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The lone surprise here is Brown, who operated as Oakland’s No. 3 receiver last week. We suspect Kenbrell Thompkins and Brice Butler will now share those duties with Denarius Moore, behind Andre Holmes and James Jones.

Though he’s nominally the third back with David Montgomery out, the Texans tipped how they felt about Dare Ogunbowale as a running back by not using him a single time after Montgomery was ruled out against the Titans in Week 5. It seems likely that Jordan will be the main Woody Marks change-up in London, though given how poorly the Texans have ran the ball this year that probably doesn’t equate to much fantasy equity.

Giants beat writer Dan Duggan chimed in with “I would be very surprised if [Cam] Skattebo has the same RB1 workload on Sunday that he’s had in the first five games.” Skattebo has put the ball on the ground four times in the first five games. Najee Harris has one in 27 carries and Tyrone Tracy has added two. It sounds like Harris may start to be a significant thorn in the side of Skattebo-reliant managers.

McDuffie reportedly injured his groin during Thursday’s practice, and is now questionable to play. Frankly, the Rams can probably get by without their No. 1 cornerback this week, though obviously it would be preferable to have him out there. Stay tuned.

Simmons did actually practice this week, so he’s trending in the right direction, but Khalil Benson gets another start while Simmons tries to get past a bulging disc in his back.

Winfield’s absence is consequential. The centerfield prowler makes an impact when he is in the game. The Steelers should have a slightly easier time moving the ball against the Buccaneers this week.

It seems like Xavier Worthy and Travis Kelce will be getting Only Game In Town treatment against the Chargers, with Cyrus Allen and Jalen Royals also in the mix at wideout now that Rice and Tyquan Thornton are both out. Andy Reid said Rice is “wanting to jump in on everything” but he did not practice this week. He has to be regarded as questionable for Week 7.

We expect to see Tucker officially listed as questionable to play when the injury report drops later today. If he ends up being inactive, that is good news for Bucky Irving, who handled 23 touches last week, ceding seven to Kenny Gainwell and five to Tucker. Irving warrants borderline RB1/2 treatment at this time.

Kamara practiced each day this week, so it’s a bit surprising to see him here. Assuming no rough quotes or reports come out, we’d regard him as on the optimistic side of questionable. He’s a reasonable FLEX play against the Giants.