Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

NFL Player News

Rotoworld

  • FA Guard #60
    Personalize your Rotoworld feed by favoriting players
    Bills RG Kraig Urbik has been ruled out for Week 17 against the Patriots with a torn meniscus that will require surgery.
    The plan is to move forward with Colin Brown to finish the season. Demetrius Bell and TE Mike Caussin also suffered knee injuries and are not expected to play in next week’s game. Rookie Chris Hairston is in line for his seventh start at left tackle in place of Bell.
  • DAL Cornerback #7
    Personalize your Rotoworld feed by favoriting players
    Trevon Diggs (knee) was limited in Thursday’s practice.
    Diggs missed last week’s game with injuries to his knee and groin, but he was only listed with a knee injury on Thursday’s injury report. The star corner has missed the last two games, but should have a chance to suit up in Week 14 against the Bengals if all continues to go well.
  • DAL Tight End #87
    Jake Ferguson (concussion) was a full participant in Thursday’s practice.
    Ferguson missed two games with a concussion he suffered in Week 11 against the Commanders, but the fact he’s a full participant to start this week is a great sign for his availability on Monday night against the Bengals. Assuming he doesn’t suffer any setbacks, we’d expect Ferguson to be out of concussion protocol and on the field for Week 14, where he’ll profile as a solid TE1 in fantasy.
  • DAL Wide Receiver #88
    CeeDee Lamb (shoulder) was held out of Thursday’s practice.
    This should just be rep management after Lamb made it through the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving win over the Giants. Lamb seems highly banged up, but he also seems to have zero interest in sitting. Getting absolutely fed targets by backup QB Cooper Rush, Lamb is doing enough to hang around in the lower-end WR1 ranks.
  • PHI Wide Receiver #6
    DeVonta Smith (hamstring) practiced in full on Thursday.
    That’s two straight full practices for Smith, who looks like a lock to return in Week 14 against the Panthers, barring any setbacks. His return couldn’t come at a better time, as Dallas Goedert is at risk of missing several weeks and could be a candidate for short-term IR. When he’s active, Smith will profile as a solid WR2 for Sunday’s game against the Panthers.
  • PHI Tight End #88
    Dallas Goedert (knee) remained sidelined for Thursday’s practice.
    The Eagles have thus far held off on placing Goedert on injured reserve, but there remains every indication this is a multi-week injury. Philly has until Saturday to make an I.R. decision. Fantasy managers need to count on Goedert missing several contests, and should try to do better than Goedert’s backup Grant Calcaterra when it comes to finding a fill-in. That being said, Calcaterra does slot into the last-gasp TE2 ranks.
  • LV Wide Receiver #16
    Jakobi Meyers (ankle, DNP) was added to Thursday’s injury report.
    A Thursday DNP is never a great sign, so we’ll see where things go for Meyers from here. The veteran receiver is coming off a six-catch, 97-yard performance in last week’s loss to the Chiefs and has gone for 16-218-0 on 25 targets over the last two weeks. With so many teams on bye, Meyers’ value becomes a little more amplified for fantasy managers hoping to make their way into the postseason. If Meyers is unable to go, we could be looking at a big week for Brock Bowers and an increased role for Tre Tucker.
  • LV Running Back #3
    Zamir White (quad) did not practice Thursday.
    Even if he does return, there’s little guarantee that White would have a meaningful role at this point in the season. He wasn’t seeing much work before his injury, and with Sincere McCormick now in the mix, White’s workload will likely be reduced even further if he were active. He’s completely off the fantasy radar at this time.
  • LV Running Back #22
    Alexander Mattison (ankle) was limited in Thursday’s practice.
    Mattison has been limited in both practices to start the week. He followed a similar regiment last week but was ultimately ruled out for Week 13 despite being limited in every practice. The Raiders are expected to lean more heavily on Sincere McCormick in the coming days, making Mattison nearly impossible to trust for Week 14 against the Buccaneers even if he is active.
  • CIN Wide Receiver #1
    Ja’Marr Chase (ankle) was limited in Thursday’s practice.
    Chase hasn’t spent much time on the injury report this season, but we’ll assume this is a mild issue for the time being. The Bengals’ WR1 has caught 79 passes for 1,142 yards and 13 touchdowns this season and is well on his way to the best season of his career and a big pay day next offseason. We’ll assume Chase will be good to go for Week 14 against the Cowboys barring any surprise developments.
  • FA Head Coach
    247Sports’ Grant Hughes reports Bill Belichick interviewed with the North Carolina Tar Heels for their head coaching vacancy.
    Not many people had Belichick going back to school on their 2024 Coaching Carousel Bingo card, but the 72-year-old future Hall of Famer is at least keeping his options open. Belichick has never run a college program, so it’s hard to imagine the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach wanting to get in the game now, but anything is possible. While possible, it doesn’t seem probable. Wherever Belichick coaches next will likely be his last destination, and the long-time coach is still chasing Don Shula for the NFL’s all-time wins record, which sits at 328. Belichick would likely need three more seasons in the league if he hopes to set the all-time wins record, and making the jump to college only delays. Belichick is expected to meet with several NFL teams when the coaching cycle kicks off in just a few months. Even if he does make the jump to college, we wouldn’t expect him to do so until he’s exhausted all of his options in the pros.