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  • FA Defensive Back #38
    Titans CB Buster Skrine retired after 11 seasons in the NFL.
    Skrine has played 11 seasons, starting more than 10 games in five of them for the Jets and Browns. His most impactful season was undoubtedly 2014 when he picked off four balls and defensed 18 passes for Cleveland. He’s generally been a replacement-level corner. Players that retire this early in camp don’t always actually hang it up for good, but Skrine is 33 and has bounced around the back of rosters for a few seasons now.

  • NO Tight End #7
    Taysom Hill rushed five times for 35 yards in the Saints’ Week 1 win over the Panthers, adding one reception for one yard.
    Per usual, Hill was moved around the formation for all four quarters. The most interesting development in his usage was an increase in his role as a true running back. Hill got a cary while lined up as a running back before backup running back Jamaal Williams and had four total attempts before Williams saw his first. Hill nearly found paydirt as a receiver with a 50/50 ball in the end zone but was able to come down with it. The shift in usage should help smooth out Hill’s fantasy production with a higher floor of rushing yards. He will rank as a TE2 for his Week 2 matchup with the Cowboys.
  • NYG Wide Receiver #17
    Wan’Dale Robinson caught 6-of-12 targets for 44 yards in the Giants’ Week 1 loss to the Vikings.
    Robinson’s pointless checkdowns led the Giants in targets as Daniel Jones looked like a rookie playing against Brian Flores’ elite defense, though Malik Nabers still out-gained him 66-44. We suppose Robinson could subsist off these looks as a last-gasp WR5, but fantasy managers need to be thinking bigger ahead of the Giants’ Week 2 matchup with the Commanders.
  • LV Quarterback #10
    Gardner Minshew completed 25-of-33 passes for 257 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in the Raiders’ 22-10, Week 1 loss to the Chargers, adding five yards on three carries and losing a fumble.
    Minshew reportedly won the camp battle for the starting quarterback position due to head coach Antonio Pierce’s confidence in his ball security, something the two turnovers and four sacks taken could work to prompt the coach to revisit moving forward. The Raiders seemed to be in control of the game after taking a 7-6 lead into half time but managed just an additional field goal the rest of the way. Minshew largely spread the ball around as he danced away from pressure throughout the game, targeting first-round rookie tight end the most with eight targets. His pocket presence looked spotty at times as did his progressions, even though the offensive scheme appeared to be generating one-on-one matchups all over the field. There might be a continuation of the offseason starting quarterback discussion brewing in Las Vegas. A week 2 matchup against the Ravens is not exactly the get-right spot Minshew needs to maintain control of the starting quarterback position.
  • TEN Tight End #85
    Chig Okonkwo caught 2-of-2 targets for 15 yards in the Titans’ Week 1 loss to the Bears.
    Okonkwo ever-so-slightly Moss’d Tyrique Stevenson on his 17-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter but was otherwise invisible along with the rest of the Titans’ passing game as Will Levis attempted to set the quarterback position 10 years. Okonkwo is not looking like a compelling TE2 streamer ahead of Week 2 against the Jets.
  • NO Tight End #87
    Saints head coach Dennis Allen said TE Foster Moreau is in the league’s concussion protocol.
    Moreau suffered the concussion late in the Saints’ Week 1 win over the Panthers and did not return. It’s a frustrating injury for Moreau after a breakout performance with four catches and a touchdown. If Moreau can’t suit up in Week 2 against the Cowboys, fellow tight end Juwan Johnson will see the bulk of the true tight end snaps, giving him some TE2 value.
  • TEN Wide Receiver #16
    Treylon Burks caught 1-of-2 targets for two yards in the Titans’ Week 1 loss to the Bears, adding two carries for one yard.
    Burks’ missed connection was a horrendous drop. Will Levis was the Titans’ biggest problem this afternoon, but Burks isn’t going to be part of the solution any time soon.
  • DEN Tackle #72
    Garrett Bolles (ankle) is questionable to return Sunday against the Seahawks.
    Bolles left in the early portion of the fourth quarter with the ankle injury. The 32-year-old will likely miss the rest of Sunday’s contest against Seattle, and Matt Peart will handle protecting Bo Nix’s blindside while he’s out.
  • LAR Tackle #79
    Rams declared OT Rob Havenstein, RB Cody Schrader, LB Brennan Jackson, LB Elias Neal, and DE Desjuan Johnson inactive for Week 1 against the Lions.
    Havenstein entered the game listed as questionable and will ultimately miss Week 1 with an ankle injury suffered in camp. As expected, wide receiver Puka Nacua is active after being removed from the injury report earlier in the week.
  • NO Tight End #83
    Juwan Johnson caught 2-of-3 targets for 26 yards and a touchdown in the Saints’ Week 1 win over the Panthers.
    Johnson got home with a 16-yard toss into the end zone just before halftime but split snaps with Foster Moreau. Moreau was targeted four times and caught all four of his looks for 43 yards and a score. Johnson’s role wouldn’t normally be enough to warrant a look off the waiver wire, but Moreau left the game late with a head injury and is now in the concussion protocol. If he can’t go in Week 2, Johnson would be in line for the bulk of the tight end snaps. Johnson will rank as a high-upside TE2 if Moreau is unavailable versus the Cowboys.
  • TEN Wide Receiver #83
    Tyler Boyd caught 3-of-5 targets for 18 yards in the Titans’ Week 1 loss to the Bears.
    Boyd out-targeted a hobbled DeAndre Hopkins 5-1, but only Calvin Ridley exceeded 20 yards amongst the Titans’ pass catchers as Will Levis stunk up the joint. Until Levis demonstrates progress and the Titans actually open up the offense, Boyd appears to be PPR irrelevant.