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Carter, a restricted free agent, missed last season with a torn ACL suffered in August. He’ll battle Ryne Robinson and Kenneth Moore to make the team.

Mooney turned seven targets into 14 yards last week and does not need to be trusted to do better this week.

Apparently, Wicks’ day off on Thursday was only a rest day. The Eagles’ veteran wide receiver was limited on Wednesday and practiced fully today. Wicks played through the injury last week, posting a 5/63 receiving line with DeVonta Smith sidelined. Smith is back this week. Wicks is a boom-bust FLEX starter, catching passes thrown by backup Tanner McKee.

It’s Thomas Fidone hours in New York, marone.

This is a marked downgrade for Thomas, as he had been skipping plenty of practice days but at least had been cleared off the injury report on Fridays the last few weeks. John Harbaugh said Thomas was “basically full go” today, which seems sketchy in light of this listing. If we take the coach at his word, it seems likely that Thomas will play through this. Ditto Jermaine Eluemunor, who also is questionable after missing the first two days of practice.

Porter downgraded from full to limited on Friday and wound up with this status despite practicing all three days this week. Peculiar. Matthew Golden and Christian Watson would be better off on Sunday if Porter wasn’t able to go.

He got in a pair of limited sessions on Thursday and Friday to get off the report. Nixon will be tasked with the unenviable duties of taking on George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb in front of a national audience on Sunday night.

Smith sat out on Wednesday, but practiced in a limited capacity on Thursday before upgrading to full on Friday. Smith told media members earlier today that he is “good,” and that the toe injury is not an issue. Jalen Hurts (blood clot) is out indefinitely, so Smith will be working with pocket-passing backup Tanner McKee. The Panthers are currently without both of their starting perimeter cornerbacks. It might be a bit uncomfortable, but Smith is a WR2 in Week 6.

We’re Skyying less and less. Assuming Savion Williams (ankle) isn’t activated off injured reserve, J. Michael Sturdivant could become a deep-league stab or DFS punt against the Cowboys.

It was pretty clear that this was where things were headed when Barkley was unable to practice on Wednesday and Thursday. We do not yet know Barkley’s official Friday practice participation level, but he was not seen practicing during the portion of practice open to the media. Dameon Pierce, Carson Steele and practice squad player Jaydon Blue will likely split touches this week.

Williams was limited in practice all week, making it seem like he could wait another week on the PUP list. When he does come back, the WR3 role would seem to be wide open for him after Jayden Reed’s injury. He remains a decent fantasy football stash if you have extra injured reserve spots.