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Pierce spent all eight seasons with the Ravens. He played in 99 games since entering the league in 2016, sitting out the 2020 COVID season. Pierce started just one game in 2024. He’ll retire with 9.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss over eight seasons.

Jackson only let it fly 12 times in this one, but the results were mostly good. Granted, his first touchdown on the afternoon came on a 30-yard screen play to Rasheen Ali, but Jackson strung together an impressive drive late in the second quarter to give the Ravens another score and a 14-0 lead at halftime. On that drive, Jackson completed a 26-yard pass to Zay Flowers down the right sideline, and immediately followed it up with a 12-yard scramble. A few plays later, he would place another perfectly thrown ball in the end zone to Flowers for a 28-yard score. Jackson and Flowers had a chance to add to their touchdown total in the third quarter, but Flowers was unable to haul in a leaping grab in the end zone. Jackson will need to clean up the untimely sacks he took in this one heading into Week 16’s game against the Patriots, which takes place on Sunday Night Football on NBC.

No real surprises here, and nobody of much fantasy relevance.

Burrow and the Bengals’ offense showed little fight in a must-win game if they had any hopes of keeping their season alive. Burrow lost 15 yards on a sack on the Bengals’ opening drive to knock them out of field goal range, only to throw an interception on his next drive. On the Bengals’ best offensive drive of the day, Burrow drove the team 80 yards on 15 plays only to toss an easy pick to Kyle Van Noy while facing pressure, which was handed off to safety Alohi Gilman and returned for an 85-yard touchdown to put the game out of reach. It was about as bad a day as Burrow and the Bengals could have had, as they will now look to play out the final three games of their season before calling it a year. Burrow will be a fringe QB1 in Week 16 when the Bengals travel to Miami to play the Dolphins.

Bowers’ 8.8 PPR points were frankly a miracle as Kenny Pickett produced 29 yards net passing in the Raiders’ second 31-0 loss of the season. He was the only Raider to make any positive box score contribution whatsoever in what was yet another new low in the Raiders’ catastrophic “Pete Carroll year.” As fantasy managers wait for the Raiders’ inevitable next coach and quarterback in 2026, Bowers is a volatile TE1 despite upside that should make him the weekly TE1 overall. You probably can’t bench him for the fantasy quarterfinals against the Texans, but that’s another potential shutout loss on the road for the league’s least competitive team.

McCaffrey popped up on the injury report with a back injury at the end of the week, which is never a great sign, but he will suit up. The 49ers are rather large favorites against the Titans, so the team could limit McCaffrey’s snaps if they get out to a big enough lead. Still, fantasy managers need to play him. The 49ers declared DL Sam Okuayinonu, LB Tatum Bethune, DL Jordan Elliott, WR Jordan Watkin,s RB Jordan James, LB Nick Martin, and DL Sebastian Valdez inactive.

Edwards left late in the fourth quarter. Recent waiver claim Naquan Jones is picking up more snaps on Houston’s early downs.

It’s not often we see a player carted to the locker room only to return later in the game. That said, Perine did exactly that in the fourth quarter after exiting earlier with a knee injury. Perine didn’t even miss a drive despite the injury, and returned to take more carries from Chase Brown.

With something of a scrimmage atmosphere taking hold as the Eagles toyed with the embarrassing Raiders, Brown provided the final score of 31-0 when he found the soft spot between three Raiders defenders on the first play of the fourth quarter. His 27-yard touchdown was the signal for Philly to rest its starters, which it did for the final 13:17. Embarrassing for Vegas and frustrating for fantasy managers, but fully understandable for the Eagles, who now have a short-week (Saturday) game with the awful Commanders. Despite the bad Philly vibes and his up-and-down season, Brown will be a clear-cut WR1 for the fantasy semis.

Brown caught his lone target for 28 yards before leaving with the injury. The 29-year-old had just been activated the previous week from injured reserve with a groin strain, and now could be in danger of missing further time.

Barkley’s 92 yards on 24 touches, though inefficient, were amassed in just three quarters of play, as the Eagles rested their starters up 31-0 at the 13:17 mark of the fourth quarter. The Raiders didn’t show up, and the Eagles did what you are supposed to do vs. an embarrassing team. Barkley was established early, taking seven carries and drawing two targets on the opening drive. Message received. The hope now is that All-Pro RT Lane Johnson finally returns for next Saturday’s short-week date with a Commanders defense that somehow might be even worse than the one Barkley just faced.