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Latham will now miss his third-straight game with a hip injury, but head coach Brian Callahan said the second-year tackle doesn’t need any surgery, but rather some rest and rehab. Now set to enter a third-straight week of rest, we’ll hope that Latham, who the team opted to keep off injured reserve, will be able to get right in time for Week 5’s game against the Cardinals. Backup RT John Ojukwu is expected to start in Latham’s absence.

Etienne was taken off the field a surprising amount, ceding nine carries to Kendre Miller and another two to CJ Donaldson. Donaldson also logged two targets. While his role on the ground was concerning for fantasy managers, a nine-target outing cushioned the blow slightly. In PPR leagues, Etienne did enough. Unless the Saints are going to play in overtime shootouts every week, Etienne will need to take on more rushing work to be a weekly RB2. With Alvin Kamara potentially returning next week, Etienne will sit on the RB2/3 border for his date with the Ravens.

Judkins was the workhorse back for the Browns, getting the majority of the team’s backfield opportunities. In a game where the Browns struggled to even get into the red zone, those opportunities were not high leverage, leading to a less-than-ideal fantasy day for the 22-year-old. The Browns offense is lethargic with Deshaun Watson at the helm, capping Judkins’ fantasy ceiling. Volume puts him in the low-end RB2 range for Week 2 against the Buccaneers.

With the Jets in the unusual position of dominating a game from whistle to whistle, new QB Geno Smith dropped back just 24 times. Translation, Wilson coming away with seven targets was actually a pretty good outcome. The Jets’ blocking appeared much improved, but this was not a true test, even if it came on the road. That will come in Week 2 for the Jets’ home opener against the Packers. Wilson will remain a solid WR2 whose high floor will hopefully be accompanied by more ceiling efforts this season.

The Saints got off to a slow start and it looked like Olave, along with the rest of the offense, was going to have a bust of a fantasy day. Instead, Tyler Shough turned the corner in the third quarter and started peppering Olave with intermediate and deep shots. Olave had two gains of 40+ yards and four of 20+ yards. Olave gets another potential shootout next week when he takes on the Ravens. He will be in the WR1 mix.

Little was kicking extra points often, with the Jaguars jumping out to a 24-0 lead by half time. The 23-year-old sank both his field goals on the day and converted all four extra points for a good fantasy kicking day. Kicking for one of the best offenses in the league, Little will frequently be ranked among the top fantasy kickers this season.

Boutte managed just 36-of-79 snaps, third-most among Texans wideouts, as they ran weird platoons that had Jared Wayne, Jaylin Noel, and Xavier Hutchinson all on the field for at least 24 snaps. Until someone conclusively wins this job, or at least we start getting some juice that someone might win the job, it’ll be hard to start any of these receivers in fantasy football.

Williams was unstoppable in this one. His two rushing scores come after he had just four rushing touchdowns in 2025. Williams showed off his underrated speed time and again, including on an untouched 29-yard rushing score in the second half. Williams carved up the Carolina secondary, hitting the sort of intermediate passes that gave him trouble in 2025. He was 15 percent over his expected completion rate. To the surprise of folks who drafted Luther Burden and Colston Loveland, Williams targeted Kalif Raymond a team-leading nine times against the Panthers. Probably that won’t gold up going forward. Williams should remain in all lineups next week against the Vikings.

Freiermuth had a down season last year, but the Steelers had talked about getting him more involved this year. The big tight end played on 49 of the team’s 67 snaps and ran a route on 36 of their 46 dropbacks. He was clearly the third option in the passing attack behind DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr. and is a focal point in the red zone. Freiermuth is likely a solid TE2 option for the season who will flash TE1 weeks.