Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore (groin) was taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C. on Monday night for precautionary reasons following the team's one-point win over the Commanders. Moore stayed in the hospital overnight, but head coach Ben Johnson said that he is now back in Chicago, according to Scott Bair of Marquee Sports Network. The Bears will continue to monitor Moore's status going into their Week 7 contest against the New Orleans Saints. The 28-year-old was seen going into the medical tent on Monday night, but he eventually returned to the field and caught three of his five targets for 42 yards while also carrying the ball twice for 10 yards. It's unclear at this time if Moore is in danger of missing Week 7, but we should know more later in the week once the Bears resume practicing on Wednesday. If Moore cannot play this Sunday, rookie Luther Burden III would become flex-worthy in fantasy as the No. 2 behind Rome Odunze.

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For the second straight day this week, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III (shoulder) was a non-participant in practice on Tuesday, according to Teresa Varley of Steelers.com. Austin injured his shoulder in the Week 4 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Ireland. He had the bye in Week 5 to heal up, but it wasn't enough time, as he was inactive on Sunday in the Week 6 victory over the Cleveland Browns. With a quick week upcoming -- the Steelers play the division-rival Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night in Week 7 -- it's looking like Austin will miss a second straight game. He will certainly have to practice in some fashion on Wednesday to have a shot at being active on Thursday evening. Fantasy managers should leave Austin on their benches for another week. With Austin out in Week 6, DK Metcalf led the receiving corps, with Darnell Washington coming in second with three catches on five targets for 62 yards.

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Fantasy managers were understandably skeptical as to whether quarterback Sam Darnold could follow up his outstanding 2024 season with the Minnesota Vikings this year after heading to the NFC West to play for the Seattle Seahawks. Through six weeks with his new team, it's clear that the former third overall pick out of USC is picking up where he left off. The 28-year-old continued to play well in Week 6 against a ball-hawking Jacksonville Jaguars defense and finished just shy of 300 yards passing with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Darnold has latched onto star receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba as his go-to target, and it's working. Since a mediocre 150-yard, no-touchdown performance in Week 1, Darnold has thrown for multiple touchdowns in five games and has gone 98-for-138 for 1,391 yards, 11 TDs, and three picks. He continues to be aggressive downfield and should at least be rostered in every fantasy league as a high-end QB2 going forward. He'll really be tested in Week 7 against a Houston Texans defense that has allowed the fewest fantasy points per game to opposing QBs through five games.

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Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Hunter Long played a season-high 80% of the offensive snaps in the Week 6 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in the first game with Brenton Strange (hip) on Injured Reserve. Although Long was used more with Strange sidelined, it didn't amount to much production, as he caught only two of his three targets for 19 yards. Meanwhile, fellow TE Johnny Mundt played 39% of the snaps and caught one of two targets in the passing game for a 14-yard gain. The 27-year-old Long will continue to see more time on the field in Jacksonville's offense for as long as Strange remains out. However, for fantasy purposes, he's not going to be much more than a touchdown-dependent, low-end TE2 streamer with Mundt also contributing. Through six games so far in his first year with the Jags, Long has nine receptions on 11 targets for 63 yards and the first two touchdowns of his career in his fifth season.

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Pittsburgh Steelers CB Jalen Ramsey (rest), WR Calvin Austin III (shoulder), S DeShon Elliott (rest), S Miles Killebrew (knee), LB T.J. Watt (rest), and DL Cameron Heyward (rest) did not practice on Tuesday, Oct. 14. CB Darius Slay (rest) and LB Malik Harrison (knee) were limited in practice. WR DK Metcalf (rest) and QB Aaron Rodgers (rest) practiced in full.

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Pittsburgh Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers (rest) practiced in full on Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Fantasy Spin: Rodgers has played well for the Steelers in 2025, showing that, despite his age, his arm still has some juice in it. However, he should only be used in two-quarterback leagues right now, but he offers upside in those leagues.

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The Baltimore Ravens released safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson on Tuesday after his agent, Kevin Conner, and Ravens officials came to "an amicable mutual decision," according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. "After the Ravens traded for a safety, we were looking for a clearer path to play," Conner added. After signing Gardner-Johnson to their practice squad last week, they acquired Alohi Gilman in a trade with the Los Angeles Chargers to bolster depth at the safety position. The 27-year-old Gardner-Johnson wanted out and will now get another opportunity to latch on with a team in need of safety help. He will be searching for his third team of the season after the Houston Texans released him after just three games into the year. Gardner-Johnson recorded six interceptions with the Philadelphia Eagles last year on his way to earning a Super Bowl ring.

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Detroit Lions defensive backs Terrion Arnold (shoulder) and Avonte Maddox (hamstring) will both likely return following the team's bye in Week 8, according to head coach Dan Campbell. Arnold aggravated a shoulder injury in Week 5 and was forced to sit out of the Sunday night loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 6. The 22-year-old is also going to miss a Monday night showdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 7, but he should be ready to go in Week 9 in a divisional battle versus the Minnesota Vikings. Detroit is also currently without defensive back D.J. Reed (hamstring), who is on Injured Reserve, so they've been forced to rely more on Rock Ya-Sin and Amik Robertson in their secondary at cornerback. The Lions' depleted secondary will be noteworthy this upcoming Monday night, but it remains to be seen if the Buccaneers can take advantage of it with their banged-up receiving corps.

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said that rookie wide receiver Jordan Watkins (calf) is expected to resume practicing this week, according to Matt Barrows of The Athletic. Watkins, a fourth-round selection back in April's NFL draft, has yet to make his NFL debut in 2025 due to a calf injury. It's been a major theme for the Niners so far this year as they continue to struggle with injuries, mainly to their offense. Watkins has been unable to take advantage of opportunities created by injuries to receivers Jauan Jennings (ribs) and Ricky Pearsall (knee) and tight end George Kittle (hamstring). It remains to be seen how much of a role the 23-year-old will have once he gets past his calf injury, but by then, the team's other primary pass-catchers might also be fully healthy. For now, Watkins is only a stash candidate in dynasty/keeper leagues.

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said on Monday that wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (knee) is getting "closer and closer" to returning to practice following his ACL and MCL tears in his right knee in Week 7 of last year. While the Niners aren't giving any specific date for a potential return to the practice field for Aiyuk, Shanahan mentioned Week 10 as a rough estimate, according to Matt Barrows of The Athletic. Despite the Niners also dealing with injuries to receivers Jauan Jennings (ribs) and Ricky Pearsall and tight end George Kittle (hamstring), Aiyuk isn't going to be rushed back. And even if Aiyuk does return to practice ahead of the team's Week 10 game against the division-rival Los Angeles Rams, it doesn't mean the former first-rounder would be active for his season debut that week. Once Aiyuk's practice window is open, the 49ers will have 21 days to officially activate him from the Physically Unable to Perform list. Fantasy managers who are stashing Aiyuk must remain patient.

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In Sunday's London game, which few would consider an instant classic, Denver tight end Evan Engram led all Broncos pass catchers with five receptions for 42 yards. Both marks also represented season highs for the veteran tight end, who has now seen at least five targets and four receptions in three straight games. While none of these numbers justify the brief offseason hype stemming from head coach Sean Payton's talk of using him in the Joker role, Engram has provided a reliable floor at a position where that's hard to come by. If he can mix in the occasional touchdown, as he did in Week 5, he should continue to be in play in most formats as injuries and bye weeks mount.

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In Week 4, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jaylen Warren was a late inactive with a knee injury, and backup Kenneth Gainwell took full advantage of an expanded role, turning his 25 opportunities into 134 yards and two touchdowns. Following a Week 5 bye, Jaylen Warren was back in the lineup for the Steelers' Week 6 win over the Browns, pushing Gainwell back into a supporting role. Warren saw 31 snaps to Gainwell's 20, and out-touched him 13-12. The silver lining for Gainwell is that he caught all six of his targets, but turned that into only 14 yards. In a game that the Steelers led from start to finish and ran only 58 plays to the Browns' 74, it's entirely possible that Warren could have seen more work if not for it being his first game back. Warren is still the Steelers' starting back, but even if the team employs both players in a closer split, Gainwell lacks the explosiveness to turn his limited touches into anything that can be reliably trusted for fantasy.

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Through six weeks, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens leads the NFL with six touchdown receptions, while his 525 yards trail only Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua. Asked on Tuesday about a potential contract extension, Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones touched upon Pickens' fit within the locker room before saying the team would need to think about "having some room available if [they] are gonna pay a second receiver at that level." The Cowboys acquired Pickens in an offseason trade, and as he plays out the final season of his rookie contract, he currently represents the gem of the 2026 free agency class at the position. It remains to be seen if he can keep up his torrid pace when CeeDee Lamb (ankle) returns from injury, but wherever he ends up next season, he'll likely see a deal in excess of $30 million per year. He should be viewed as a fringe WR1 in both redraft and dynasty formats.

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Just before the Los Angeles Chargers' Week 6 contest against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, it was announced that running back Hassan Haskins would start for the Bolts in the first game without rookie first-rounder Omarion Hampton (ankle), who is on Injured Reserve. Haskins got the start, but he quickly gave way to Kimani Vidal, who dominated backfield work with 18 carries for 124 rushing yards while playing 67% of the offensive snaps. Meanwhile, Haskins only played 31% of the snaps and saw six carries for 14 yards while catching his only target for a gain of nine yards. The Chargers could use more of a split backfield going into a Week 7 meeting against the Indianapolis Colts. Still, Vidal definitely was the more explosive back in the first game without Hampton. The 25-year-old still deserves to be rostered in deep leagues for RB depth with Hampton out, but he won't be a recommended flex play against Indy.

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Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs has seen a more consistent role in the Colts' passing attack over the last few weeks and even managed to find the end zone for the first time this year in the Week 6 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Downs hauled in six of his seven targets for 42 yards and a touchdown. It was nice to see Downs score for the first time in 2025, and it came with fellow wideout Alec Pierce making his return from a two-game absence due to a concussion. The 24-year-old has caught six passes in back-to-back weeks now, and he has been targeted 15 times in that span. He has seen at least five targets in each of the last three weeks. Pierce's return will surely make it harder for Downs to maintain that consistency, but it's clear he's a big part of a passing attack in Indy that also includes Michael Pittman Jr. and impressive rookie tight end Tyler Warren. Downs is only rostered in 50% of Yahoo leagues currently. That number should be higher.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cade Otton has seen more involvement in the offense over the last two weeks, with the team's receiving corps extremely banged up. Mike Evans (hamstring) and Chris Godwin (leg) were unavailable in Sunday's win over the San Francisco 49ers, and rookie first-rounder Emeka Egbuka (hamstring) also suffered an injury that is expected to cost him time. Otton caught five of a season-high six targets for 51 yards in Week 6 and now has nine grabs on 11 targets for 132 yards in the last two games. The 26-year-old's five catches led the team against San Fran. Even if Evans can make it back for the Monday night game in Week 7 against the Detroit Lions, Otton should be in line for an elevated role once again with both Egbuka and Godwin sidelined. He deserves attention on the waiver wire this week and is rostered in only 12% of Yahoo leagues. Otton will be a TE2 streamer in Week 7.

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In the absence of wide receiver Malik Nabers (knee), who is done for the year with a torn ACL, New York Giants wideout Wan'Dale Robinson has become the team's clear No. 1 pass-catcher. Robinson paced the Giants' pass-catchers in their upset victory over the Philadelphia Eagles last Thursday night, catching six of his seven targets for 84 yards and his second touchdown of the season. Most of the 24-year-old's damage came on a 35-yard touchdown hookup with rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart. In two games without Nabers, Dart has targeted Robinson 14 times, making it clear that he's going to be a primary target for the young signal-caller moving forward. The upcoming matchup on the road against a stingy Denver Broncos defense isn't ideal, but Robinson's increased volume at least makes him a waiver-wire target if he's still available in your league. Robinson is currently rostered in 59% of Yahoo leagues.

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Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown was largely held in check by the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 6. St. Brown still hauled in nine catches on 10 targets, but he recorded just 45 receiving yards and was held out of the end zone. The 25-year-old has logged 44 catches for 452 yards and six touchdowns on 51 targets through six games so far this season. He should have an easier matchup on paper in Week 7 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who rank 24th in the NFL in passing yards allowed (1,520) through six weeks. Despite the mediocre performance in Week 6, St. Brown remains a clear must-start fantasy wide receiver.

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Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said "it remains to be seen" whether cornerback Quinyon Mitchell (hamstring) will be able to play on Sunday in Week 7 against the Minnesota Vikings, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Jeff McLane. If Mitchell isn't cleared to play this weekend, it will be either Adoree' Jackson or Kelee Ringo starting in the secondary for Philadelphia. An absence from Mitchell would be a clear upgrade for the Vikings' passing attack and for All-Pro wideout Justin Jefferson, with Minnesota coming off its bye week. The 24-year-old Mitchell injured his hamstring in last Thursday night's loss to the New York Giants and wasn't able to return to the contest. The former first-rounder took on a big role immediately for the Eagles' defense last year on their way to winning the Super Bowl.

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Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs posted his least efficient game of the season in his team's 30-17 Week 6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Gibbs recorded just 65 rushing yards on 17 carries and zero receiving yards on one catch. He also failed to find the end zone for just the second time in six games so far this season. On the bright side, Gibbs has now recorded at least 15 touches in five out of six games in 2025 after failing to do that in six out of 17 games in 2024. The 23-year-old remains a must-start fantasy running back heading into a Week 7 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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