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Jackson was second in sacks during the preseason, but that wasn’t enough for him to make the initial roster to begin the 2025 campaign. The 24-year-old is a strong candidate for the practice squad if another team doesn’t procure his services.

Darrisaw tore his left ACL and MCL in October 2024. He retook the field for the first time in Week 3 this season, following the injury, but the knee continued to bother him. He allowed 18 quarterback pressures in 10 games this season. Hopefully, he can put the knee injury behind him with another offseason of rest and rehab.

With Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Jalen McMillan all back, Otton is drawing dead on any sort of upside play. He’s probably only a borderline TE2 against the Panthers in Week 16.

The veteran receiver got in a full session on Friday and will be on the WR2 line against the Panthers in the first of two clashes between the NFC South co-leaders. Evans got a full day off on Thursday, but was limited on Wednesday.

It’s the fifth straight game missed by Thibodeaux. He did not practice all week, as usual. Someone should be letting Joe Schoen know about the existence of an injured reserve list any day now.

Pelissero says that part of the reason behind benching Tagovailoa was making sure he made it to 2026 healthy to “complicat[e] whatever long-shot trade scenarios you have.” The NFL Network’s reporter said that the “most likely scenario” for the Dolphins is making Tagovailoa a post-June 1 release, which would leave Tagovailoa with major cap hits in 2026 and 2027 ala Russell Wilson with the Broncos. Tagovailoa should find some sort of market as a rehab project — Justin Fields just did it without anywhere near the same amount of career success — but it’s hard to imagine him being fantasy-interesting in 2026 without an absolutely ideal landing spot.

Benford will miss just one game with the toe injury suffered during practice in Week 15. It is bad news for a talent-deficient Browns receiving corps. The Bills’ defense struggles to slow opposing run games, though, giving the Browns a clear lane to either produce an upset or lose with style.

He was added to the report on Friday after practicing in full most of the week and was a “DNP.” DT Brandon Dorlus (illness/shoulder) joins Pearce on the questionable line, while CB Mike Hughes (ankle) has been ruled out.

Tipton missed the Saints’ last two practices. Players typically play through illnesses, but he appears to be truly questionable. Were he to sit out, it would leave the Saints with only WRs Chris Olave, Kevin Austin Jr. and Dante Pettis on the active roster. Olave should handle a significant target share, per usual.

Pitts was limited in Friday’s practice. It feels likely that he’s just being managed since the Falcons don’t have anything to play for at this point. With Drake London returning, Pitts profiles more as a low-end TE1 in Week 16 against the Cardinals.

He got in a full session on Friday. It’s hard to call us “completely unconcerned” after Kincaid missed two full days of practice this week, but he should be on the low-end TE1 line against the Browns for fantasy purposes. Kincaid has been one of Josh Allen’s only reliable receivers this year.