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The Raiders were put in a bind at quarterback after Aidan O’Connell hit injured reserve with a thumb injury. Ridder is likely to serve as the primary backup behind Gardner Minshew while O’Connell is on injured reserve. Ridder was signed to the Arizona practice squad after Clayton Tune beat him out this offseason for the primary backup role behind Kyler Murray.

No surprise, clearing the protocol would have always been tough on a short week. Dontayvion Wicks will get a role elevation in Week 13 and be a potential FLEX option without Doubs. The Packers also ruled out Jaire Alexander (knee) and Edgerrin Cooper (hamstring) for Thursday night.

His 21-day window will open and he was spotted practicing on Wednesday. Adams will be a part of the DL rotation for the Steelers this week assuming there are no setbacks on Thursday or Friday.

Isn’t he always, though? Armstead got in a limited session on Wednesday and should be good to go given last week’s start off zero practice. The Dolphins will need their star tackle to help move the ball against the Packers on Thursday.

It would be no surprise at all to see Sanders held out for a week or two after a scary collision that sent him to the hospital during Week 12’s game against the Chiefs. Sanders has been behind Tommy Tremble most of the year and would not be a particularly good fantasy football play even if he was able to get back on the practice field ahead of Week 13’s matchup with the Buccaneers. Panthers coach Dave Canales said that he does not anticipate Sanders playing this week.

He’ll be out until at least Week 18. Christian Haynes replaced Bradford, who has been a bit of a sieve this year, at guard. Bradford has 10 penalties and a 53.0 PFF pass block grade in 11 starts this season.

Will he throw today? Shanahan told reporters: “We’ll decide when we get out there.” Not exactly a comforting sentiment. We suspect Thursday and Friday’s updates will be more impactful as far as Purdy’s chances of playing through his shoulder soreness but a quarterback who isn’t throwing at practice doesn’t strike us as particularly likely to play. It could be the Brandon Allen show for another week.

Cool. The 2022 Texas-San Antonio UDFA will likely remain part of a committee on an offense that is untrustable for fantasy purposes. We’re glad Mr. Pierce is excited about something on this football team with six weeks remaining. McCormick had five carries for 33 yards last week.

As expected. O’Connell will be a bottom-basement superflex play against a solid Chiefs defense. He has just two touchdown throws in four games this year and has cleared 100 yards only once. It is a somewhat concerning development for Brock Bowers and Jakobi Meyers, though it’s possible the Norv Turner/Scott Turner Overdrive Hive Mind will be able to get better production out of O’Connell than Luke Getsy did.

That opens up his 21-day window to return. Brian Callahan told reporters that Awuzie will likely need to get back into football shape before he gets placed on the active roster. That reads like a quote about a player who won’t be active in Week 13. Perhaps Week 14 is a reasonable guess for an Awuzie return.

More importantly, he said it was not off the table in-season. Lawrence has stated that he would prefer to play the rest of the season, but the Jaguars don’t really have much reason to risk him given their 2-9 record. It would be stunningly bad management if the Jaguars managed to get Lawrence hurt worse than he already is playing out the string. Nevertheless, he is expected to practice today. Major developments in this story are more likely to come from an interview than from a practice report.