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Ward was listed with a migraine on the Browns’ Wednesday injury report. It doesn’t seem like his migraine is tied to any concussion or head injury, so we would expect Ward to be able to recover and play in Week 13 against the 49ers. Also not practicing defensively for the Browns were DE Alex Wright (quad) and DT Adin Huntington (quad). Both Wright and Huntington are in jeopardy of missing Week 13, though practice reports later in the week will provide clarity.

He had a 20-ish yard touchdown taken off the board on what appeared to be a ticky-tack holding penalty. The more important story here is that David Montgomery (groin) went down mid-game and the Texans gave Marks a full workload. He had 56-of-65 snaps and no other back received a carry or touch. Marks won’t get that kind of workload next week against the Jaguars, but if Montgomery is destined for a long absence, he should threaten 70 percent of the snaps and a majority of the workload, making him one of the day’s bigger fantasy winners.

Cousins didn’t play poorly, but didn’t do much beyond connecting with Brock Bowers for some long gains in the first half, before the Patriots avalanched the severely overmatched Raiders in the third quarter. Cousins was sacked three times while narrowly avoiding a few other big losses, as the Vegas offensive line struggled to protect him throughout. His muted showing comes after 11 touchdown tosses over the season’s first four games in Klint Kubiak’s offense. Cousins will look to bounce back in Week 6 against the Bills in what should be a high-scoring affair.

He added a rushing touchdown on a goal-to-go red zone keeper. The Texans offense continues to bog down with penalties and bad runs — they went into half with four field goals — but Stroud was able to pilot the ship well enough to keep things reasonable until the Titans defense broke in the second half. He’ll head to London next week to face the Jaguars, yet another team that should keep him throwing given how good their run defense is, so he’ll be a mid-range QB2 for that one.

Meyers has been held to two and three catches over his past two games. It’s probably not a coincidence that Brenton Strange leads the team with 14 catches during Meyers’ two-game slump. Meyers is still operating as the Jags’ WR2, but his role will come down to matchup nuances on a week-to-week basis. He is sliding back into the WR5 fantasy ranks ahead of his Week 6 matchup with the Texans.

After a quiet three games to start the year, Strange has heated up over the past two weeks. He led the team with seven catches last week and did so again today in London. Strange had seven catches in his first three games combined. He can’t be expected to pace the Jags in receiving, but Strange is back on the TE1/2 border for his Week 6 date with Houston.

Rodriguez was all but phased out of the rotation in this game. His most notable touch was a goal line carry which he was stuffed on and then fumbled the ball away. He was called down on the field. Even though replay clearly showed him losing the ball, there was no clear recovery and the refs didn’t bother overturning the non-fumble. Rodriguez may still be the occasional touchdown vulture, but his role has been reduced to the point where fantasy managers can safely cut ties with him on the next run of waivers.

To make matters worse, Sadiq suffered the injury in the process of losing a fumble. Targeted on a 3rd-and-9 near the goal line in the third quarter, Sadiq was short of the first down and got “Peanut punched” for the giveaway. With neither side getting anything going in rainy New Jersey conditions, Sadiq had just two receptions for three yards before going down, getting out-produced by a returning Mason Taylor in the process. Now highly questionable for Week 6 against the Patriots, Sadiq will not be on the streamer radar if given the go-ahead.

The Jags’ offense struggled to execute at a basic level in this game, and Tuten may have been hurt the most by errors. Their first goal line sequence of the day started with a Chris Rodriguez near-fumble. After two incomplete passes, Liam Coen dialed up a jet sweep for Tuten that was blown up for a loss of six yards. The Jags’ next goal line sequence featured a pair of delay of game penalties followed by an incomplete pass on fourth down. Tuten got the full workhorse treatment in this game, ceding just two carries and one catch to his backups. He unfortunately could not make much of the touches. Tuten will be a high-end RB2 if this role persists into his Week 6 matchup versus the Texans.

Savaiinaea hurt his ankle at some point in the second quarter and was declared questionable to return. He stood on the sidelines for some time but Jarrett Kingston is in at right guard for the 22-year-old second-year lineman.

Henderson had 38 yards on five touches before suffering the ankle injury on a sideline tackle in the second quarter. He needed help getting to the locker room and did not return to action. Henderson, who has dealt with a string of injuries over the past few months, could miss significant time, leaving Rhamondre Stevenson as the Patriots’ unquestioned workhorse back for now.