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Zeitler did not practice on Wednesday and was upgraded to a limited session on Thursday. He was downgraded to a DNP to close the week, putting him on the wrong side of questionable heading into the weekend. Pro Football Focus has Zeitler graded as one of their 10 best guards this year. Cornerback Carlton Davis was the only other Lions listed as questionable. He practiced in full on Friday and should be good to go.

Though the rookie has not been ruled out of Week 10’s game against the Colts, McDermott said the wrist issue could be a multi-week absence for Coleman, who has emerged as the team’s clear WR1 over the past few weeks. A Coleman absence would conceivably open up for targets for Amari Cooper and Khalil Shakir. The Bills could always revert to the run-heavy ways of earlier in the season with Coleman sidelined.

This comes a day after the Jets traded Mike Williams to the Steelers after Williams ran a wrong route a few weeks ago in a loss to the Bills. Corley had an 18-yard rush last week against the Texans, and has just one catch on the season. The 65th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Corley could mix in with the New York offense as a slot option but won’t be fantasy relevant. Gipson, a kick returner who has four catches on seven targets this season, could also see an uptick in playing time.

Lawrence banged up his shoulder in last week’s loss to the Eagles and could be limited in practice throughout the week ahead of Sunday’s game against the Vikings. Mac Jones would get the start if Lawrence is unable to play through the injury.

Watson is out for the season with a torn Achilles and is due $46 million in each of the next two years. The Browns might figure a way to move on from Watson, 29, this offseason, and if he stays put, he likely won’t be ready for game action until the middle of the 2025 season. Watson’s return to Cleveland remains a long shot.

Beathard will rejoin the Jaguars after spending the past two seasons in Jacksonville as Trevor Lawrence’s backup. Last year, Beathard threw for 349 yards and a touchdown in seven appearances for the Jaguars.

Brown started listed DNP on Monday, but returned to practice in a limited capacity Tuesday. He missed Week 9 against the Raiders after exiting Week 8 due to a knee injury. Cody Ford started for him in his absence, but Brown’s limited practice indicates he is trending to play Thursday against the Ravens. Wednesday’s status update will provide further clarity on Brown’s chances of playing.

Jones suffered a groin injury in practice last week and missed Week 9 against the Raiders. He has primarily been a reserve and kick return specialist this season, catching one pass for five yards and returning 14 punts and five kicks this season, including a 100-yard kick return touchdown in Week 8. Trenton Irwin will fill in Jones’ role if he misses Thursday against the Ravens.

The Enquirer’s Charlie Goldsmith reported that Taylor would not take off the table the notion of Herbert playing Thursday against the Ravens. With Zack Moss (neck) likely out for the season, the Bengals need further depth behind Chase Brown, who saw a workhorse load in Week 9. It seems the Bengals like Herbert’s abilities as a runner and “willing protector” and did a lot of scouting on him leading up to the trade deadline. If Herbert is indeed active, fantasy managers should expect him to rotate in just to spell Brown on occasion. Herbert should be left on benches for Week 10 but has intriguing FLEX value the rest of the season.

Gipson returns to the 49ers after spending the 2022-23 seasons with the team. He signed with the Jaguars for 2024, but served a suspension for violating the league’s performance enhancing substances policy. It was initially a six-game suspension, but Gipson was not reinstated after the six games. The Jaguars released him earlier in the week without Gipson having played a game for them and now he’s back with the 49ers. K Anders Carlson was released from the practice squad in a corresponding move.

He likely won’t play on Thursday after missing back-to-back practices. Mark Andrews and Charlie Kolar will pick up the slack for the Baltimore TE corps against the Bengals. Likely is droppable in standard leagues.