The Bengals announced Monday that QB Joe Burrow has been cleared to start practicing on a limited basis. The announcement comes two months after he suffered a Grade 3 turf toe vs. Jacksonville in Week 2. He had surgery on Sept. 19 and was expected to miss at least three months. This return to practice means the team now has three weeks to either fully activate Burrow or end his season. The end of that decision window would hit between the Week 13 visit to Baltimore and a Week 14 trip to Buffalo. How the 3-6 Bengals fare over the next three games will likely factor into that decision.
The Giants are firing HC Brian Daboll, according to multiple reports. Daboll had been in the middle of his fourth year with the team, and things have gone downhill since a 2022 playoff trip opened his tenure with optimism. Those Giants went 9-7-1 and then beat the Vikings on the road in the Wild Card round (before getting smoked 38-7 at Philly). The 2023 Giants lost QB Daniel Jones early to an ACL tear and wound up 6-11. They dipped to 3-14 last season and have started this year 2-8, following Sunday's come-from-ahead loss at Chicago. OC Mike Kafka takes over as the interim head coach.
QB Jacoby Brissett endured easily his roughest outing Sunday since taking over for the injured Kyler Murray. He took five sacks in the loss to the Seahawks and lost a pair of fumbles that each got returned for TDs (both by Edge Demarcus Lawrence). Brissett completed just half of his 44 pass attempts for an offense that didn't score until it already trailed 35-0, and even then thanks to Sam Darnold turning the ball over at his own 2-yard line. But Brissett still managed 258 yards and 2 TDs passing, plus another 31 yards on four rushing attempts. He heads into Monday night with the ninth-best fantasy total among QBs for the week, according to ESPN scoring.
Dolphins RB De’Von Achane posted a ceiling game in Sunday’s win over Buffalo. Achane’s 225 total yards and 2 scores amounted to 40.5 PPR points, a figure he hasn’t hit since Week 3 of 2023.
Sunday gave us a tough first game from which to judge the playing-time split among Seattle's top three WRs. Rashid Shaheed assumed the No. 3 role in his first game with the team, just five days after arriving in trade. But he played just five fewer snaps than Jaxon Smith-Njigba and ran just three fewer routes. Cooper Kupp -- in his return from missing Week 9 with injury -- led the trio in snaps. Total pass routes went:
Seahawks QB Sam Darnold let you down big time if you started him in Week 10, but it wasn't really his fault. Darnold attempted just 12 passes in Sunday's laugher of a victory over Arizona. Given that, it's actually pretty impressive that he generated 178 yards (14.8 yards per pass attempt) on 10-of-12 passing. Darnold threw a TD and an INT. He also officially logged three rushing attempts for minus-2 yards yards, but two of those were kneel-downs at the end of the first half. (Drew Lock got the kneel-down honors at the end of the game.) Darnold did damage his fantasy line, however, by losing two fumbles against Arizona. That included one at his own 2-yard line, which quickly turned into Arizona's first points late in the second quarter.
If you've been rostering either of Seattle's top two RBs this season, then you've undoubtedly been frustrated with their deployment and production. The Seahawks added a third element to that problem in Sunday's win over the Cardinals. George Holani ran for a 9-yard TD near the end of the first quarter, en route to a 7-31-1 rushing line for the day. Ahead of him, Zach Charbonnet rushed for a team-leading 83 yards and another TD on 14 carries. Kenneth Walker matched Charbonnet at 14 carries, tallying 67 yards, and drew the backfield's only target. (He caught it for a whopping 3 yards.)
Bills RB James Cook struggled to find running room in Sunday’s surprising loss at Miami. Buffalo’s lead back posted just 4.1 yards per carry against a unit that entered as one of the worst run defenses on the season.
Keaton Mitchell carried four times for 31 yards in Sunday's win over the Vikings, ranking second among Baltimore RBs in rushing work. Justice Hill followed with just one carry, producing a 1-yard TD in the middle of the third quarter. Derrick Henry, of course, dominated ground work with 20 rushes for 75 yards. Henry also led the backfield receiving against Minnesota, catching all three of his targets for 9 yards. Hill followed him in that area, running seven pass routes to Henry's 18 and catching one of two targets for 12 yards.
Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 142 yards and 1 TD and caught 3 passes for 30 yards and another score as the Detroit Lions hammered the Washington Commanders 44-22. Despite the banner fantasy outing, Gibbs' 35 snaps were his fewest since Week 5, while David Montgomery, who tied Gibbs with 15 carries, out-snapped Gibbs and was in on a season-high 38 plays.
Bills WR Keon Coleman scored his first TD since Week 5 in Sunday’s loss to Miami. His 8 targets marked his most since Week 1.
The Washington Commanders employed a full-on committee backfield in their 44-22 Week 10 loss to the Detroit Lions. Including QB Marcus Mariota, four players received 5-plus carries, but the results were modest. Washington totaled 93 rushing yards and one TD on 27 carries.
Ravens TE Mark Andrews caught the team's only TD pass in Sunday's win over the Vikings. That was one of his 3 receptions for a mere 14 yards among five targets on a difficult passing day for Baltimore. Andrews matched TE Isaiah Likely at five targets. Likely caught two of his for 17 yards.
Steelers WR D.K. Metcalf put up his second straight dud game going 3-35-0 on 7 targets. This comes off the heels of a 2-6-0 game last week. The struggles of the Steelers’ passing game have affected Metcalf, especially with the slow pace of play for the Steelers. With QB Aaron Rodgers spreading the ball around, Metcalf’s floor will be near zero every week moving forward.
Chargers QB Justin Herbert was pressured often against the Steelers, being sacked five times. He ended up completing 20 of 33 passes for 220 yards and a TD. He did find a little success with his legs rushing 5 times for 19 yards. Missing OTs Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater was apparent against the Steelers with Herbert throwing the ball under pressure throughout the game.
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson managed just 17-of-29 passing for 176 yards and 1 TD in Sunday's win over the Vikings. He added 36 yards on nine carries. Jackson also fumbled once, but the Ravens retained possession.
Chargers TE Oronde Gadsden is questionable to return to Sunday night's game vs. the Steelers with a left knee injury. He had a knee-on-knee collision with LB Payton Wilson and wound up limping back to the locker room. We'll update the rookie's status when we know more.
Panthers RB Rico Dowdle went 18-53-1 on the ground and caught all three of his targets for 10 yards. He had 84% of backfield touches with Chuba Hubbard getting the other 16%. Despite the large volume, Dowdle struggled to find much running room with his worst yards per carry since Week 2 (2.9).
Rookie QB Tyler Shough completed 19 of 27 passes for 282 yards and 2 TDs with no INTs i in the win against the Carolina Panthers. He supported the Saints’ top two receiving weapons in WR Chris Olave (5-104-1) and TE Juwan Johnson (4-92-1). Despite the strong showing, the Saints' offense only scored 17 points.
Vikings RB Aaron Jones rushed for 47 yards as a TD on a team-high nine carries in Sunday's loss to the Ravens. He added 3 receptions for 22 yards among six targets, tying for third on the team in looks. Jones logged half the team's total rushing attempts in a game that found Minnesota pass on more than two-thirds of offensive plays. Jordan Mason rushed a mere four times for 25 yards and caught his lone target for 6 yards.
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