Bottom Line Up Front at Wide Receiver

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

Of the 76 wide receivers on this board, 35 are out or doubtful, 4 carry a Questionable tag that decides itself on gameday, and 34 were listed at some point this week but finished it with no designation at all. One more got hurt in Thursday night’s game, after his club had already played. 2 are still waiting on tags that do not file until Saturday.

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

Who is on this report?

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

What changed since Week 1

This is the first full week of in-season attrition — injuries from actual games rather than camp and preseason, plus the roster moves that follow them. Across the 76 wide receivers here: 21 are new to the report, 14 improved or cleared outright, 3 got worse, and 38 are carrying the same status they had a week ago. The pattern worth internalizing: the Week 1 designations that resolved upward mostly stayed resolved, and the new names on this list came off the field on Sunday, not out of the training room.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

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

How to read this report

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ruled out or unavailable (34)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by Minnesota on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 game at Chicago. Listed under the report’s ‘Personal’ category rather than an injury.
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed -> DNP Thu -> DNP Fri. He did not practice on any day.
• Injury: None — non-injury absence. Listed officially as ‘Personal.’ Reporting indicates a death in the family. Head coach Kevin O’Connell confirmed on Friday Sept 18 that Jennings will miss Week 2 for personal reasons.
• When it happened: Absence began at the start of the Week 2 practice week, Wednesday Sept 16, 2026. He was not on the Sept 12 Week 1 report and played Week 1 healthy.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not a medical matter, so no recovery curve applies. Personal-leave absences of this kind are typically one game, occasionally two, and are entirely at the player’s and family’s discretion. No physical limitation is expected on return.
• Expected back to full health: He is physically healthy now. Expect availability for Week 3 the weekend of Sept 27, 2026, though the team has appropriately not set a public timeline on a family matter.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY in Week 2 at Chicago on Sunday Sept 20, 2026. Officially ruled OUT on the Friday Sept 18 final report.
• Next four weeks: Out Week 2 at Chicago. Weeks 3, 4 and 5 project as available — there is no injury to recover from and no physical restriction. The only caveat is that the club has given no return date, as is normal and appropriate for a bereavement absence. Treat Week 3 as likely and Weeks 4-5 as full go.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tai Felton (WR4, ACT #13) is the most likely beneficiary and slides up in three-wide sets; Ourlads lists him as the LWR2 behind Justin Jefferson, so expect a rotation rather than a clean slot swap. Myles Price (WR5, ACT #4) is the listed SWR2 and is the direct slot replacement on the depth chart — he also returned a career-long 68-yard kickoff in Week 1. Expect more two-tight-end usage as well, which raises Josh Oliver’s (TE2) snap share.
• Change since Week 1: NEW to the report. Jennings was not on the Sept 12 baseline injury list; he was a healthy ACT starter at slot receiver. This absence arose during the Week 2 practice week.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Status: OUT — (a) a FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by the New York Jets on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sunday Sept 20 game vs the Green Bay Packers. He is one of four Jets ruled out, alongside Minkah Fitzpatrick (groin), Kene Nwangwu (back) and Joseph Ossai (foot).
• Practice this week: DNP (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. He did not practice on any day of the Week 2 week, which is what produced the OUT designation.
• Injury: Sprained ankle, MRI-confirmed (the Jets have not published a grade, but the MRI was described as positive for a sprain). He is being characterized publicly as week-to-week.
• When it happened: First quarter of the Jets’ Week 1 game vs the Tennessee Titans on Sunday Sept 13, 2026, a 23-10 New York win. He was injured early and did not factor into the rest of the game.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Ankle sprains are graded I-III. A grade I low ankle sprain is 1-2 weeks, grade II is 2-4 weeks, grade III is 4-8 weeks; a high ankle sprain runs materially longer at 4-8 weeks non-surgical. The reporting places him week-to-week with an expected return inside four weeks, which brackets this as a grade II low ankle sprain. A full DNP week in the first week after the injury is normal for that grade and does not imply a worsening. For a rookie slot receiver whose value is built on separation quickness, expect the club to be conservative.
• Expected back to full health: Early-to-mid October 2026. The reported sub-four-week window from a Sept 13 injury points to roughly Oct 4-11, i.e. Week 4 or Week 5. A Week 3 return (Sept 27 at Detroit) is possible but would be aggressive given he did not practice at all this week.
• Next game: OUT. He will not play in the Jets’ Week 2 game, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at home vs the Green Bay Packers, 1:00 PM ET on FOX. This is a final, official Friday designation, not a projection.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5. Week 2 (Sept 20 vs Green Bay) — officially OUT. Week 3 (Sept 27 at Detroit) — doubtful to questionable; he would need to practice by midweek, and a zero-participation week argues against it. Week 4 (Oct 4 at Chicago) — the most likely return game. Week 5 (Oct 11 vs Cleveland) — should be back and available. Even upon return he is a rookie WR4/WR5 in a room that will have Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell and Isaiah Williams ahead of him, with Tim Patrick eligible to come off IR around the same time.
• Who benefits if he sits: Isaiah Williams (ACT, SWR starter) already holds the slot ahead of him and is unaffected. Arian Smith (ACT, RWR2) is the direct beneficiary in the four-receiver rotation. Garrett Wilson (ACT, RWR) and Adonai Mitchell (ACT, LWR) are the starters who absorb the target share. Sterling Shepard (DEV) and Tyler Johnson (DEV), both signed Sept 15, 2026, are gameday elevation candidates — with Patrick on IR and Cooper out, the Jets have only four healthy receivers on the active roster.
• Change since Week 1: BRAND NEW to this report. Cooper carried no designation of any kind on the Sept 12 baseline — he was a healthy rookie listed as the SWR2. He was injured in the first quarter of the Week 1 game on Sept 13, 2026, did not practice at all during the Week 2 week, and has now been ruled OUT. This injury did not exist on Sept 12.

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

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

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

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

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

• Status: OUT — (a) FINAL Friday game-status designation filed by San Francisco on the Sept 18, 2026 official report for the Sept 20 home game vs. Miami. IMPORTANT NUANCE: he is still carried as ACT on the official nfl.com 49ers roster and still appears on the game-status report, meaning the reported IR move had not yet processed as of the Friday filing. Adam Schefter reported Sept 16 that the 49ers are placing him on injured reserve, which will make this a reserve-list status (RESERVE-INJURED) once formalized.
• Practice this week: Did Not Participate (Friday Sept 18). Full week: DNP Wed Sept 16 -> DNP Thu Sept 17 -> DNP Fri Sept 18. He has not practiced since the injury and has had surgery.
• Injury: Left ankle. Non-contact, suffered while cutting on a route. He has since undergone surgery.
• When it happened: Thursday, Sept 10, 2026 — the Week 1 game in Melbourne (SF beat LAR 27-7). He entered the medical tent in the first quarter, briefly returned, then exited again in the second quarter and did not come back.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Post-surgical ankle repairs (tightrope/ORIF for a high ankle sprain or fracture) typically cost 8-12 weeks for return to play, with 6-8 weeks being the aggressive end and a full season lost at the bad end. Kyle Shanahan’s stated ‘close to 10 weeks’ sits right in the middle of that band.
• Expected back to full health: Roughly 10 weeks from the Sept 16 surgery window, which points to late November 2026 — approximately Week 12-13. The IR minimum only requires four games, so the surgical timeline, not the IR rule, is the binding constraint.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Officially ruled OUT for Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 vs. the Miami Dolphins at Levi’s Stadium.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5 without question. He is not a Weeks 2-5 consideration in any format. Earliest realistic return is around Week 12.
• Who benefits if he sits: KhaDarel Hodge is the literal replacement — San Francisco promoted him from the practice squad to the active roster on Sept 16 specifically to cover this and now sits as the RWR2 behind Demarcus Robinson. Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing also move up a rung. None of this changes anything at the top: Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr. remain the target hogs.
• Change since Week 1: RESOLVED DOWNWARD and much worse than the Sept 12 baseline implied. The baseline had him as a post-game injury with cautious optimism. Since then: he had ANKLE SURGERY, Shanahan put the timeline at close to 10 weeks, Schefter reported an IR placement, and San Francisco filed him OUT on the final Friday report.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Status: SUSPENDED — (c) official roster-list status, not an injury designation at all. nfl.com’s live roster lists him SUS (No. 89). He is not injured; he is serving a league suspension and does not count against the active roster while suspended. This roster status outranks any other consideration.
• Practice this week: Not applicable / not reported (Friday Sept 18). Full week: not reported Wed Sept 16 -> not reported Thu Sept 17 -> not reported Fri Sept 18. Suspended players may not practice with the club and do not appear on the injury or practice report.
• Injury: None — this is a disciplinary suspension, not an injury
• When it happened: Not applicable. The suspension was in effect entering the 2026 regular season.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — there is no injury. Availability is governed entirely by the length of the league-imposed suspension, after which he may be reinstated to the active roster.
• Expected back to full health: He is physically healthy. Availability depends on the suspension term, not on health.
• Next game: WILL NOT PLAY. Ineligible for Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the Baltimore Ravens — he is on the suspended list.
• Next four weeks: Weeks 2-5: ineligible unless and until the suspension expires and he is reinstated. Even on reinstatement he would enter as a bottom-of-the-roster receiver behind four established options.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Olave (WR1), Devaughn Vele (WR2), Barion Brown (WR3) and Bryce Lance (WR4) hold all the meaningful snaps.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He was SUS on the baseline and is SUS today on the live nfl.com roster.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, shown as status code RES on the nfl.com Ravens roster as of Sept 18, 2026. This reserve-list status outranks any practice or game-status consideration. He is ineligible to play or practice until his activation window opens.
• Practice this week: Not reported — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured. He has no Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 practice entry because IR players are not carried on the participation report.
• Injury: Wrist injury requiring surgery
• When it happened: Sept 13, 2026 — suffered in the first half of the Ravens’ Week 1 season opener against the Indianapolis Colts. He underwent successful wrist surgery the following Wednesday morning, and Baltimore placed him on IR on Sept 16, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgically repaired wrist fractures and ligament injuries in NFL skill players typically cost 6-10 weeks, with a hard floor around 4-6 weeks for a simple fixation in a player who can play through a cast or brace. Receivers are penalized more than most positions because catching requires full wrist extension and grip strength; return-to-catch is usually 2-3 weeks behind return-to-running.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026. The mandatory four-game IR stay makes Week 6 (vs the Cleveland Browns) his earliest possible return, and head coach Jesse Minter said the aim is ‘the minimum IR stay.’ A realistic fully-healthy, unrestricted-hands date is Week 7-8, roughly late October 2026.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 vs the New Orleans Saints. He is on Reserve/Injured and is not eligible to be activated in time. He is also ineligible for Weeks 3, 4 and 5.
• Next four weeks: Out for the entire Weeks 2-5 window — the four-game minimum IR stay covers exactly this stretch. His first possible game back is Week 6 against Cleveland. Do not expect any fantasy contribution before then, and even the Week 6 return would likely come on a limited snap count with a braced wrist.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Moore, promoted from the practice squad to the 53-man roster on Sept 16, 2026 specifically to fill Lane’s roster spot, is the literal replacement and now sits as RWR2. Elijah Sarratt (LWR2) and LaJohntay Wester (SWR2) also absorb the vacated snaps, and Devontez Walker (RWR1) is the biggest real beneficiary of the reduced competition.
• Change since Week 1: MAJOR CHANGE, and he is effectively new to this report. The Sept 12 baseline listed him as RWR2 with an ACT status code and no injury of any kind. He got hurt in Week 1, had surgery Sept 16, and went to IR the same day. Chris Moore is a corresponding roster addition that was not on the baseline at all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Status: RESERVE-INJURED — (c) official reserve-list status, status code RES on the nfl.com Steelers roster as of Sept 18, 2026. He was waived/injured, cleared waivers, and reverted to Pittsburgh’s Reserve/Injured list. This reserve status makes him unavailable regardless of medical progress.
• Practice this week: Not reported — ineligible to practice while on Reserve/Injured. He has no Wed Sept 16, Thu Sept 17 or Fri Sept 18 entry on the participation report.
• Injury: Lower body, unspecified. He was carted off the field after making a catch, and Pittsburgh never disclosed the specific diagnosis.
• When it happened: August 2026, during the preseason. The cart-off occurred in preseason action, after which he was waived/injured at roster cutdown, cleared waivers and reverted to the Steelers’ injured reserve list before the Sept 14, 2026 season opener.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not assessable with precision because the diagnosis was never released. A cart-off for a lower-body injury most commonly signals a knee or ankle ligament injury or a significant fracture — that class of injury runs 6 weeks to season-ending depending on structure. The waived/injured pathway rather than a return-designated IR placement is itself a signal the club did not expect him back soon.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate and likely not in the 2026 season in a Pittsburgh uniform. A player who reverts to IR via waived/injured is typically headed for an injury settlement and release rather than a return. Any realistic playing return would be 2027 or with another club later in 2026 after a settlement.
• Next game: OUT for Week 2, Sunday Sept 20, 2026 at the New England Patriots. He is on Reserve/Injured via the waived/injured process and is not on the active roster.
• Next four weeks: Out for Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5. There is no realistic path to him appearing in this window. Pittsburgh’s receiver rotation for this stretch is DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Ben Skowronek, Germie Bernard and Kaden Wetjen.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kaden Wetjen (SWR2) and Germie Bernard (RWR2) hold the depth roles Burgess was competing for, with Brandon Smith and Brandon Johnson on the practice squad as emergency options. His absence has no effect on the top of the depth chart.
• Change since Week 1: No change since Sept 12. He remains on Reserve/Injured, status code RES on the nfl.com Steelers roster, with no activation window and no new information from the club.

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

Doubtful (1)

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

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

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

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

Questionable — game-time calls (4)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final tag still pending (2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rosters and depth charts for all 32 teams were verified against official league roster pages before this report was compiled, and every player listed was confirmed to be on the roster shown. Designations come from the final official club and league injury reports filed Friday, September 18, 2026. Recovery timelines describe how long a class of injury typically sidelines an NFL player and are not a prediction for any individual.

NFL Week 2 Fantasy Football Injury Report Friday WR first appeared on Game On Media.

Wide receiver is the deepest section of this report and the one where Wednesday’s practice reports changed the most. A few high-profile names cleared entirely, and the ones still listed split cleanly between genuine doubt and paperwork.

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 45 wide receivers on this board: 10 are new to the report, 7 improved, 1 got worse, and 12 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 (18)

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

Christian Kirk — SF (Not on the active roster — would compete for the WR3/slot role 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 him today as RSR.
• Injury: Calf strain
• When it happened: 2026-08-15 (approximate — training camp/preseason)
• Typical recovery for this injury: A significant (grade 2-3) calf strain typically sidelines an NFL player 4-8 weeks; the designated-to-return IR placement implies the team expected roughly that window.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late October 2026
• Week 1: OUT for Thursday, Sept 10 in Melbourne. On IR with a designation to return 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. Look for a 21-day practice window to open in early October ahead of a possible Week 5 activation.
• Who benefits if he sits: De’Zhaun Stribling holds the WR3 role in his absence; Demarcus Robinson and Jordan Watkins are behind
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in redraft — he cannot play until Week 5 and returns to a crowded room behind Evans, Samuel and Stribling.

Savion Williams — GB (Would be a rotational WR4/WR5 and gadget/return contributor; currently off the active depth chart entirely.)

• Wednesday practice: Not applicable – IR/designated-to-return players cannot practice until their return window opens.
• Official status: (c) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – Reserve/Injured with the designated-to-return provision. Verified as status code ‘RSR’ on nfl.com/teams/green-bay-packers/roster/ and by the club’s Aug. 30 transaction announcement. Not part of the weekly Out/Doubtful/Questionable process while on IR.
• Injury: High-ankle sprain. Placed on IR with the designated-to-return tag alongside EDGE Collin Oliver, meaning he must miss at least the first four games but retains a path back without a roster casualty.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured Aug. 30, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: High-ankle (syndesmotic) sprain in an NFL player: 4-8 weeks for a moderate grade, 2-4 weeks for a mild one, and 8+ weeks or surgery for a severe grade with instability.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 6 – Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026 vs. Chicago – which lines up with the middle of the typical high-ankle window.
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept. 13 at Minnesota, and ineligible to play through at least Week 4 by rule.
• Weeks 1-4: Out for all four – the designated-to-return rule mandates a minimum four-game absence. Week 6 is the first date he can appear.
• Who benefits if he sits: Bo Melton and Skyy Moore absorb his rotational snaps, with J. Michael Sturdivant behind them.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – still IR/designated to return, same injury and same Week 6 earliest-return math.

Fantasy takeaway: Droppable in all but the deepest dynasty formats – he cannot help you until Week 6 at the earliest and returns to a crowded receiver room behind Watson, Golden and Reed.

Tory Horton — SEA (WR4 — fourth receiver behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Rashid Shaheed and Cooper Kupp)

• Wednesday practice: Inactive
• Official status: (a) FINAL official game status — listed QUESTIONABLE on Seattle’s final Week 1 injury report (seahawks.com, published Sept 8, 2026), then declared INACTIVE on the published game-day inactives list for tonight’s opener.
• Injury: Hamstring strain (layered on top of his recovery from a surgically repaired lower leg)
• When it happened: 2026-08-30 (approximate — hamstring flared in the final week of the preseason; the underlying leg surgery predates it)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1-2 hamstring strains typically sideline an NFL player 1-3 weeks; a grade 2 with a re-aggravation history commonly runs 3-5 weeks. Horton practiced Limited all three days, which points to the mild end.
• Expected back to full health: Late September 2026 — likely full participation by the Week 3 practice week if there is no re-aggravation
• Week 1: OUT for tonight’s kickoff (Wednesday, Sept 9) — officially inactive. Realistic target is Week 2 vs. Arizona on Sunday, Sept 20.
• Weeks 1-4: Expect him to miss Week 1 entirely, be a Questionable/game-time call in Week 2, and settle back into the WR4 role by Weeks 3-4. His ceiling is capped regardless — Seattle’s top three receivers are all healthy and command the target share.
• Who benefits if he sits: Montorie Foster Jr. (slides up to WR4); practice-squad elevation Velus Jones Jr. also adds a body tonight
• Change since the weekend: DOWNGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Bench or drop him in shallow leagues — he is officially inactive tonight and even when healthy he is the fourth wheel behind Smith-Njigba, Shaheed and Kupp.

Beaux Collins — ATL (Was competing for WR5/depth snaps; currently off the active roster.)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported – he is on the reserve list and does not appear on the weekly practice report.
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation – NFL.com lists him RSR (Reserve/Injured, Designated to Return), so he must miss at least the first four games.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury sustained in the preseason; the club has not published a specific diagnosis.
• When it happened: Placed on reserve at the Aug 26, 2026 roster cutdown.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Reserve/Injured-Designated to Return carries a mandatory four-game absence regardless of the underlying injury; most such players return between Weeks 5 and 8.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 5 (week of Oct 11), which matches the reporting.
• Week 1: Out for Sunday, Sept 13 at Pittsburgh – ineligible to play, he is on the reserve list.
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for all of Weeks 1-4 by rule. First possible game action is Week 5 vs. Baltimore.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Blair holds the WR5 job in his absence.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – same reserve designation and same ~Week 5 return window.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable in redraft – he cannot play until Week 5 and returns to a crowded depth chart.

Tyrell Shavers — BUF (WR6 / special-teams depth — not in the active receiver rotation)

• Wednesday practice: Not applicable — he is on the reserve list and does not appear on the weekly practice report.
• Official status: (a) FINAL official roster designation — Reserve/PUP (status code PUP on the nfl.com official roster). A player on Reserve/PUP is ineligible for at least the first four games of the season.
• Injury: Undisclosed; placed on the PUP list out of training camp
• When it happened: Training camp, July/August 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Varies with the undisclosed injury, but Reserve/PUP by rule enforces a minimum four-game absence regardless of medical readiness.
• Expected back to full health: Eligible to begin practicing after Week 4; realistic return to a game is Week 5-8 at the earliest.
• Week 1: OUT — ineligible by rule for Week 1 at Houston.
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for Weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4. No fantasy path in this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Skyler Bell holds the WR5 role; Trent Sherfield and Greg Dortch are on the practice squad as elevation candidates.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged — was already on Reserve/PUP in the Sept 6 baseline.

Fantasy takeaway: Ignore — not rosterable in any format, including deep dynasty.

Dont’e Thornton Jr. — LV (WR6 on the Sept 6 baseline; currently not on the active depth chart — nfl.com lists him on a reserve list (RES))

• Wednesday practice: not applicable — on IR, not eligible to practice with the team during the minimum four-game window
• Official status: (a-adjacent) OFFICIAL ROSTER STATUS — RESERVE/INJURED (IR). This is a filed, official status rather than a weekly game-status tag: players on IR are not listed on the weekly practice report. He must miss a minimum of four games and is first eligible to return in Week 5.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury that kept him out of the last two preseason games; the team initially expected a preseason return before the timeline extended into an IR placement
• When it happened: August 2026 (exact date not officially disclosed)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Unknown without a disclosed diagnosis; the four-game IR minimum is the only firm marker
• Expected back to full health: Not determinable from official sources — earliest possible return is Week 5 (early October 2026)
• Week 1: OUT vs Miami, Sunday Sept 13 — ineligible, on IR
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for Weeks 1–4 by rule. First possible game is Week 5, and even then he re-enters as a depth receiver behind Tucker, Nailor, Bech and Benson.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already accounted for — Malik Benson and Dareke Young hold the WR4/WR5 roles behind Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor and Jack Bech
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Drop or leave on waivers in all but the deepest dynasty formats; there is nothing to gain from rostering him through a four-game minimum absence.

Jamari Thrash — CLE (Not on the active depth chart – Reserve/Injured)

• Wednesday practice: not applicable – on injured reserve
• Official status: (a) FINAL OFFICIAL ROSTER-STATUS DESIGNATION: Reserve/Injured (nfl.com roster code RES). He is on the Browns’ reserve list, not the active 53.
• Injury: Undisclosed. He was waived by Cleveland on Aug 7, 2026 in a series of roster moves reported at the time as injury-related, and subsequently landed on the club’s reserve list.
• When it happened: Early August 2026 (waived Aug 7, 2026).
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not estimable – the injury has not been publicly disclosed. Placement on season-opening Reserve/Injured without a return designation ordinarily ends a player’s season.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown. Absent a return designation, assume he does not play in 2026.
• Week 1: OUT – not on the active roster for Week 1 at Jacksonville, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: OUT. No realistic path to activation in this window.
• Who benefits if he sits: Not applicable – the active WR room is Jeudy, Concepcion, Boston, Corley, Wallace, Bond.
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him everywhere – he is on IR and was missing from the Sept 6 baseline entirely.

Jayden Higgins — HOU (Would have been in the top-four WR mix (2025 second-round pick, No. 34 overall; 41 catches, 525 yards, 6 TD as a rookie). Currently occupies no active depth-chart spot — he is on season-ending reserve.)

• Wednesday practice: not applicable — on season-ending IR, ineligible to practice or return in 2026
• Official status: (a-equivalent) OFFICIAL ROSTER DESIGNATION: Reserve/Injured (IR) — out for the entire 2026 season. Confirmed by his ‘RES’ status code on the official nfl.com Texans roster. This is a season-long roster designation, not a weekly game-status tag, so it does not appear on the weekly practice report.
• Injury: Torn ACL
• When it happened: Suffered Tuesday, Aug 18, 2026, in a joint practice with the Las Vegas Raiders; reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport on Wednesday, Aug 19, and made official shortly after.
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction: 9-12 months to return to play, with most NFL wide receivers needing the full 12 months plus a further half-season before regaining their pre-injury explosiveness and cutting confidence.
• Expected back to full health: Roughly May-August 2027 for medical clearance; realistic full-form football health is the 2027 season, with a possibility he is not truly himself until midway through it.
• Week 1: OUT — Week 1 and all of 2026.
• Weeks 1-4: Out for Weeks 1-4 and the remainder of the season. No return path exists in 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: His absence is already baked into the depth chart: Nico Collins, Kayshon Boutte and Xavier Hutchinson are the three starters, with Jaylin Noel the No. 4 and Jared Wayne the No. 5. Noel is the receiver whose 2026 role grew most because of this injury.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged — same official season-ending IR designation as the Sept 6 report. NOTE: he was missing from the Sept 6 depth-chart baseline file, which is corrected in this update.

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in all redraft formats and stash only in deep dynasty — the real actionable consequence is that Jaylin Noel’s path to snaps is permanently clearer this season.

Tank Dell — HOU (Not on the active depth chart. When healthy he profiles as a starting-caliber slot/field-stretcher; he must miss at least four games before he is even eligible to be activated.)

• Wednesday practice: not applicable — on IR-designated-to-return, ineligible to practice until the Week 5 window at the earliest
• Official status: (a-equivalent) OFFICIAL ROSTER DESIGNATION: Reserve/Injured, DESIGNATED TO RETURN. Confirmed by his ‘RSR’ status code on the official nfl.com Texans roster. He must sit a minimum of four regular-season games (Weeks 1-4) before the 21-day practice window can open. Not a weekly game-status tag.
• Injury: Catastrophic multi-ligament knee reconstruction — torn ACL, MCL and LCL plus meniscus damage.
• When it happened: December 2024, against the Kansas City Chiefs. He missed all of the 2025 season and was placed on IR to open 2026 on Aug 30, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Multi-ligament knee reconstructions are a separate class from an isolated ACL: 12-24 months to return to play, and a meaningful share of players never regain their prior explosiveness. Two-plus years of rehab is normal.
• Expected back to full health: He is already ~21 months post-injury. Earliest realistic game action is Week 5 (early October 2026); a return closer to midseason is more likely. Expect a snap-count ramp rather than an immediate full role, and treat ‘full health’ in 2026 as optimistic.
• Week 1: OUT — Week 1 vs. Buffalo. Ineligible.
• Weeks 1-4: OUT for all of Weeks 1-4: vs BUF, vs CIN, @ IND, vs DAL. He becomes eligible for the return designation only after Week 4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already accounted for — Collins, Boutte, Hutchinson start, Jaylin Noel is WR4, Jared Wayne WR5.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged — same official IR-designated-to-return status as the Sept 6 report.

Fantasy takeaway: Leave him on your bench or waivers through Week 4 — he cannot help you, and even his eventual return should be treated as a speculative ramp-up rather than an immediate plug-and-play.

Coleman Owen — IND (Depth receiver, no active depth-chart role. On season-ending reserve.)

• Wednesday practice: not applicable — on IR
• Official status: (a-equivalent) OFFICIAL ROSTER DESIGNATION: Reserve/Injured (IR), placed at initial roster cutdown. No designated-to-return tag reported.
• Injury: Concussion
• When it happened: Late August 2026 — sustained on the Saturday before the Colts’ Aug 30 initial 53-man roster announcement.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Concussions vary enormously: most NFL players clear the five-step protocol in 1-2 weeks, but cases that land a player on IR rather than the weekly report imply a prolonged or complicated recovery, which can run many weeks to months.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown and not publicly updated. The IR placement rather than a weekly designation signals an extended timeline.
• Week 1: OUT — Week 1 vs. Baltimore.
• Weeks 1-4: OUT for Weeks 1-4; no reported return path.
• Who benefits if he sits: No impact — Pierce, Downs, Allen, Dulin, Treadwell and Burks form the active receiver room.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged — same official IR designation as the Sept 6 report.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance in any format.

D.J. Montgomery — IND (Depth receiver, no active depth-chart role. On season-ending reserve.)

• Wednesday practice: not applicable — on IR
• Official status: (a-equivalent) OFFICIAL ROSTER DESIGNATION: Reserve/Injured (IR). Confirmed by his ‘RES’ status code on the official nfl.com Colts roster.
• Injury: Abdomen
• When it happened: Late August 2026, around initial roster cutdown.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Abdominal/core muscle injuries range from 2-4 weeks for a strain to 8-12 weeks when surgical repair (core muscle/sports hernia surgery) is required.
• Expected back to full health: Unknown; no public update since the IR placement. An IR designation rather than a weekly tag points toward the longer, likely surgical end.
• Week 1: OUT — Week 1 vs. Baltimore.
• Weeks 1-4: OUT for Weeks 1-4; no reported return path.
• Who benefits if he sits: No impact — he was behind the entire active receiver room.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged — same official IR designation as the Sept 6 report.

Fantasy takeaway: No fantasy relevance in any format.

Calvin Austin III — NYG (Reserve/Injured – occupies no active depth-chart position. Was projected as the No. 6 receiver before the injury. Verified RES status on nfl.com roster.)

• Wednesday practice: DNP (on Reserve/Injured – not eligible to practice with the team)
• Official status: (c) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – Reserve/Injured (IR), a club transaction, season-ending. He is NOT eligible to return in 2026 and does not appear on the weekly practice report.
• Injury: Torn ACL
• When it happened: August 2026 (training camp / preseason; IR placement made at the Aug 25-26 roster-cutdown cycle)
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction in a wide receiver: 9-12 months to clearance, 10-11 months typical for return to full team activity. A tear in August 2026 puts realistic return at roughly June-August 2027, i.e. 2027 training camp.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-2027 – targeting the 2027 training camp; no 2026 availability whatsoever
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept 13 and every remaining 2026 game – season-ending IR
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: OUT, and out for the entire 2026 season. Zero fantasy relevance.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already replaced – Odell Beckham Jr. (WR, ACT) holds the depth role he would have occupied; rookie Malachi Fields (WR, ACT) is now the No. 3 starter
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in all formats – season-ending IR with no 2026 return path.

Gunner Olszewski — NYG (Reserve/Injured – no active depth-chart position. Was the projected kick and punt returner, not a scrimmage receiver. Verified RES status on nfl.com roster.)

• Wednesday practice: DNP (on Reserve/Injured – not eligible to practice with the team)
• Official status: (c) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – Reserve/Injured (IR), placed by the club 2026-06-01, season-ending. Not eligible to practice or return in 2026.
• Injury: Torn (ruptured) Achilles tendon, suffered during OTAs. Surgery performed on or about 2026-05-30.
• When it happened: 2026-05-29 (OTA practice; surgery 2026-05-30; IR placement 2026-06-01)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Achilles rupture with surgical repair: 9-12 months to clearance and commonly a full calendar year before return to prior explosiveness. Return-to-play rates are meaningfully lower than for ACL, and speed-dependent roles (returner, slot) recover the slowest. Projected availability approximately February 2027 per tracking services – i.e. beyond the 2026 season.
• Expected back to full health: Approximately February-May 2027; realistically the 2027 offseason program
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept 13 and all of 2026 – season-ending IR
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: OUT, and out for the full 2026 season. No fantasy relevance in any format.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already replaced in the return role; Malachi Fields (WR, ACT) and Braxton Berrios (WR, practice squad) are the depth/return options
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Irrelevant in all fantasy formats – on season-ending Achilles IR since June and correcting a Sept 6 baseline omission.

Johnny Wilson — PHI (Reserve/Injured – no active depth-chart position. Was a backup receiver. Verified RES status on nfl.com roster.)

• Wednesday practice: DNP (on Reserve/Injured – not eligible to practice with the team)
• Official status: (c) OFFICIAL RESERVE-LIST DESIGNATION – Reserve/Injured (IR), official club transaction. Confirmed on IR alongside S Andre’ Sam as the Eagles’ only two reserve-list players. He does not appear on the weekly practice report.
• Injury: Knee injury
• When it happened: August 2026 (training camp / preseason; IR placement in the roster-cutdown cycle)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Highly dependent on structure involved: an isolated meniscus or MCL injury runs 4-8 weeks, while an ACL or multi-ligament injury runs 9-12 months. Because the Eagles placed him on IR without a designated-to-return notation being reported, the more significant end of that range is the safer assumption.
• Expected back to full health: Indeterminate – no club-disclosed timeline. Assume no meaningful 2026 contribution.
• Week 1: OUT for Sunday, Sept 13 (4:25 PM ET vs. Washington) – ineligible on Reserve/Injured
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: OUT for all four. Even on a return he would be behind six healthy active receivers with no fantasy-relevant role.
• Who benefits if he sits: Already replaced – Darius Cooper (WR, ACT) holds the No. 6 receiver spot; Britain Covey and Danny Gray are practice-squad depth
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Drop in all formats – on IR behind six healthy receivers with no realistic path to targets.

Ricky Pearsall — SF (Not on the active roster — projected as a starting outside receiver before the injury)

• Wednesday practice: DNP
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation — Reserve/Injured, season-ending (no designation to return). Confirmed by team president John Lynch; nfl.com’s official roster shows RES today.
• Injury: Torn PCL in the knee, requiring season-ending surgery
• When it happened: 2026-08-10 (approximate — training camp)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Surgically repaired PCL tears typically require 6-9 months of rehabilitation, which puts a return in the 2027 offseason.
• Expected back to full health: Spring to summer 2027
• Week 1: OUT for Thursday, Sept 10 in Melbourne and for the entire 2026 season
• Weeks 1-4: Will not play again in 2026. There is no return pathway this season.
• Who benefits if he sits: Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr. occupy the starting roles his injury vacated; De’Zhaun Stribling is the WR3
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Drop him in every redraft format — he is done for 2026 with no designation to return.

Chris Brazzell II — CAR (Was a depth/developmental receiver; 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: Torn LCL (knee) – reported as season-ending.
• When it happened: Sustained during the 2026 preseason; placed on reserve ahead of Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: An LCL tear requiring surgery generally costs an NFL player 6-9 months; isolated non-surgical LCL tears can run 8-12 weeks, but this one has been reported as season-ending.
• Expected back to full health: Targeting the 2027 offseason.
• Week 1: Out for Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Chicago – and for the season.
• Weeks 1-4: Out for all of Weeks 1-4 and the balance of 2026.
• Who benefits if he sits: Brycen Tremayne holds the WR6/LWR backup role in his place.
• Change since the weekend: NEW – he carried no entry on the Sept 6 list.

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

Jordyn Tyson — NO (Rookie receiver who was pushing for a rotational role; 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: Hamstring.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/Injured at the Aug 2026 cutdown when the roster was reduced to 53.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A significant hamstring strain runs 3-6 weeks; the designated-to-return rule enforces a four-game floor regardless.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 5 (week of Oct 11), matching the reporting.
• Week 1: Out for Sunday, Sept 13 at Detroit – ineligible, he is on the reserve list.
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for all of Weeks 1-4 by rule. First possible appearance is Week 5 vs. Minnesota.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rookies Barion Brown and Bryce Lance are holding the WR3/WR4 snaps in his absence.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – same reserve designation and same ~Week 5 return window.

Fantasy takeaway: Dynasty stash only – he cannot play until Week 5, but a thin Saints receiver room gives him a real path once eligible.

Mason Tipton — NO (Was a slot/depth receiver; currently off the active roster.)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported – on the reserve PUP list, not on the weekly practice report.
• Official status: (c) Official reserve-list designation – NFL.com lists him PUP (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform), which requires him to miss at least the first four games.
• Injury: Undisclosed injury carried over from the offseason/camp that left him unable to pass a physical at the start of camp.
• When it happened: Placed on Reserve/PUP on Aug 30, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Reserve/PUP enforces a four-game minimum absence irrespective of injury class; most PUP returnees are back between Weeks 5 and 9.
• Expected back to full health: Earliest eligible return is Week 5; the club has given no firmer date.
• Week 1: Out for Sunday, Sept 13 at Detroit – ineligible, he is on the reserve PUP list.
• Weeks 1-4: Ineligible for all of Weeks 1-4 by rule. Week 5 is the earliest he can be activated.
• Who benefits if he sits: Devaughn Vele holds the slot job; Bryce Lance and Barion Brown are the depth behind him.
• Change since the weekend: NEW – new to this report; the Aug 30 PUP placement was not captured on the Sept 6 list, though the designation itself predates it.

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable – he cannot play until Week 5 and returns to a backup role behind Vele.

Did not practice Wednesday (2)

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

Rome Odunze — CHI (WR1 – the LWR starter on the Ourlads 09/08 chart and No. 1 receiver on nfl.com (ACT), ahead of Luther Burden III and Kalif Raymond.)

• Wednesday practice: Limited (estimated – no practice was held Wednesday). He did not practice Tuesday, per HC Ben Johnson.
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY WITHOUT FINAL STATUS – listed as a LIMITED participant on Chicago’s Wednesday Sept 9, 2026 Week 1 injury report (verified on nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1 and in Sept 9 Chicago Sun-Times and SI Bear Digest reporting). Because the Bears take on Carolina on SUNDAY, no Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag exists yet – the final game status is filed FRIDAY, SEPT. 11. Note the Bears did not actually practice Wednesday, so this is an ESTIMATED participation report of what would have happened.
• Injury: Calf – listed as a calf injury on the official Wednesday report. He was pulled by trainers after walking off the practice field on Thursday, Sept. 3 with what beat reporting variously described as a right foot and a right calf problem; the club’s official filing settles it as CALF. HC Ben Johnson called him ‘more day-to-day.’ Early reporting had him and the team not overly concerned.
• When it happened: Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026 (left practice early).
• Typical recovery for this injury: Calf strain in an NFL player: 1-2 weeks for a Grade 1, 3-6 weeks for a Grade 2, and 8+ weeks for a Grade 3 with a tendon component. Being able to take limited practice work 6 days after the injury points strongly to Grade 1.
• Expected back to full health: Likely fully unrestricted within the next 1-2 weeks. Calf strains carry a meaningful re-aggravation risk, so expect the club to manage his practice volume even once he is playing.
• Week 1: TRENDING TOWARD PLAYING for Sunday, Sept. 13 at Carolina, but NOT yet official – limited Wednesday participation only. Watch the FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 report for the actual Out/Doubtful/Questionable designation.
• Weeks 1-4: Expected to be the every-week WR1 across all four games. The realistic downside is one missed game or a snap-limited opener if the calf tightens between now and Friday; the upside case is a clean full-participation Thursday/Friday and no designation at all.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jahdae Walker (No. 9) is the listed backup at Odunze’s LWR spot; Luther Burden III and Kalif Raymond would absorb the target share.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED – the Sept 6 baseline had him as an aggregator-projected ‘Questionable’ with a vague leg injury; he now has a real official practice entry as a LIMITED participant with a specific diagnosis, which is both more precise and more favorable.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him but hold a bench receiver in reserve until Friday’s official designation lands – limited Wednesday work six days after a calf strain is a good sign, not a clearance.

Tim Patrick — NYJ (WR4/WR5 — veteran possession and red-zone body; RotoWire’s current chart has rookie Omar Cooper Jr. ahead of him, so his role may already have slipped)

• Wednesday practice: DNP (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. He is the only Jets skill player with a DNP.
• Injury: Groin strain
• When it happened: Late August / early September 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 groin strain: 1-2 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. For a 32-year-old receiver, the recovery end of that range is the realistic one and the re-injury risk is meaningfully higher.
• Expected back to full health: Best estimate for 100%: Weeks 2-3. A Week 1 DNP with no reported progression makes a same-week full recovery unlikely.
• Week 1: Trending toward Questionable or Out for Sunday Sept 13 at Tennessee. Thursday’s report is the tell — a bump to Limited would put him in play, another DNP would all but rule him out.
• Weeks 1-4: Week 1: unlikely to play or heavily limited. Weeks 2-3: expected back. Week 4: healthy but fighting for snaps behind Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell and Omar Cooper Jr.
• Who benefits if he sits: Omar Cooper Jr. and Isaiah Williams absorb the snaps; Arian Smith is the field-stretcher option.
• Change since the weekend: NEW — Patrick was not flagged on the Sept 6 snapshot; this Wednesday DNP is his first official injury-report appearance.

Fantasy takeaway: SIT / drop in redraft — he was a marginal WR5 even healthy, and the combination of a DNP and a depth-chart slide removes what little standalone value he had.

Limited Wednesday (7)

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

Zay Flowers — BAL (WR1 / primary slot receiver (SWR1) – Baltimore’s target leader)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY WITHOUT FINAL GAME STATUS. He appears on the club’s official Wednesday NFL-mandated participation report filed with the league, but Baltimore plays Sunday, so no Out/Doubtful/Questionable game-status tag exists yet. The final designation is not due until the Friday, Sept 11 report. Anyone quoting a game status for Flowers today is guessing.
• Injury: Hamstring. Officially listed as ‘hamstring’ on the Sept 9 report. Beat reporting had him working with a trainer early in practice and doing position drills before the media viewing window closed. Note this is a DIFFERENT injury from the quad contusion he suffered Aug 8; do not conflate them.
• When it happened: Emerged in late August 2026 (he missed multiple practices in the final preseason week and returned to practice Sept 3). First appearance on an official regular-season injury report: Sept 9, 2026. Separate Aug 8, 2026 quad contusion has resolved.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strain: 1-3 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3 / tendon involvement: 8-12+ weeks. A player who is practicing in a limited capacity and doing position drills is behaving like a Grade 1, which typically costs 0-2 games. Hamstrings carry a materially elevated re-injury risk for roughly 2-4 weeks after return to full speed.
• Expected back to full health: Essentially now, with residual risk. Expect full practice participation by Friday, Sept 11 and 100% by late Week 1 / early Week 2. Re-aggravation risk stays elevated through roughly Week 3.
• Week 1: Trending toward PLAYING at Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET. A Wednesday ‘Limited’ with position drills is the normal maintenance pattern for a starter the team intends to play. Watch the Thursday and Friday reports: a bump to Full by Friday means he plays without a tag; if he is still Limited Friday he is likely Questionable but still expected to suit up.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: expected to play all four. The realistic downside is a snap-count limit or a soft-tissue re-aggravation in Weeks 1-2. Treat Weeks 1-2 as slightly capped volume, Weeks 3-4 as full.
• Who benefits if he sits: Rashod Bateman (LWR1) absorbs the alpha-target role; LaJohntay Wester is the direct slot replacement per the verified depth chart (SWR2), with Devontez Walker and Ja’Kobi Lane on the outside. Note Walker is ALSO limited this week, which thins the contingency.
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR2 but do not cut bait on a contingency – hold Bateman and stream-watch Wester, and confirm Flowers’ Friday designation before locking lineups.

Alec Pierce — IND (WR1 / starting X receiver (verified on the Colts’ official Sept 8 regular-season depth chart; Laquon Treadwell backs him up at X))

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY, no final game status yet. Appears on the official NFL Week 1 injury report (nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1) as a limited participant. No Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag has been filed — the Colts play Sunday, so final designations come Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Left heel/ankle — recovering from a March 2026 ‘clean-up’ procedure. He played through the pain for the entire 2025 regular season before having it addressed in the offseason.
• When it happened: Chronic through the 2025 season; surgery March 2026. The current ‘heel’ listing is post-surgical management, not a new acute injury.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Heel/ankle debridement or clean-up procedures typically sideline an NFL player 4-6 months from surgery for full return to football activity; residual soreness and workload management commonly persist several weeks beyond that.
• Expected back to full health: Cleared and practicing now (roughly 6 months post-op). Realistic 100% — including timing/conditioning, not just medical clearance — is late September to early October (Weeks 3-4), because he did not return to full practice until roughly the week before Week 1.
• Week 1: Expected to play Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Baltimore. HC Shane Steichen on Sept 9: ‘Yeah, he should be good.’ Pierce himself said he is ‘every day getting better.’ Watch the Friday report for a Questionable tag, which would be procedural rather than a real doubt.
• Weeks 1-4: W1 vs BAL — plays, but with rust risk and limited reps built up with Daniel Jones. W2 @ KC and W3 vs HOU — snap count should normalize. W4 vs WAS (London) — expect full workload. The heel could produce further Wednesday ‘Limited’ entries as maintenance for several weeks; that pattern is not a red flag by itself.
• Who benefits if he sits: Laquon Treadwell is the listed X backup, but the realistic target redistribution goes to Josh Downs (slot) and Keenan Allen (Z), with Ashton Dulin and Deion Burks absorbing the leftover snaps.
• Change since the weekend: NEW — Pierce was not on the Sept 6 report at all; this is his first official 2026 injury-report appearance.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a boom-bust WR3/flex — he is the offense’s designated deep threat and is on track to play, but discount his Week 1 ceiling for rust and expect a soft ramp before he is fully himself around Week 3.

Jalen McMillan — TB (LWR starter, listed first at left wide receiver on Ourlads’ Sept 8 chart.)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without a final game status – Limited on Tampa Bay’s Wednesday, Sept 9 report. Final designation comes Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Knee – a bruise/contusion; HC Todd Bowles has said he is ‘running around well.’
• When it happened: Sustained in August 2026; he missed multiple weeks of camp work.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A knee contusion typically costs an NFL receiver 1-2 weeks; anything involving ligament or meniscus involvement runs far longer, but the club’s language and his limited participation point to a straightforward bone bruise.
• Expected back to full health: Within roughly a week – he is already practicing and being described as moving well.
• Week 1: Not yet determined, trending toward playing. Sunday, Sept 13 at Cincinnati – Wednesday’s limited tag is practice participation only; official status lands Friday, Sept 11.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 at CIN, Wk2 vs CLE, Wk3 vs MIN, Wk4 vs GB. He is the third option behind Godwin and Egbuka, so his weekly ceiling depends on Tampa Bay’s three-receiver usage rate more than on the knee.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ted Hurst III is the listed LWR backup; Tez Johnson would also see more snaps.
• Change since the weekend: unchanged – same knee issue and same limited practice level, now confirmed by an official club report rather than an aggregator projection.

Fantasy takeaway: Bench-and-watch for Week 1 – he will probably play, but a limited practice plus third-in-line target priority makes him a risky flex.

Jakobi Meyers — JAX (Starting wide receiver — one of three listed starters alongside Brian Thomas Jr. and Parker Washington; effectively the WR2 and the primary intermediate/middle-of-field target (verified on the Jaguars’ official Sept 8 depth chart))

• Wednesday practice: Limited (participated in at least part of Wednesday’s practice wearing a non-contact pinnie)
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY, no final game status yet. Listed as a limited participant on the official NFL Week 1 injury report. No Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag filed; Jaguars play Sunday.
• Injury: Right hand/wrist — a jam to the hand and wrist. The official report lists it as ‘thumb.’
• When it happened: Several weeks ago, during a joint practice with the Carolina Panthers in August 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Thumb/hand jams and sprains without a fracture typically cost an NFL receiver 1-3 weeks of full participation, and players routinely play through them with taping or a brace. A thumb UCL tear or a fracture is a different class entirely at 4-8 weeks, often with surgery — nothing reported here indicates that.
• Expected back to full health: Functionally close to 100% now; he has been practicing in some capacity for weeks. Expect the non-contact/limited designation to disappear within 1-2 weeks (by Week 2-3). Grip strength and catch security in traffic are the things to watch, not availability.
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Cleveland. Meyers said directly on Sept 9 that he will play in Week 1. A procedural Questionable tag on Friday would not change that read.
• Weeks 1-4: Should play all four (W1 vs CLE, W2 @ DEN, W3 vs NE, W4 @ CIN). The main residual risk is a few drops or reduced contested-catch work while the hand settles — a modest efficiency drag, not a snap-count or availability problem. His role unlocking the intermediate passing game keeps his target share stable.
• Who benefits if he sits: Travis Hunter is the second-team wide receiver on the official chart and would see the largest snap bump; Parker Washington slides into more of the underneath work, with Josh Cameron and C.J. Williams filling out the rotation.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED — and now OFFICIAL. On Sept 6 this was an unofficial CBS/RotoWire ‘Questionable’ with Coen describing a wrist issue limiting him in catching drills. As of Sept 9 he is an official Limited participant who has publicly committed to playing Week 1.

Fantasy takeaway: Start him as a WR3/flex with confidence — he has declared himself in for Week 1 and the hand issue is a nuisance rather than a threat to his snaps or targets.

Devontez Walker — BAL (WR3 / RWR1 on the verified depth chart (baseline had him WR4 behind Ja’Kobi Lane – corrected))

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY WITHOUT FINAL GAME STATUS. On the club’s official Wednesday participation report; no game-status tag until Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Groin
• When it happened: Early September 2026; first official listing Sept 9, 2026. Exact onset date not disclosed by the club.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin/adductor strain, Grade 1: 1-2 weeks. Grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Grade 3 or adductor avulsion: 8-12+ weeks, occasionally surgical. Limited participation on the first practice of the week is consistent with a low-grade strain. Groin injuries are notorious for lingering at 80-90% for several weeks even when the player is available.
• Expected back to full health: Mid-to-late September 2026 (roughly Weeks 2-3) for true 100%. Likely available before he is fully healthy.
• Week 1: Genuinely uncertain for Sunday, Sept 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET at Indianapolis. Beat reporting explicitly flagged his status as the murkier of Baltimore’s two receiver situations. Questionable is the likely Friday tag.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: likely available for most or all, but as a rotational WR3 whose snap share fluctuates with health. Low weekly floor regardless of designation.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ja’Kobi Lane (RWR2) is the direct replacement at right wide receiver; LaJohntay Wester and Elijah Sarratt would also see snap increases.
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in standard formats – he only matters as a Flowers-contingency dart, and this groin undercuts even that.

Zachariah Branch — ATL (WR4 / slot backup behind Olamide Zaccheaus; 2026 third-round rookie used as a gadget and return man.)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without a final game status – Limited on Atlanta’s Wednesday, Sept 9 report. A final Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag is not due until Friday, Sept 11.
• Injury: Hamstring.
• When it happened: First appears on the official report Wednesday, Sept 9, 2026; he was not on the Sept 6 list.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A mild (Grade 1) hamstring strain costs an NFL skill player roughly 1-2 weeks; a Grade 2 runs 3-6 weeks. Limited participation this early in the week usually points to the mild end.
• Expected back to full health: Likely within 1-2 weeks if it stays mild; watch whether he upgrades to full by Friday.
• Week 1: Not yet determined. Sunday, Sept 13 at Pittsburgh – Wednesday was practice participation only; his official game status comes Friday, Sept 11.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 at PIT, Wk2 vs CAR, Wk3 at GB (Thu), Wk4 at NO (Mon). Even fully healthy he is fourth in the WR pecking order behind London, Dotson and Zaccheaus; the hamstring mainly threatens his return-game snaps.
• Who benefits if he sits: Chris Blair would absorb the spare outside snaps; Olamide Zaccheaus already holds the slot ahead of him.
• Change since the weekend: NEW – he carried no injury entry on Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: Deep-league and dynasty stash only – the hamstring caps an already thin Week 1 role, so there is nothing to start here.

Brenen Thompson — LAC (WR4 — chargers.com Week 1 chart lists him among the backups behind starters Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston; Ourlads pairs him behind Tre’ Harris at the right WR spot)

• Wednesday practice: Limited
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY, NO FINAL GAME STATUS YET. Thompson appears on the Chargers’ official Wednesday Sept 9 injury report as LIMITED with a hip injury. Final game status due Friday Sept 11.
• Injury: Hip. The rookie speed receiver missed multiple practices in early September before returning to the field ahead of Cardinals prep; Wednesday’s filing specifies the hip for the first time.
• When it happened: Early September 2026 (practices missed in the week of Aug 31–Sept 4; back at practice by Sept 7–8)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Hip flexor/hip pointer strains: 1–3 weeks for a soft-tissue strain, longer if it is a labral or deeper joint issue. Limited participation this soon points to the minor end.
• Expected back to full health: Week 2–3 of 2026 for unrestricted practice
• Week 1: Likely ACTIVE vs Arizona, Sunday Sept 13, 4:25 PM ET, probably tagged Questionable on Friday — but his role is small enough that active/inactive barely moves his fantasy value.
• Weeks 1-4: Fourth or fifth in the target pecking order behind McConkey, Johnston and Harris. Deep-league dart throw only; would need injuries ahead of him to matter through Week 4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Derius Davis and KeAndre Lambert-Smith (verified WR5/WR6) absorb the reserve snaps; Tre’ Harris is unaffected as WR3
• Change since the weekend: NEW

Fantasy takeaway: Not startable in any standard format — monitor only as a speed-role contingency if McConkey or Johnston goes down.

Practiced in full (on the report, trending to play) (4)

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.

Ja’Marr Chase — CIN (WR1 / LWR1 – the offense’s alpha target)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY WITHOUT FINAL GAME STATUS – and it is a CLEAN one. He is listed as a FULL participant on Wednesday, which is the best possible entry short of being omitted from the report entirely. Cincinnati plays Sunday, so no game-status tag is filed yet, but a Full Wednesday makes any designation on Friday very unlikely.
• Injury: Knee. Minor; the club never characterized it as structural. He was capped at limited work in the final preseason week as precaution.
• When it happened: Late August 2026. He was reported as limited-in-practice on Sept 1, 2026; he has since progressed to full participation.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A minor knee irritation / bone-bruise-class issue that permits full practice within two weeks typically costs 0-1 games and carries no meaningful lingering effect. This is not a ligament injury – no ACL/MCL/meniscus involvement has been reported by any source.
• Expected back to full health: Already at 100%. Head coach Zac Taylor said having Chase and Higgins fully healthy is ‘a massive factor’ entering the opener.
• Week 1: EXPECTED TO PLAY, no limitation, vs. Tampa Bay, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET. Full Wednesday participation for a Sunday game is the strongest available signal a week out.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: full workload expected throughout. No reason to project any reduction.
• Who benefits if he sits: Not applicable at this point. If something changed, Tee Higgins becomes the clear alpha and Andrei Iosivas (slot) plus Colbie Young (RWR2) absorb the perimeter snaps.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Fire him up as an every-week WR1 – the knee is a non-issue now and any lingering discount in your league’s trade market is a buying opportunity.

Malik Nabers — NYG (WR1 / LWR starter – unquestioned No. 1 target, verified vs. nfl.com roster (ACT) and Ourlads 09/08/2026)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY WITHOUT FINAL GAME STATUS. Filed on the Giants’ Wednesday, Sept 9 report as ‘knee – Full Participation’. He carries NO Out/Doubtful/Questionable tag; that comes Friday, Sept 11. He is NOT on PUP or IR – he is on the 53-man active roster with ACT status.
• Injury: Torn right ACL plus torn meniscus. Reconstruction in October 2025, followed by a second ‘clean-up’ arthroscopic procedure with meniscus repair earlier in the 2026 offseason. Practiced Wednesday in pads WITH CONTACT.
• When it happened: 2025-09-28 (non-contact injury, Week 4 of the 2025 season; initial surgery October 2025; secondary clean-up procedure in the 2026 offseason)
• Typical recovery for this injury: ACL reconstruction in an NFL wide receiver: 9-12 months to medical clearance, most commonly 10-11 months for return to full team activity. Concurrent meniscus repair (as opposed to a meniscectomy) typically adds 4-8 weeks because the repair must be protected from weight-bearing rotation. A secondary arthroscopic clean-up is a minor procedure, usually 4-6 weeks. Full pre-injury explosiveness and cutting confidence in receivers historically lags clearance by another 3-6 months, which is why year-one-back ACL receivers often underperform their pre-injury rate early before finishing strong.
• Expected back to full health: Medically cleared now – Sunday, Sept 13, 2026 is approximately 11.5 months post-reconstruction, inside the normal window. Expect true pre-injury explosiveness by roughly mid-October to November 2026 (Weeks 6-10), with some risk of snap-count management before then.
• Week 1: EXPECTED TO PLAY Sunday, Sept 13 (8:20 PM ET vs. Dallas), but NOT yet official. Head coach John Harbaugh, Wednesday: ‘I think he’s ready to go, man. We’ll see, though,’ and separately ‘We’ll find out on Sunday night… He did (practice with contact) today.’ A full-contact Wednesday practice four days out is the strongest possible pre-Friday signal, but the club has deliberately left itself Friday to decide. Watch the Friday, Sept 11 report for the official designation – a ‘no designation’ would confirm a normal workload; ‘Questionable’ would signal a managed snap count.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: expected to play all four. The realistic risk is not absence but usage – a soft-open snap share (roughly 60-75%) in Week 1 climbing toward a full route load by Weeks 3-4. Also monitor for a maintenance DNP on Wednesdays through September, which is routine for a first-year-back ACL and should NOT be read as a setback.
• Who benefits if he sits: Darnell Mooney (WR, ACT) absorbs the primary target share and slides to the perimeter; rookie Malachi Fields (WR, ACT) takes over the vacated starting spot outright, with Odell Beckham Jr. (WR, ACT) rotating in. NOTE: Darius Slayton, who would have been the next man up per the Sept 6 baseline, was RELEASED 09/07/2026 and is no longer an option – the Giants’ contingency is measurably thinner than it was three days ago.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence – a full-contact Wednesday practice at 11.5 months post-ACL is a major upgrade and the single best piece of news in the division, but hold a bench receiver in reserve until Friday’s official designation confirms he has no snap cap.

Emeka Egbuka — TB (RWR starter, listed first at right wide receiver on Ourlads’ Sept 8 chart; HC Todd Bowles has framed him as having a legitimate claim to the WR1 role alongside Chris Godwin Jr.)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: (b) Official practice-report entry without a final game status – FULL participant on Tampa Bay’s Wednesday, Sept 9 report. Final Out/Doubtful/Questionable is not due until Friday, Sept 11, but a Wednesday full practice almost always means no designation at all.
• Injury: Toe sprain (turf-toe-type injury).
• When it happened: Sustained in mid-August 2026 during a joint practice with the New York Jets. As recently as Sept 2 he was still sitting out team drills.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Turf toe and toe sprains sideline NFL receivers roughly 1-3 weeks at Grade 1 and 4-6 weeks at Grade 2; severe cases run months. His arc – about three and a half weeks from injury to full practice – fits a Grade 1-2.
• Expected back to full health: Effectively now. A full Wednesday practice with four days of runway is the strongest possible signal this close to kickoff.
• Week 1: Not yet officially designated, but on track to play without restriction. Sunday, Sept 13 at Cincinnati – Wednesday was practice participation only; Friday, Sept 11 sets the official status.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 at CIN, Wk2 vs CLE, Wk3 vs MIN, Wk4 vs GB. Three straight home games after the opener and a full-strength role make this a strong four-week stretch; toe injuries can linger, so monitor weekly reports.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tez Johnson is the listed RWR backup behind him.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED – he went from an aggregator-projected Questionable who was still out of team drills on Sept 2 to a full participant on the official Wednesday report.

Fantasy takeaway: Move him back into your starting lineup – a full Wednesday practice all but confirms he plays, and he is in line for a genuine WR1-level target share.

Tee Higgins — CIN (WR2 / RWR1)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: (b) OFFICIAL PRACTICE-REPORT ENTRY WITHOUT FINAL GAME STATUS – a clean FULL participation entry. No game-status tag until Friday, Sept 11 at the earliest, and a Full Wednesday makes a designation unlikely.
• Injury: Heel contusion. Note: NFL.com and the Bengals’ own reporting say HEEL; CBS Sports’ Week 1 rundown listed it as ‘foot.’ Same injury, differing granularity – heel is the more precise and better-sourced term.
• When it happened: Late August 2026 (training camp / preseason). Zac Taylor publicly downplayed it around Sept 1, 2026 as ‘not a major concern.’
• Typical recovery for this injury: Heel contusion: 1-3 weeks to symptom-free, though deep heel-pad bruises can nag for 4-6 weeks with pain on push-off. Full practice participation is the reliable marker that it has resolved functionally. Distinct from plantar fasciitis, which runs far longer.
• Expected back to full health: Already at 100% for practice purposes. Any residual soreness should be gone by mid-September.
• Week 1: EXPECTED TO PLAY, no limitation, vs. Tampa Bay, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: full workload expected. The main risk with Higgins historically is new injuries rather than this one recurring.
• Who benefits if he sits: Andrei Iosivas would slide outside to RWR1, with Colbie Young (RWR2) and Ke’Shawn Williams filling the rotational snaps.
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Locked-in WR2 with WR1 upside – the heel is resolved and both Cincinnati starters cleared Wednesday at full participation.

No official designation yet (unconfirmed) (2)

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.

Marvin Mims Jr. — DEN (WR3 — CORRECTED UPWARD from the Sept 6 baseline. Denver’s Week 1 unofficial depth chart (Sept 9) pairs him as the starter at the third receiver spot with Troy Franklin behind him, so he is a starting-caliber receiver, not the WR4 the baseline listed.)

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported (Denver has not filed a report this week; he was a participant at Monday Sept 7 practice, which the club described as full attendance)
• Official status: (c) STILL UNOFFICIAL — no filing exists; Denver’s first official injury report is due Thursday Sept 10 (Monday-night game), final status Saturday Sept 12. Practice reporting from Sept 7–9 has him back on the field and Denver has been described by beat coverage as fully healthy for Week 1.
• Injury: Bruised/contused foot suffered on a leaping reception attempt in the first quarter of the Aug 28 preseason finale vs Minnesota, on top of an earlier undisclosed soft-tissue issue that cost him practice time in early August. Sean Payton said the foot injury was not serious.
• When it happened: Foot contusion Aug 28, 2026; earlier soft-tissue issue in early August 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Foot contusion/bone bruise: 1–3 weeks, symptom-driven. No structural damage was reported (ESPN reported he avoided a serious foot injury).
• Expected back to full health: Already there — he returned to practice Sept 7, 10 days after the injury, and Denver has had two full weeks between the preseason finale and the opener
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY at Kansas City, Monday Sept 14, 8:15 PM ET. Confirm against Denver’s Thursday Sept 10 filing.
• Weeks 1-4: Full availability expected across Weeks 1–4 in the third receiver role plus his return-game duties. His fantasy value is target-share-capped behind Sutton and Waddle rather than injury-capped.
• Who benefits if he sits: Troy Franklin (verified as the direct backup at that spot on Denver’s own Week 1 chart), with Pat Bryant already ahead of Franklin in the overall pecking order
• Change since the weekend: UPGRADED

Fantasy takeaway: Mims is healthy and now confirmed as a starter, but he’s a WR4/bye-week flex in a room where Sutton and Waddle command the volume.

Rashee Rice — KC (WR1 — verified ACT on nfl.com; listed first among Chiefs receivers on si.com’s Week 1 chart (Sept 3) and as the primary slot on Ourlads (Sept 7))

• Wednesday practice: not yet reported
• Official status: (c) STILL UNOFFICIAL — no filing exists (Kansas City’s first report is due Thursday Sept 10). Tracked recovery story only. Andy Reid, Sept 8: Rice has ‘progressed’ well from knee surgery, his ‘endurance is better’ each day, and Reid expects him at full capacity for Week 1.
• Injury: Two-part story: (1) offseason arthroscopic knee surgery, from which he was eased back into 11-on-11 work on Aug 5 and played 10 snaps in the Aug 29 preseason finale; (2) he finished the 2025 season on injured reserve with a concussion sustained in December 2025.
• When it happened: Concussion/IR December 2025; knee surgery in the 2026 offseason (spring 2026)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Arthroscopic knee cleanup: 4–8 weeks to return to football activity, 3–4 months to full conditioning. Concussion: fully resolved once cleared, with no residual physical restriction.
• Expected back to full health: Essentially now — he has cleared every rehab gate and taken preseason game snaps. Conditioning/endurance is the last item, and by Reid’s account it is close.
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY vs Denver, Monday Sept 14, 8:15 PM ET. No designation filed yet; watch Thursday’s report for any maintenance ‘Limited’ tag.
• Weeks 1-4: Full-time WR1 role from Week 1 with the only realistic drag being a snap cap in the opener as his conditioning catches up. Should be at full workload by Week 2, and he is Kansas City’s clear target leader across Weeks 1–4.
• Who benefits if he sits: Xavier Worthy (verified WR2) would lead the room, with Tyquan Thornton (WR3) and Jalen Royals (WR4) moving up
• Change since the weekend: unchanged

Fantasy takeaway: Start Rice as a WR1/2 — the knee is behind him and Mahomes’ return restores his ceiling, but a Thursday ‘Limited’ tag would justify tempering expectations for the opener only.

Cleared since the weekend — off the report entirely (12)

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

Xavier Legette — CAR (WR2 / RWR starter, listed first at right wide receiver on Ourlads’ Sept 9 chart.)

• Wednesday practice: Full – not listed on the report, which means full participation.
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. He is absent from Carolina’s club-published Week 1 Wednesday report (Sept 9, 2026); no practice entry, no designation.
• Injury: Right ankle sprain with associated foot soreness (resolved) – he was rolled up on in August.
• When it happened: Sustained in August 2026 during camp/preseason work; cleared before Week 1.
• Typical recovery for this injury: A low ankle sprain costs an NFL receiver about 1-3 weeks; a high ankle sprain runs 4-6. His timeline fits a low sprain.
• Expected back to full health: Now – practicing without limitation.
• Week 1: Expected to play, no designation. Sunday, Sept 13 vs. Chicago.
• Weeks 1-4: Wk1 vs CHI, Wk2 at ATL, Wk3 at CLE, Wk4 vs DET, Week 5 bye. Healthy and holding a starting outside job opposite Tetairoa McMillan, though he is the clear number two in the target order.
• Who benefits if he sits: John Metchie III is the listed RWR backup.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the report. He was an aggregator-projected Questionable with an ankle on Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: He is clean for Week 1 – a boom-or-bust WR3/flex whose value hinges on Bryce Young’s downfield volume, not on the ankle.

Luther Burden III — CHI (WR2 – the RWR starter on the Ourlads 09/08 chart and No. 2 receiver on nfl.com (ACT, No. 10), behind Rome Odunze and ahead of Kalif Raymond.)

• Wednesday practice: Full – not listed on the Wednesday report.
• Official status: Resolved – off the injury report. Verified absent from Chicago’s official Wednesday Sept 9, 2026 Week 1 injury report on nfl.com/injuries/league/2026/reg1 and in the club-sourced Sept 9 reporting. He is ACT on the nfl.com roster and carries no practice entry, so nothing converts to a designation on Friday Sept 11.
• Injury: Resolved. Groin strain sustained Aug. 8, 2026 in training camp. He missed the preseason games but resumed practice participation and was reported as ‘firmly on track to suit up in the season opener against Carolina.’ He then cleared the first official injury report with no entry.
• When it happened: Aug. 8, 2026.
• Typical recovery for this injury: Groin/adductor strain in an NFL player: 2-4 weeks for a Grade 1-2, 6-8 weeks or more for a severe tear. Burden is roughly 4.5 weeks out and practicing without restriction, consistent with a low-grade strain.
• Expected back to full health: Fully healthy as of Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. Groin injuries do recur, so a quiet re-appearance on a future practice report would not be a surprise.
• Week 1: Expected to PLAY, no designation, Sunday, Sept. 13 at Carolina.
• Weeks 1-4: Expected available for all four as the No. 2 receiver. A missed preseason means his route-tree and timing with Caleb Williams may take a few weeks to sharpen, so treat the first two games as ramp-up.
• Who benefits if he sits: Kalif Raymond (No. 14) and Jahdae Walker (No. 9) would absorb his snaps; Odunze’s target share would rise.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED – now off the injury report, replacing the Sept 6 aggregator-projected ‘Questionable.’

Fantasy takeaway: Playable and fully cleared, but temper Week 1 expectations – he missed the entire preseason, so the target volume may lag the opportunity for a couple of weeks.

Mike Evans — SF (WR1 — top outside receiver ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr.)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. Confirmed NOT listed on San Francisco’s official Week 1 injury report as of both the Sept 8 and Sept 9 filings. No official designation of any kind.
• Injury: Groin strain (which followed a training-camp quad injury) — both now resolved
• When it happened: 2026-08-20 (approximate — late training camp)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Mild groin strains typically cost an NFL player 1-3 weeks; he has cleared that window and carries no practice restriction.
• 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: Clear to play all four. The genuine risk is not the groin but his age-related durability profile — he played only eight games last season — so soft-tissue recurrence over a four-game stretch is a live concern.
• Who benefits if he sits: Demarcus Robinson would take the outside snaps; Deebo Samuel Sr. absorbs the target volume
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Start him with confidence in Melbourne — he is off the injury report entirely and steps into the WR1 role on a Purdy-led offense.

Khalil Shakir — BUF (WR2 and the primary slot receiver behind DJ Moore — Josh Allen’s most-targeted underneath option)

• Wednesday practice: Full (Wednesday Sept 9) — his first practice since the injury
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. He returned to practice in pads Wednesday Sept 9 and does NOT appear on Buffalo’s official Wednesday injury report, which lists only Jordan Hancock, Ty Johnson and T.J. Sanders.
• Injury: High ankle sprain (originally suffered in training camp, aggravated in the Aug 15 preseason game vs. Carolina)
• When it happened: Initial injury July/early August 2026; aggravated Aug 15, 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: High ankle sprain: 4-8 weeks for a wide receiver, with route-running sharpness often trailing the return-to-play date by another 1-2 weeks. Shakir is now about four weeks out from the aggravation, which lands at the front edge of a normal recovery.
• Expected back to full health: Best estimate for 100%: Weeks 1-2. He is cleared and practicing, but expect the first game or two to shave a little off his separation quickness on breaking routes.
• Week 1: Expected to play Sunday Sept 13 at Houston. He carries no designation as of Wednesday, and Buffalo not listing him at all is the strongest possible signal at this point in the week.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: expected to play throughout as the full-time slot receiver. Monitor for a snap-count ramp in Week 1 given he practiced only once before the game.
• Who benefits if he sits: Skyler Bell would take slot snaps, with Josh Palmer and Keon Coleman absorbing the outside/perimeter volume.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the injury report. This is the biggest positive swing in the division since Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: START him as a WR2/flex — clearing the official report entirely is the green light, though temper expectations slightly in Week 1 after a single practice.

Puka Nacua — LAR (WR2 on the official roster order behind Davante Adams, but the Rams’ primary target earner)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. Confirmed NOT listed on the Rams’ official Week 1 injury report. No official designation of any kind. Beat reporting: ‘barring a setback, he will play on Thursday.’
• Injury: Psoas strain (widely reported colloquially as a groin injury)
• When it happened: 2026-09-01 (approximate — roughly one week before the opener)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Psoas/hip-flexor strains typically sideline an NFL player 1-4 weeks depending on grade; the fact that he cleared the injury report inside a week points to a very mild case.
• 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 play all four as the Rams’ target leader. Psoas strains do carry recurrence risk when a player ramps straight into full volume, so monitor his practice reports each week even though he is clean now.
• Who benefits if he sits: Tutu Atwell would move up, with Jordan Whittington in the slot; Davante Adams absorbs the target share
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Start him without hesitation — he is completely off the injury report and locked into a full workload Thursday.

Keon Coleman — BUF (WR3 — perimeter/contested-catch role behind DJ Moore and Khalil Shakir, competing with Josh Palmer for snaps)

• Wednesday practice: Full — not listed on the Wednesday report, which means unrestricted participation
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. He does NOT appear on Buffalo’s official Wednesday Sept 9 injury report. He returned to practice Sept 1 and has practiced since.
• Injury: Sprained foot/toe (turf-toe-type sprain of the right foot)
• When it happened: Aug 15, 2026, preseason opener vs. Carolina; he was in a walking boot as late as Aug 18
• Typical recovery for this injury: Mild foot/toe sprain: 1-3 weeks. Genuine turf toe: 3-8 weeks, and it is one of the more recurrence-prone injuries for receivers because push-off mechanics are directly involved. Coleman’s roughly two-week boot-to-practice turnaround indicates the mild end.
• Expected back to full health: At 100% now — he has been practicing without restriction since Sept 1, more than a week clear.
• Week 1: Expected to play Sunday Sept 13 at Houston with no designation.
• Weeks 1-4: Weeks 1-4: healthy and available. His fantasy volatility comes from the target competition with Josh Palmer, not from the foot.
• Who benefits if he sits: Josh Palmer would absorb the perimeter snaps, with Skyler Bell as the next man up.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the injury report.

Fantasy takeaway: Playable as a boom-bust WR3/flex — the foot is a non-issue now, but note that RotoWire still carries a stale ‘Questionable’ tag on him that the official team report contradicts.

De’Zhaun Stribling — SF (WR3 — third receiver behind Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr.)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. Not listed on San Francisco’s official Week 1 injury report on either the Sept 8 or Sept 9 filing. No official designation.
• Injury: Hamstring tightness / mild strain
• When it happened: 2026-08-22 (approximate — training camp)
• Typical recovery for this injury: Mild hamstring strains typically sideline an NFL player 1-3 weeks; he has cleared that window with no practice restriction.
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health as of Sept 8, 2026
• Week 1: ACTIVE, no designation, available Thursday, Sept 10 in Melbourne
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy for all four, but his fantasy value depends entirely on whether the WR3 role generates volume behind Evans and Samuel. Hamstring recurrence risk is modest but real for a young receiver on a short week.
• Who benefits if he sits: Demarcus Robinson; Jordan Watkins and Jacob Cowing are behind him
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Off the report and healthy, but he is a bench/deep-league dart throw at best in a crowded 49ers receiver room.

Jaylin Noel — HOU (WR4, behind Nico Collins, Kayshon Boutte and Xavier Hutchinson)

• Wednesday practice: Full (not listed on the Texans’ Wednesday Sept 9 report at all; Houston listed only LB Wade Woodaz, OT Trent Brown and DT Kayden McDonald)
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report
• Injury: Hamstring strain, plus a separate right pinkie/finger injury — both cleared
• When it happened: August 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 hamstring strains: 1-3 weeks. Finger sprains: 1-2 weeks, routinely played through with taping.
• Expected back to full health: Now — he carries no designation of any kind entering Week 1.
• Week 1: Available, no designation, Sunday Sept 13 vs. Buffalo.
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy for Weeks 1-4 (vs BUF, vs CIN, @ IND, vs DAL). His role is genuinely expanded by Jayden Higgins’ season-ending ACL tear, though the Texans’ official chart still starts Boutte ahead of him.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jared Wayne (WR5) — not applicable, Noel is healthy.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report. On Sept 6 he carried an unofficial CBS/RotoWire ‘Questionable’ for hamstring plus finger; he does not appear on the official Wednesday Week 1 report.

Fantasy takeaway: Health concern is gone — he is a legitimate late-round/waiver stash whose target path opened up with Higgins out for the year, but the Boutte-ahead-of-him depth chart caps his immediate Week 1 usage.

Jacob Cowing — SF (WR6 — sixth receiver / return specialist)

• Wednesday practice: Full
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report. Not listed on San Francisco’s official Week 1 injury report. The Sept 6 baseline entry rested on an aggregator ‘Questionable’ tag with no body part disclosed and no team or beat confirmation.
• Injury: Undisclosed — no team or beat reporting ever specified an injury; the original listing appears to have been an aggregator artifact
• When it happened: unknown — no verified injury date exists
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not applicable — no verified injury to project
• Expected back to full health: Already at full health; no injury confirmed at any point
• Week 1: ACTIVE, no designation, available Thursday, Sept 10 in Melbourne
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy and available, but sixth on the depth chart. His path to relevance is special teams and injuries ahead of him, not a role of his own.
• Who benefits if he sits: Jordan Watkins; practice-squad options include Wesley Grimes and Will Pauling
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report

Fantasy takeaway: Not rosterable — the injury was never confirmed and he is buried on the depth chart.

Josh Downs — IND (Starting slot receiver (verified on the Colts’ official Sept 8 depth chart))

• Wednesday practice: Full — not among the four limited participants in a practice where all 53 Colts participated.
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report
• Injury: Calf strain — cleared
• When it happened: August 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Grade 1 calf strains: 1-3 weeks; grade 2: 3-6 weeks. Calf injuries are notorious for re-aggravation when rushed, so a clean full practice is the signal that matters.
• Expected back to full health: Now — full participant with no designation.
• Week 1: Available, no designation, Sunday Sept 13 vs. Baltimore.
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy for Weeks 1-4. With Alec Pierce still limited and shaking off six months of rehab rust, Downs is arguably the most reliable Colts receiver early in the season.
• Who benefits if he sits: Ashton Dulin or Deion Burks would take slot snaps — not applicable, Downs is healthy.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report. On Sept 6 he was an unofficial ‘Questionable’ for a calf strain, with a circulating post claiming he was already off the report that could not be dated with confidence at the time. The official Wednesday report confirms he is clear.

Fantasy takeaway: Fully clear him and start him as a PPR WR3/flex — his calf is resolved while Pierce is still managing a heel, which tilts early-season target reliability toward Downs.

Carnell Tate — TEN (Starting third receiver on the Titans’ official 9/7/26 depth chart, with Elic Ayomanor listed second at that spot)

• Wednesday practice: Full (not listed on the Titans’ Wednesday Sept 9 report)
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report
• Injury: Undisclosed — publicly described by HC Robert Saleh only as ‘working out some stiffness,’ following a hard hit from safety Kevin Winston Jr. in an August practice. Now cleared.
• When it happened: August 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: Not classifiable — the injury was never specified. General soreness/stiffness of the kind described typically resolves in days.
• Expected back to full health: Now — no designation entering Week 1.
• Week 1: Available, no designation, Sunday Sept 13 vs. the Jets.
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy for Weeks 1-4. As a rookie-role third receiver his fantasy value is matchup-dependent rather than health-dependent.
• Who benefits if he sits: Elic Ayomanor — not applicable, Tate is healthy.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report. Was an unofficial ‘Questionable’ (undisclosed) on Sept 6.

Fantasy takeaway: Health is a non-issue; evaluate him purely on role, where he is the No. 3 target behind Ridley and Robinson.

Wan’Dale Robinson — TEN (Starting receiver, listed second on the Titans’ official 9/7/26 depth chart behind Calvin Ridley)

• Wednesday practice: Full (not listed on the Titans’ Wednesday Sept 9 report, which named only DE Keldric Faulk and LB Cedric Gray)
• Official status: Resolved — off the injury report
• Injury: Head injury / concussion evaluation — cleared. Important context that held up: NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported at the time that Robinson was NOT believed to have sustained a concussion, and the clean Week 1 report bears that out.
• When it happened: Late August / early September 2026
• Typical recovery for this injury: A confirmed concussion requires clearing the NFL’s five-step protocol, typically 1-2 weeks. A precautionary evaluation that comes back negative costs only a few days.
• Expected back to full health: Now — no designation entering Week 1, and no protocol entry.
• Week 1: Available, no designation, Sunday Sept 13 vs. the Jets.
• Weeks 1-4: Healthy for Weeks 1-4 (vs NYJ, vs PHI, @ NYG, @ BAL) with no residual protocol risk.
• Who benefits if he sits: Carnell Tate and Elic Ayomanor are next up on the official chart — not applicable, Robinson is healthy.
• Change since the weekend: RESOLVED — now off the report. On Sept 6 he carried an unofficial CBS/RotoWire ‘Questionable’ listed as ‘Head.’

Fantasy takeaway: Clear him without hesitation — the head-injury flag that would have kept him out of lineups on Sept 6 never became a protocol entry and is now fully gone.

Waiver wire: who gains if these names sit

• De’Zhaun Stribling holds the WR3 role in his absence; Demarcus Robinson and Jordan Watkins are behind — if Christian Kirk (SF) can’t go.
• Bo Melton and Skyy Moore absorb his rotational snaps, with J. Michael Sturdivant behind them. — if Savion Williams (GB) can’t go.
• Montorie Foster Jr. (slides up to WR4); practice-squad elevation Velus Jones Jr. also adds a body tonight — if Tory Horton (SEA) can’t go.
• Chris Blair holds the WR5 job in his absence. — if Beaux Collins (ATL) can’t go.
• Skyler Bell holds the WR5 role; Trent Sherfield and Greg Dortch are on the practice squad as elevation candidates. — if Tyrell Shavers (BUF) can’t go.
• Already accounted for — Malik Benson and Dareke Young hold the WR4/WR5 roles behind Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor and Jack Bech — if Dont’e Thornton Jr. (LV) can’t go.
• Not applicable – the active WR room is Jeudy, Concepcion, Boston, Corley, Wallace, Bond. — if Jamari Thrash (CLE) can’t go.
• His absence is already baked into the depth chart: Nico Collins, Kayshon Boutte and Xavier Hutchinson are the three starters, with Jaylin Noel the No. 4 and Jared Wayne the No. 5. Noel is the receiver whose 2026 role grew most because of this injury. — if Jayden Higgins (HOU) can’t go.
• Already accounted for — Collins, Boutte, Hutchinson start, Jaylin Noel is WR4, Jared Wayne WR5. — if Tank Dell (HOU) can’t go.
• No impact — Pierce, Downs, Allen, Dulin, Treadwell and Burks form the active receiver room. — if Coleman Owen (IND) can’t go.
• No impact — he was behind the entire active receiver room. — if D.J. Montgomery (IND) can’t go.
• Already replaced – Odell Beckham Jr. (WR, ACT) holds the depth role he would have occupied; rookie Malachi Fields (WR, ACT) is now the No. 3 starter — if Calvin Austin III (NYG) can’t go.
• Already replaced in the return role; Malachi Fields (WR, ACT) and Braxton Berrios (WR, practice squad) are the depth/return options — if Gunner Olszewski (NYG) can’t go.
• Already replaced – Darius Cooper (WR, ACT) holds the No. 6 receiver spot; Britain Covey and Danny Gray are practice-squad depth — if Johnny Wilson (PHI) can’t go.
• Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel Sr. occupy the starting roles his injury vacated; De’Zhaun Stribling is the WR3 — if Ricky Pearsall (SF) can’t go.
• Brycen Tremayne holds the WR6/LWR backup role in his place. — if Chris Brazzell II (CAR) can’t go.
• Rookies Barion Brown and Bryce Lance are holding the WR3/WR4 snaps in his absence. — if Jordyn Tyson (NO) can’t go.
• Devaughn Vele holds the slot job; Bryce Lance and Barion Brown are the depth behind him. — if Mason Tipton (NO) can’t go.
• Jahdae Walker (No. 9) is the listed backup at Odunze’s LWR spot; Luther Burden III and Kalif Raymond would absorb the target share. — if Rome Odunze (CHI) can’t go.
• Omar Cooper Jr. and Isaiah Williams absorb the snaps; Arian Smith is the field-stretcher option. — if Tim Patrick (NYJ) can’t go.
• Rashod Bateman (LWR1) absorbs the alpha-target role; LaJohntay Wester is the direct slot replacement per the verified depth chart (SWR2), with Devontez Walker and Ja’Kobi Lane on the outside. Note Walker is ALSO limited this week, which thins the contingency. — if Zay Flowers (BAL) can’t go.
• Laquon Treadwell is the listed X backup, but the realistic target redistribution goes to Josh Downs (slot) and Keenan Allen (Z), with Ashton Dulin and Deion Burks absorbing the leftover snaps. — if Alec Pierce (IND) can’t go.
• Ted Hurst III is the listed LWR backup; Tez Johnson would also see more snaps. — if Jalen McMillan (TB) can’t go.
• Travis Hunter is the second-team wide receiver on the official chart and would see the largest snap bump; Parker Washington slides into more of the underneath work, with Josh Cameron and C.J. Williams filling out the rotation. — if Jakobi Meyers (JAX) can’t go.
• Ja’Kobi Lane (RWR2) is the direct replacement at right wide receiver; LaJohntay Wester and Elijah Sarratt would also see snap increases. — if Devontez Walker (BAL) can’t go.
• Chris Blair would absorb the spare outside snaps; Olamide Zaccheaus already holds the slot ahead of him. — if Zachariah Branch (ATL) can’t go.
• Derius Davis and KeAndre Lambert-Smith (verified WR5/WR6) absorb the reserve snaps; Tre’ Harris is unaffected as WR3 — if Brenen Thompson (LAC) can’t go.

Bottom line at wide receiver

18 of the 45 wide receivers here are unavailable, 2 did not practice Wednesday, and 7 were limited. 12 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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