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Lewis is dealing with a torn UCL that he hopes to eventually play through. That said, it doesn’t appear he’s recovered enough from the injury to play in Week 4 against the Bengals. In addition to Lewis, the Panthers have also listed OG Robert Hunt (hip) as questionable.

Monangai increased his practice participation on Thursday and Friday after sitting out on Wednesday. The productive rookie is ready to roll. Bears RB D’Andre Swift will, of course, handle a significant workload, but Monangai is more than capable of returning RB2/3 value alongside him. Both players handled 19-plus touches in Week 13 against the Eagles.

We would consider Olave to be on the optimistic side of questionable since he practiced on Thursday and played through this designation last week, but back injuries can be tricky. Kellen Moore didn’t add much context to Olave’s chances in meeting with the press. Olave will be a WR2 if he is able to suit up against Tampa Bay on Sunday.

Kamara didn’t practice all week, so it’s hard to say he’s any closer to returning to the field in Week 15 either. Devin Neal will handle the majority of the snaps and be a weaker FLEX play against a good Buccaneers run defense.

He yet again did not practice all week. Perhaps Week 15 is in play for London, but it’s hard to say that any steps were made towards that this week besides Raheem Morris expressing optimism on Monday that he’d have a chance to play. Our Week 15 expectations start at “questionable at best.”

We do not yet know Odunze’s Friday practice participation level, but he was sidelined on Wednesday and Thursday. We suspect he was again unable to go today. Odunze’s 23.9 percent team target share leads all Bears pass catchers by at least 8.0 percent. Removing him from the offense frees up a significant number of opportunities for WR DJ Moore, WR Luther Burden and TE Colston Loveland. All three receive a small bump in their potential ceiling outcomes.

Atwell remains on injured reserve despite practicing fully for two weeks. The team evidently feels comfortable with their current wide receiver corps, and we can’t really blame them. Still, keeping Atwell’s downfield speed on injured reserve rather than wielding it on occasional shot plays is surprising. It remains to be seen whether he will return for Week 15 against the Lions.

Jackson missed Thursday’s practice due to an ankle injury, but was back on the field on Friday. He was removed from the team’s final injury report and will be good to go in a pivotal AFC North matchup against the Steelers in a game that will decide the division leader heading into Week 15. Jackson has struggled since returning from injury. He’s thrown just one touchdown pass to three interceptions over his last four games and is averaging 21.0 rushing yards per game over that span. Jackson is a low-end QB1 against the Steelers this week.

Corey Levin started for the Titans in Week 13 and looks to have the role again this week. It’ll be the second week in a row that Cushenberry is sidelined with this foot injury.

Brown will have to be activated off injured reserve before that can officially happen, but it seems a formality as he was practicing in full this week. The Commanders will finally have the passing game fully healthy against the Vikings, for what feels like the first time all season, in Week 14. Brown isn’t a fantasy play as we suss out his involvement level and if he’ll be on a snap count.

With the pills no longer being Dortched, the Cardinals worked in 30 snaps of Xavier Weaver in Week 13’s loss to the Buccaneers. We expect a heavy concentration of targets on Trey McBride and Michael Wilson this week with both Dortch and Marvin Harrison Jr. down for the week.