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Bo Nix is the obvious lock to make the roster here, while Zach Wilson and Jarrett Stidham were left to battle it out for the QB2 role. Wilson played on all but one drive for the Broncos on Sunday, throwing for 251 yards and two scores while rushing for another. Wilson played well enough this preseason to justify being kept on the roster if the Broncos wanted to keep three quarterbacks. Assuming Payton isn’t sending smoke signals on this one, it sounds like they are more than ready to carry three signal-callers entering Week 1, with Nix already named the starter.

Raimann missed two games with the knee issue but is good to go for Week 13. Matt Gonclaves had been starting in his place and could stay in the lineup, only at right tackle. Braden Smith is out for personal reasons this week, leaving an opening for Gonclaves on the right side.

The hamstring injury Mooney suffered in Week 12’s loss to the Broncos was reported as minor the following day. After logging a limited week of practice, the speedster is officially good to go for this week’s game against the Chargers. Prior to last week’s injury, Mooney had posted three-straight games of 86 or more yards and found the end zone in two of those games. Mooney profiles as a fringe WR2/WR3 against one of the league’s top defenses.

London was a surprise addition to Thursday’s injury report, but whatever he’s dealing with appears minor. With Morris clearing up any concern over his WR1’s availability, fantasy managers can look to London as a top-24 option against a stout Chargers defense.

Head coach Shane Steichen called Downs a long-shot to play earlier this week, so the news isn’t much of a surprise. Downs fell hard on his shoulder in the Colts’ Week 12 loss to the Lions but played through the injury until the final whistle. Once the adrenaline wore off, it was fairly obvious that he would miss some time with the issue. Michael Pittman should pace the Colts in targets this week, putting him on the WR3 radar despite Anthony Richardson’s accuracy woes.

The Chiefs are nearing full strength as they get Isiah Pacheco and Charles Omenihu back for this week’s game. There are no key absences of note for them this week, although fantasy managers will want to make sure they got Spencer Shrader out of their lineups if they have him rostered.

Mattison’s absence means Ameer Abdullah is officially on the fantasy radar as a low-end RB3. With Zamir White (quad) already ruled out before Friday, the Raiders are again looking to Abdullah and Sincere McCormick to lead the backfield. Abdullah saw six targets and ran a league-high 43 routes in last week’s game against the Broncos. He should have some sold PPR upside for fantasy managers in a pinch. In addition to Mattison, the Raiders also declared CB Nate Hobbs, OG Cody Whitehair, WR Ramel Keyton, and TE Harrison Bryant, and DT Matthew Butler inactive for Week 13.

Linebacker Logan Wilson is questionable after being added to the injury report with a knee issue this week. Not that the Steelers needed to be asked twice to run the football, but a handful of injuries to Cincy’s front-seven will do the trick anyway. Wilson leads the Bengals in tackles. Rankins has missed a few games this year, limiting him to one sack and one TFL in seven starts.

Sanders suffered a neck injury in the Panthers’ Week 12 loss to the Chiefs. While he avoided serious injury, the rookie was not expected to play this week following the scare. Tommy Tremble will serve as the Panthers’ TE1 this week while we now wait to see if Sanders will have a chance to play in Week 14 against the Eagles.

Coker did not practice this week and has now been ruled out. It will be the second consecutive game the rookie has missed since popping up on the injury report late last week. His absence doesn’t come as a surprise after head coach Dave Canales said on Wednesday that he didn’t expect Coker to play. We’ll see if he’s able to get on the field in Week 14 when the Panthers hit the road to take on the Eagles.

Brown knows how to climb the corporate ladder. Just 17 days after being named as the Bears’ interim offensive coordinator following the firing of Shane Waldron, Brown is now poised to take over as the Bears’ interim head coach with Matt Eberflus now gone. In three games as the Bears offensive coordinator, Brown head the team averaging 22.0 points per game and 363.3 yards per game — both totals are above the team’s average for the season. He’ll now have five weeks to show what he can do as a head coach, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Bears fully gut the operation and rebuild its staff from the ground up.