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Hardman departed in the first quarter following a hard fall on the sidelines on a punt return, initially listed as questionable to return. He would start the second half with the team and eventually secure all three targets for a modest 17 yards. He also saw a red zone carry that was called back for offensive holding. Even so, Hardman’s fantasy utility in an offense now with DeAndre Hopkins is fleeting, at best.

Pop pops up on the injury report with an ankle designation ahead of Week 13’s game with the Colts. Given the early week and the fact that it’s only a limited tag, we’d expect him to be able to play. Thursday and Friday’s statuses will tell more of the score.

He got in a limited session today and Monday but did not practice on Tuesday. We expect visions of a Drew Lock interception bonanza to get Diggs excited to play tomorrow, but it’s certainly no lock and he was inactive for Week 12.

He got in a full practice on Wednesday and will be a low-end superflex QB2 against the Giants on Thursday. Rush has thrown for 247/2 and 354/1 in his last two starts and will get Brandin Cooks back for Thanksgiving. It’s not enough to make us actively recommend starting him, but “Giants at home” is a pretty enticing look.

Wan’Dale Lamb, as some have called him, will get ready for his weekly allotment of passes with an aDOT under five against the Giants this week. He’ll be more of a WR2/3 in most leagues for the remainder of the year as Mike McCarthy tries to create the world’s most horizontal offense.

He has not practiced since suffering the concussion in Week 11 against the Texans. It will remain the Luke Schoonmaker show against the Giants and Schoonmaker is a PPR Scheme TE1 flier this week. Ferguson’s concussion must be pretty serious for us to see no signs of even a limited practice at this point and fantasy managers reliant on him may want to start making other plans for Week 14.

He was questionable despite not practicing last week, so a limited practice should put him in a better spot to be active in Week 13 against the Eagles. Smith has had a down season in coverage but is one of the best in the business against the run and his physicality will be key for a Ravens defense hoping to minimize the damage against Saquon Barkley.

He seems to be trending towards playing for the first time since Week 8. He had just 13 carries in the six weeks before he hit injured reserve. Williams is firmly off the fantasy radar unless one of Taysom Hill or Alvin Kamara get injured at this point.

That does not necessarily mean he’ll play, of course, but Brown has made posts of him working with the JUGS machine on his Instagram account. Brown was not expected to play in the regular season after suffering the dislocated collarbone on his first snap of preseason play. However, it appears there still might be some room for him to come back to the team in the playoffs, and perhaps some late-season play, if he continues to rehab as well as it looks from the outside.

Shrader is now firmly on the wrong side of questionable, having missed both of the Chiefs’ first two practices this week. The Chiefs notably signed K Matthew Wright to the practice squad on Tuesday. Shrader makes for a very risky start, if active.

Tucker should be available for Aidan O’Connell’s first game back from injured reserve. The speedy field-stretching wide receiver is entirely dependent on explosive plays to return fantasy value, offering fantasy managers the lowest of floors. This is the type of matchup where O’Connell should drop back at an above-average rate though, giving Tucker WR6-viability.