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Kittle (leg) will be limited at Wednesday's practice, with head coach Kyle Shanahan indicating that he's hopeful the tight end can return for Sunday's game against the Seahawks, Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Garrett Celek made the most of Kittle's absence in a 31-21 win over the Giants in Week 10, catching four of six targets for 67 yards and a touchdown. Coming out of a bye week, the San Francisco tight ends will face a much tougher task, regardless of whether it's Kittle or Celek leading the charge.

Traylor caught four of five targets for 36 yards in Sunday's 20-17 loss to the Bengals.

It wasn't a bad career debut for Traylor, who was activated after Denver's tight-end room caught the injury bug. Not only did Traylor haul in four catches, he led the team's tight ends in offensive snaps 53 to 41 over starter Virgil Green. Traylor's ability to split out wide certainly looked appealing for a Denver offense that has struggled to squeeze production out of its tight ends. With more questions than answers in Denver's offense, expect Traylor to continue to get plenty of looks -- especially after the team cut pass-catching tight end A.J. Derby.

Lewis reeled in both of his targets for 26 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 19-7 win over the Browns.

Lewis faked as though he was blocking on a play-action pass in the first quarter and then slipped out for a 10-yard touchdown, the Jaguars' first score of the game. The touchdown was Lewis' second in the past four games and fifth of the season -- the second most of his career. Even though Lewis ranks just sixth on a bottom-10 passing team in catches, he has three more touchdowns than any other Jaguars target. His production is getting hard to ignore.

Mundt was waived by the Rams on Tuesday.

Mundt was promoted to the active roster earlier in November, making two appearances during his stay with the Rams. He could rejoin Los Angeles' practice squad if he clears waivers.

Ertz caught two of five pass attempts for eight yards in Sunday's 37-9 win over the Cowboys.

Coming off a two-week absence due to a hamstring injury, Ertz played 60 of 64 snaps on offense. With the Eagles gaining 215 yards on the ground, the 27-year-old turned in his worst statistical performance of the season and broke a string of four consecutive games with a touchdown in the process. He will try to find the end zone again in a Week 12 tilt with Chicago, a team that has been tough against tight ends this season.

Graham caught seven of 11 targets for 58 yards and a touchdown in Monday night's 34-31 loss to the Falcons. He also hauled in a successful two-point conversion.

Graham opened the scoring for Seattle with a four-yard touchdown during the first quarter. That end-zone trip not only gave Graham a seventh touchdown in the last six games, but also a new season-high mark since joining the Seahawks. Although he's topped 65 yards just once through 10 outings this season, Graham's torrid touchdown pace is reminiscent of his days in New Orleans, when he first surfaced as a fantasy star.

Derby (shoulder) reverted to injured reserve Monday, per the league's official transaction log.

Derby was waived ahead of Sunday's game against the Bengals in order for Denver to add another tight end to the active roster, which ended up being Austin Traylor from the practice squad. Otherwise, the Broncos would've only had one healthy option at tight end in Virgil Green, with Jeff Heuerman nursing a knee injury. Barring an injury settlement, Derby will likely spend the rest of the season on IR.

Njoku played just 21 of the team's 55 offensive snaps and finished with one catch (one target) for 13 yards during Sunday's 19-7 loss to the Jaguars.

Over Njoku's last two games, the rookie tight end has only been able to haul in two catches for 16 yards, as Seth DeValve continues to get most of the playing time in coach Hue Jackson's offense. Njoku's one target Sunday was his lowest total of the season, and he hasn't been able to find the end zone since Oct. 8. The 21-year-old has 20 receptions for 211 yards and three touchdowns this season.

Allen logged 25 of a possible 60 snaps on offense in Sunday's 33-8 win over the Raiders, ESPN's Mike Reiss reports.

Allen, whose first catch of the season came Week 10, hauled in both of his targets Sunday for 24 yards. The arrival of fellow tight end Martellus Bennett hasn't cost Allen his blocking-heavy role in the Patriots offense, but there's still minimal fantasy upside to be had here, as long as Rob Gronkowski remains healthy.

Henry was a non-factor in the 54-24 rout of the Bills on Sunday, catching two of his five targets for 25 yards.

It's clear by this point that Henry is merely the third or fourth option in the Chargers' balanced passing attack, as the offense continues to work through Melvin Gordon and Keenan Allen. Despite seeing the fourth-most targets on the team, Henry is firmly muddled in an offense content on spreading the ball around, and as a result remains simply a high-end secondary option at tight end for fantasy owners.