUT – ineligible for Week 1 at Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: OUT for all four, by rule. First possible game action is Week 5.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already covered – Derrick Henry is the workhorse, Justice Hill is the passing-down back, Rasheen Ali is RB3.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Droppable in all but the deepest dynasty formats; there is no path to Weeks 1-4 value.

Trevor Etienne — CAR (Was the RB4/depth back; currently off the active roster.)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported – on the reserve list, not on the weekly practice report.
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation – NFL.com lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured, Designated to Return), a mandatory four-game minimum absence.
• Injury: Ankle.
• When it happened: Placed on reserve at the Aug 2026 cutdown.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Severe ankle sprains and ankle fractures put NFL backs out 4-8 weeks; the designated-to-return rule enforces a four-game floor on top of that.
• Expected back to full health: Reporting points to a return around Week 6 (mid-October).
• Week 1: Out for Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Chicago – ineligible, he is on the reserve list.
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for all of Weeks 1-4 by rule. Week 5 is Carolina’s bye, so a Week 6 return is the realistic target.
• Who benefits if he sits: AJ Dillon is the active RB3 behind Hubbard and Brooks.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – same reserve designation and same ~Week 6 return window.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep dynasty hold only – he cannot help a redraft roster until at least Week 6.

Ty Chandler — NO (Was a depth back competing for the RB4 spot; currently off the active roster.)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported – on the reserve list.
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation – NFL.com lists him RES (Reserve/Injured) with no return designation, so he is out for the season.
• Injury: Knee.
• When it happened: Logged Aug 25, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A for 2026 – a straight Reserve/Injured placement ends the season; a season-ending knee injury generally implies 6-12 months.
• Expected back to full health: Targeting the 2027 offseason.
• Week 1: Out for Sunday, Sept 13 at Detroit – and for the season.
• Weeks 1-4: Out for all of Weeks 1-4 and the balance of 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: Audric Estime holds the RB4 role in his place.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – already on IR as of Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: Ignore in all formats – he is on season-ending reserve.

Jeremy McNichols — WAS (Reserve/Injured (designated to return) – occupies no active depth-chart position. Would slot behind Kaytron Allen as RB4 on return. Verified reserve status on nfl.com roster.)

• Wednesday practice: DNP (on Reserve/Injured – not eligible to practice with the team until his return window opens)
• Official status: (c) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – Reserve/Injured, DESIGNATED TO RETURN. Official club transaction made at the Aug 25-26 cutdown. He must miss a MINIMUM OF FOUR GAMES (through Week 4) before he is eligible to be activated, and does not appear on the weekly practice report while on reserve.
• Injury: Quadriceps strain suffered in training camp
• When it happened: August 2026 (training camp)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Quadriceps strain in a running back: Grade 1, 1-3 weeks; Grade 2, 3-6 weeks; Grade 3, 6-10 weeks. He would likely be medically ready well before his four-game administrative window expires, so the IR designation here is as much roster management as medicine.
• Expected back to full health: Likely medically ready in September 2026, but ADMINISTRATIVELY ineligible until after Week 4 – earliest possible return is Week 5 (early October 2026)
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept 13 (4:25 PM ET vs. Philadelphia) – ineligible on Reserve/Injured
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: OUT for all four, mandatory. Earliest return is Week 5, and even then he projects as a fourth back with no clear path to touches unless the Croskey-Merritt groin or White hamstring resurfaces.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already replaced – Kaytron Allen (RB, ACT) holds the RB3 role; Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. are practice-squad depth
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable – mandatory four-game absence and no path to touches on return in a healthy backfield.

James Conner — ARI (Not on the active roster — would be the lead or co-lead back when healthy)

• Wednesday practice: DNP
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation — Reserve/Injured WITH a designation to return. Official team filing made at the Aug 26, 2026 cutdown to 53; nfl.com’s official roster shows RSR today. CONFIRMED STILL ON IR as of Sept 9, 2026.
• Injury: Lower leg — reported as a season-ending foot injury by Arizona beat reporting, described elsewhere as an ankle injury; originally suffered early in the 2025 season
• When it happened: 2025-09-21 (approximate — Week 3 of the 2025 season)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Severe foot/ankle fractures and Lisfranc-class injuries typically require 6-12 months, and running backs over 30 often need the full window plus a conditioning ramp. Conner has not taken part in team drills at any point this camp.
• Expected back to full health: October 2026 at the earliest, and his lack of any team-drill work makes a later return plausible
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept 13 at the Chargers. On IR with a designation to return he must miss the first four games and is not eligible to be activated before Week 5 (Oct 11 vs. Detroit).
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for all four games by rule. Watch for a 21-day practice window to open in early October. Even on return he faces an uphill climb for touches against a healthy Jeremiyah Love.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jeremiyah Love is the starter in his absence, with Tyler Allgeier as the No. 2 and Bam Knight the No. 3
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Stash only in deep leagues with IR slots — he is locked out until Week 5 and has not practiced with the team at all, so do not hold him on an active bench.

Trey Benson — ARI (Not on the active roster)

• Wednesday practice: DNP
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation — Reserve/Injured, season-ending with NO designation to return. He was waived-injured and reverted to Arizona’s injured reserve; nfl.com’s official roster shows RES today.
• Injury: Knee — torn meniscus, originally torn in Week 4 of the 2025 season
• When it happened: 2025-09-28 (approximate — Week 4 of the 2025 season)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Meniscus repair (as opposed to a trim) typically requires 4-6 months; repeat procedures and complications can extend the timeline well beyond that, which is consistent with a season-ending placement a full year later.
• Expected back to full health: 2027 offseason
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept 13 at the Chargers and for the entire 2026 season
• Weeks 1-4: Will not play in 2026. With no designation to return there is no in-season activation pathway.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jeremiyah Love and Tyler Allgeier hold the roles his injury vacated; Bam Knight is the No. 3
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in every redraft format — season-ending IR with no return designation.

Isiah Pacheco — DET (Would have been the primary complement to Jahmyr Gibbs; currently off the active depth chart entirely.)

• Wednesday practice: Not applicable – players on Reserve/Injured cannot practice.
• Official status: (c) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – Reserve/Injured. Verified as status code ‘RES’ on nfl.com/teams/detroit-lions/roster/ and confirmed by the Ourlads 09/08 chart, which lists him among Detroit’s IR players. Placed Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026 (first reported by Adam Schefter). Not part of the weekly Out/Doubtful/Questionable process.
• Injury: Back injury. Detroit has not publicly specified the pathology, and Pacheco was not mentioned in any of the Sept 9 Week 1 injury-report coverage – consistent with a player parked on IR rather than one being week-to-week.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Undisclosed back injury in an NFL player: a muscular strain runs 2-4 weeks, a disc herniation managed conservatively runs 6-10 weeks, and a surgical lumbar case runs 3-6 months. Detroit’s decision to use a full IR placement rather than week-to-week management points toward the longer end.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown – no timeline has been published. A standard IR placement without the designated-to-return tag means he must be activated from IR to play again this season, and no return window has been reported.
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept. 13 vs. New Orleans – he is on Reserve/Injured and ineligible.
• Weeks 1-4: Out for all four with no reported path back inside that window. Treat him as a season-long question mark until Detroit discloses a timeline.
• Who benefits if he sits: Sione Vaki (No. 33) is the back behind Jahmyr Gibbs on the Ourlads 09/08 chart, with Jacob Saylors third – note this reverses the Sept 6 baseline order.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – still on Reserve/Injured with the same undisclosed back injury and no timeline.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in redraft – he is on IR with no timeline, and his absence concentrates Detroit’s backfield squarely on Jahmyr Gibbs, which is the actionable read.

Did not practice Wednesday (4)

A Wednesday DNP four days out is the clearest warning sign on the report. Have a replacement ready and check Friday.

Ty Johnson — BUF (RB3 — the designated third-down/passing-down back and a core special-teamer, behind James Cook and Ray Davis)

• Wednesday practice: DNP (Wednesday Sept 9)
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry, no final game status yet. Buffalo plays Sunday Sept 13, so their Out/Doubtful/Questionable tags are not due until Friday Sept 11.
• Injury: Hamstring. Note: this is reported as a hamstring issue on the Sept 9 report, whereas early-September beat reporting described a right knee injury sustained Aug 8. It is unclear whether this is a second, separate soft-tissue injury or a re-labeling of the same lower-body problem — treat it as an unresolved lower-body injury either way.
• When it happened: Original lower-body injury Aug 8, 2026 (preseason). He has not practiced in full equipment since, and missed all three preseason games — roughly a month out.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 4-8 weeks, with a high re-injury rate if rushed. An MCL/knee sprain of the sort that costs a month is typically a Grade 2, 4-6 weeks. A month-plus absence with a Wednesday DNP in Week 1 sits at the pessimistic end of both.
• Expected back to full health: Best estimate for 100%: late September 2026 (Weeks 3-4). Soft-tissue injuries this stubborn rarely resolve cleanly in the same week they first produce a DNP.
• Week 1: Trending toward OUT or Questionable for Sunday Sept 13 at Houston. A Wednesday DNP after a month off makes Week 1 availability unlikely; watch Thursday/Friday for a bump to Limited.
• Weeks 1-4: Week 1: doubtful to play. Week 2: possible return in the third-down role. Weeks 3-4: expected back, but his ceiling is a low-volume passing-down back regardless of health.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ray Davis absorbs the third-down and change-of-pace snaps behind James Cook; Frank Gore Jr. is the practice-squad body if Buffalo needs a fourth back.
• Change since the weekend: DOWNGRADED — went from an unofficial ‘working on the side’ rehab note to an official Wednesday DNP with a newly specified hamstring.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in redraft — the only actionable read is that his absence nudges Ray Davis into a slightly larger role, making Davis the priority Cook handcuff.

LeQuint Allen Jr. — JAX (RB3 / passing-down and third-down back, behind co-starters Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr. (verified on the Jaguars’ official Sept 8 depth chart))

• Wednesday practice: DNP (present at practice but did not participate)
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY, no final game status yet. Listed as DNP on the official NFL Week 1 injury report. HC Liam Coen has publicly framed him as a GAME-TIME DECISION, which is a coach’s characterization, not a filed designation. The formal Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag comes Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Lower-body soft-tissue injury; the official report lists it as ‘hip.’ The team has not specified hamstring vs. quad vs. hip flexor.
• When it happened: Suffered in the second half of training camp — he missed roughly the last two weeks of camp, placing onset in mid-to-late August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 lower-body soft-tissue strains typically cost 1-3 weeks; grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks. Re-injury risk stays elevated for 2-4 weeks after return, which is why teams throttle these backs on a snap count initially.
• Expected back to full health: He is already ~3-4 weeks from onset and still not practicing, which points toward the longer end. Best estimate for a genuinely unrestricted 100%: late September (Weeks 3-4).
• Week 1: Genuinely in doubt for Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Cleveland. Coen: ‘We’ll get a game-time decision from him. It’s been a while.’ A Wednesday DNP for a Sunday game leaves room to recover, but he must practice Thursday or Friday to have a real chance. Treat as 50/50 at best.
• Weeks 1-4: W1 vs CLE — coin flip, and capped even if active. W2 @ DEN and W3 vs NE — should be back but on a managed third-down role. W4 @ CIN — normal role. His ceiling is bounded by the committee regardless: he projects as a third-down/pass-catching specialist, not a volume back.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ameer Abdullah is the direct beneficiary and would take the third-down/passing-game snaps. Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr. remain the early-down co-starters and would each pick up a few extra touches.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED (modestly) — and now OFFICIAL. On Sept 6 this was an unofficial aggregator ‘Questionable trending Doubtful’ with Coen saying on Sept 2 he’d be ‘pleasantly surprised if he was ready to go.’ As of Sept 9 it is a filed official practice-report entry and Coen’s language has moved to a real game-time decision, which is a meaningfully warmer tone — though the Wednesday DNP keeps the actual availability in doubt.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him in Week 1 — a Wednesday DNP plus a public game-time-decision label is not a lineup you can trust, and even active he is the third man in a committee; if you need the Jaguars backfield, Tuten is the play.

Sean Tucker — TB (RB3 behind Bucky Irving and Kenny Gainwell.)

• Wednesday practice: DNP
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without a final game status – Did Not Participate on Tampa Bay’s Wednesday, Sept 9 report. Final designation comes Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Hamstring – now officially named by the club, having previously been undisclosed.
• When it happened: Surfaced around Sept 2, 2026 when he missed practice; still rehabbing as of Sept 9.
• Typical recovery for this injury: 1-2 weeks for a Grade 1 hamstring strain, 3-6 weeks for Grade 2. A DNP a week into the injury leaves both in play.
• Expected back to full health: Likely 1-3 weeks; reporting has him as a game-time decision for Sunday.
• Week 1: Not yet determined, trending toward a game-time decision. Sunday, Sept 13 at Cincinnati – Wednesday’s DNP is practice participation only; the official designation arrives Friday, Sept 11.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 at CIN, Wk2 vs CLE, Wk3 vs MIN, Wk4 vs GB. As the RB3 he needs an injury ahead of him to matter; a lingering hamstring also risks him being the odd man out on gameday.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kenny Gainwell is the RB2 ahead of him and would absorb the change-of-pace work; Josh Williams is the practice-squad option.
• Change since the weekend: DOWNGRADED – the previously undisclosed issue is now confirmed as a hamstring and he did not practice at all Wednesday.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable – he is an RB3 who did not practice, and his only value is as a handcuff-of-a-handcuff behind Bucky Irving and Gainwell.

Audric Estime — NO (RB4 behind Travis Etienne Jr., Alvin Kamara and Kendre Miller.)

• Wednesday practice: DNP
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without a final game status – Did Not Participate on the Saints’ Wednesday, Sept 9 report. Final designation Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Thigh (quadriceps/thigh contusion or strain).
• When it happened: First appears on the official report Wednesday, Sept 9, 2026 – new since the Sept 6 checkpoint.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Thigh contusions cost NFL players about 1-2 weeks; a quad strain runs 2-4 weeks. A brand-new DNP is not yet diagnostic of which.
• Expected back to full health: Likely 1-3 weeks depending on whether it is a bruise or a strain.
• Week 1: Not yet determined. Sunday, Sept 13 at Detroit – Wednesday’s DNP is practice participation only, official status arrives Friday, Sept 11.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 at DET, Wk2 at BAL, Wk3 vs LV, Wk4 vs ATL. His only route to relevance is Kamara sitting AND Kendre Miller being unavailable – a narrow path.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kendre Miller sits ahead of him; CJ Donaldson and Zamir White are the practice-squad depth.
• Change since the weekend: NEW – he carried no injury entry on Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: Waiver-wire irrelevant right now – his injury actually matters more for Kendre Miller’s contingency value than for his own.

Limited Wednesday (5)

Limited on Wednesday usually means trending toward playing, but it is exactly the group whose Friday designation decides your lineup.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt — WAS (RB1 / lead back, verified ACT on nfl.com roster, Ourlads 09/09/2026 and Yahoo’s Week 1 Commanders depth chart (09/09). Rushed for 805 yards and 8 TDs as a 2025 rookie.)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY WITHOUT FINAL GAME STATUS. Filed on the Commanders’ Wednesday, Sept 9 report as ‘groin – Limited Participation’. No Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag yet; Friday, Sept 11 brings the official designation. This is the only fantasy skill player LIMITED or worse across all four teams.
• Injury: Groin strain (adductor). The Sept 6 baseline’s vaguer ‘lower-body injury’ is now officially specified by the club as a groin issue.
• When it happened: Late August 2026 (training camp / preseason; first reported in the Sept 6 reporting cycle, specified as groin on the Sept 9 official report)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 adductor/groin strain in a running back: 1-2 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3: 8-12 weeks. A Limited Wednesday practice points to Grade 1, but groin strains carry a notably high re-aggravation rate in cutting and lateral-acceleration roles – roughly 1 in 5 recur within the same season – and NFL clubs habitually cap early-season carries for backs working through one.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026 (Weeks 3-4) for a fully unrestricted workload; likely available but managed before then
• Week 1: EXPECTED TO PLAY Sunday, Sept 13 (4:25 PM ET vs. Philadelphia) but genuinely uncertain in workload, and NOT yet official. Beat consensus (SI Commanders, PhillyVoice, The Philly Special Show) is that he plays. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY TELL: an upgrade to Full by Friday means a normal workload; a second straight Limited very likely produces a ‘Questionable’ tag and a reduced carry share.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: expected to play all four, with the main risk being a snap-share split rather than absence. Groin recurrence is the live danger – if he tweaks it, expect a one-to-two-game absence and a near-even split with Rachaad White. Highest-variance skill player on these four rosters.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rachaad White (RB, ACT) – and note White is himself off the Wednesday injury report after a hamstring issue, so he is a fully healthy fallback; Kaytron Allen (RB, ACT) is RB3. Jeremy McNichols (RB) is on IR-designated-to-return and unavailable for at least four games.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Start him but line up a plan B, and check Friday’s designation before locking him – a second straight Limited would signal a split backfield with Rachaad White.

Jonathon Brooks — CAR (RB2 / 1B in a committee with Chuba Hubbard; still working back from a second ACL tear.)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without a final game status – Limited on Carolina’s club-published Wednesday, Sept 9 report. Final Out/Doubtful/Questionable comes Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Groin – now specified by the club, having been described earlier as general soreness. It sits on top of a long rehab from his second ACL tear.
• When it happened: Groin issue surfaced in early September 2026; the underlying ACL reconstruction dates to late 2024.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin strains sideline NFL players roughly 1-3 weeks for a mild strain and 4-6 weeks for a significant one. Limited participation with a full week of runway points to the mild end.
• Expected back to full health: Likely within 1-2 weeks; HC Dave Canales said he is optimistic Brooks is available for Week 1.
• Week 1: Not yet determined – trending toward playing. Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Chicago; Wednesday was practice participation only and the official designation lands Friday, Sept 11.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 vs CHI, Wk2 at ATL, Wk3 at CLE, Wk4 vs DET, Week 5 bye. Expect a managed snap count early as the club protects the knee, with his share growing if the groin quiets down.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chuba Hubbard absorbs the full workload, with AJ Dillon as the change-of-pace.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – still limited and still expected to play, though the injury is now officially named as a groin rather than generic soreness.

Fantasy takeaway: Flex-only in Week 1 – he should play, but a groin plus knee-management means a capped touch count behind Hubbard.

Keaton Mitchell — LAC (RB2 — chargers.com Week 1 chart lists ‘Keaton Mitchell OR Kimani Vidal’ behind Omarion Hampton; Ourlads and nfl.com (Active) both place Mitchell second)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY, NO FINAL GAME STATUS YET. Mitchell is on the Chargers’ official Wednesday Sept 9 injury report as LIMITED with a hamstring injury. Final game status due Friday Sept 11, 4:00 PM ET.
• Injury: Hamstring. The Wednesday filing is the first time the club has specified the body part — through camp it was described only as ‘working through something.’ He missed six consecutive practices before returning Monday Sept 7. GM Joe Hortiz declined to put him on injured reserve, which signals the team expected a short absence.
• When it happened: Setback first reported around Aug 24, 2026 (after missing two training-camp practices); the extended absence ran through the first week of September
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: 1–3 weeks. Grade 2: 3–6 weeks. Mitchell’s ability to practice in a limited capacity two-plus weeks in points to the low end — but hamstrings in a player with his injury history are the classic re-aggravation risk.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late September 2026 — Week 2–3 for a clean full practice week, assuming no re-aggravation
• Week 1: Trending toward PLAYING vs Arizona, Sunday Sept 13, 4:25 PM ET, most likely with a Questionable tag on Friday. A second straight Limited day Thursday would be normal; a DNP Thursday would flip this to a real risk.
• Weeks 1-4: Even at full health he is the change-of-pace back behind Hampton. Expect a capped Week 1 role, gradual growth Weeks 2–4, and meaningful volume only if Hampton misses time. Hamstrings recur, so bake in a missed-game risk somewhere in this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kimani Vidal (verified RB3, co-listed with Mitchell on the team chart) absorbs the backup snaps behind Omarion Hampton
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Mitchell is a bench stash only — he’s likely to suit up but the hamstring plus Hampton’s workload caps him below flex viability in Week 1.

Alvin Kamara — NO (RB2 behind Travis Etienne Jr. on Ourlads’ Sept 8 chart – a committee and passing-down role, no longer the lead back.)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without a final game status – Limited on the Saints’ first official Week 1 report, Wednesday, Sept 9. Final Out/Doubtful/Questionable is due Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Sprained MCL, knee.
• When it happened: Aug 18, 2026, during a joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys. He missed the entire preseason.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An isolated MCL sprain sidelines an NFL running back roughly 2-4 weeks at Grade 1 and 4-8 weeks at Grade 2. Initial reporting had Kamara at 4-6 weeks, which lands his window right around Week 1-3.
• Expected back to full health: Wednesday, Sept 9 was his first practice back, at three weeks and change post-injury. Full health is realistically Weeks 2-4; expect a snap-count restriction even if he suits up Sunday.
• Week 1: Not yet determined – genuinely in doubt. Sunday, Sept 13 at Detroit; Wednesday’s limited tag is practice participation only, and the real answer comes with Friday’s Sept 11 designation.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 at DET, Wk2 at BAL, Wk3 vs LV, Wk4 vs ATL (Mon, Oct 5). Even once healthy he is behind Etienne; his value is receiving work and goal-line touches rather than volume.
• Who benefits if he sits: Travis Etienne Jr. is already the RB1 and would simply absorb more; Kendre Miller is the next man up for the complementary snaps, with Audric Estime (also hurt) behind him.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED – he practiced for the first time since Aug 18, moving from not practicing at all to a limited participant on the official report.

Fantasy takeaway: Do not start him Week 1 until Friday’s designation clears – and even a healthy Kamara is now a touch-limited RB3 behind Travis Etienne.

Kyle Juszczyk — SF (Starting fullback (grouped with the tight ends on nfl.com’s official roster))

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry with no final game status — listed as LIMITED with a finger injury on San Francisco’s official Week 1 reports (Sept 8 and Sept 9). No game-status designation issued.
• Injury: Finger
• When it happened: 2026-09-06 (approximate — Week 1 practice week)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Finger injuries rarely cost an NFL player a game unless surgery is required; typical impact is 0-2 weeks and players routinely play through them taped or splinted.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-September 2026
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY Thursday, Sept 10 in Melbourne — a finger injury with limited practice is not an availability threat
• Weeks 1-4: Should play all four games. A fullback with a finger issue is a blocking-first player whose fantasy footprint is negligible either way.
• Who benefits if he sits: Luke Farrell would absorb the lead-blocking role from an in-line TE alignment
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Ignore for fantasy purposes — he has no standalone value and the finger will not keep him off the field.

Practiced in full (on the report, trending to play) (5)

On the report but practicing fully — typically maintenance or the tail of something that has resolved. Start them, but note the injury is on file.

Jeremiyah Love — ARI (RB1 — lead back and the Cardinals’ top draft pick)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without final status — today, Wednesday Sept 9, is Arizona’s FIRST Week 1 practice filing, so no game-status designation exists yet and none is due until Friday. Head coach Mike LaFleur on Wednesday: ‘I don’t exactly know what his listing is but there’s no limit on our end,’ and Love ‘will be ready to roll today.’ Treat the filed participation level as unconfirmed pending the report itself.
• Injury: High ankle sprain
• When it happened: 2026-08-13
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle sprains typically sideline an NFL player 4-6 weeks, with mild cases at 2-3 weeks and severe cases requiring tightrope surgery and 8+ weeks. Love is now roughly four weeks post-injury, right at the standard return window.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late September 2026 — functional now, but true full-health cutting ability for a high ankle sprain often lags another 2-3 weeks past return
• Week 1: Trending toward PLAYING on Sunday, Sept 13 at the Chargers. He is practicing without a team-imposed limitation, but Arizona has not yet filed a game-status designation and an earlier report had him ’50-50′ for Week 1 — expect a Questionable tag on Friday at worst.
• Weeks 1-4: Likely available for all four, but expect a shared or capped workload in Weeks 1-2 as he eases in from a four-week absence, with a fuller role by Weeks 3-4. High ankle sprains re-aggravate more often than any other ankle injury, so a one-game setback inside this window is a genuine risk.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyler Allgeier (Bam Knight is the No. 3; Evan Hull is the practice-squad depth). James Conner is NOT available — he is on IR until Week 5.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Start him if you have the depth to absorb a capped Week 1 workload, but hold Tyler Allgeier as the handcuff — Arizona files its first game-status designation Friday.

Ashton Jeanty — LV (RB1 — verified as the clear lead back on nfl.com (ACT) and Ourlads (Sept 8); no committee listed above him)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY, NO FINAL GAME STATUS YET. Jeanty is listed on the Raiders’ Wednesday Sept 9 official report as a FULL participant with an ankle injury. Head coach Klint Kubiak said before practice, ‘we will give the designation after practice. But he’s going to practice.’ Final status due Friday Sept 11.
• Injury: Ankle sprain suffered in the final week of training camp; kept him out of the remaining preseason work and limited him to individual workouts through the first week of September
• When it happened: August 23, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Low ankle sprain: 1–4 weeks. High ankle sprain: 4–6 weeks. Jeanty’s 17-day gap from injury to full practice is consistent with a moderate low sprain.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively now — full practice participation on Sept 9 is the clearest possible signal. Assume 100% by Week 2 even if Week 1 carries a soft snap cap.
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY vs Miami, Sunday Sept 13, 4:25 PM ET. A Questionable tag Friday would be procedural, not predictive.
• Weeks 1-4: Full workhorse usage from Week 1 forward, with the only realistic wrinkle being a modest Week 1 snap count as the staff eases the ankle back. No lingering restriction expected across Weeks 2–4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Mike Washington Jr. (verified RB2, 2026 fourth-round pick who impressed in camp and preseason), then Dylan Laube (RB3)
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Start Jeanty with confidence — a full Wednesday practice 17 days after the sprain removes the last real doubt, though don’t be shocked by a light early-game touch count.

Breece Hall — NYJ (RB1 — clear lead back and primary receiving back)

• Wednesday practice: Full (Wednesday Sept 9, estimated)
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry, no final game status yet. New York plays Sunday Sept 13, so designations are not due until Friday Sept 11. Note that the Jets did not hold a true practice Wednesday; the Full participation level filed is an estimate, which is standard and official.
• Injury: Groin strain
• When it happened: Mid-to-late August 2026 (preseason); it limited him through the back half of camp
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 groin/adductor strain: 1-2 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Groin strains are notorious for lingering in cutting-heavy positions, but Hall’s progression — positional drills Sept 8, full estimated participation Sept 9 — is squarely a Grade 1 pattern.
• Expected back to full health: Already at or very near 100%. Head coach Aaron Glenn said Sept 8 that Hall was trending toward playing Week 1, and he backed it up with a Full Wednesday.
• Week 1: Expected to play Sunday Sept 13 at Tennessee, almost certainly with no designation. This is the single most reassuring signal on the Jets’ report.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: expected to handle a full lead-back workload. The only risk is the classic groin-strain recurrence pattern if the Jets ride him for 20+ touches immediately.
• Who benefits if he sits: Braelon Allen is the direct handcuff and would take the early-down and short-yardage work; Isaiah Davis would absorb passing-down snaps.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED — on Sept 6 the groin was an open Week 1 question; he is now a Full participant on the official report and expected to play.

Fantasy takeaway: START him with confidence as a locked-in RB1 — the groin scare is over and any lingering discount in your league is now a buy signal.

Isaiah Davis — NYJ (RB3 — passing-down and depth back behind Breece Hall and Braelon Allen)

• Wednesday practice: Full (Wednesday Sept 9, estimated)
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry, no final game status yet. Jets play Sunday Sept 13; Wednesday levels are estimated.
• Injury: Knee
• When it happened: August 2026 (preseason)
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor knee sprain or contusion that allows a Full Week 1 practice estimate typically runs 1-3 weeks. Nothing about the timeline suggests ligament involvement.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively at 100% based on the Full participation level.
• Week 1: Expected to play Sunday Sept 13 at Tennessee with no designation.
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy and available Weeks 1-4; his fantasy ceiling is capped by being third in line, not by the knee.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kene Nwangwu is the next back up and is primarily a returner.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED — carried a knee question on Sept 6, now filed as a Full participant.

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable — he is a contingency stash only, and Braelon Allen is the better Hall handcuff.

Emanuel Wilson — SEA (RB3 — third back behind Jadarian Price and George Holani)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry with no final game status — appeared on Seattle’s official Week 1 report (hamstring) but practiced FULL and was NOT given a game-status designation, meaning he is cleared and available tonight.
• Injury: Hamstring strain
• When it happened: 2026-08-25 (approximate — training-camp/preseason strain)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Mild (grade 1) hamstring strains sideline an NFL player roughly 1-2 weeks; he has cleared that window and practiced in full.
• Expected back to full health: Already effectively full health as of Sept 8, 2026
• Week 1: ACTIVE and available for tonight’s kickoff (Wednesday, Sept 9)
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy but buried. He is the No. 3 back and becomes fantasy-relevant only if Price or Holani goes down, or once Zach Charbonnet returns from PUP and reshuffles the room against him.
• Who benefits if he sits: George Holani would absorb the No. 2 role; Jacardia Wright is the practice-squad depth
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Cleared but irrelevant — leave him on the wire unless Jadarian Price gets hurt tonight.

No official designation yet (unconfirmed) (3)

Either the team’s reporting week is shifted (the Monday-night clubs file a day later) or the situation is beat-reported without an official entry. Real, but unconfirmed — verify before you rely on it.

J.K. Dobbins — DEN (RB1 — verified ACT on nfl.com, listed first on Denver’s Week 1 unofficial depth chart (Sept 9) and on Ourlads (Sept 8))

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported
• Official status: (c) STILL UNOFFICIAL — no filing exists; Denver’s first official report is due Thursday Sept 10. Sean Payton said on Sept 3 that Dobbins is ‘moving well’ and expected to play Week 1, and Denver reported full practice attendance on Sept 7.
• Injury: Soft-tissue injury (undisclosed muscle group) sustained during training camp in August; he was held out of preseason action as a precaution rather than because of a hard restriction. Relevant history: a long injury record including a torn Achilles and prior knee surgery, plus a foot injury that cost him time in 2025.
• When it happened: Approximately Aug 10, 2026 (first reported during training camp); held out of preseason games Aug 22–29
• Typical recovery for this injury: Minor soft-tissue strain (hamstring/calf/quad): 1–3 weeks, with re-aggravation the chief risk on a heavy early-season workload
• Expected back to full health: Already there for Week 1 — roughly a month has passed since the camp injury with no reported setbacks
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY at Kansas City, Monday Sept 14, 8:15 PM ET. Verify against Denver’s Thursday Sept 10 filing.
• Weeks 1-4: Lead-back usage in Weeks 1–4 with RJ Harvey mixed in. His injury history, not any current ailment, is the reason to hold a contingency — soft-tissue issues in camp have historically preceded in-season absences for him.
• Who benefits if he sits: RJ Harvey (verified RB2), then Jonah Coleman (RB3) and Tyler Badie (RB4)
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Start Dobbins as an RB2 — he is healthy and holds the lead role, but RJ Harvey is the single best handcuff in this division to own alongside him.

Cam Skattebo — NYG (RB1 / lead back, verified ACT on nfl.com roster and Ourlads 09/08/2026)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported (absent from the injury report, so no participation level is filed; the Giants stated all players practiced fully Wednesday in pads)
• Official status: (d) UNOFFICIAL / TRACKED-STORY ENTRY ONLY – he carries NO official designation of any kind. He is NOT on the Giants’ Wednesday, Sept 9 injury report, NOT on IR, NOT on PUP, and has ACT status. Included here solely because he is returning from a catastrophic 2025 injury that fantasy managers are actively tracking.
• Injury: Severe right ankle dislocation with open tibia/fibula fracture and a ruptured deltoid ligament, suffered on an illegal hip-drop tackle against Philadelphia. The injury ended his rookie season after 8-9 games. He has since been fully cleared and told reporters ‘I’ll be ready to go’ for Week 1.
• When it happened: November 2025 (game vs. Philadelphia during the 2025 season)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Ankle dislocation with open tib/fib fracture and deltoid ligament rupture in a running back: 6-12 months, with 8-10 months typical to full football activity given the open fracture and the hardware usually required. Return-to-form for a contact-heavy back often trails clearance by 2-4 months because of residual ankle stiffness and loss of push-off power. He is roughly 10 months out – inside the normal window, and his clean removal from the injury report is meaningful evidence.
• Expected back to full health: Already cleared and off the report as of Sept 9, 2026 – roughly 10 months post-injury. Expect full pre-injury contact balance and burst by October 2026.
• Week 1: WILL PLAY Sunday, Sept 13 (8:20 PM ET vs. Dallas) with no restriction reported. No Friday designation expected given his absence from the report.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: expected to play all four as the lead back on a heavy workload – he has publicly said he is ready for a major role, and the Giants have framed the competition as being for carries BEHIND him. Given the injury severity, a soft-open Week 1 workload with Tracy and Singletary spelling him is plausible, ramping upward. Elevated soft-tissue risk in the surgically repaired ankle is the one thing to monitor.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB, ACT) would lead the backfield, with Devin Singletary (RB, ACT) in the change-of-pace role
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Start him – clearing the injury report entirely at 10 months post-op is the confirmation you needed, though temper Week 1 expectations for a possible managed snap count.

Pierre Strong Jr. — GB (Practice-squad running back (nfl.com status DEV, No. 22) – the most NFL-experienced back in the building behind the active trio, and the emergency depth piece in a Jacobs-less backfield.)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported (officially) – beat reporting has him ABSENT from Wednesday’s practice; no practice designation exists for practice-squad players.
• Official status: (d) UNOFFICIAL / BEAT REPORTING. Practice-squad players do not appear on the official NFL injury report, so there is no designation of any kind. This entry rests on Sept 9 beat reporting (SI Packers On SI) that he was absent from Wednesday’s practice, corroborated circumstantially by the club’s own Sept 9 transaction signing a replacement running back.
• Injury: Unspecified – the nature of the absence has not been disclosed. The signal is the transaction: with Strong absent, Green Bay signed rookie RB Damon Bankston to fill its final practice-squad spot on Sept 8-9 and had also worked out RBs Phil Mafah and Ian Wheeler that Tuesday. Strong remains on the practice squad; he has NOT been released or placed on practice-squad IR.
• When it happened: Absence first noted Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Cannot be estimated – no injury has been identified. Undisclosed one-day practice-squad absences most often resolve within days.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown pending disclosure.
• Week 1: Would not play Sunday, Sept. 13 at Minnesota regardless – he is a practice-squad player who would require a standard elevation, and none has been announced.
• Weeks 1-4: Fantasy-irrelevant unless Green Bay’s active backfield suffers an injury AND he is elevated or signed to the 53. Worth tracking only as a barometer of how thin the Jacobs-less backfield really is.
• Who benefits if he sits: Damon Bankston (rookie, New Mexico, No. 35) is the practice-squad back signed to cover this absence.
• Change since the weekend: NEW – not on the Sept 6 baseline; absence and the corresponding Bankston signing both occurred Sept 8-9.

Fantasy takeaway: No action – but the fact that Green Bay burned its last practice-squad spot on a rookie back the day before Week 1 tells you how little margin the Jacobs-less committee has.

Cleared since the weekend — off the report entirely (11)

The good news. These players carried an injury question into the weekend and are no longer listed by their teams at all.

Chuba Hubbard — CAR (RB1 – listed first on Ourlads’ Sept 9 chart and the 1A in a 1A/1B with Jonathon Brooks.)

• Wednesday practice: Full – he is not listed on the report, which by rule means full participation.
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. He does not appear anywhere on Carolina’s club-published Week 1 Wednesday report (Sept 9, 2026), which listed only three players. No practice-report entry and no game-status designation.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (resolved). It cost him time in camp and had him labeled week-to-week in August.
• When it happened: Strained during training camp in August 2026; cleared before Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hamstring strains run 1-2 weeks for Grade 1 and 3-6 weeks for Grade 2. His absence spanned several weeks, consistent with a low Grade 2 that the club rehabbed conservatively.
• Expected back to full health: Now – he practiced without limitation and the club has him as a full go.
• Week 1: Expected to play, no designation. Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Chicago. He carries no entry on the Wednesday report, so barring a new injury he will not receive a Friday designation either.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 vs CHI, Wk2 at ATL, Wk3 at CLE, Wk4 vs DET (Sun night, Oct 4), then a Week 5 bye. A soft opener against Chicago and a Week 2 division game set up well; the committee with Brooks is the real cap on his ceiling, not the hamstring.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jonathon Brooks, with AJ Dillon third.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the report. On Sept 6 he was an aggregator-projected Questionable with a hamstring.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence in Week 1 – the hamstring is fully behind him and he is the 1A, though Brooks will eat into the workload.

D’Andre Swift — CHI (RB1 – confirmed as the starter on both nfl.com (ACT, No. 4) and the Ourlads 09/08 chart, ahead of Kyle Monangai.)

• Wednesday practice: Full – not listed on the Wednesday report; he returned to practice Monday, Sept. 7.
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. Verified absent from Chicago’s Wednesday Sept 9, 2026 official Week 1 injury report on both nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1 and in the club-sourced Sept 9 Sun-Times and SI write-ups, all of which list only Odunze, Trapilo and Bagent. He is ACT on the nfl.com roster. With no practice entry, there is nothing for Friday Sept 11 to turn into a designation.
• Injury: Resolved. He left the Sept. 3 practice early, which briefly raised fears of a core or quad problem, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported it was CRAMPING only. He was back at practice Monday, Sept. 7 and cleared the first official injury report of the year without an entry.
• When it happened: Sept. 3, 2026 (left practice early); resolved by Sept. 7-9, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Exercise-associated muscle cramping: hours to 2-3 days, with no structural damage and no lingering re-injury risk once hydration and conditioning normalize.
• Expected back to full health: Already fully healthy as of Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY, no designation, Sunday, Sept. 13 at Carolina.
• Weeks 1-4: Every-week starter with a clean bill of health across all four games. The only real threat to his volume is Kyle Monangai’s 1B role rather than his own body.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kyle Monangai (No. 25) is the RB2 and would lead the backfield, with Roschon Johnson third.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the injury report. The Sept 6 baseline carried an aggregator-projected ‘Questionable’; the club’s own filing lists him nowhere.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation – the Sept 3 scare was a cramp, he practiced Monday, and he cleared the first official report with no entry.

De’Von Achane — MIA (RB1 — clear lead back and the focal point of the Dolphins offense in both the run and pass game)

• Wednesday practice: Full — not listed on the Wednesday report
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. He does NOT appear on Miami’s official Wednesday Sept 9 injury report (which lists Ronnie Harrison, Will Kacmarek and Seydou Traore only). All 53 active-roster Dolphins practiced Monday Sept 7.
• Injury: Calf strain
• When it happened: Mid-August 2026; Miami held him out for roughly two weeks as a precaution, and he returned to practice on or about Sept 1, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 calf strain: 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 4-6 weeks. Calf strains are a well-documented recurrence risk for speed backs, but Achane’s two-week precautionary absence and clean return fit a mild Grade 1.
• Expected back to full health: At 100% now — he has been practicing without restriction for well over a week and cleared the official report entirely.
• Week 1: Expected to play Sunday Sept 13 at Las Vegas with no designation.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: full lead-back workload expected. The only monitorable is a calf recurrence in the first two weeks of live football, which is the classic window for it.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jaylen Wright is the direct handcuff and would lead the committee; Ollie Gordon II would take the short-yardage and early-down work.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the injury report. Be aware that search results for this player are heavily polluted with 2025-dated ‘Achane cleared for Week 1 vs. Colts’ stories; those are a different season.

Fantasy takeaway: START as a locked-in RB1 — the calf is fully behind him, and with a first-year starting QB in Malik Willis, Miami’s offense is likely to funnel even more volume through him.

Christian McCaffrey — SF (RB1 — lead back)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. He did not practice Monday, Sept 7, returned to practice Tuesday, Sept 8, and is NOT listed on San Francisco’s official Week 1 injury report. No official designation.
• Injury: Calf tightness, combined with deliberate veteran workload management
• When it happened: 2026-09-06 (approximate — flared at the start of the Week 1 practice week)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Calf tightness without a diagnosed strain resolves in days; a true grade 1 calf strain would run 2-3 weeks. Returning to practice inside 24 hours indicates precautionary rest, not a strain.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Sept 8, 2026
• Week 1: ACTIVE, no designation, expected to start Thursday, Sept 10 in Melbourne
• Weeks 1-4: Expected to handle a full lead-back workload across all four games, though San Francisco has signalled it will manage his snaps situationally. Calf and Achilles history makes him a week-to-week monitor rather than a set-and-forget asset.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jordan James (RB2); Kaelon Black is the No. 3 and Sincere McCormick the practice-squad depth
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Full green light — he cleared the report entirely, so start him as your RB1 in Melbourne.

Kyle Monangai — CHI (RB2 / the ‘1B’ back behind D’Andre Swift – confirmed on both nfl.com (ACT, No. 25) and the Ourlads 09/08 chart, ahead of Roschon Johnson.)

• Wednesday practice: Full – not listed on the Wednesday report; he returned to practice Monday, Sept. 7, his first session since the injury.
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. Verified absent from Chicago’s official Wednesday Sept 9, 2026 Week 1 injury report (nfl.com league view plus the club-sourced Sept 9 reporting, which lists only Odunze, Trapilo and Bagent). He is ACT on nfl.com. This is a genuinely significant clearance: as recently as Sept 6 he was described as week-to-week.
• Injury: Resolved. Hyperextended RIGHT knee suffered Aug. 16, 2026 in practice on contact with DT Grady Jarrett. HC Ben Johnson initially called him week-to-week. He was reported ‘running and looks good’ by D’Andre Swift after the Sept. 2 session, returned to full practice Monday Sept. 7, and then cleared the first official injury report without an entry.
• When it happened: Aug. 16, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Knee hyperextension without ligament tearing: 2-4 weeks typically, extending to 6+ weeks if a partial PCL or capsular injury is involved. Monangai is roughly 3.5 weeks out and clearing practice, which fits the benign end of the range.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively fully healthy as of Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, though he has only had a few practice sessions back and may be eased in on early-season snap counts.
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY, no designation, Sunday, Sept. 13 at Carolina.
• Weeks 1-4: Should hold the 1B role behind Swift throughout, with his workload building as he shakes off three weeks of missed practice. He is the clear beneficiary of any Swift absence.
• Who benefits if he sits: Roschon Johnson (No. 23) would move into the No. 2 role behind Swift.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the injury report. This is the biggest quiet swing in the division: the Sept 6 picture had him week-to-week with a hyperextended knee, and the club’s Week 1 filing lists him nowhere.

Fantasy takeaway: A real upgrade worth acting on – going from ‘week-to-week’ on Sept 6 to off the injury report entirely restores his flex value and makes him the must-hold contingency on Swift.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. — NYG (RB2 behind Cam Skattebo, verified ACT on nfl.com roster and Ourlads 09/08/2026)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported (he is not listed on the injury report at all, so no participation level is filed for him – the Giants reported that all players practiced Wednesday)
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. He does NOT appear on the Giants’ official Wednesday, Sept 9 injury report in any capacity (no DNP, no Limited, no Full entry), which means the club considers him carrying no reportable injury.
• Injury: Concussion, sustained when he exited the preseason finale against the New York Jets. He cleared the NFL’s five-step concussion protocol on 2026-08-28. The Sept 6 baseline’s characterization as a ‘head/neck injury’ was imprecise – it was a diagnosed concussion, now resolved.
• When it happened: 2026-08-28 (preseason finale vs. NYJ; cleared protocol the same reporting cycle)
• Typical recovery for this injury: NFL concussion protocol: median 6-12 days from injury to full clearance; roughly 90% of cases clear within three weeks. Once the five-step protocol is completed and an independent neurological consultant signs off, there is no residual performance restriction and no elevated short-term re-injury designation. He is now 12 days past clearance.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health – cleared 2026-08-28, no lingering restriction
• Week 1: WILL PLAY Sunday, Sept 13 (8:20 PM ET vs. Dallas) with no injury restriction. He is off the report entirely, so no Friday designation is expected.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: available for all four as the clear RB2 in a rotation behind Skattebo. His value is leveraged almost entirely to Skattebo’s health rather than his own.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devin Singletary (RB, ACT) is the next back up per Ourlads 09/08/2026, with Najee Harris (RB, ACT) as RB4 – note this reverses the Sept 6 baseline, which had Harris ahead of Singletary.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Fully cleared and off the report – hold him as a genuinely valuable Skattebo contingency rather than treating him as an injury risk.

Rachaad White — WAS (RB2 behind Jacory Croskey-Merritt, verified ACT on nfl.com roster, Ourlads 09/09/2026 and Yahoo’s Week 1 Commanders depth chart)

• Wednesday practice: Full (practiced Wednesday; not listed on the injury report, so no participation level was formally filed for him)
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. He does NOT appear anywhere on the Commanders’ official Wednesday, Sept 9 injury report (which listed eight players; he is not among them). IMPORTANT NUANCE: FantasyPros published a note at 1:15 PM ET on Sept 9 saying his Week 1 status was ‘still unclear’; that note predated the club’s official filing and is an aggregator lag, not a designation. The official report is authoritative and omits him.
• Injury: Hamstring strain, originally reported by NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. He progressed from individual-only work in August to full practice participation, and has now cleared the report entirely.
• When it happened: August 2026 (training camp)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain in a running back: 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3: 8-12 weeks. Hamstrings carry the highest recurrence rate of any NFL soft-tissue injury (roughly 1 in 3 re-injure within the season), and the standard club protocol is a graduated return through individual work, then limited, then full – exactly the path he followed. Clearing the report is the meaningful endpoint.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health – cleared the injury report as of Wednesday, Sept 9, 2026
• Week 1: WILL PLAY Sunday, Sept 13 (4:25 PM ET vs. Philadelphia) with no injury restriction reported. Off the report, so no Friday designation is expected.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: expected to be available for all four as the RB2, with meaningful upside because the man in front of him (Croskey-Merritt) is working through a groin strain. Residual hamstring recurrence risk persists for 4-6 weeks after any strain, so monitor Wednesday reports through September.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaytron Allen (RB, ACT) would move up to RB2; Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. are practice-squad depth
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: The quietest significant upgrade in the division – he cleared the report while the starter ahead of him did not, making him a priority speculative add and a strong flex if Croskey-Merritt is capped Friday.

British Brooks — HOU (RB3 / fullback, behind David Montgomery and Woody Marks)

• Wednesday practice: Full (not listed on the Texans’ Wednesday Sept 9 report)
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report
• Injury: Hand — cleared
• When it happened: August 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hand sprains/contusions without fracture: 1-2 weeks, frequently played through.
• Expected back to full health: Now — no designation entering Week 1.
• Week 1: Available, no designation, Sunday Sept 13 vs. Buffalo.
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy for Weeks 1-4, but his role is fullback/special teams; touches will be scarce behind Montgomery and Marks.
• Who benefits if he sits: Not applicable — he is healthy.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report. Was an unofficial ‘Questionable’ (hand) on Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable; the Texans backfield to own is David Montgomery, with Woody Marks the handcuff.

Ollie Gordon II — MIA (RB3 — short-yardage and early-down committee back behind De’Von Achane and Jaylen Wright)

• Wednesday practice: Full — not listed on the Wednesday report
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. He does NOT appear on Miami’s official Wednesday Sept 9 injury report. He shed his red non-contact jersey at practice on Sept 7. Aggregators including CBS and RotoWire still carry an unofficial ‘Questionable for Week 1’ tag dating to Aug 31 — that is stale and is contradicted by the official filing.
• Injury: Rib injury (contusion/strain)
• When it happened: Aug 22, 2026, preseason game vs. the New York Giants. Head coach Jeff Hafley said at the time that Gordon would have been cleared to return had it been a regular-season game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Rib contusion: 1-3 weeks. Rib fracture: 4-6 weeks. The coach’s same-day comment that he was game-clearable points firmly to a contusion, and the three-week timeline since has borne that out.
• Expected back to full health: At 100% now — out of the non-contact jersey and off the report.
• Week 1: Expected to play Sunday Sept 13 at Las Vegas with no designation.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: healthy and available, splitting backup carries with Jaylen Wright. His role, not his ribs, is the limiter.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jaylen Wright is ahead of him; DJ Herman is the RB4.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-league stash only — but he is now the healthy short-yardage option, so he is the better bet than Wright for goal-line work if Achane ever misses time.

Kendre Miller — NO (RB3 behind Travis Etienne Jr. and Alvin Kamara.)

• Wednesday practice: Full – not listed on the report, which means full participation.
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. He does not appear on the Saints’ first official Week 1 report (Wednesday, Sept 9).
• Injury: Undisclosed (resolved) – he had missed practices on Sept 1 and Sept 2 without a published diagnosis.
• When it happened: Early September 2026 absences; cleared before the Week 1 report.
• Typical recovery for this injury: N/A – the club never published a diagnosis and he returned within about a week, consistent with routine maintenance.
• Expected back to full health: Now – practicing without limitation.
• Week 1: Expected to play, no designation. Sunday, Sept 13 at Detroit.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 at DET, Wk2 at BAL, Wk3 vs LV, Wk4 vs ATL. With Kamara limited and Estime not practicing, he is the healthiest complement to Travis Etienne heading into the opener.
• Who benefits if he sits: Audric Estime is the RB4 behind him, though Estime is himself a DNP.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the report. He was an aggregator-projected Questionable on Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: A worthwhile contingency add – he is the only fully healthy Saints back behind Travis Etienne and would benefit directly if Kamara is ruled out Friday.

Bhayshul Tuten — JAX (Co-starting running back with Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the lead fantasy back in the committee (verified on the Jaguars’ official Sept 8 depth chart))

• Wednesday practice: Full (not listed on the Jaguars’ Wednesday Sept 9 report, which named only LeQuint Allen Jr., Jakobi Meyers and OL Cole Van Lanen)
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report
• Injury: Illness (non-orthopedic) — resolved
• When it happened: Early September 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Common viral illness: 3-7 days, with no lingering structural risk.
• Expected back to full health: Now — no designation entering Week 1.
• Week 1: Available, no designation, Sunday Sept 13 vs. Cleveland.
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy for Weeks 1-4 (vs CLE, @ DEN, vs NE, @ CIN). With LeQuint Allen Jr. a DNP and in real doubt, Tuten’s Week 1 workload projects at the higher end of his committee range.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Rodriguez Jr. is the co-starter, with Ameer Abdullah on passing downs — not applicable, Tuten is healthy.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report. Was an unofficial ‘Questionable’ (illness) on Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence — the illness is gone and Allen’s DNP means fewer mouths in the backfield for Week 1.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• MarShawn Lloyd is the listed RB1 in his absence (Ourlads 09/08, No. 32), with Chris Brooks second and Kaleb Johnson third – an explicit committee rather than a single replacement. — if Josh Jacobs (GB) can’t go.
• Jadarian Price is already the starter in his absence; George Holani is the No. 2 — if Zach Charbonnet (SEA) can’t go.
• Rhamondre Stevenson takes over as the clear lead back and gets the goal-line and early-down work. Corey Kiner is the No. 2 and should see change-of-pace and passing-down snaps. Lan Larison was elevated from the practice squad on Sept 9 specifically to fill the RB3/special-teams spot tonight. — if TreVeyon Henderson (NE) can’t go.
• Jordan James is the RB2 behind Christian McCaffrey; Kaelon Black is the No. 3 — if Isaac Guerendo (SF) can’t go.
• Brian Robinson Jr. is the RB2 behind Bijan Robinson; Tyler Goodson is the practice-squad emergency option. — if Trey Sermon (ATL) can’t go.
• Already covered – Derrick Henry is the workhorse, Justice Hill is the passing-down back, Rasheen Ali is RB3. — if Adam Randall (BAL) can’t go.
• AJ Dillon is the active RB3 behind Hubbard and Brooks. — if Trevor Etienne (CAR) can’t go.
• Audric Estime holds the RB4 role in his place. — if Ty Chandler (NO) can’t go.
• Already replaced – Kaytron Allen (RB, ACT) holds the RB3 role; Craig Reynolds and Robert Henry Jr. are practice-squad depth — if Jeremy McNichols (WAS) can’t go.
• Jeremiyah Love is the starter in his absence, with Tyler Allgeier as the No. 2 and Bam Knight the No. 3 — if James Conner (ARI) can’t go.
• Jeremiyah Love and Tyler Allgeier hold the roles his injury vacated; Bam Knight is the No. 3 — if Trey Benson (ARI) can’t go.
• Sione Vaki (No. 33) is the back behind Jahmyr Gibbs on the Ourlads 09/08 chart, with Jacob Saylors third – note this reverses the Sept 6 baseline order. — if Isiah Pacheco (DET) can’t go.
• Ray Davis absorbs the third-down and change-of-pace snaps behind James Cook; Frank Gore Jr. is the practice-squad body if Buffalo needs a fourth back. — if Ty Johnson (BUF) can’t go.
• Ameer Abdullah is the direct beneficiary and would take the third-down/passing-game snaps. Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr. remain the early-down co-starters and would each pick up a few extra touches. — if LeQuint Allen Jr. (JAX) can’t go.
• Kenny Gainwell is the RB2 ahead of him and would absorb the change-of-pace work; Josh Williams is the practice-squad option. — if Sean Tucker (TB) can’t go.
• Kendre Miller sits ahead of him; CJ Donaldson and Zamir White are the practice-squad depth. — if Audric Estime (NO) can’t go.
• Rachaad White (RB, ACT) – and note White is himself off the Wednesday injury report after a hamstring issue, so he is a fully healthy fallback; Kaytron Allen (RB, ACT) is RB3. Jeremy McNichols (RB) is on IR-designated-to-return and unavailable for at least four games. — if Jacory Croskey-Merritt (WAS) can’t go.
• Chuba Hubbard absorbs the full workload, with AJ Dillon as the change-of-pace. — if Jonathon Brooks (CAR) can’t go.
• Kimani Vidal (verified RB3, co-listed with Mitchell on the team chart) absorbs the backup snaps behind Omarion Hampton — if Keaton Mitchell (LAC) can’t go.
• Travis Etienne Jr. is already the RB1 and would simply absorb more; Kendre Miller is the next man up for the complementary snaps, with Audric Estime (also hurt) behind him. — if Alvin Kamara (NO) can’t go.
• Luke Farrell would absorb the lead-blocking role from an in-line TE alignment — if Kyle Juszczyk (SF) can’t go.

Bottom line at running back

12 of the 40 running backs here are unavailable, 4 did not practice Wednesday, and 5 were limited. 11 cleared since the weekend. The Friday reports settle the middle two groups — that is where Week 1 lineups get decided.

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 official club and league injury reports filed Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Recovery timelines describe how long a class of injury typically sidelines an NFL player and are not a prediction for any individual.

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