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Hockenson played about half of the team’s offensive snaps through three quarters but gave way to Josh Oliver for most of the final frame, with the latter catching a touchdown with just over two minutes left to play. Hockenson should continue to see his snap rate increase as he works his way back into game shape following a torn ACL suffered late in 2023.

That may as well be a glaring siren that at least one of Austin Ekeler (concussion) and Brian Robinson Jr. (ankle) are going to be hard to trust this week. Jeremy McNichols is the only healthy back on the Commanders roster. It’s possible that Rodriguez gets as far up the pecking order as lead committee back this week if both Ekeler and Robinson sit. He’s a potentially worthwhile waiver claim in deeper leagues.

He will, as always, miss at least the next four games. Zane Gonzalez will kick for the Commanders this week, though it will be his last practice-squad elevation and it is unknown if they’ll sign him to the active roster after Week 13. Seibert missed a field goal and two extra points, including one that would have tied the game, against the Cowboys in Week 12. He claimed he was healthy afterwards, but it was fairly obvious he was still struggling.

Dulcich has just 16 targets over the last two seasons under Sean Payton, but perhaps a change of scenery can bring him back to the 2022 form that saw him targeted 55 times in just 10 games under Nathaniel Hackett. He’ll have to beat out Daniel Bellinger and Chris Manhertz to see playing time with the Giants in their last six weeks of the season. Dulcich is under contract for one more season after this on his rookie deal.

He’ll miss at least the next four games. Pace Jr. hasn’t been quite the force he was in 2023 as a coverage player in his second season, but his 85.6 PFF run defense grade shows how important he is for the Vikings run defense. He left Week 12’s game against the Bears after just five snaps. Kamu Grugier-Hill picked up most of the snaps next to Blake Cashman in his absence.

Dan Campbell said the Lions were waiting for a second opinion on Raymond and that they’re not feeling good about him being up this week. Tim Patrick saw much more work on Sunday and would likely be Raymond’s main replacement on offense for those of you in deeper leagues.

Dan Campbell said he was feeling good about St. Brown playing this week. He also said he might use St. Brown as the punt returner this week with Kalif Raymond likely out. As long as nothing major pops up on Wednesday, Brown will be on the WR1/WR2 borderline against the Bears in Week 13.

Combine the upgrade from a Monday DNP with Dan Campbell saying he was feeling good about Montgomery’s chances and we have a much more optimistic outlook on Montgomery playing in Week 13 than we did 24 hours ago. Montgomery will be on the RB1 line against the Bears in what projects as a decisive Lions win.

It was officially a walkthrough estimation. We imagine at this point we won’t get further clarity on Johnson’s status until the Wednesday report deems him questionable or removes him from the report. We’d bet on him playing on Thursday at this point but it is an open question.

It sure sounds like Pacheco will be back this week, if Nagy is talking about getting him back in the present tense like this: “The best part about that is you just don’t have one where they’re getting worn down by the time you get to the fourth quarter.” It’s possible that this situation becomes a committee while Pacheco gets his workload restored slowly. It’s also possible that Hunt just becomes a fantasy football bench stash going forward. Stay tuned (on Friday, we’re guessing.)

With Spencer Shrader not practicing due to a hamstring injury, the Chiefs could turn to Wright as their kicker on Black Friday against the Raiders. Wright went 3-for-3 for the 49ers earlier this year and has a career 86.0 percent success rate on field goals in five seasons.