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Simmons will miss the with a lingering hamstring injury that almost kept him out of Week 7’s game against the Seahawks. The loss of Simmons is a plus for Baker Mayfield and the Tampa passing offense, which will be without Chris Godwin (ankle) and Mike Evans (hamstring). Atlanta will also be down two offensive linemen against the Bucs.

Had Patrick Mahomes led Gray a little less on a deep target in the first quarter, this could have been a 5/~90/1 line. Alas. Gray has worked as a main offensive cog for most of the last three weeks and will be a borderline TE1 in Week 14 against the Chargers.

He had an uncharacteristic drop over the middle, and only managed three red-zone targets in the contest. One of them, though, he was open on a cover-zero look from the Raiders and Patrick Mahomes simply placed it to the opposite shoulder of what Kelce was looking for. Rough. He’ll be a realistic TE1 against the Chargers in Week 14 but this offense is struggling enough that it is hard to call him much more than that.

He added two long DPI penalties for a total of 46 yards you probably were not compensated for in fantasy. Hopkins’ only real sin in this game was dropping a wide-open catch over the middle of the field on a Patrick Mahomes miracle-scramble. He also one-handed a would-be touchdown out of the back of the end zone in the fourth quarter. Hopkins has not exactly been a league-winner for the Chiefs, being held under 60 yards in his three previous games. He’ll be a bottom-tier WR3 option or good FLEX against the Chargers in Week 14.

The 49ers selected Bell in the 2023 NFL draft’s seventh round after the former Michigan prospect flashed explosive traits at the NFL combine. Bell was never able to produce consistently as a receiver and likewise struggled to find his footing on special teams. He concludes his 49ers tenure with eight receptions, 90 yards and three touchdowns on 19 targets.

No full-time role for Hunt is pretty much the end of his fantasy viability as a starter. He added two catches for zero yards on four targets. He doesn’t have to be outright dropped — you certainly could argue he’s droppable if you need a roster spot — but he can be safely benched in most leagues for the time being.

He added one catch for five yards. Kansas City looked wholly unable to run when they tried in this game, with 13 of their 14 running back carries going for a combined 25 yards. Pacheco’s 34-yarder in the third quarter was both good (clearly salvaged some value for those forced to play him this week) and a little ugly (it didn’t look like he had rediscovered that next gear in the open field yet.) Splitting carries almost down the middle with Kareem Hunt on non-Perine downs and in an offense that is struggling, Pacheco certainly isn’t a must-play in Week 14 without some positive coach quotes about his role growing.

He’s taken 10 sacks in the last two weeks and the offensive line play was so bad that Joe Thuney, an All-Pro guard, kicked out to left tackle to replace Wanya Morris late in the game. A promising third-quarter drive was derailed by a 17-yard gigasack where he fumbled while backpedaling. Mahomes wasn’t without blame — he missed some open deep balls and it appeared he went to the wrong shoulder on a red zone throw to Travis Kelce, which is a rare miscommunication between those two. But it largely has not been his fault that this operation continues to struggle. A Week 14 matchup with the Chargers will probably remain firmly in fantasy football stayaway territory.

It was a deep shot down the left sideline where Tucker came out of the backfield on a wheel, with Justin Reid stumbling a bit in coverage, and Aidan O’Connell hit Tucker in stride for the score. It’s harder to tell a rosy fantasy story about Tucker going forward with only one target, but he did pop off for 7/82 in eight targets last week. Tucker probably should remain on the waiver wire in most leagues against Tampa Bay in Week 14, but it’s good for his value to see some positive momentum developing in this passing game.

Meyers actually had a chance to score in the first quarter, but Aidan O’Connell’s deep floater caused him to have to come back into the deepest defender on the sideline and he had to settle for a 43-yard catch. Meyers now has 25 targets in the last two weeks. Hard to call him anything less than a WR3 heading into Week 14’s game against the Buccaneers with this overall production profile, the shape of the Vegas passing game, and O’Connell’s performance today.

He also rushed once for two yards. Bowers’ touchdown was slipped by Aidan O’Connell over some underneath defenders in zone. His most impressive play was a one-handed snag through a defensive pass interference call on Trent McDuffie, an extremely respectable Mossing even if there was a bit of a push-off. He’s now five behind Sam LaPorta for the most catches by a rookie tight end in NFL history with six games to play and is locked into a huge role in this offense. He’ll remain one of the few true TE1 overall threats against Tampa Bay in Week 14.