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Hill caught three passes for 16 yards and a touchdown in the Dolphins’ Week 10 win over the Rams but had totaled 10 catches for 152 yards in his previous two games. Welker attributed last week’s performance to the Rams’ coverage, noting that the offense is “starting to realize how perfect” it has to be to get its receivers opened against coverages. The Dolphins get a very generous Week 11 matchup at home against the Raiders. It’s a good bounce-back spot for Hill in what is a must-win game for the Fins.

Jackson was nursing a knee injury last week but played through it and racked up 290 passing yards and four touchdown passes against the Bengals. He’s clearly dealing with a minor injury, but he’s not at risk of missing Week 11’s game against the Steelers. The two-time MVP will look to continue his push for a third MVP in Sunday’s pivotal AFC North tilt, where he’ll be a solid fantasy QB1.

Pollard is in a “workload management” situation, but his Week 11 status is not in doubt after he played through the issue last Sunday. He did appear to need a few spells against the Chargers, however. Ailing with Tyjae Spears back in the lineup, Pollard is more of a lower-end RB2/FLEX than the high-end RB2 he had been trending as for a few weeks.

Lloyd has been limited in both practices to start the week, but the hamstring injury is somewhat new. He was placed on injury reserve due to an ankle injury, so we aren’t quite sure how much this hamstring injury will affect his return. The Packers currently only have 52 men on their active roster, and Matt LaFleur suggest on Thursday that the 53rd spot could be used on Lloyd. We won’t rule out the possibility of him being activated from IR before the weekend.

Jacobs has been playing through injuries through the last several weeks and will likely do so again this week. This quad injury is something we have not seen for him before, but back-to-back limited practices to open the week suggest he’ll be good to go as a fringe RB1/RB2 in Week 11 against the Bears.

Cousins popping up on Wednesday’s injury report was a bit of a surprise. Despite the surprise addition, he was able to log a limited session to kick off the week and was upgraded to a full participant on Thursday. Assuming he doesn’t suffer any setbacks, Cousins will be good to go in Week 11 against a stout Broncos defense that’s allowing the 10th-fewest passing yards per game this season.

Mooney was listed as limited on Thursday’s report. It’s never a good sign to be added to the injury report on a Thursday, and the nature of his injury only adds more cause for concern. Mooney is quietly having one of the best years of his career. He’s currently sitting on a 46-684-5 line and has posted 80-plus yards in each of his last three games. His absence would be felt by the Falcons’ offense if he’s unable to play in Week 11 against the Broncos. His name will be one to keep an eye on when Friday’s injury report is released.

Allgeier was a limited participant on Wednesday and upgraded to full on Thursday. All things considered, Allgeier appears to be on track to play in Week 11’s game against the Broncos, but he’ll be hard to trust in fantasy as anything more than a touchdown-dependent RB3. Allgeier has averaged just 8.5 carries per game in his last four games and has just one touchdown to his name over that span. He’s worth a dart throw if your fantasy roster has been decimated by the bye week, but should be avoided when possible.

Collins is trending in the direction of playing in Monday night’s game against the Cowboys, but we’ll see how things go during the next two practices. NBC Houston’s Aaron Wilson has claimed Collins is “100 percent ready to go,” so it’s possible this limited practice is the team ramping him up to ensure he’s ready for Week 11. Collins was leading the league in receiving yards before suffering his injury, and won’t have Stefon Diggs (knee) in the mix to vulture targets from him when he does return. Collins will be a solid WR1 in Week 11 if he does return to the field.

With the Cowboys not playing until Monday night, there are still two chances for Ferguson to get on the practice field. An absence due to illness seldom leads to a player missing a game, so we’ll assume Ferguson will be active for Monday’s game against the Texans.

This is great news for Lamb, who battled through a sprained AC joint in the Cowboys’ Week 10 loss to the Eagles. The star receiver should be good to go in Monday night’s game against the Texans, but expectations should be tempered after last week’s messy offensive performance. Lamb still has plenty of upside as a high-volume receiver, but Cooper Rush’s unwillingness to push the ball downfield could result in a lot of short-yardage plays for Lamb. He’s best treated as a solid WR2 in Monday’s game.