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Jones will miss Thursday night’s game against the Seahawks after sustaining a head injury in Week 3 and entering the NFL’s concussion protocol. Greg Dortch could see an increase in playing time with Jones sidelined. He won’t be fantasy viable as the team’s fourth or fifth option.

He immediately busted out of the gates with a 45-yarder, caught a touchdown to end that drive, then found the end zone a second time in the second half when he worked to the other side of zone coverage and C.J. Stroud was able to find him on an improvised throw. Pretty good player. Collins handled 36-of-53 snaps, highest on the team. He’ll be a low-end WR1 against the Titans in Week 5.

Johnson saw an uptick in usage after D’Andre Swift did not re-enter the ballgame following a second half fumble. While Kyle Monangai led the Chicago backfield with 30 carries, Johnson served as the breather back. He won’t have any fantasy value unless both Swift and Monangai miss time, however.

Nabers’ first 100-yard game of the season almost didn’t happen after he re-injured his shoulder on a soaring first quarter reception, his first catch of the afternoon. He thankfully shook it off and went on to score his first touchdown, as well, a 25-yarder in the second quarter. He got matched up 1-on-1 with LB Mack Wilson, and Jameis Winston did not miss. It was a desperately needed outing for fantasy managers who were beginning to wonder if Nabers would even produce WR2 returns, let alone WR1. The top 12 is probably still a little far fetched, but this was an encouraging outing heading into next week’s road date with the Commanders.

His touchdown came on a two-minute play where the Cowboys line wasn’t even set, aka the only way any Texans runner can advance the football. Still, he’s faster than David Montgomery and that’s really all the Texans have in their backfield. He’s a FLEX option against the Titans in Week 5.

Tyson Bagent, making his first NFL start, locked on to his boundary wideout in the first half, hitting Odunze for a couple long gains, including a nicely-placed 37 yarder. Odunze was second on the team in targets behind Colston Loveland, who saw nine looks on the day. Odunze is leading the Bears offense in air yards and profiles as a high-variance weekly fantasy option in an offense that leans toward the run. Odunze will be a solid flex option in Week 5 against a Green Bay secondary that struggles against boundary receivers.

Head coach Jesse Minter said after the game that the team considered putting Jackson back in at one point. That said, with the game well in hand against the lowly Titans, the decision to sit the two-time MVP was likely an easy one. Jackson didn’t appear to be in a great deal of pain whenever he was shown on the sideline in the second half of Sunday’s win over the Titans. It wouldn’t be surprising if Jackson was limited in practice as a precaution, but it would be surprising if he missed next week’s game against the Falcons.

The hook-and-ladder claims another box score. The Texans simply can’t run the ball. Woody Marks is a little faster at making something out of nothing, but it’s the same nothing for him. Montgomery should at least have game pace in his favor against the Titans in Week 5, but boy is it hard to trust him as more than a FLEX play right now.

Henderson operated as the backup to Rhamodre Stevenson, playing on 25 of the team’s 70 snaps, compared to 49 for Stevenson, and seeing 14 runs to Stevenson’s 13. Stevenson also ran a route on 20 of the team’s 43 dropbacks, compared to 12 for Henderson. Henderson did show off his speed on an 11-yard run, his long of the day, when it seemed like the Bills had him dead to rights on a reverse, but he was able to beat safety Cole Bishop to the edge and turn it upfield. It also seemed like Stevenson hurt his knee on the final drive of the game, so Henderson could be in for a much bigger role if his backfield mate were to miss any time.

Well, hard to blame much of this on him. Stroud was turnover-free for the third time in four games and peppered the returning Nico Collins with targets while also finding a 52-yarder to Jaylin Noel and several chunk gains to the tertiary receivers. The Texans had a 30-27 lead at the two-minute warning. For once, the defense gets to pick up the slack. The Texans have the mother of all get-right games in an 0-4 bowl against the Titans next week. Given how poorly the run offense is going, Stroud may continue to let it rip here and could be on the high-end QB2 line.

Daniels added 55 yards on the ground. It was a long day for the UDFA rookie. The Bucs had five drives in the first half. They went three-and-out twice. Daniels was intercepted twice. And Sean Tucker punched in a short score. Daniels started to find his rhythm in the second half and tossed his first career touchdown to Kenneth Gainwell on an impressive scramble drill. In the end, the Packers dialed up the blitz and forced a near-interception on fourth down to get the ball back inside the two-minute warning. Daniels’ rushing will keep him in the QB2 mix for Week 5 versus the Cowboys, but he will need to play better to keep the job beyond that game.