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Carolina will also be without starting RG John Miller (ankle). With both of their starters sidelined, the Panthers will turn to Dennis Daley and Brady Christensen against the Falcons. It is not a great development as Carolina looks to #Establish under their new offensive coordinator.

Hollins made a few impressive grabs, including a crucial high-point catch on a second-and-long that was a truly impressive catch that helped set up a Patriots field goal. Still, for the Patriots to function as a strong offense, Hollins can’t be their primary passing game option, especially with the Bills missing their top cornerback, Christian Benford. The team will need more from Drake Maye and Stefon Diggs next week against the Ravens.

Vidal operated as the 1B option behind Omarion Hampton, who led the Chargers backfield with 15 rushes for 61 yards. Vidal, as he did last week against the Eagles, functioned as the team’s primary pass catching backs, running 21 routes to eight routes for Hampton, who was not targeted.

When C.J. Stroud has looked his best in 2023 and 2025, Schultz has been a key part of the reads. Today he was peppered with underneath targets as a rollout option and managed an improvisational score when Stroud broke the pocket in the red zone during the third quarter. Schultz will be on the TE1 line against the Raiders in Week 16.

Dowdle returned after missing a few plays and was immediately given the ball in scoring position. He powered through contact, punching in a four-yard touchdown. Dowdle does not appear to be limited by whatever bothered him initially. On the Panthers’ first drive, he rushed six times for 24 yards and one touchdown, adding a five-yard reception.

He added two catches for ... zero yards, managing just seven snaps. It was disappointing that Demercado was a clear backup to Michael Carter, but it’s possible the Cardinals wanted to bring him along slowly in his return from a high-ankle sprain. The Cardinals will never make this easy to understand, so Demercado is still a potential RB3/FLEX play against the Falcons next week despite this dud. We’d feel better starting him if we got some coach quotes about the injury limiting him ahead of next Sunday.

Stevenson started the game well, breaking three tackles on a 13-yard gain. In truth, he ran pretty well and also added 27 receiving yards on three catches. The only issue is that TreVeyon Henderson was electric and ripped off two big rushing touchdowns. Also, Stevenson was called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for punching Matt Milano after a tackle, which may not have endeared him to head coach Mike Vrabel. We’d still expect this to be some form of committee next week against the Ravens.

Carter was nearly an every-down running back, playing 49-of-62 snaps after Zonovan Knight’s early exit. Emari Demercado played just seven snaps behind him and didn’t really look himself. Of course, it’s possible that next week Demercado gets a larger share of the load as he — in theory — recovers more from his high-ankle sprain. Whoever totes the head of the Arizona role has some real RB3/FLEX fantasy equity against the Falcons next week, and Carter comes out of this week’s game looking like he’ll have the best shot at the role after Demercado’s disappointing day.

Allen led the Chargers in targets in another run-heavy day for Greg Roman’s offense. Allen saw an uptick in playing time with Quentin Johnston (groin) sidelined. Five catches is the most Allen has had in a game since mid-October, when his playing time began to dwindle. Allen next week against the Cowboys will have some flex viability in larger PPR formats, though he would be somewhat touchdown reliant without much target volume to go around.