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A pretty good indication that SS Pat Chung (thumb surgery) will be out against the Bills despite his surprising return to practice Friday. An undrafted free agent out of Villanova last year, Ventrone will be making his NFL debut if he’s active on Sunday.

He’ll miss at least the next four games with a knee ailment that had him spotted on crutches. It will likely be longer than that. Sampson can be dropped in standard leagues.

He gets the elevation after the Browns place Dylan Sampson on injured reserve. McLaughlin and Raheim Sanders will be behind Quinshon Judkins in Week 2. McLaughlin’s career shows him as a more reliable pure runner than Sanders, but we’re unsure of how the split behind Judkins will go from here.

The 33-year-old will be a short-term hedge against losing Omar Cooper Jr. and it sounds like he will be given a chance to come up as an elevation over the next two weeks if the Jets like what they see in practice.

Goodson will backfill the roster spot lost to placing Malik Davis on IR at the end of last week. It’s unclear whether Emari Demercado or Goodson would be the head of a committee if Javonte Williams were injured, as both of them showed up with the Cowboys after last cuts. Neither player is a must-roster as things stand.

X-Rays were negative and Delane’s shoulder was stable after he left upon falling down on his interception three snaps in. We saw plenty of L’Jarius Sneed in Week 1’s win over the Broncos, with Kristian Fulton also joining the fold against three-wide sets. The Chiefs are hoping the No. 6 overall pick won’t be sidelined too long.

Recovery is expected to take a few months, per Wilson. It sounds like it’s possible To’oTo’o can return around Thanksgiving. Jake Hansen took over at linebacker in-game and seems like the likely fill-in at the position in the short-term.

The phrasing at the end of that sentence makes it clear the Jets are pondering not sending him to injured reserve. Fantasy managers who took the plunge in non-dynasty leagues do not necessarily have to hold on to Cooper through the early weeks if something catches their eye on the wire.

“The last time you could say that about a rookie tailback was 2021, when Elijah Mitchell got 19 carries in the season opener,” Barrows writes. We don’t know exactly how much Christian McCaffrey’s usage will be dialed back this year after playing just 55 percent of the snaps in Australia, but Black needs to be rostered in all leagues at this point even if he doesn’t retain stand-alone value. And he might just have some stand-alone value if things trend in this direction.

He expects Deebo Samuel’s snap count to rise as well, but says “perhaps Robinson’s will rise more.” Barrows also notes that Robinson seems to have a good rapport with Brock Purdy, and that Robinson’s late-game stretch with a Purdy that was “back and feeling like himself late in the season” was likely no coincidence. Robinson is definitely a FLEX possibility this week in deeper leagues or if you’ve missed your desired boat on the waiver wire.

He was spotted in crutches after the game. Sampson’s absence will leave Raheim Sanders as a potential third-down back and primary backup for Quinshon Judkins. Jaleel McLaughlin is a potential practice squad elevation if Sampson is placed on injured reserve.