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This is welcome news for the Jaguars, who have been without their starting defensive tackle through the first five weeks. Hamilton was signed to a three-year extension this offseason after setting career-highs in tackles (56), TFLs (5), and sacks (2.5). The team has officially opened his 21-day window for a return and can activate him whenever they feel he is ready.

In addition to Andersen, defensive tackle Grady Jarrett (Achilles) has also been removed from the injury report and will play on Sunday. The Falcons will have two of their top defenders in place against a Saints offense that has already lost Rashid Shaheed for the season and is expected to be without Chris Olave (concussion). Center Drew Dalman (ankle) is also questionable for Week 10 but was a full participant in Friday’s practice.

Levis was upgraded to a full practice on Thursday for the first time since suffering the shoulder injury in Week 7. He’s been limited for a few weeks and is now ready to take over for Mason Rudolph, who just picked up an overtime win versus the Patriots. Rudolph didn’t bring much to the table, but he raised the fantasy floors of Calvin Ridley and Tony Pollard. With Levis back on the sticks, fantasy managers will need to temper their expectations for both players versus a stingy Chargers defense.

London was limited in practice throughout the week. Three limited practices are generally a good sign for a player’s availability heading into the weekend, but fantasy managers will want to check the Falcons’ inactives when they are announced 90 minutes before kickoff.

The good news is Burrow is a righty. He also has more than a week to let whatever bruising subside before Week 11’s game against the Chargers. Taylor didn’t seem overly concerned about Burrow’s injury at Friday’s news conference, so we wouldn’t expect there to be anything of concern here by next week.

The Giants kept Johnson’s practice reps light this week with three limited sessions. After being removed from the injujry report entirely, it’s safe to say he is good to go for his Germany roadtrip to face the Panthers. Coming off a career-high 51 receiving yards on grabs, Johnson has worked his way into a TE2 ranking for Week 10.

Raimann missed Week 9 while working his way through the league’s concussionn protocol. He logged multiple full practices this week and is good to go versus Buffalo.

Pittman has been playing through his back injury for the last several weeks, but a dislocated finger he suffered in Week 9’s loss to the Vikings may have proven enough to sideline him for at least this week. His absence should lead to a busy day for Josh Downs, who has been Joe Flacco’s favorite target in their four games together.

Lattimore hasn’t practiced this week and has only been with the team for a few days. The targeted return date for the veteran corner will be Week 11 against the Eagles in the first of two divisional matchups between the NFC East rivals.

Evans was never really in line to play in this one. After going down in Week 8 with a hamstring injury, it was reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport that Evans could “potentially be back after the bye.” The Buccaneers’ bye is in Week 11, meaning Week 12 is the earliest we should expect to see Evans.

Whoops. Asked about Hurts’ absence from Wednesday’s practice for “rest” purposes, Sirianni revealed Hurts is dealing with an ankle issue, even going so far as to say it was “on the injury report.” He was then “corrected” by an Eagles PR person that Hurts’ absence was “rest” related. This isn’t the first time we’ve had the Eagles misled us on Hurts’ health, but it’s also true there is zero doubt as to his Week 10 availability against the Cowboys. We suppose his effectiveness could be another matter. The Eagles will be getting a call from the league.