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Mooney didn’t practice Friday so he was always a long shot to suit up against New Orleans. Javon Wims and Riley Ridley should see expanded roles in Chicago’s Wild Card game, and Allen Robinson could see even more looks than usual with Mooney sidelined. Just last week, Mooney commanded a team-high 13 targets against the Packers.

Diggs picked up the foot injury in the second quarter and won’t be able to return for the Titans. The 31-year-old will see his snaps taken by Mike Brown.

Hobbs injured his ankle in the second quarter of the Raiders’ Week 9 game against the Bengals. He was carted off into the locker room afterwards and the Raiders listed him as questionable to return. A locker-room carting is not a great sign for Hobbs’ availability later in the game. Decamerion Richardson will step in for Hobbs.

All went down with a non-contact injury in the second quarter, limping to the locker room. The rookie had caught 2-of-2 targets for 24 yards before his exit. The Bengals listed him as doubtful to return with a right knee injury, the same one he injured to end his final college season last year. All’s role will be filled by a combination of Tanner Hudson and Drew Sample.

Miller injured his ankle in the first half of the Raiders’ Week 9 game against the Bengals. He limped off the field and Andrus Peat came into the game to replace him. The Raiders listed Miller as questionable to return.

He was spotted riding a bike on the sideline so there’s still a chance he returns, he appeared to hurt himself catching a touchdown. London had caught 2-of-2 targets for 27 yards and the score before leaving.

This would be the fifth documented concussion of Olave’s football career. Running across the middle of the field, Olave never saw Xavier Woods and took a massive hit in the chest/head area. He went down and stayed down. It’s the worst possible news considering not only Olave’s concussion history, but his recent concussion history. He was loaded onto a backboard before being carted from the field. His Week 9 is over and it’s fair to wonder about his season, and potentially even his career. It’s an awful situation.

Burton has had a rocky start to his career. Despite being taken 80th overall, the Bengals have now made him a healthy scratch twice. He has two catches for 88 yards this year. Both Joe Burrow and head coach Zac Taylor had encouraging words on the rookie earlier this week and he was expected to be more involved with Tee Higgins out once again. The Bengals had to scrap those plans after he no-showed Saturday’s practice. Andrei Iosivas will remain the team’s No. 2 receiver for their Week 9 matchup with the Raiders.

Brooks has been practicing for a few weeks and even got in three full practices before being ruled out for Week 9. Brooks suffered a torn ACL in his final season at Texas and began his rookie season on the PUP list. The Panthers have been taking his return to action extremely slowly and he will likely see just a few touches in his 2024 debut. Chuba Hubbard will remain the starter for Week 10, though his bell-cow status will be gone once Brooks is officially activated from PUP.

Despite failing to practice once this week, Pollard is in the lineup this week. He gets a matchup at home versus a weak New England defense and his team is favored by bookmakers. If it weren’t for the injury, this would be a smash spot for the veteran back. Even if Pollard’s touches are limited, he should be able to make them most of them en route to an RB2 fantasy performance this week. Julius Chestnut will back him up with Tyjae Spears sidelined.

Both Osborn and Thornton are healthy scratches and are rumored to be trade candidates ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. That should mean more snaps/potential targets for Ja’Lynn Polk and Javon Baker, but the New England passing game is one to avoid right now.