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This makes Wishnowsky the first 2019 draft pick to sign his rookie contract. A four-year starter at Utah, Wishnowski earned second-team All-American honors his final two seasons. Already 27 years old after taking time off from football following an injury-ruined Aussie Rules career, Wishnowski is a talented enough power punter to become a multi-year solution at a position where players can excel into their 40s and age isn’t a serious concern.

Interim coach Thomas Brown will also be considered and interviewed. The smoke tying Johnson to Chicago has already come on heavy after Matt Eberflus’ firing, with Adam Schefter reporting a belief that Johnson has interest in working with Caleb Williams. Kingsbury would be a more contentious pick as his passing offense has mostly backslid over the past month, but he does have experience developing good young quarterbacks.

“Simple. No underlying meanings. It is what it is. It’s a meritocracy out there,” Harbaugh added. If there were any deep-league Chark believers left out there, we think you can let go of the rope.

Caserio during a Tuesday press conference was adamant that the Texans would not switch play callers despite massive and persistent offensive struggles in 2024. He heaped praise on the embattled Slowik, whose offense ranks 20th in EPA per play, in line with the Jets and Bears. C.J. Stroud has regressed in almost every way in his second pro season, collapsing under pressure and becoming one of the NFL’s most inaccurate passers on short and intermediate throws. It looks like the Texans are going to hope Slowik can turn around the underperforming unit in time for a postseason run.

Wolford has started four games in the NFL between 2020-2022, with a 58.7 percent completion rate, 626 yards, one touchdown, and five picks. This is notable not because of Wolford himself, but because adding an extra quarterback to the roster in any facet may be a tacit admission that Trevor Lawrence (concussion) is unlikely to play this week and may even be shut down for the season.

Lattimore will be well enough to face off against his former team, the Saints, in New Orleans. Lattimore has been sidelined with a serious hamstring injury since before the Commanders acquired him near the NFL trade deadline in early November. He should be a boost to a middling Washington coverage unit.

Al-Shaair, who has a lengthy history of dirty hits, delivered a vicious head shot to Lawrence as he slid down during the Texans’ Week 13 win over Jacksonville. The illegal hit ignited an all-out brawl, during with Al-Shaair yanked down a Jaguars player by the facemask. He continued his aggression after refs threw him out of the game. It’s a significant loss for the Houston defense. Al-Shaair, who has two sacks and seven QB hurries on the season, is graded by Pro Football Focus as the league’s 18th best linebacker. He’ll be eligible to return in Week 17 against the Ravens. Al-Shaair will reportedly appeal the suspension.

Vele simply wasn’t needed for his typical short-area work as the Denver defense managed two pick-sixes to sink the Browns. Both Marvin Mims and Courtland Sutton broke through the 100-yard receiving mark, with the team more intent on hammering the intermediate-to-deep areas of the field against the Browns. Vele and the Broncos head to their bye before facing off against the Colts in Week 15.

Sutton operated as the clear alpha for a Broncos team that narrowly avoided defeat at the hands of a record-setting night from both Jameis Winston and Jerry Jeudy. Two Denver pick-sixes ultimately proved to be the difference as the Broncos head into their Week 14 bye in firm control of the final playoff spot out of the AFC. Sutton’s next chance to return elite fantasy production comes in Week 15 against one of the teams chasing the Broncos for the seventh playoff spot in the Colts.

Mims’ touchdown came on third down with the team backed up to their own end zone on their first possession of the second half. Not to be outdone, Jameis Winston hit Jerry Jeudy on a 70-yard touchdown on the next play from scrimmage, which opened up the game in the second half. Two pick-sixes from the Denver defense were ultimately enough to hold off the Browns, sending the Broncos into their bye in firm control of the final playoff spot out of the AFC.

It was Jaleel McLaughlin that developed the hot hand against the Browns, taking his 14 carries for 84 yards compared to the 12 for Estime. It certainly appears the team has settled on McLaughlin as the lead back as they head to their Week 14 bye, now firmly in control of the final playoff spot out of the AFC.