Dulin sees six targets in Week 4 win over Commies

This was though to be the most likely scenario after head coach Dave Canales told reporters Friday that the team would elevate Ja’Seem Reed if the belief was that Coker could not go on Sunday Night Football. Reed was, in fact, elevated Saturday and Coker was declared inactive. Brycen Tremaine appears to be in line for a featured role after playing 81 percent of the team’s offensive snaps a week ago. Expect John Metchie to also see additional snaps and opportunities, while David Moore could see package usage on the perimeter. Also inactive for the Panthers are TE Ja’Tavion Sanders, QB Haynes King, G Damien Lewis, OT Albert Reese, and DT Cam Jackson.

Shipley was the carries understudy to Tank Bigsby after Saquon Barkley suffered a hamstring injury on the game’s second series, though they played a near-even amount of snaps. Bigsby, who himself has been nursing an abdomen issue, was also banged up late. Needless to say, this is a backfield that is going to require many updates many now and Week 5. Hopefully we have a little clarity before waivers bids are due overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Even if Bigsby is declared fine, Shipley is certainly worth an addition.

Bigsby and Will Shipley were in a near-even snaps rotation after Saquon Barkley suffered a hamstring injury on the game’s second series, though Bigsby predictably handled the early-down mail. He out-carried Shipley 14-6. That is until he departed late with injury. Updates were scarce, but a player who has already dealing with an “abdomen” issue will be no sure thing to practice on Wednesday. With Barkley likely headed for at least a one-week absence, Bigsby’s health will be critical to monitor. Both he and Shipley are worth waivers bids.

After scoring four touchdowns over the first three weeks, Watson finally cooled off with his first quiet game of the year. Jordan Love couldn’t get the deep ball going in this game and funneled the short targets to Tucker Kraft and Matthew Golden, leaving Watson without much to do. For a player known for having a low floor, 47 yards is a stunningly reasonable floor game. Watson is simply too good at picking up chunk gains to have the bottom truly fall out. He remains a boom/bust WR2 for his Week 5 date with the Bears.

Bryant took a big hit over the middle on a second half reception against the Niners and was down on the turf for some time before being helped onto the cart. Looking dejected, Bryant was taken to the locker room. The oft-injured Bryant could be facing yet another extended absence. That would likely boost playing time and targets for Courtland Sutton and possibly Marvin Mims.

No surprises here as these are the same inactives as in Week 3. The Lions look to improve to 3-1 against the 1-2 Panthers on the road on Sunday Night Football.

Jeanty exited late in the third quarter with what appeared to be a right leg injury, but was back on the field to take a handoff on the next possession. With nearly a full quarter of play left in the game, we’ll see if Jeanty can finish this one out as the Raiders look to push their record to 4-0 for the season.

Surtain went down with a lower leg injury late in the second half and needed help getting to the Denver locker room. It was a non-contact injury. The Broncos also lost starting corner Riley Moss. Extended absences for Moss and Surtain would make the Broncos vulnerable to most opposing passing attacks, including the Chargers in Week 5.

Doing his best Isaac TesLaa impression, Cooper is now up to three touchdowns on only five catches this season. His first score today was a fluke 18-yarder where he turned a Jalen Hurts end zone interception into six after he wrestled the ball away from the Quentin Lake. His second was a 10-yarder where the Rams somewhat understandably simply stopped covering him in the painted area. Cooper is one of the only Birds stepping up right now, but his paltry targets total through four appearances — 10 — means he’s not about to push for WR4 status even with DeVonta Smith (hamstring) on the shelf.

McConkey was questionable to play in this contest, and aggravated the injury in the first half. The wideouts next chance to play will be in Week 5 against Denver, but obviously he’s far from a guaranteed go for that game. He finished Week 4 with no catches on two targets.