With Downs shipped out, the slot role will go to Gould, who has four receptions for 45 yards over three seasons with the Colts. Downs had accounted for 18 percent of the team’s targets and 24 percent of the team’s air yards through Week 9. The Colts use three wideout sets on 59 percent of their offensive plays, the 12th highest rate in the NFL. They rank 29th in EPA per pas attempt with three receivers on the field. Gould should be rostered in deeper formats based on route volume alone.

Graziano said there’s an outside chance the Rams won’t put Nacua on injured reserve ahead of Week 10. Rams sources “were very adamant that Nacua’s injury isn’t season-ending and that they hope to get him back around that Week 14, Week 15 time.” With Davante Adams (hamstring) also sidelined, look for the Rams offense to be unusually run heavy in the coming weeks. That should mean more work for Kyren Williams and Blake Corum. Tyler Higbee and Colby Parkinson could see an uptick in targets too. If Terrance Ferguson (hamstring) is ever able to return to game action, he could profile as the team’s top target. Nacua had seen 44 percent of the Rams’ first-read targets this season, the highest rate in the NFL.

Watson was sidelined last week against the Saints with a brain injury. He’ll back in time to face his former team as the Browns push for postseason contention in the competitive NFC North. Shedeur Sanders will revert to his backup role in Week 10 after throwing for 297 yards and two touchdowns against the Saints in an overtime loss. Watson will be a borderline fantasy option against a pass-funnel Texans defense that has allowed the third most air yards per game this season.

“They were certainly big game hunting,” Raanan said. Though the thought of the Falcons parting ways with the centerpiece of their offense sounds ridiculous, it’s clear John Harbaugh and the Giants see themselves as a postseason team that won’t be content with a playoff berth. The inquiry on Bijan speaks to the Giants’ ongoing skepticism of Cam Skattebo as a true lead back. The team has done everything they can to prevent Skattebo from taking on a big backfield workload. In Week 10 against the Commanders, with a flurry of backfield injuries and Devin Singletary coming off one of the worst running back performances in NFL history, the Giants might have no choice but to feed Skattebo, who should be started in all 12-team leagues.

He’ll be ready to take on the Commanders on Thursday night barring a major setback. McCarthy can be penciled in as a mid-range QB2 for the game given the Commanders’ pass-funnel nature.

He had clearly been laboring since the bye week and this will give Willis some time to heal. This is not regarded as a season-ending injury and Willis will be eligible to return in Week 14. In the mean time, it appears we’re all about to see how well the roster cutdown Kyle McCord trade works out for the Dolphins.

It was an obvious fit. Downs will slot in as Kansas City’s No. 2 wideout behind Rashee Rice and his fantasy stock receives a slight upgrade — though we felt like we’ve spent all year saying that and never seeing any actual returns for it — while Xavier Worthy moves back to the undesirable FLEX shadow zone. The Colts had to make this trade as Downs was a free agent at year’s end, but it has left them with a completely indecipherable wideout room. Ashton Dulin is perhaps the No. 1 target Daniel Jones has outside of Tyler Warren and Jonathan Taylor.

Multiple teams, per Pelissero, offered a second-round pick. It sounds like Indianapolis was holding out for a first. Playing out the season in Indy, Taylor will likely retain RB1 value despite a gross situation. It should be noted that Seth McGowan had begun to cut into Taylor’s playing time a bit, but with the Colts now committed to Taylor for the short-term, it’s plausible that he’ll operate at a 70-75 percent of snaps player for the remainder of the season. McGowan retains contingency value in fantasy leagues but will not stumble into a major role barring injury.

Schultz reports the Vikings called on Herbert, but the Chargers had no interest in moving on. It’s hard to understand what Herbert’s market value would have been — this has been one of the most disgusting outlier seasons for a previously good quarterback in recent memory — but the Chargers appear ready to move forward with him as their franchise quarterback.

In other words, Kirk Cousins could immediately slide in as the starting quarterback. As for Murray, he appears safe to drop in most formats. Call of Duty released on October 23. Not sure why that appeared in this post, but we seem to be unable to backspace it.