Questionable but fully expected to play after three full practices, Mays should add some more teeth to the Lions’ run game.
After three full sessions this week, Branch is expected to be activated off reserve/PUP and should have no snap count per DC Kelvin Sheppard. He can be welcomed back to IDP lineups.
Thomas has played through injuries in multiple games this year. Giants RT Jermaine Eluemunor (calf) and backup OT Marcus Mbow (knee) both resumed practicing in a limited capacity on Thursday and are officially questionable to play this week. The Texans’ defense has underperformed this year. Perhaps this is a get-right matchup for them.
Johnson is not fantasy-relevant on his own, but he can help out the Giants’ offense in real life when he is available. Isaiah Likely is the Giants’ clear-cut TE1.
Edmunds will presumably be placed on IR before Week 7’s game against the Texans. He managed a 52.0 PFF grade in 380 snaps over six games, recording two sacks and 50 combined tackles. Edmunds will enter year two of his three-year deal with the Giants in 2027, in what will be his age-29 season.
Love was limited on Wednesday before upgrading to full on Thursday. Packers coach Matt LaFleur told reporters that his starting quarterback was “pretty beat up” after the Packers’ Week 6 win over the Cowboys. Hopefully, he is feeling much better by now. This divisional showdown looks like one of the most fantasy-friendly game environments in Week 7. He’s a QB1.
Watson remained limited through the first two practices this week. We do not yet know his Friday participation level, but he seems to be ready for action. Watson belongs in the WR1 tier against a Lions’ pass defense that has freely surrendered big plays this season.
A Friday afternoon tradition unlike any other, Bowers was cleared after getting in two full sessions on Thursday and Friday. He can be played as an elite TE1, as usual.
A few Packers got a little banged up against the Cowboys last week, including Golden, but the breakout second-year wide receiver is good to go. This game profiles as a fantasy-friendly shootout. Golden should be started as a high-end WR2 with solid upside.
The Cowboys face the Eagles in Week 7’s Monday Night Football game, giving Pickens an extra day to recover. ESPN’s Todd Archer said yesterday that Pickens has been icing his shoulder in-game during the Cowboys’ last two games. He encouragingly practiced in full today. Start him as a WR2 as usual this week.
He’ll be good to go, but given how much Houston’s wideout usage has expanded of late, Schultz is probably just a passable TE2.
He’ll be good to go after back-to-back full sessions on Thursday and Friday. The 380-pound behemoth will likely continue to spend plenty of time on the injury report in his age-33 season.
This is great news for the Cowboys’ offense. Guyton, the starting left tackle, is practicing in full and still has another practice tomorrow. Expect him to be available for the Cowboys’ Monday Night Football game against the Eagles.
He didn’t practice all week and will get San Francisco’s Week 8 bye to recover. The 33-year-old’s absence will leave veterans Christian Kirk and Brandin Cooks along with youngsters Jacob Cowing and Jordan Watkins on the 49ers receiver depth chart for Sunday.
Samuel hasn’t practiced since injuring his hamstring in the latter stages of Week 5’s win over the Seahawks. He’ll get the Week 8 bye to heal up. It does seem like there’s at least some chance he could get active for Week 9.
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald told reporters that Charbonnet has not suffered a setback. He just isn’t ready yet. Many teams might rush a player of his caliber back, now that he is practicing in full, but the Seahawks are smartly taking the long view with Charbonnet’s health. Emanuel Wilson will function as the team’s leading rusher while George Holani plays on passing downs.
The 49ers keep projecting a rosy picture of Bosa returning to practice at some point, it keeps not happening. He’ll get the Week 8 bye to heal up. Bosa hasn’t played since Week 2. If only there were a reserve list that teams could place injured players on.
He is, however, expected to be activated off injured reserve and play. We’ve heard worse desperation options than “most accomplished 49ers wideout on paper playing with Brock Purdy and George Kittle as Mike Evans sits.” Kirk probably factors in the WR3/WR4 calculus assuming he is indeed activated on Saturday.
He’ll likely find his way back to the practice squad — here or elsewhere — at some point this season. This move portends that Jordan Mason will be activated for Week 7.
Washington didn’t practice on Thursday and was not spotted at practice on Friday. It would seem that he’s a very tenuous questionable at this point. Dylan Laube would be next up for backup duties behind Ashton Jeanty if Washington were ruled out.
LaFleur really laid it all out there at today’s press conference, saying Allgeier “is always going to complement that next guy” when the starter is out. He adds that Allgeier is “extremely smart” and can be trusted in pass protection and short-yardage situations on third down. While Allgeier “can” do what the Cardinals need him to do on first and second down, LaFleur said Bam Knight will take “a lot” of that work with Jeremiyah Love (ankle) sidelined. LaFleur closed by saying he does not think any of these running backs can hold up in a full-time role over the course of the season. Allgeier handled a hefty 19 touches in this complementary role last week. He can be started as a high-volume FLEX with touchdown-based upside against the Broncos.
LaFleur simply does not believe that any one running back can handle a full-time role and remain healthy, so he employs a committee approach. Although Tyler Allgeier sits ahead of Knight on the depth chart, LaFleur said he views Allgeier as a reliable complementary running back who excels in pass protection and short-yardage. Knight will be the team’s lead rusher on early downs and can be started in the FLEX against the Broncos this week.
With Tyler Warren down, Dulin probably figures to join Keenan Allen and Josh Downs as one of Indianapolis’ three main receivers. He has some desperation play viability in deeper leagues.
As is typically the case with ill players, Irving is good to go for this week’s game. He upgraded to full participation today after getting a limited session in on Thursday. The Buccaneers’ No. 1 running back has been a volatile producer this season, yet even with last week’s flop, he still totaled 21 touches. That type of workload keeps him firmly in the RB2 ranks.
He didn’t practice Thursday or Friday, and we’d consider him on the pessimistic side of questionable. Not that you were thinking about playing him anyway.