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“I know it’s like, ‘Well, just get some easy completions to get going,’” LaFleur told Mackie. “And that’s fine. You also have Trey McBride, who’s one of the best underneath guys in the world. And there’s only about 60, 65 plays a game. And you’ve gotta run the ball. And you’ve got Kendrick, who works underneath pretty well too. So everyone’s kind of got their role.” In other words; don’t look for LaFleur to bail your Harrison fantasy pick out. If Harrison does get cooking this year it’ll be in the normal flow of their offense. So far that has yielded just four targets in two games.

Robinson was limited on Monday for the estimated practice session. It seems like he’ll be able to go behind Bijan Robinson in Week 3’s TNF showdown with the Packers.

He’ll miss at least four weeks; we’d be surprised if he played again this season after his leg and ankle bent the wrong way while T.J. Watt rolled into him in Week 2. Greg Van Roten took over at guard for the Patriots, who are not providing Drake Maye with the same sort of consistency up front as he had last year through the season’s first two games.

The Chargers lost David Njoku and Charlie Kolar to injured reserve, and apparently preferred Rucci to their in-house practice squad players. Rucci will play behind Oronde Gadsden.

Harbaugh was scooped to his press conference by multiple reporters saying that Dart was likely to miss the remainder of the season, so he probably didn’t have time to change the talking points. It feels like we’re just waiting on this to be official at this point; the Giants will likely name Jameis Winston their starter on Wednesday.

Both reports we’ve had on Dobbins since Sunday’s win have been optimistic-sounding. It sounds like he has a good shot to play in Week 3 after leaving Week 2’s game, though we wouldn’t bet on him being any more than part of the committee against the Rams.

Obviously we’re looking for a follow up from the team, but this is absolutely brutal news for the Giants. Jameis Winston looked abysmal in his fill-in action against the Rams in Week 2 and, if he played like that going forward, would lower expectations for all Giants skill position players. More importantly for Dart, he’ll miss most of his second season and enter the third year of his rookie contract trying to rehab and prove to the Giants that he’s going to be their quarterback of the future. It’s a rough, rough break for the 23-year-old quarterback.

It’s worth noting that Sean Payton intimated that both RJ Harvey and JK Dobbins could be available for Week 3 at a Monday presser. The rookie back looked good in his first extended action in Week 2 with both runners out; that does not mean he’s going to have a major role in the backfield in Week 3. We’ll see how the week plays out. Coleman is still worth a speculative waiver add, especially in 12- and 14-team leagues.

He faces a nine-month recovery; it was the same patellar tendon he partially tore last season. This is a brutal run-out for the 27-year-old. He’ll enter the 2027 season on a $17.9 million cap figure that the Packers could save money on if they wanted to invoke Post-June 1 designations.

In Week 1, the Bears scored 59 points. In Week 3, they will potentially be starting Case Keenum against the Eagles. Life comes at you fast. Bagent will have an extra day to clear protocol because the Bears play on Monday night, but we’ve seen teams be very cautious with concussions over the past few years and it should probably be regarded as more likely than not that Bagent misses Week 3.