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Jenkins missed Week 11 with an ankle issue, but a limited session to open the week gives him a good shot at suiting up on Sunday. The Bears got both their starting tackles back in the lineup last week and could return Jenkins to the field as well, giving Caleb Williams the best line he has played behind in a while.

Apparently Swift sustained a groin injury in Week 10 against Green Bay, a game that saw him run for 71 yard and a score on 14 rushes. Fantasy managers should keep an eye on Swift’s late-week practice participation before they put him in lineups for Week 11. Roschon Johnson would become a top-15 fantasy play if Swift were to be sidelined this week against Minnesota.

Allen has managed between 33 and 44 yards in each of the last six games, making him effectively a touchdown-or-bust gamble for most fantasy leagues. He has two touchdowns this year, both against the Jaguars in Week 5. He’s a deep-league FLEX at best at this point, and for all the snap volume he’s getting, the Bears are struggling to get anything out of him.

Kmet was the recipient of Caleb Williams’ best ball of the day, catching a 25-yard hole shot in zone on the sideline. Kmet has eight targets for 69 yards since Week 6’s two-touchdown scorcher against the Jaguars. This at least is a more reasonable line for someone ostensibly on the TE1 fringe.

He added one carry for five yards. Moore was heavily involved in the screen game in this one, and paid for it as he left with trainers before halftime. He did come back, but had just two second-half targets, one of them a DPI erased by penalty. Assuming he’s healthy for Week 12, Moore’s screen-heavy role is a good look for his chances against the Vikings next week. But given how the Vikings have steamrolled most offenses this year, Moore is a WR3 at best for that matchup.

It was Odunze’s highest target total since Week 3, and he was agonizingly close to doing more. A sideline pass from Caleb Williams glanced off his fingertips, and as the Bears had to throw later in the game, Odunze was clearly their No. 1 target. He’ll be a WR4/FLEX play against the Vikings next week as the Bears figure to struggle throwing the ball in that one, but the target story is looking better for him.

He added one catch for eight yards on his only target. Johnson had not seen volume like this since Week 5’s win over the Panthers. In fact, he had just nine offensive touches the last three weeks. Johnson’s role — which looks to include at least some red zone work — should terrify D’Andre Swift rosterers. Johnson will only be a touchdown-or-bust FLEX play against the Vikings next week, but that’s more than you could say about him for most of last month.

Thomas Brown saw the backfield a little differently than Shane Waldron did. Swift had seen at least 16 carries in every game since Week 4, but Roschon Johnson came roaring out of the gates to claim a real role in the backfield — worse, Roschon saw goal line carries. Swift’s touchdown run left Xavier McKinney seeing stars, but a Johnson role expansion would be terrible news for his long-term fantasy prospects. Swift is only a borderline RB2 against the Vikings in Week 12.

One thing that immediately changed under new OC Thomas Brown: Williams rushed nine times for 70 yards and looked to have the green light to scramble. Given the ball down 20-19, Williams was immediately sacked twice to the two-minute warning, but was able to convert a new set of downs from third-and-19 with a 16-yard scramble drill completion to Rome Odunze and a back shoulder ball for 21 more yards to Odunze on fourth down. The new horizontal focus of the Bears pass game will serve them well down the stretch, but only superflex players should consider starting Williams into Brian Flores’ defense next week.

Jake Curhan replaced Bates at guard. If Bates misses additional time, Curhan would be in line to play more. The Bears have hit a big rash of offensive line injuries of late.