NFL Player News

Swaim (coach's decision) is not active for the team's Week 1 contest against the Broncos, John Glennon of The Athletic reports.

Swaim signed with Tennessee partway through training camp and made the roster as a depth tight end. However, he'll be inactive for the team's opening contest of the season.

With the Browns placing David Njoku on injured reserve Monday, Bryant should see an increase in playing time.

Njoku will be out for at least three weeks, which gives Bryant a lot of exposure beginning Week 2 at home against the Bengals on Thursday. The rookie's 31 snaps in a Week 1 loss to the Ravens were second among four tight ends that played. The entire position group combined to play 116 snaps, so the offense is geared to playing multiple tight ends. Austin Hooper, who played 77 percent of the snaps Week 1, could also see an increase.

Okwuegbunam has officially been declared inactive for Monday's matchup with the Titans due to a coach's decision, Aric DiLalla of the Broncos' official website reports.

Okwuegbunam was limited at Thursday's practice due to an ankle issue but subsequently logged full workloads the next two days. It's unclear if he suffered some type of setback or if the Broncos are just erring on the side of caution here. Regardless, he was not expected to play a big role in the contest, as he is behind Noah Fant, Nick Vannett and Jake Butt on the depth chart.

Coach Sean McVay said the Rams emerged from Sunday's 20-17 win against the Cowboys with "no significant injuries," which includes Everett (back), Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic reports.

Everett left the game in the second half with a back issue, which contained him to 24 of 73 of the team's snaps on offense (33 percent) and one catch (on two targets) for seven yards. The Rams will take the practice field Wednesday, at which point the tight end's status could receive some clarity.

Kittle has been diagnosed with a sprained left knee in the wake of Sunday's 24-20 loss to the Cardinals, Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com reports.

Kittle made a visit to the locker room just before halftime of the contest but ended up taking the field for the first drive of the second half and gutted out an injury thereafter. In the end, he missed just one offensive snap. On Monday, coach Kyle Shanahan said the 49ers will wait and see how Kittle feels Wednesday and watch the tight end's status closely as the week proceeds before making a decision on his availability for Sunday's road game against the Jets.

Asiasi was on the field for 10 of a possible 64 snaps on offense in Sunday's 21-11 win over the Dolphins, Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports.

Asiasi was not targeted in the game, while Ryan Izzo saw action on 63 snaps and hauled in one of his two targets for 25 yards. Down the road, Asiasi and fellow rookie Dalton Keene (neck) -- who was inactive Sunday -- should get into the team's pass-catching mix, but for now no New England tight end is a reliable fantasy option.

Uzomah caught four of five targets for 45 yards in Sunday's 16-13 loss to the Chargers.

Uzomah recorded more than 45 yards in a game just twice last season, as he mostly played second fiddle to the Tyler Eifert. With Eifert in Jacksonville now, Uzomah is the clear No. 1 TE and played 72 percent of the offensive snaps Sunday -- a percentage he surpassed only in Week 17 last year. Still, Uzomah is the fourth target at best for rookie QB Joe Burrow behind A.J. Green, Tyler Boyd and Joe Mixon, so he's not a very dependable fantasy asset.

Alie-Cox had two receptions for 20 yards on two targets in Sunday's loss at Jacksonville.

He played on 29 of the offense's 74 snaps, as he'll work as the No. 2 tight end while Trey Burton is on IR with a calf injury. While Alie-Cox will play a small role in the passing offense, he only blocked on one of the 21 passing plays he was on the field for.

Smythe was not targeted during Sunday's divisional loss to the Patriots.

Smythe, despite being listed as the starter on Miami's first unofficial depth chart of the year, only handled 13 offensive snaps (21 percent) compared to Mike Gesicki's 45 snaps (73 percent). Additionally, Gesicki accounted for all five of the targets that went to Miami's tight end position. Smythe could see more workload as a blocker as the season continues, particularly if Miami's ground game can get going, but his fantasy floor essentially remains nonexistent.

Conklin did not have a target in Sunday's 43-34 loss to Green Bay. He played just eight snaps on offense.

With both Kyle Rudolph and Irv Smith healthy, Conklin is going to have a minimal role on offense and will get most of his snaps (12 on Sunday) on special teams.