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    Jeanty ankle sprain ‘more low than high’

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    NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports Ashton Jeanty’s ankle sprain is “more low than high.”

    We’re not sure if that’s an official medical diagnosis but it’s good news that the Raiders are not saying the second-year back sustained a real-deal high ankle injury, the kind of injury that often leads to an extended absence and significant rehab time. Rapoport said the Raiders are hopeful Jeanty can suit up for Week 1 against the Dolphins, though the team is far from certain Jeanty will be ready to go after suffering the ankle injury during Sunday’s practice. He added Jeanty’s injury is not of the season-threatening variety. If Jeanty is sidelined for Week 1, Mike Washington, Jr. would likely take over as the team’s lead back and would be locked in as a starter in 12-team fantasy leagues.
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    Jeanty, who is dealing with a foot/ankle injury, wasn’t effective on the ground, but that didn’t stop him from scoring his first rushing touchdown of the season. Jeanty punched in a one-yard score in the first quarter of Sunday’s game to give the Raiders an early 7-3 lead, but averaged a disappointing 2.2 YPC overall. He did manage a solid 4-36-0 receiving line on six targets, with two of his four receptions coming on the Raiders’ third drive of the game. Jeanty appeared on 15 more snaps than Mike Washington and out-touched him 14 to 10. While he continues to struggle from an efficiency standpoint, Jeanty’s volume will make him a low-end RB1 next week against the Rams.
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    The Raiders’ starting running back is good to go for what should be a fantasy-friendly game environment. The Raiders encouragingly stopped listing Jeanty with an ankle injury this week. Hopefully, his remaining plantar fasciitis issue subsides before long as well. Jeanty is a low-end RB1 in Week 6.
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    The quotes read a tad bit more enthusiastically than Jeanty did while speaking to media members at his locker, but this is still good to hear. Jeanty has been dealing with an ankle injury for a long time, but the team took that injury off the weekly practice report this week. He is now listed only with the foot injury after experiencing “a flare-up of plantar fasciitis” last Friday. Jeanty is a low-end RB1 against the Bills this week.
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    Jeanty’s previous ankle designation was removed from the injury report and he was a full practice participant on Wednesday. His practice participation lines up with Raiders coach Klint Kubiak saying the 22-year-old running back was starting to “feel a lot better.” Though there were rumors of the Raiders resting Jeanty for a week, he is trending to play in Week 6 against the Bills.
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    Kubiak also shot down the idea of the Raiders resting Jeanty for a week, despite it being reported earlier today that the Raiders were considering giving him a week off to recover at some point. Jeanty has been dreadfully inefficient this year, averaging a meager 3.3 yards per carry, though the team’s subpar offensive line also deserves some of the blame. For fantasy purposes, his workload has been the big draw. He is averaging 22 touches per game through five weeks. Even if the foot and ankle injuries continue to bother him, Jeanty has to be treated as a mid-range RB2.
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    Most of Jeanty’s production against New England came on a 31-yard catch and run in the third quarter. Battling through foot and ankle injuries, Jeanty looked hobbled from the start and struggled to break tackles or outrun Patriots defenders to the edge. Most Raiders starters rested in the fourth quarter of a lopsided loss. Jeanty still doesn’t have a rushing touchdown on the season and hasn’t had 100 rushing yards in a game since Week 1 against the Dolphins. Until Jeanty is fully healthy he probably won’t provide much in the way of upside, including next week against a decent Buffalo run defense.
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    Jeanty will play through his foot and ankle injuries against New England. It wouldn’t be surprising if he cedes some backfield work to a healthy and much more explosive Mike Washington, however. Jeanty should be considered a top-24 option this week while Washington is a desperation flex. Raiders declared WR Jalen Nailor, QB Aidan O’Connell, S Tristin McCollum, RB Roman Hemby, S Dalton Johnson, OL Trey Zuhn, and DT JJ Pegues inactive against the Patriots.
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    Per Rapoport, Jeanty had a flare-up of plantar fasciitis last week to go along with his ankle injury. He added that Jeanty will work out before today’s game to see how he’s feeling. If he can’t go, Mike Washington Jr. would see the bulk of the backfield touches. Washington has been an explosive complement to Jeanty this year, averaging five yards per carry on 24 attempts. He would jump to the top of the RB2 ranks if Jeanty can’t go.
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    Kubiak didn’t get into real specifics about the injury when asked. Mike Washington just found his way into real contingency value and is a worthwhile stash/hedge anywhere he was dropped. Jeanty did not practice Friday after a limited session (and the addition of a foot tag) on Thurdsay, so this certainly doesn’t appear to be heading in the right direction. That said, we knew Jeanty would be managing something after the preseason ankle injury and the Raiders have given out rest days on Friday quite a bit already this year. Jeanty is likely something close to truly questionable.
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    Jeanty has been dealing with the ankle injury throughout the week, but the foot injury was added after Thursday’s practice. Jeanty was officially listed as limited on Thursday, but the Raiders’ RB1 was absent from the media portion of Friday’s practice. We will receive final word on his Week 5 availability soon, but rookie Mike Washington could be in line for a busy day against the Patriots if Jeanty is unable to go.

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    Savion Williams caught all four targets for 32 yards in the Packers’ Week 6 win over the Cowboys, adding nine yards on two carries.

    Williams was immediately asked to fill the WR3 role for an offense missing its top two slot receivers. Even so, he finished fifth on the team in targets and carries little fantasy value for as long as the team’s top three options in Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, and Tucker Kraft remain healthy. That doesn’t change ahead of a matchup with the Lions in Week 7.
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    Tucker Kraft caught 5-of-8 targets for 37 yards in the Packers’ Week 6 win over the Cowboys.

    Kraft was forced from the game in the second quarter after taking a scary hit to his thigh area that generated torsion on his knee while his foot was still planted. It was the opposite knee to the one he injured a season ago and the veteran tight end would miss only one drive before returning to the game after the half, providing a collective sigh of relief for fantasy managers that have tasted the despair of a major knee injury already. Kraft could be busy in Week 7 against the defense allowing the most fantasy points per game to opposing tight ends when the Packers face off against the division rival Lions in a potential shootout.
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    Christian Watson caught 3-of-8 targets for 64 yards in the Packers’ Week 6 win over the Cowboys.

    Watson drew lockdown corner Joey Porter Jr. for much of the game, something that aided teammate Matthew Golden in leading the team in both targets and receiving in the win. The talented fifth-year receiver is already within 74 yards of setting a new career high in receiving while also being just one touchdown shy of a new high water mark, two achievements he will look to unlock when the Packers face off against the Lions in a potential shootout in Week 7. Watson remains a back-end WR1 for that matchup.
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    Matthew Golden caught 6-of-13 targets for 104 yards and a touchdown in the Packers’ Week 6 win over the Cowboys.

    Golden took advantage of being the Green Bay receiver to mostly avoid Joey Porter Jr., although he did victimize the lockdown corner on a 37-yard reception in the first quarter. He would cash in on a touchdown eight plays later from nine yards out for his third score of the season. The speedy second-year receiver has now eclipsed 100 yards in half of his games while hitting 95 in one other, and is pacing for over 1,400 yards and eight touchdowns. That’s enough to have Golden in the conversation for one of the top values of fantasy drafts this summer. Golden will be an upside WR2 when the Packers take on the division rival Lions in Week 7.
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    Pierre Strong rushed 11 times for 28 yards in the Packers’ Week 6 win over the Cowboys, adding 39 yards on five receptions.

    Strong’s 17 opportunities handily led the backfield on a night MarShawn Lloyd was in and out of the game due to an early injury scare. Even so, he managed only 2.8 yards per carry that was overshadowed by the looking return of lead back Josh Jacobs, the latter of whom is expected to be activated from the commissioner exempt list Monday. Strong, Lloyd, and Kaleb Johnson can safely be returned to the waiver wire from whence they came.
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    Jordan Love completed 23-of-41 passes for 276 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in the Packers’ 23-13, Week 6 win over the Cowboys, adding 12 yards and a touchdown on four carries.

    Love isn’t typically a threat to punch in a touchdown with his legs, but the state of the backfield and flow of the game gave him that opportunity late in the second quarter, which he would cash in for his first rushing score since Week 11 of 2024. Fantasy managers shouldn’t get too excited about the touchdown on the ground considering running back Josh Jacobs is expected to be activated from the commissioner exempt list Monday. Even so, Love has now accounted for two touchdowns in all six games played through the first third of the season and has gone over 300 yards through the air in half his appearances to start the 2026 season, leaving plenty of meat on the bone for continued fantasy production as the Packers enter their most difficult stretch of the schedule. Love remains a locked-in QB1 ahead of a potential shootout against the division rival Lions in Week 7.
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    Jake Ferguson caught 2-of-3 targets for 13 yards in the Cowboys’ Week 6 loss to the Packers.

    Ferguson has now been out-targeted by the team’s WR3, Ryan Flournoy, in five of six games, even being out-targeted by fellow tight end Brevyn Span-Ford in this one. The latter caught 4-of-5 targets for 35 yards on a night quarterback Dak Prescott attempted 54 passes. Any fleeting fantasy value is quickly evaporating as the fourth option, at best, through the air. Ferguson can safely be left on fantasy benches ahead of a Week 7 meeting with the Eagles on the road.
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    Ryan Flournoy caught 7-of-9 targets for 40 yards and a touchdown in the Cowboys’ Week 6 loss to the Packers.

    While the yardage totals continue to remain modest for the third-year receiver, his emergence as a trusted WR3 in the offense has led to him out-targeting tight end Jake Ferguson in five of six games through the first third of the season. That’s a role that can return usable FLEX production in the right matchups in the typically high-powered Cowboys offense, adding to his high-end handcuff value. Fantasy managers can continue to stash FLournoy ahead of a Week 7 meeting with the division rival Eagles.
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    CeeDee Lamb caught 9-of-18 targets for 70 yards in the Cowboys’ Week 6 loss to the Packers.

    Lamb was targeted relentlessly against the match-zone-based Green Bay defense but suffered through a failing connection with quarterback Dak Prescott on his way to middling fantasy returns. The Cowboys managed under 100 yards in the first half and were victimized by two Prescott interceptions deep in Green Bay territory, leading to a game environment that required 55 Prescott dropbacks. Even with a second consecutive middling-to-poor performance from a fantasy first round pick, Lamb is still pacing for a 1,500-yard, 11-touchdown season, plenty to provide a solid return on investment for fantasy managers that used their top pick on his services. Lamb could be busy again in Week 7 against the inside-funnel nature of the Philadelphia defense, where he will once again be a fantasy WR1.
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    George Pickens caught 6-of-11 targets for 73 yards in the Cowboys’ Week 6 loss to the Packers.

    Pickens was targeted just once in the first half as the Cowboys were held under 100 yards of total offense before the break. He would remain quiet through the third quarter, adding a single catch to his ledger on two additional targets before seeing eight looks in the final frame with the Cowboys in desperation mode. The 11 targets finished second on the team to CeeDee Lamb’s 18 while the 73 yards slightly edged the 70 of Lamb. Pickens remains an upside WR2 ahead of a divisional matchup against the inside-funnel Eagles’ secondary in Week 7.