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The Steelers were getting nothing done offensively until Aaron Rodgers turned back the clock and threw a seed to Thielen for a long gain that set up their first touchdown. The 35-year-old has shown a decent rapport with Aaron Rodgers, and it’d be a surprise if he didn’t see a handful of targets again versus the Texans next week in the Wild Card Round.

Unless we get word that it’s an exceptionally rough illness, we’d expect no worse than a questionable listing on Friday despite the two missed practices. Olave should remain a smash WR1 against the Giants in Week 6.

Unlike yesterday, Henderson was spotted at the open portion of practice and appears to be making a real run to play in Week 6. If not for the report that he’d miss multiple weeks with a high-ankle sprain, this would be a pretty clear trend towards Henderson playing. As is, we’ll see what happens on Friday. It sure seems like he’ll hit the questionable line one way or another, but how it looks will be important as far as figuring out his Week 6 status.

Mooney’s participation puts him on track to face the Saints in Week 6. He does not need to be in 12-team lineups, and his presence, unfortunately, keeps Malachi Fields from potentially playing in a full-time role.

It was a surprising downgrade from Wednesday’s limited session, putting Spears’ status for Week 6 into real question. If he sits, we’re not entirely sure which Titans third-string back would get breather duties. Kalel Mullings, who was a practice squad activation, got the only non-Tony Pollard/Spears snap in Week 5. Nicholas Singleton and Michael Carter are also both on the active roster.

It’s an upgrade from Wednesday’s DNP. Ramsey initially played through the wrist ailment in Week 4 and seems likely to continue to do so in Week 6.

It’s an upgrade from Wednesday’s DNP. Depending on how optimistic Friday’s practice status is, Benton will likely either find himself questionable for Week 6 or pulled off the injury report entirely on Friday.

It’s his first full practice since suffering the toe injury. Dowdle looks to be headed for hard-to-trust FLEX territory with Jaylen Warren crushing in his absence and Mike McCarthy (rightfully) saying that Warren deserves the lion’s share of the workload at the moment.

He has been limited twice and doesn’t look close to clearing concussion protocol. It’s become rarer for players to launch a Friday comeback to get off protocol, but it’s not unprecedented. Sadiq looks like he’s on the doubtful side of questionable heading into Friday.

The good news is that it looks like Downs is trending towards getting off the injury report on Friday. The bad news is that it’s hard to make much more than a WR3 case for the receiver given how bogged down Indianapolis’ passing offense looks at the moment.

The 49ers have a Week 8 bye and thus Samuel would stay on injured reserve an extra week. Reading between the lines, it sounds like Samuel has a chance to play in Week 9 if things go well. Shanahan added that Demarcus Robinson (ankle) could return for Week 9 as well.