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Allen is 16-18 in his first two seasons with the Saints. A 9-8 record in 2023 was an improvement on last year’s seven-win season, but Allen and the Saints will have their work cut out for them in 2024. While quarterback Derek Carr showed improved play down the stretch, it’s hard to imagine this team taking a significant leap as long as Carr is under center. In addition to their underwhelming quarterback situation, the Saints are also dealing with the worst cap situation in the league — which has been par for the course in recent years. Their poor cap situation is amplified by the fact they also have one of the oldest rosters in the league, which could suggest a down 2024 is in store. Allen should be back with the Saints next season, but he’ll have his work cut out for him in year three.

Metchie played 21 of 50 snaps against the Dolphins in Week 15, dropping a long C.J. Stroud touchdown. If he can’t go against the Chiefs in Week 16, Xavier Hutchinson will step into the Texans WR4 role. Neither will be interesting in fantasy football outside of the deepest leagues.

This would seem to get him in line to play against the Texans in Week 16. The Chiefs are conducting lower-intensity practices ahead of the game so it’s possible there’s a little gamesmanship in these listings. Brown won’t be a fantasy football factor until it’s established that he’s playing a full workload in a Chiefs passing game that spreads the ball around.

Mahomes met with reporters — another sign of optimism towards him playing — and told them he won’t push the ankle if he feels he can’t play the way he wants. Andy Reid told reporters: “The doctor will talk to me. If he can go, he’ll go. If he can’t, he can’t. It’s that simple. That’s how we’ll roll. I’ll just take it day by day and see how he does.” We’d still be wary of Mahomes playing in Week 16, and this was just a light walkthrough for the Chiefs, but this is definitely a more optimistic update than we expected today.

Higbee is not a recommended waiver target with Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua producing and commanding heavy target volumes, but it’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility that he can come back and be a low-end TE1 for the remainder of the season. He tore his ACL in January and spent almost the entire allotment of his 21-day window practicing with the team before being activated.

He said that it was a place he’d be excited about staying, telling reporters “I don’t know what the future holds but I definitely got a home in Houston, and I love those guys over there. They’re good people.” Diggs’ market is uncertain after the 31-year-old tore his ACL in Week 8. It’s possible he comes back to Houston on a short-term contract, but he might be a better fit in a different offense in 2025, one where he’s not quite so obviously the WR2 to Nico Collins.

With no playoffs on tap for the Panthers, it ends the rookie’s season. The 72nd overall pick in the draft had started to come on lately as a pass rusher, notching four straight PFF grades above 66 in the category before leaving Week 15’s game with the injury. The coverage linebacker will probably be in Carolina’s plans in the middle for 2025.

It’s a new listing. Fields did take a fairly decent hit against the Eagles in his one snap, one carry performance. Kyle Allen is the Steelers third quarterback should Fields miss Week 16’s game against the Ravens.

He was recorded working off to the side and doing some stutter-step drills, so perhaps there’s a chance that he’ll be able to turn this around ahead of Saturday’s game against the Ravens. Pickens has missed two games since suffering a hamstring strain in practice. Pittsburgh has thrown for 147 total yards and 107 total yards in two games without him.

The Steelers often give Watt a veteran day off at the start of the week, so it’s hard to read too much into this as far as it relates to his odds of suiting up on Saturday. A DNP on Wednesday would be much more telling for Watt’s status against the Ravens in Week 16.