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Taylor will finish the season 80-for-104 for 779 yards with five touchdowns and five interceptions in six games. The 36-year-old will be a free agent this offseason and remains good enough, when healthy, to be an NFL backup if he chooses to continue his playing career. The only problem is that he’s no longer reliably healthy.

Nailor took a hard hit from Chiefs S Nohl Williams in the second quarter and was forced to go to the sideline to be evaluated. The team has now announced that Nailor will not be returning for Sunday’s game. Nailor will end the day with zero receptions on zero targets and will need to clear concussion protocol if he hopes to return in Week 5 against the Patriots.

Gesicki caught a third quarter touchdown against the Jaguars, his third score of the year. He saw just five targets on a day where Joe Burrow threw 54 passes and Ja’Marr Chase (concussion) exited early. However, Gesicki has a clear red zone role and he led all Bengals tight ends in snaps on the day. If Chase and Tee Higgins (adductor) miss any time, Gesicki is a tight end streaming option for Week 5.

Williams, once again subbing for Adonai Mitchell (finger), had the lone big play of the day for the lifeless New York offense. He caught a 58-yard score from Geno Smith after outrunning the Chicago secondary in the fourth quarter. Williams, who ran a route on 17 of the team’s 19 drop backs, will be a deep league flex option in Week 5 against the Browns if Mitchell remains sidelined.

The Chiefs aren’t formally ruling him out just yet, but Rice’s day is as good as done with this latest update. He continues to go through tests on the hamstring he injured in the first quarter of Sunday’s game and will likely be ruled out in the near future. If his day is done, Rice will finish with zero receptions on zero targets in just six offensive snaps.

Colston Loveland, meanwhile, led the Bears with nine targets in Tyson Bagent’s first start. Kmet has had solid route participation numbers thanks to the Bears’ heavy use of two tight end sets. Even so, he should be left on waiver wires unless or until Loveland misses time. Kmet now has four receptions on the season.

Meyers entered the pass-catching fray with Andrei Iosivas and Colbie Young both out. Add in Ja’Marr Chase (concussion) leaving early and Tee Higgins (adductor) getting hurt at the end of the game and Meyers is suddenly a waiver wire option this week. The 26-year-old former CFL player caught 7 passes, seeing designed screens and downfield targets as he led Bengals wideouts in snaps. He made a juggling catch to set the Bengals up near the red zone on their final drive, capping off a productive day where he mostly operated as the team’s No. 2 receiver. Also involved was Mitchell Tinsley, who caught 3-of-7 targets for 49 yards. As we await Higgins’ and Chase’s statuses for next week, Meyers is the best wide receiver option to add as a potential FLEX play for Week 5 against the Dolphins.

Johnson led the Packers in carries this week, though MarShawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks combined for 11 rushes. Johnson was the most explosive of the bunch, breaking off a 31-yard run in the third quarter that eventually set up a Tucker Kraft touchdown. He undid all of that progress by coughing up the football inside the five-yard line later in the game. MarShawn Lloyd was on the field for the Packers’ penultimate drive, though it only lasted two plays. We can’t imagine the fumble will go over well with Matt LaFleur. Still searching for answers at running back, LaFleur may turn back to Lloyd or even give Brooks more work in Week 5.

Spears also caught his lone target for what resulted in a one-yard loss. It was yet another underwhelming game for Spears, who has totaled a combined 40 yards from scrimmage in his last two games on eight touches. There’s nothing of fantasy value here. Spears can be left off the fantasy radar for Week 5’s game against the Texans.

Wilson is now up to a staggering 30 targets over the past two weeks after that number was “just” 14 across Weeks 1 and 2. He is managing to drew more looks than one of the biggest target sponges in the league Trey McBride, though the seam man still has 23 targets the past two weeks. Wilson and McBride have turned this offense into a two-man affair, with No. 3 Marvin Harrison Jr. now a distant role player. That’s all good and well in fantasy for the time being, but Jacoby Brissett has quietly been amongst the most ineffective QBs in the league. The rebuilding Birds may decide to get a look at Carson Beck sooner rather than later. Either way, that won’t be before next week’s potential shootout with the Lions. Wilson is now a weekly WR3 pushing for top-24 status.