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Williams earned $18 million in 2011. The mandatory franchise-tag raise would push his 2012 salary to a prohibitive $22.9 million, leaving Williams with quite a bit of leverage in contract talks. Williams’ preference is to stay in Houston, but his agent surely realizes there’s a good chance the best pass rusher on the market will break the bank in free agency. The Chargers and Raiders are two of the many teams sure to be interested if Williams hits the open market.

Henry got a limited session in Wednesday, but was a full-go for Thursday’s practice ahead of Week 11’s contest against the Rams. It seems very likely that Henry will be ready to roll for that contest, but it’s still a situation to monitor.

Mailata missed four games while dealing with a severe hamstring strain. The 27-year-old tackle was activated off injured reserve Wednesday, and he’ll make his return to action against the Washington front seven.

The Eagles are essentially at full health, so no questionable calls for Thursday’s game. McKee will be the emergency third quarterback for the contest behind Jalen Hurts and Kenny Pickett.

Rodriguez was solid in the win over the Giants in Week 9, but wasn’t involved in the offense in Week 10 against the Steelers with just two carries for four yards. Driskel will be the emergency third quarterback for Thursday’s contest.

Jackson was nursing a knee injury last week but played through it and racked up 290 passing yards and four touchdown passes against the Bengals. He’s clearly dealing with a minor injury, but he’s not at risk of missing Week 11’s game against the Steelers. The two-time MVP will look to continue his push for a third MVP in Sunday’s pivotal AFC North tilt, where he’ll be a solid fantasy QB1.

Pollard is in a “workload management” situation, but his Week 11 status is not in doubt after he played through the issue last Sunday. He did appear to need a few spells against the Chargers, however. Ailing with Tyjae Spears back in the lineup, Pollard is more of a lower-end RB2/FLEX than the high-end RB2 he had been trending as for a few weeks.

Lloyd has been limited in both practices to start the week, but the hamstring injury is somewhat new. He was placed on injury reserve due to an ankle injury, so we aren’t quite sure how much this hamstring injury will affect his return. The Packers currently only have 52 men on their active roster, and Matt LaFleur suggest on Thursday that the 53rd spot could be used on Lloyd. We won’t rule out the possibility of him being activated from IR before the weekend.

Jacobs has been playing through injuries through the last several weeks and will likely do so again this week. This quad injury is something we have not seen for him before, but back-to-back limited practices to open the week suggest he’ll be good to go as a fringe RB1/RB2 in Week 11 against the Bears.

Cousins popping up on Wednesday’s injury report was a bit of a surprise. Despite the surprise addition, he was able to log a limited session to kick off the week and was upgraded to a full participant on Thursday. Assuming he doesn’t suffer any setbacks, Cousins will be good to go in Week 11 against a stout Broncos defense that’s allowing the 10th-fewest passing yards per game this season.

Mooney was listed as limited on Thursday’s report. It’s never a good sign to be added to the injury report on a Thursday, and the nature of his injury only adds more cause for concern. Mooney is quietly having one of the best years of his career. He’s currently sitting on a 46-684-5 line and has posted 80-plus yards in each of his last three games. His absence would be felt by the Falcons’ offense if he’s unable to play in Week 11 against the Broncos. His name will be one to keep an eye on when Friday’s injury report is released.