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McCoy suffered a “serious” knee injury in last week’s game. A core special teamer and reserve linebacker, he’s scheduled to hit free agency in 2012. He had been Seattle’s leading special teams tackler since signing last year.

Bowers returned to practice on Friday but was listed as doubtful. He is eyeing a Week 3 return. Michael Mayer will draw the start again this week. Also inactive for the Raiders are CB Darien Porter, QB Aidan O’Connell, S Tristin McCollum, S Dalton Johnson, G Bryce Cabeldue, and DT JJ Pegues,

McConkey was trending toward playing as of this morning and made it through pregame workouts without any issues. He will wear a protective jacket for this game and will likely play fewer than his normal number of snaps. Fantasy managers can move him down the WR2 ranks because of the injury, but it’s hard to pull him out of lineups entirely. Inactive for the Chargers are S Elijah Molden, CB Deane Leonard, CB Isas Waxter, OL Logan Taylor, OL Alex Harkey, and OL Trey Pipkins III.

Barkley seemed like he was dying to get back into the game in the second quarter, but he couldn’t get comfortable. That evidently changed at halftime. We will undoubtedly see more Tank Bigsby than usual in quarters three and four, but Barkley’s return is the best possible news after he was roughed up on the Eagles’ opening drive.

Dowdle was hurt on an Aaron Rodgers fumble that lost 37 yards in the second quarter. He hobbled to the medical tent and was later carted to the locker room from there. Dowdle is questionable to return with a toe injury in Week 3 against the Patriots.

Onwenu was rolled up on by a Steelers defender in the second quarter of the Patriots’ Week 2 game against the Steelers. His right leg was caught in a gruesome way and the cart came out for the 28-year-old; he was promptly ruled out of the game with an ankle injury. Greg Van Roten comes in for Onwenu at right guard.

Goedert got roughed up run blocking early in the second quarter. He was then absent for the following drive, earning the questionable tag. It’s not a good development for someone with Goedert’s injury history, though to the naked eye, it did not have the looks of a season-ending injury. Goedert had a four-yard catch on two targets before departing. Johnny Mundt is the next man up at tight end. Second-round rookie Eli Stowers (quad, hamstring) is currently on injured reserve.

Barkley was injured on the Eagles’ opening drive and immediately announced as questionable. He returned to the Eagles’ sideline in relatively short order with his helmet and a neck roll, but he has remained sidelined into the second quarter. He has also since shed his helmet. It appears it could be Tank Bigsby closing this one out for the Eagles. The only good news is, a stinger would be unlikely to sideline Barkley for Week 3. Stay tuned.

Just one play after Jayden Reed (neck) was placed on a stretcher, the Packers also lost their starting right tackle. Bako-Bewele was blocking on a third-down play, when it appeared his feet got either tackled up with Jordan Love or stuck in the turf at MetLife. He was down in immense pain and had to have his leg in an air cast when he was taken off the field. It had the look of a serious injury, and he was immediately ruled out for the remainder of the game.

On just the second play of the game, Reed was tackled on a screen pass and was twisted around. There didn’t appear to be any direct contact to his head, but he went limp when he hit the ground in a scary scene. He was placed on a spine board, taken off the field on a cart, and immediately ruled out for the remainder of the game. After the game, we should learn more about the nature of his injury.

Schefter said it “feels like Shedeur’s time is coming” if Watson bombs in the Browns’ Week 2 matchup with the Bucs following his Week 1 collapse against Jacksonville. Sanders, in that scenario, would be under center for the Browns’ home opener against the Panthers in Week 3. Sanders, who is slightly more accurate than Watson in the short and intermediate areas, would be an upgrade for Harold Fannin and KC Concepcion. He would likely be a downgrade for downfield air yards eater Denzel Boston.