The Raiders didn’t have any players listed as questionable entering this one. Hemingway, who is dealing with a concussion, was ruled out before the weekend and will look to return in Week 7 against the Rams if he can clear concussion protocol.
It’s been a disastrous injury afternoon for the Pats, who have had 2-3 offensive linemen shuffling in and out of the game vs. Gang Green. Free agent addition Vera-Tucker has been off to a decent enough start this season but is mostly providing replacement-level snaps. Matt Pryor has been the next man up at left guard.
It was an ugly scene that saw the game paused for nearly fifteen minutes while medics tended to the rookie linebacker after he hit his head during a tackle attempt. It was unclear whether Daniels was able to move his extremities before exiting the field. We would expect Daniels to miss significant time.
Moses went down early, but the Patriots waited until midway through the second half to rule him out. The move comes after LG Alijah Vera-Tucker was ruled out earlier with a hamstring issue. Not ideal, to put it mildly. Rookie first-rounder Caleb Lomu is finishing the game in Moses’ place.
It’s an inconceivable development, as the Pats already lost LG Alijah Vera-Tucker (hamstring) and RT Morgan Moses (ankle) earlier on Sunday. Brown’s injury appeared to be very, very serious. Walter Rouse, the Pats’ last healthy reserve OL, will finish the game in Brown’s place.
The Jaguars did have a tight end touchdown, but unfortunately for fantasy managers it went to Nate Boerkircher on a ridiculous one-handed stab on a pop pass at the goal line. Strange has now gone for 23 targets in three games and appears to be crowding out Brian Thomas Jr. He’s a reasonable low-end TE1, albeit one on bye next week.
Smith was on a pass rush rep, coming off the edge, when he got hit hard under the chin on a chip block by Chuba Hubbard. There was no helmet-to-helmet contact, but Smith went down hard and was immediately evaluated for a concussion. He was later ruled out for the remainder of the game.
We’re not quite sure when this injury occurred, but Bateman was dealing with a shoulder injury throughout the week, but he was removed from the final injury report on Friday. Bateman’s day ends without a reception on one target.
Tyler Allgeier is a volume-based RB2 with Love sidelined this week. The Cardinals are smartly giving Love time off to heal his injured ankles. Beck will again serve as the Cardinals’ emergency third quarterback. Wingard (knee) and his direct backup Williams (concussion) are both out, but Budda Baker (groin) and EDGE Zaven Collins (hip) are active.
Baker and EDGE Zaven Collins (hip) were both added to the Cardinals’ injury report on Friday. Neither player practiced that day, but both are evidently good to go for this divisional showdown against the Rams (2-3). The Cardinals (1-4) are road underdogs, but this game should be a fantasy-friendly environment.
McDuffie injured his groin during Thursday’s practice and was unable to participate on Friday. Losing their top cornerback may not cost them the game, but it certainly makes it easier for Cardinals pass catchers to produce fantasy points. The Rams also activated OL Keagan Trost from injured reserve and promoted CB Cam Lampkin from the practice squad.
The Texans running game was mostly abandoned until the fourth quarter, leaving Stroud to wail on an overmatched Jaguars secondary. His best throw was probably on Houston’s final possession of the first half, as he dotted a 50-yard throw with a defender in his face to Jaylin Noel, eventually setting up (checking notes) Foster Moreau’s second touchdown of the day. Stroud has now thrown for six touchdowns and gone over 260 yards in each of his last three games; he’s suddenly in the high-end QB2 competition with bye weeks hitting as the Texans host the Giants in Week 7.
Marks was mostly bottled up, though he did manage 9/41 in the second half behind a few reasonably big runs to become the first back all year to hit 40 rushing yards against the Jaguars. He played 49-of-63 snaps. The Texans run game is still bad, but against the Giants in Week 7 Marks should probably be on the RB2 line.
Jordan had a huge cutback lane in the third quarter and took it 25 yards while breaking a Jarrian Jones tackle for his touchdown. He played just 14-of-63 snaps, but clearly brought more juice than Woody Marks in the run game and it wouldn’t be a total surprise if that total grew next week with David Montgomery (groin) expected to remain sidelined. Jordan is likely just a FLEX play against the Giants in Week 7.
Noel has scored in all of Houston’s wins this year; that’s analytics. The underlying numbers are more annoying — he played 31-of-63 snaps and was not one of Houston’s top targets in what has been a frustrating room. Still, it’s very clear he’s the second-most talented player in this receiving corps, even if Marvin Harrison Jr. is cutting in. Noel has some FLEX viability in Week 7 against the Giants.
He added a long defensive pass interference penalty drawn on Travis Hunter to set up Houston’s second third-quarter touchdown. Collins also took an end around in the red zone for five rushing yards. Close, but ultimately not the line that fantasy managers were hoping for. Collins will remain in the low-end WR1 region against the Giants in Week 7.
It tied his season-high for receptions in four games with Arizona. Harrison played just 12 snaps. The Texans do seem dedicated to giving him the ball — as you’d hope after he was acquired for a second-round pick — and we imagine he’ll be in the FLEX conversation next week against the Giants after a full week to hone trust with the coaching staff. His first two catches were on in-breaking routes.
Sure. One of them was even a beautiful one-handed snag as the game drew near halftime. Moreau out-paced Dalton Schultz (4-of-6 targets, 33 yards) in the fantasy streets even if not on the snap count spreadsheets. You know better than to chase the low-snap high-touchdown outlier.
It could have been more, had Liam Coen not settled for a game-tying field goal on fourth-and-short with less than four minutes left in the game. It also could have been more had Lawrence not thrown an end-zone pick to Calen Bullock. At the end of the day, the screen day was dealing and Lawrence was hitting all sorts of in-breakers against a beleaguered Texans secondary. He enters the bye week as a sure-fire QB1 with 1,174 passing yards and 10 throwing touchdowns in his first five games. Last year’s rushing touchdowns appear to have vanished as the Jaguars have gotten better in the red zone, but Lawrence is still playing exceptional football.
The Jaguars looked like they were in control with their run game early in this one, but Tuten sputtered out in the second half, where he managed just six carries for 18 yards with the Jaguars curiously going away from Chris Rodriguez Jr. Tuten played 40-of-72 snaps with Rodriguez having a big day on the ground. It feels good that his “down” games are like this, and he also had a rushing touchdown pulled off the board after what appeared to be a phantom holding flag was thrown. Tuten enters the Week 7 bye as an RB2.
Steele caught a screen pass in the flats and lowered his head to try and run over the defender. He came up holding his shoulder and had to have the shoulder immobilized as he walked into the locker room with his pads off. It had the look of a dislocation, which would mean Dameon Pierce and Jaydon Blue are the only two healthy running backs for the Eagles.
Doubs landed hard on his shoulder on his first reception, which just happened to be a 42-yard touchdown where he broke free along the back line of the defense. Most unfortunate, though he at least tallied the score first. Doubs was evaluated in the blue tent before heading to the locker room. Perhaps he will return, but he is probably on the wrong side of questionable. It’s bad news for the Pats and fantasy managers, but at least comes as A.J. Brown is back in the lineup for the first time in five weeks.
He failed to catch his only target. Rodriguez was churning out success rate on the regular in the first half. The Jaguars curiously went away from him in the second half, as he played just 21-of-70 snaps and had only one carry after halftime. He’s not a must-hold through the bye week, but this game is the proof-of-concept that he can be an effective weapon for the Jaguars if they want to use him as a between-the-tackles pounder.