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The Athletic’s Jeff Zrebiec notes that Madubuike “mostly takes part in the team stretch, does some light individual work with a coach or athletic trainer and then heads to another field for conditioning. He hasn’t done anything that involves significant contact, including striking the blocking sled.” It’s certainly possible that Madubuike takes into the regular season to be ready to play football again based on this update, even if it is good news that he’s going through a ramp up. Zrebiec mentions that Madubuike could be a candidate for an IR-return spot.

He wasn’t healthy for much of training camp and apparently wasn’t needed to help further teach the Matt Nagy offense to the Giants. Smith-Schuster is just veteran depth at this point of his career, he’ll try to catch on elsewhere before the season starts.

It was suggested by Sports Illustrated’s John Shipley that the Jaguars could be “tipping their hand” here, as he writes “it is clear the Jaguars believe they need to devote more practice time with Hunter before Week 1 at cornerback, which could be the biggest signal yet that the majority of his snaps against the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 13 will be at cornerback.” Hunter will likely still be involved in the offense — he has worked with the offense every day before this — but it is notable that there was a shift here. Hunter will likely be just a dart throw WR5/WR6 in most standard leagues this year.

He couldn’t put any weight on his leg and “smacked the cart when he sat on it.” This sounds like it has the potential to be a season-ender for the newly-signed center. The Chargers did just spend a second-round pick on Florida’s Jake Slaughter, but he’s been in competition for the left guard spot. If Biadasz is out for a significant period, it would make sense for them to divert Slaughter back to the position he played in college.

Monangai suffered a hyperextended knee in practice and was expected to miss multiple weeks per reports. This statement is well in line with that conclusion. It sounds like Monangai has a good chance to be ready for the regular season and this shouldn’t grievously wound his fantasy football draft stock.

Arnold hasn’t officially signed with the Seahawks yet and they are “working through the timing and it will take a while.” The NFL coming out ahead of this and noting that he’ll be on the commissioner’s exempt list probably won’t help his once-robust market, but we’ll see how the roster machinations play out over the next few weeks.

Thornton headed into the medical tent and was subsequently carted to the locker room at Tuesday’s practice. Now it’s been revealed that he suffered a hamstring strain. It’s unclear how long Thornton might be out, but his injury further opens the door for camp standout Cyrus Allen.

Harris visited the Giants on Monday and the connection is obvious with Greg Roman on the coaching staff after he was the OC with the Chargers, where Harris played last year. The Giants maybe aren’t the ideal landing spot with Cam Skattebo, Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary all healthy at the moment. Harris should work as the RB3 with occasional opportunities to cut into Skattebo’s workload.

Thornton spent time in the medical tent before he was carted to the locker room during Tuesday’s practice. It’s unclear what the injury may be. Hopefully it’s nothing serious, but if Thornton has to miss time during the regular season that would stand to benefit Cyrus Allen as he tries to establish himself in the Chiefs’ receiver group.

Sadiq is getting closer to being ready, according to Glenn. The head coach reiterated as he said earlier this month that Sadiq’s absence won’t extend into the regular season. Missing as much time as he did this offseason and in training camp, it’s unlikely Sadiq will have an immediate fantasy impact.