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The Bears’ 2009 third-rounder was a final cut by the Vikings in early September. He’s battling at least three veteran receivers to be signed as the Titans’ fifth wideout.

Brown tried to gut it out through this issue early in the fourth quarter, but he ultimately walked off the field and into the locker room, likely ending his day. Even though he’s listed as questionable, we don’t expect him to return in a blowout loss. He will have a Week 11 bye to get healthy, though it’s looking like a lost season for the former superstar. Brown missed a month with a high-ankle injury early in the year, and now his lingering knee issue won’t go away, even as he tries to play through it.

Mitchell was expected to play, but now we have confirmation that he will. With Garrett Wilson (concussion) and Omar Cooper Jr. (ankle) also active, it’s unclear which Jets receiver will be most productive in a good matchup. That makes Mitchell a boom-or-bust FLEX option in fantasy leagues.

Walker was ruled out on Saturday, paving the way for rookie Emmett Johnson to potentially see a bell cow role in a plus matchup against the Falcons. Walker should be considered no better than week to week after getting injured in Friday’s practice, but the team has expressed hope that this is nothing more than a one-week injury. We will be monitoring his status all of next week, when the Chiefs begin prepping for Week 11 against the Cardinals.

Sanders will be out against the Saints, meaning Tommy Tremble will get a decent number of snaps and routes. He’ll be the TE2 behind Darren Waller, coming off his biggest game of the season. The Saints this season have allowed the third highest fantasy points per target to opposing tight ends.

The Colts already declared several players out prior to Sunday’s game against the Dolphins. Leonard will be the emergency third quarterback while Rhodes (hamstring), Carlies (neck), Travis (knee), Tillery (calf) and Mallory (hamstring) are dealing with injuries.

That means all of Cooper Jr., Garrett Wilson, and Adonai Mitchell will be active. This is a good matchup against the Bills’ secondary in a game where the Jets figure to be trailing and needing to throw; however, it’s hard to predict which of the Jets’ wide receivers will deliver in that one. That makes Cooper Jr. a risky FLEX option. The Jets declared WR Tim Patrick, TE Jelani Woods, EDGE Nate Lynn, LB Trevin Wallace, and CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr. inactive for Week 10 against the Bills.

Spears is active for the first time since Week 6. He will pick up some work on passing downs but isn’t much more than an RB4 for fantasy purposes. Inactive for the Titans are WR Carnell Tate, LB Anthony Hill Jr., LB Cody Barton, RB Nick Singleton, OT Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, and CB Jaylon Jones, and DL Jackie Marshall.

Benford was questionable due to a wrist injury suffered in last week’s game against the Vikings. With Jordan Hancock also coming off the injured list, the Bills have a fully healthy secondary, including the addition of safety Amani Hooker. The Bills declared QB Shane Buechele, OT Jude Bowry, OL Ar’maj Reed-Adams, DL Greg Gaines, OLB Mike Danna, and S Jalon Kilgore inactive.

Bell entered the weekend doubtful after re-aggravating his knee in practice and not practicing on Thursday or Friday. Despite the absence of Bell, no Dolphins pass-catchers get a boost with Kyle McCord at quarterback. Dolphins also declared OL Aaron Brewer, CB Marcellas Dial Jr., TE Justin Joly, WR Jared Wayne, and OL Caedan Wallace inactive for Week 10 against the Colts.

Anderson was questionable and did not practice on Friday, so he’s presumably gutting it out as the Texans go without Danielle Hunter (hamstring) and Azeez Al-Shaair (groin) in what looks like a must-win game. Also ruled out on Friday and Saturday were Marvin Harrison (hamstring), TE Brevin Jordan (finger/foot), C/G Keylan Rutledge (neck) and David Montgomery (groin), and they’re joined by G Wyatt Teller (back/illness) on the inactives list.