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Johnson sits Week 18 with a shoulder injury. He is in a contract year and a candidate to be franchise-tagged by Chicago. While Johnson requested a trade around the 2023 trade deadline, he was not dealt, indicating the Bears at least want to retain him. Now sitting out against the Packers, Johnson can get his shoulder healthy and enter an offseason that will see him get paid. Bears also declared WR Darnell Mooney, RB D’Onta Foreman, S Quindell Johnson, CB Greg Stroman, OL Ja’Tyre Carter, and QB Tyson Bagent inactive for Week 18 against the Packers.

Huntley actually “improved” in the second half, as he was only 7-of-10 for 35 yards at the break. But it’s hard to deny that the Dolphins had virtually no ability to throw with Huntley installed as the starter after joining the team just two weeks ago. Miami completed just two passes 10 or more yards past the line of scrimmage, and none beyond 20. For those in super-deep leagues, Huntley did at least provide the rushing touchdowns. The bigger story is that the Dolphins offense is in shambles headed into Week 5’s game at New England, and nobody Miami has tried at quarterback in Tua Tagovialoa’s absence has shown the ability to shepherd Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, and Devon Achane to respectable fantasy days. Huntley may get another chance in Week 5 by virtue of not being Tim Boyle, but that’s about all he has going for him right now.

Okonkwo finally failed to catch some targets with his first two incompletions of the season. Josh Whyle also had a catch for five yards. Okonkwo handily outperformed Kyle Pitts this week, you can’t deny it.

Boyd has caught at least two passes for anywhere between 18-to-33 yards in all four Titans games this year. That’s a fun, reliable usage footnote! It’s sadly not terribly interesting for people who want to score fantasy football points. Boyd will be on bye next week, so look elsewhere for your third FLEX in your 20-team league.

It’s almost identical to his line last week, but at least this one came with the Titans game-scripting the Dolphins to the point where they barely needed to throw. Ridley is making so much money we almost have to believe he’ll have some WR3 games down the stretch after his Week 5 bye, but 141 yards in four games is not an exciting result at the quarter pole.

That was still a large share of 102 total passing yards, but the Titans were able to sit on the ball for most of the second half without being seriously threatened by Tyler Huntley. It was a disappointment after his Week 3 surge, and there are likely better days ahead for Hopkins in fantasy this year. But even if he does have a large share of the passing offense, it’s hard to ignore how little that could be if Mason Rudolph takes over the starting job in Tennessee. Hopkins may just be a bye week fill-in in most fantasy leagues down the stretch.

He added two receptions for zero yards. Spears scored as a wildcat quarterback, faking a handoff to Tony Pollard and running straight up the middle from the seven for an easy touchdown. This was obviously the perfect scenario for him to have a big workload as the Dolphins barely threatened, but it was nice to see him find 17 touches after just 22 in the first three weeks. Spears is an RB3/FLEX back headed into Tennessee’s Week 5 bye.

Pollard salvaged the day with a four-yard touchdown scamper with 24 seconds left in the game that was, as Al Michaels would say, important to some. Pollard had set up Tennessee’s first touchdown with a 41-yard backbreaker that set up first-and-goal at the 7, but Tyjae Spears vultured the touchdown. He heads into the Week 5 bye established as Tennessee’s lead back, but needing the Titans other offensive weapons and overall direction to trend up to be more than a low-end RB2.

You can take the Steelers-Ravens out of Mason Rudolph versus Tyler Huntley, but you can’t stop the bootleg version from being released on the MNF undercard. Taking over after the first couple of drives of the game, Rudolph’s long pass of 27 yards to Tyler Boyd set up a field goal to put the Titans up 9-3 at halftime. The Titans appear to have a fantasy-irrelevant quarterback controversy brewing over their Week 5 bye, which is somehow a situation Mason Rudolph finds himself in every year.

Phillips originally tweaked the knee earlier in the game, but appeared to re-aggravate it in a non-contact situation in the third quarter. The Dolphins could scarcely afford to lose one of their best defensive linemen, but here we are. The quick rule-out is ominous for Phillips’ rest-of-season outlook.

Poyer did not have a recorded tackle before leaving. The 33-year-old safety had 19 tackles in his first three starts with the Dolphins. Miami will use more Marcus Maye with Poyer out.