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Martin tallied 40 snaps in Week 7,Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Martin was once again the workhorse of the Bucs' backfield, outsnapping backup Charles Sims by 17 plays. After a two-week stretch where he and Sims were neck-and-neck in terms of playing time, Martin's stellar performances over the last two games in particular have garnered him the bulk of the action in the backfield.

Ellington rushed for 21 yards on five carries and added 28 yards on three catches in Monday's win over Baltimore.

Monday's eight touches were Ellington's most since returning to the lineup in Week 5. The game also coincided with Chris Johnson's largest rushing yardage tally of the season. After trailing Ellington in carries in Week 1, Johnson emerged as the team's featured back in his absence and hasn't relinquished the title over the past three weeks. Barring injury, Ellington does not appear to be a threat to Johnson's stanglehold on the job and his size and running style do not make him an obvious candidate to vulture touchdowns.

Bolden (hamstring) was a limited participant in Tuesday's practice.

Bolden has been limited at both practice sessions the Patriots have held this week, and he will have just one more day to recover before the Patriots take the field Thursday against the Dolphins. Bolden was inactive last week, and it remains to be seen if he will return to action in Week 8.

Although he stopped short of naming McFadden his new starting running back, Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett did indicate that the veteran would get more touches going forward, DallasCowboys.com reports. "I thought he was outstanding," Garrett said. "I think anybody who watched the game had to have been impressed by his performance. You saw him run inside, you saw him run off tackle and you saw him run outside. He made a lot of big plays in the game, he had a lot of dirty runs in the game. Just really, really played a complete football game and that's a well as we've run the football all year long and we have to continue to build on that."

Joseph Randle was sidelined Sunday by a re-occurrence of an oblique injury that he initially suffered in the preseason, and if he's unable to go in Week 8, McFadden would be in line for another big workload. If Randle is healthy enough to play though, expect a timeshare once again between them, although McFadden could be the one seeing the greater share of carries.

McKinnon had nine carries for 36 yards and one reception for one yard in Sunday's win over Detroit.

McKinnon played a season-high 15 snaps on offense as the Vikings made it a point to give Adrian Peterson more rest after dealing with an illness. McKinnon has barely been a factor in the offense and Sunday's game may not indicate a major change.

Rawls is dealing with a contusion on his calf, Liz Mathews of 710 ESPN Seattle reports.

While it's possible that Rawls' practice participation this week could be impacted by the issue, at this stage it sounds like there's a solid chance that he will be on hand to back up Marshawn Lynch on Sunday against the Cowboys.

The Ravens have waived Magee.

Assuming he clears waivers, Magee is a candidate to end up back on the Ravens' practice squad in short order.

An MRI has confirmed that Texans featured back Arian Foster tore his right Achilles tendon in the Sunday loss to the Dolphins, per the Houston Chronicle.

Bill O'Brien acknowledged Monday that Foster is out for the rest of the season, with the report further noting that he's on track to undergo surgery and presumably headed for injured reserve.

In his absence, the Texans will turn to some backfield combinbation of Alfred Blue and Chris Polk, with Jonathan Grimes in the mix to a lesser degree. Of the three, we suspect that Blue is most likely to get the first chance to head the committee.

Williams carried four times for 19 yards and caught two passes for 10 yards in Sunday's win over the Texans.

Williams, who lost a fumble in the game, remains listed as the Dolphins' No. 2 RB on the team's posted depth chart. That said, he has been limited to 11 caries for 46 yards in six games, while fellow Lamar Miller backup Jonas Gray has logged 29 carries in four games with Miami to date.

Eagles backup running back Ryan Mathews injured his groin Sunday night against the Panthers.

His injury apparently came on his 22-yard run, which preceded his 63-yard touchdown during the third quarter. Fortunately for Mathews and his Fantasy owners, the Eagles now enter their bye week, which should give him a timely opportunity to gain some rest and treatment.