NFL Player News
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Darrel Williams RB | NO
Chiefs' Darrel Williams: Effective in expanded role
Williams rushed six times for a season-high 38 yards and reeled in one of his two targets for another five Sunday versus the Broncos.
Williams logged a season-high 31 offensive snaps (48 percent) thanks to Clyde Edwards-Helaire being withheld from the contest due to a bug despite being listed as active. Le'Veon Bell took the other 52 percent of the offensive snaps, producing a similar stat line to Williams. It's at least an encouraging sign for Williams that his role expanded greatly with Edwards-Helaire on the sidelines, but the rookie should be back in the mix next week, shaving off a lot of Wiliams' work.
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Raheem Mostert RB | LV
49ers' Raheem Mostert: Splits work with Wilson
Mostert rushed nine times for 42 yards and secured his only target for one yard in the 49ers' 34-24 loss to the Bills on Monday night.
Playing his second game since returning from injured reserve, Mostert got off to a good start early but ended up splitting carries with Jeff Wilson (seven rush attempts) almost evenly while also becoming a victim of game script. The 49ers were forced to turn to the pass in the second half due to a multi-possession deficit, helping lead to Mostert's second-lowest rushing workload of the campaign. He was still relatively efficient on a per-touch basis and will look to up his overall production in a tough Week 14 matchup against Washington.
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Devin Singletary RB | NYG
Bills' Devin Singletary: Heavy workload in win
Singletary rushed 18 times for 61 yards and secured three of four targets for 22 yards in the Bills' 34-24 win over the 49ers on Monday night.
Zack Moss was part of a fumbled exchange with Josh Allen at the Bills' three-yard line early in the first quarter, a miscue that led to the 49ers' first touchdown of the night. Singletary essentially became the exclusive back from that point forward, tying his highest number of carries on the season. The second-year back also logged three receptions for the second straight game and third time in the last four contests. Singletary now has consecutive games with double-digit rush attempts for the first time since Weeks 5-6, and he'll look to extend that streak against the stingy run defense of the Steelers in Week 14.
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Chase Edmonds RB | WAS
Cardinals' Chase Edmonds: Another 43 yards from scrimmage
Edmonds recorded six carries for 28 yards and two catches (on six targets) for 15 yards during Sunday's 38-28 loss to the Rams.
As the Cardinals have become increasingly pass-heavy during their current three-game losing streak, Edmonds' target count has experienced an appreciable boost (five targets per game during that stretch, versus 3.6 prior to that point). Still, he's recorded two of his four lowest receiving yardage totals in that span. Due to the game script dictating more passing, though, Edmonds earned more offensive snaps than starting running back Kenyan Drake -- 37-29 -- and the former also reeled off a 54-yard kick return that helped set up Arizona's final TD of the day. As long as Drake is healthy, Edmonds will find it difficult to reach 10 touches per game (he's done it three times in 11 games with Drake active).
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Benny Snell RB | DET
Steelers' Benny Snell: Unproductive start
Snell rushed eight times for five yards and caught two of three targets for five yards in Monday's 23-17 loss to Washington.
Snell failed to take advantage of his opportunity to start in place of James Conner (illness). The tailback was notably stuffed on a couple goal-line carries during the second quarter, narrowly missing out on a touchdown that otherwise would have somewhat salvaged an unproductive outing. However, with next to nothing to show for his effort Monday, it wouldn't be surprising if Snell takes a back seat in Week 14 should Conner be ready to return.
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Antonio Gibson RB | NE
Football Team's Antonio Gibson: Not coming back Monday
Gibson (toe) won't return to Monday's contest at Pittsburgh.
At the time of his departure in the first quarter, Gibson had two carries for 14 yards. Initially deemed doubtful to return, he'll have to wait until Sunday against the 49ers, at best, for his next game action. In the meantime, J.D. McKissic and Peyton Barber have covered for Gibson at running back.
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Tommy Bohanon FB | BAL
Tommy Bohanon: Let go from practice squad
Bohanon was waived from the Ravens' practice squad Monday, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic reports.
With starting fullback Patrick Ricard having been lifted from the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday, Bohanon became an expendable practice-squad asset. The Wake Forest product made his last NFL appearance in 2018 as a member of the Jaguars. He's registered 311 scrimmage yards and three TDs over 68 career games.
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Austin Walter RB | LV
49ers' Austin Walter: Won't suit up for MNF
Walter (coach's decision) is inactive for San Francisco's Monday night matchup against the Bills.
The 24-year-old has made three appearances since Week 9, but with Raheem Mostert, Tevin Coleman, Jeff Wilson and Jerick McKinnon all active for Monday night's game, he'll fail to garner active status. Walter has collected 30 scrimmage yards over two offensive touches, adding three kick-return attempts for 64 yards this season.
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Cam Akers RB | SEA
Rams' Cam Akers: DNP on Monday's practice estimate
Akers (shoulder) was listed as non-participant on Monday's estimated injury report, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic reports.
Akers paced the Rams backfield by a large margin Sunday at Arizona, earning 52 offensive snaps to Darrell Henderson's 18 and Malcolm Brown's 13. The result for Akers was 21 carries for 72 yards and one touchdown to go with a 22-yard catch on his only target, while Henderson and Brown combined for nine touches, 101 yards from scrimmage and one TD. Unfortunately for Akers, he's dealing with the residual effects of his largest workload of the season, meaning his status will be one to monitor as Thursday's game against the Patriots approaches.