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Prater missed the last two games with a quad injury, but was able to return for this one. That may have been a mistake by the Bills. It appears Prater reaggravated his injury on his third extra point attempt, so the Bills will play the remainder of the game without a kicker. What’s worse, the Bills may have to find another kicker for the playoffs. They had Michael Badgley on their roster for the last two weeks, but he was released from the practice squad, so they’ll likely hold tryouts this week.

Breer continues that the Seahawks are “going to be smart with him.” We’d be floored by a Week 1 return given Charbonnet suffered a torn ACL just last January, but the Seahawks haven’t really put out a real timetable on his status. Seahawks coach Mike McDaniel said in June that “everything’s possible” when asked about Charbonnet playing in Week 1, but didn’t elaborate much on the odds. It does sound like even if Charbonnet is placed on the reserve/PUP list at the end of camp, he’d have a real shot to play in October.

Levis, who has been in trade rumors at times this year, would appear to be the favorite to be released or traded from where we sit this offseason. We doubt that Brian Daboll brought in his old charge Trubisky this offseason just to instantly release him, but the fact that they’re positioning it as a real battle at least opens the possibility. Expect to see plenty of Levis in the preseason this year.

Indianapolis Star’s Joel A. Erickson puts it this way: “the Colts also find themselves at a crossroads. Ballard is headed into the final year of his contract; if Indianapolis does not win, the Colts could be headed for organizational change. A superstar running back might not fit in a rebuild.” It will be very interesting to see if Taylor holds in without a new contract. Ballard spent a lot of his press conference saying his own contract status — he’s a lame duck GM — won’t affect his ability to make long-term decisions. In his own words: We’ll see.

Nabers will “have a reduced workload early in camp” and avoiding the PUP list was “a promising first step, but it’s not the final checkpoint” per Duggan. That’s the bad news, but the overall trend is going enough in the right direction that Duggan believes Nabers could play right away. These things can shift fast — one rough practice could change a whole tone — but guarded optimism is probably the right way to characterize this update.

Atkins doesn’t seem impressed with Bennett (who has “fallen victim to a couple of greedy mistakes”) or Ty Simpson (“isn’t going downfield much”) early in camp and suggests that the unsigned Jimmy Garoppolo could just be a phone call away if Simpson isn’t able to win the QB2 job. We’ll see what happens, but Garoppolo lingering as a free agent could keep some upside injury runouts off the table for Simpson this year.

Mahomes is wearing a brace — he doesn’t seem particularly comfortable with it yet, per Newell — and he’s also still favoring the leg a bit. Neither of those are very surprising observations, but it says a lot that the Chiefs are trying to get a good gauge on where Mahomes is right away. Per Newell, Mahomes took a lot more under-center reps as well, which could signal an offensive shift for the unit towards something that’s better for Kenneth Walker.

It’s unknown what the injury is here, as Porter was not mentioned in an injury rundown by GM Omar Khan earlier this morning. More information to come when it is available. Porter was a potential hold-in (as he was at OTAs) as he tries to work on a contract extension with the team.

“These are my guys,” Gonzalez said. “It’s hard to sit and just watch. I like to be out on the field. This is what I love to do. At the end of the day, I’ve got to get better for myself and for the team. I’m focused on being here at training camp right now, taking it day-by-day, and see where it goes.” Gonzalez has (per Robert Kraft) been offered a top of the market amount for a cornerback. We’ll see where this goes, but it’s great news for the Pats that Gonzalez isn’t holding in.

“Obviously, he’s frustrated. We’re frustrated. Everybody here is putting there time and effort to getting him back,” Poles said. Gordon missed the offseason with what was an undisclosed soft tissue injury. We’ve now got the body part down, so all we’re missing is any expectation about when he’d be ready to come back.

McConkey suffered a hamstring sprain in offseason team activities but the expectation all along was the he’d be ready for camp. Elevating near the WR2/WR3 borderline in ADP, fantasy managers are anticipating a breakthrough year three after last season’s disappointment. A full camp with Mike McDaniel and Justin Herbert should help.