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Rountree recorded five carries for 10 yards and a touchdown during Sunday's 27-20 loss against the Vikings.

Rountree scored a one-yard rushing touchdown near the goal line with 1:30 left in the first half. This marks the 2021 sixth-round pick's first touchdown of his career. Rountree has been utilized infrequently, primarily functioning in short-yardage situations. With Austin Ekeler recording a massive 47.5 snaps per game, Rountree's value will come if he is able to assert himself as a reliable goal-line back.

Drake ran for 16 yards on four carries and caught two of three targets for 15 yards in Sunday's 41-14 loss to Kansas City.

The Raiders struggled to get much going on the ground before K.C. continued to extend its lead in the second half, which could've been a positive development for Drake and his pass-catching abilities out of the backfield. However, starter Josh Jacobs secured five targets of his own as Drake played less than one third of the team's 54 total offensive snaps. Both Jalen Richard (ribs) and Alec Ingold (knee) exited Sunday's contest with injuries, so Drake's role behind Jacobs may expand to a small degree against the Bengals in Week 11.

Jones did not record a touch on his one snap from scrimmage during Sunday's 29-19 loss to Washington, but head coach Bruce Arians stated after the game his lack of opportunity was due to the offense running significantly fewer plays than usual, Greg Auman of The Athletic reports.

The Buccaneers ran just 48 plays during the upset, and if Arians is to be taken at his word, that alone explains Jones' almost complete absence from the offense. However, even with more conventional game scripts, the fourth-year back hasn't logged more than 13 snaps from scrimmage since Week 2, so his prospects remain dim heading into a Week 11 matchup versus the Giants.

Mitchell rushed 27 times for 91 yards in Monday night's 31-10 win over the Rams.

Mitchell had a few nice runs but often didn't find much room up front. While fellow tailback Jeff Wilson didn't either, finishing with 10 carries for 28 yards, wideout Deebo Samuel actually proved to be San Francisco's most efficient runner, taking his five handoffs for 36 yards and a touchdown. On the bright side, the game flow enabled Mitchell to accumulate a season high in carries, slowly adding to his yardage total along the way. Nonetheless, he'll strive for more big plays in his next outing, which appears favorable with the 49ers facing the Jaguars in Week 11.

Barkley (ankle) was spotted taking part in positional and all individual drills during Monday's practice, Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post reports.

According to Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com, Monday marked the first time in more than a month than Barkley had taken part in drills with his healthy teammates, after previously being limited to taking part in rehab work off to the side or not attending practice at all. Per Dunleavy, Barkley looked "explosive and comfortable" while cutting and running, a good early sign for his chances of putting an end to his four-game absence in the Giants' next contest Monday in Tampa Bay. Assuming he's ultimately cleared for the Week 11 game, Barkley should displace Devontae Booker as the Giants' lead back, though he may not immediately reclaim the 80-plus-percent snap shares he handled in three straight contests prior to suffering a left low-ankle sprain.

Harris (concussion) was listed as a non-participant on Monday's estimated practice report.

New England didn't hold a practice one day after its 45-7 trouncing of the Browns, but even if the team had, Harris looks like he wouldn't have taken a meaningful step forward in his recovery from the head injury. Even if he's able to upgrade to limited or full activity by the Patriots' final Week 11 practice Wednesday, he'll still need to gain clearance from an independent neurologist in order to play Thursday in Atlanta. While Harris was sidelined for the Week 10 victory, Rhamondre Stevenson stepped into a featured role out of the backfield and diced up the Browns for 114 total yards and two touchdowns on 24 touches (20 carries, four receptions).

The Patriots listed Bolden as a limited participant on Monday's estimated practice report with a hip issue.

If Bolden is able to upgrade to being listed as a full participant by Wednesday, he could approach Thursday's game against the Falcons minus an injury designation. The absence of lead back Damien Harris (concussion) -- who was listed as 'DNP' on Monday -- didn't result in a major spike in workload for Bolden in the Patriots' Week 10 win over the Browns. Bolden played 18 of 67 offensive snaps (27 percent) and finished with three carries for 32 yards and three receptions for 38 yards on three targets. Rookie Rhamondre Stevenson (20 carries for 100 yards and two touchdowns and four catches for 14 yards on 37 snaps) was instead the main beneficiary as New England followed a more run-heavy game plan in the 45-7 victory.

Atlanta listed Patterson (ankle) as a limited participant on Monday's estimated practice report, Scott Bair of the Falcons' official site reports.

Patterson is tending to a sprained ankle in the aftermath of Sunday's 43-3 loss to the Cowboys. Though Patterson officially wasn't ruled out at any point, he played a season-low 28 percent of the Falcons' offensive snaps in the loss, an indication that the team was holding him back due to the injury. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, sources familiar with Patterson's ankle sprain aren't optimistic he'll be ready to go for a Thursday night matchup with the Patriots in Week 11, but the running back's appearance on the injury report as a limited participant rather than a non-participant is somewhat encouraging. If Patterson ultimately can't go against New England, the Falcons likely would rely on a combination of Mike Davis and Wayne Gallman out of the backfield.

Bargas (undisclosed) was placed on the practice squad COVID-19 list Monday.

Bargas will need to be removed from the list before he can return to Minnesota's practice squad, where he presumably will remain barring an injury to fullback C.J. Ham.

Brightwell was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday, Dan Salomone of the Giants' official site reports.

Dan Duggan of The Athletic confirms that Brightwell actually tested positive for COVID-19, but the rookie running back has evidently recovered. If any lingering effects of the virus don't prevent Brightwell from suiting up Monday in Tampa Bay, his role will depend on the health of Saquon Barkley (ankle) and Devontae Booker (hip), who are both well above Brightwell in New York's backfield pecking order when healthy.