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He added a long defensive pass interference penalty drawn on Travis Hunter to set up Houston’s second third-quarter touchdown. Collins also took an end around in the red zone for five rushing yards. Close, but ultimately not the line that fantasy managers were hoping for. Collins will remain in the low-end WR1 region against the Giants in Week 7.

Noel has scored in all of Houston’s wins this year; that’s analytics. The underlying numbers are more annoying — he played 31-of-63 snaps and was not one of Houston’s top targets in what has been a frustrating room. Still, it’s very clear he’s the second-most talented player in this receiving corps, even if Marvin Harrison Jr. is cutting in. Noel has some FLEX viability in Week 7 against the Giants.

Jordan had a huge cutback lane in the third quarter and took it 25 yards while breaking a Jarrian Jones tackle for his touchdown. He played just 14-of-63 snaps, but clearly brought more juice than Woody Marks in the run game and it wouldn’t be a total surprise if that total grew next week with David Montgomery (groin) expected to remain sidelined. Jordan is likely just a FLEX play against the Giants in Week 7.

Marks was mostly bottled up, though he did manage 9/41 in the second half behind a few reasonably big runs to become the first back all year to hit 40 rushing yards against the Jaguars. He played 49-of-63 snaps. The Texans run game is still bad, but against the Giants in Week 7 Marks should probably be on the RB2 line.

The Texans running game was mostly abandoned until the fourth quarter, leaving Stroud to wail on an overmatched Jaguars secondary. His best throw was probably on Houston’s final possession of the first half, as he dotted a 50-yard throw with a defender in his face to Jaylin Noel, eventually setting up (checking notes) Foster Moreau’s second touchdown of the day. Stroud has now thrown for six touchdowns and gone over 260 yards in each of his last three games; he’s suddenly in the high-end QB2 competition with bye weeks hitting as the Texans host the Giants in Week 7.

Blankenship suffered the concussion near the end of the first half and was carted off with a towel over his head. MJ Stewart took over at safety for a suddenly-ordinary Texans defense.

Williams will make his return to the starting lineup after being sidelined for a few weeks with a hamstring injury while the Bears declared RB Kyle Monangai, CB Tyrique Stevenson, LB T.J. Edwards, LB Keyshaun Elliott, OL Jordan McFadden, DL Jayden Loving, and QB Case Keenum inactive against Atlanta. Monongai’s absence should translate into another big workload for D’Andre Swift, facing a tough Falcons rush defense. Meanwhile, Tyson Bagent will serve as Williams’ backup.

Johnson was declared out heading into the weekend with a neck injury. Also out due to injury are Hood (concussion), Eluemunor (calf), and Nubin (neck). Expect to see more Thomas Fidone behind Isaiah Likely at the tight end position with Johnson out against the Saints.

Penix was able to practice this week and will start for Atlanta in a potentially high scoring game against the Bears. Penix should be considered a streaming option in most formats. Falcons declared QB Cooper Rush, QB Jack Strand, CB C.J. Henderson, DB Malcolm DeWalt IV, LB Christian Harris, OL Ethan Onianwa, and DE Drake Jackson inactive against the Bears.

Muth was a late addition to the injury report, with the Steelers adding him on Saturday and listing him as questionable. With multiple starting receivers out this week, Muth will be asked to take on more work as a pass-catcher, moving him up the TE2 ranks. Inactive for the Steelers are WR Ben Skowronek, QB Drew Allar, QB Will Howard, CB Sean Murphy-Bunting, RB Eli Heidenreich, CB Terell Smith, and DL Kevin Jobity Jr.