Bowers (knee/illness) ‘fully’ expected to play

Dulin was active for the first time this year. His return could not have come at a better time with Keenan Allen ruled out over the weekend. Dulin took on a starting role and wound up leading the team in targets, tied with Laquon Treadwell. The Colts couldn’t get much going through the air and settled for spreading the ball around instead of peppering their top pass-catchers with targets. It’s hard to imagine them taking that approach again in Week 5. Even if they do, Dulin is more of a thorn in the sides of Tyler Warren and Josh Downs than a FLEX option in his own right.

Chase was injured after a second quarter facemask penalty by a Jaguars defender. His neck whipped back as he was taken to the ground and he promptly exited the game. After a brief amount of time in the blue tent, Chase headed to the locker room. The Bengals announced he is being evaluated for a concussion but a locker room visit indicates Chase is on the wrong side of questionable.

Treadwell has taken over Alec Pierce’s role with the latter now on IR. Though he isn’t as productive as Pierce, Treadwell is still capable of moving the chains every now and then. He somehow led the Colts in targets this week, which may ultimately be a sign of the dysfunction in their passing game. Even after the solid performance, fantasy managers shouldn’t be looking to play Treadwell in Week 5.

With Alec Pierce and IR and Keenan Allen ruled out, this was supposed to be Downs’ breakout performance. Instead, Downs went missing for most of the game. He caught two passes in the first quarter, another in the second, and did not touch the ball again for the remaining 35 minutes of the contest. Downs finished fourth on the team in targets and was used primarily for check-down duties, though that’s all Daniel Jones was capable of today. Downs should still be treated as the team’s No. 1 receiver for Week 5 versus Pittsburgh, but his stranglehold on the targets is at least in question now.

Jones was disastrously inaccurate in the first half, making even routine catches absurdly difficult for his banged-up receiver room. He also began the game by losing the football after his left tackle was pushed into him, resulting in a fumble. He eventually got the grain on the tracks with back-to-back scoring drives to close the first half. Daniels settled in after the break, though the Colts mostly leaned on Jonathan Taylor, who scored twice, to salt away the game. Jones is averaging a dismal 188.5 yards per game with just three scores to his name. He is barely in the QB2 mix for Indy’s Week 5 game versus the Steelers.

Barkley pulled up on a strong run on the Eagles’ second series. He dropped the ball out of bounds and appeared to be in a heap of pain, hopping around on one leg before taking a knee. He spent some time in the tent before making his way slowly to the locker room. Barkley pulls up not infrequently, but this had the looks of an issue likely to end his afternoon. Tank Bigsby was the next man up, taking a huge third down loss. Will Shipley should mix in, as well, if Barkley’s afternoon is indeed through.

Playing in London, Taylor needed just 78 yards to overtake Travis Etienne as the league’s all-time leading rusher in international games. Taylor didn’t disappoint with his third multi-score effort of the season. Marcus Mariota left the game early and the Colts pulled away in the second half, allowing them to lean on the ground game. With the passing game struggling throughout the first month of football, expect the Colts to continue to build their offense around Taylor. He remains near the top of the RB1 ranks for his Week 5 matchup with the Steelers.

Today’s report is in relation to Bowers’ illness, not his knee. Earlier this morning, the Raiders announced that Bowers has come down with an illness, but the illness will not alter his game status. Bowers’ knee was a non-issue last week, and we expect it to be a non-issue again this week. He is good to go for the Raiders’ Week 4 game against the Chiefs. Treat him like an elite TE1, as usual.

Raridon was questionable heading into the weekend, but he was able to get in three limited practice sessions this week, so he had been trending towards a return. He will back up Hunter Henry but could cut into Henry’s snaps enough to make Henry just a TE2 in deeper formats.

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel had announced Barmore and Gonzalez would miss this game a few days ago. However, this inactive list means that Dre’Mont Jones will return after missing the last two games. It’s a big boost for the Patriots defense, but we’re not usre it outweighs losing Gonzalez and Barmore.