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Herbert exited in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Steelers and didn’t return to the field. While the severity of his ankle injury is unknown at this time, we know he entered the week already dealing with the injury, and a re-aggravation of the injury doesn’t seem great for his Week 4 availability. There’s still plenty of time to see how things unfold during a week of practice, but it wouldn’t be surprising if the Chargers opted not to risk his long-term health in next week’s divisional matchup against the Chiefs.

Though Charbonnet wasn’t particularly impressive, he once again benefited from touch volume with Ken Walker (oblique) on the sideline. Charbonnet ran tough, as usual, and cashed in two inside-the-10 rushes for a pair of scores against an exploitable Miami run defense. He had 18 of the team’s 21 running back rushes. As long as Walker is out, Charbonnet profiles as a top-12 fantasy play with plenty of touchdown upside in a potent Seahawks offense.

Irving has now out-rushed Rachaad White in all three games this season, contests with wildly different game scripts. He isn’t yet forcing White out of the mix on early downs, but Irving is positioning himself to become the primary between-the-tackles option. It’s not yet really translating to standalone FLEX value, but Irving is a strong bench stash ahead of Week 4 against the Eagles.

With the Bucs playing from behind all afternoon, White was out-rushed by rookie Bucky Irving for the third time in as many contests. Although Irving isn’t exactly seizing the day as the clear early-down back, it’s clear White has lost his every-down monopoly in this backfield. He is catching enough passes to remain in the low-end RB2 mix for the time being, including for Week 4 against the Eagles.

McLaughlin’s touchdown was a one-yarder where he bounced to the edge but then had to use his power to get into the end zone. It was the only positive on an afternoon where coach Sean Payton introduced third-year pro Tyler Badie to his running back rotation. Sitting on 52 yards from scrimmage through three contests, McLaughlin has removed himself from the FLEX mix ahead of Week 4 against the Jets.

Unused by the Ravens last season, Badie received two touches in Week 2 before operating as the Broncos’ feature back in fourth quarter closeout mode of a 23-7 (at the time) game. Badie didn’t do much in the first three frames, but his final period performance was more than Javonte Williams has shown in any quarter this season. We wouldn’t be shocked if Badie gets some earlier work in Week 4 against the Jets, but he’s probably still best left on waiver wires for the time being.

The biggest news out of Kansas City heading into Week 3 is the absence of running back Isiah Pacheco. Also, running back Kareem Hunt was signed to the practice squad and not elevated prior to the team’s Sunday Night Football game.

For the third consecutive week, the Falcons enter their game with a relatively clean bill of health. That’s good news considering a matchup with the stalwart Chiefs on deck.

Both the catches and yards were easily new season highs for a veteran wideout off to a slow start. One of Sutton’s missed connections was an end zone grab where he couldn’t quite get both feet down. Although Bo Nix’s box score wasn’t terribly different from Weeks 1-2, the rookie certainly looked more confident and poised this afternoon. That will be an absolute must going forward if Sutton is going to fight his way back into the WR3 mix. Don’t count on it for Week 4 against Sauce Gardner’s Jets.

Schultz is the distant fourth option in the Houston passing offense. He had three targets in each of the Texans’ first two regular season games before Week 3’s quiet outing against the Vikings. Schultz is not fantasy relevant in any format.