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Schreck injured his left knee and will not return to Sunday's game against the Chiefs.

The severity of Schreck's injury won't be known until he undergoes further testing, but it doesn't look good considering the second-year pro needed to be carted off the field. This isn't a favorable development for a Bengals tight end group that is already without the services of both Tyler Eifert (ankle) and Tyler Kroft (leg).

Kittle caught five of eight targets for 98 yards and a touchdown during Sunday's 39-10 loss to the Rams.

Kittle led the team in targets, catches and receiving yardage, thanks in large part to a long gain of 35 yards. He also got into the end zone for the second time this season on a 10-yard strike in the second quarter. Kittle has emerged as one of the top pass-catching tight ends in the NFL this season and is on pace for over 1,200 yards while catching passes from former Iowa teammate C.J. Beathard. He'll look to build on this productive outing next Sunday against the Cardinals.

Hooper enters a Monday night clash with the Giants in the midst of a likely soon-to-be career year, with 30 receptions on 37 targets for 273 yards and two touchdowns through six games.

Matt Ryan has a 116.8 passer rating this season when targeting Austin Hooper, the second-highest among any quarterback-tight-end duo in the league. Voluntary offseason workouts have paid dividends for Hooper, as he and Ryan built rapport over the offseason playing catch at a local high school. If Hooper's stat line through six weeks is extrapolated over a 16-game stretch, he remains on pace to rack up 80 receptions for 728 yards and five touchdowns (previous career highs 49/526/3). Week 7 brings a challenging matchup against a Giants defense that has shut down tight ends in 2018, allowing just 23 receptions and one touchdown to the position (among NFL's 10 best in both categories).

Gesicki brought in three of three targets for 44 yards during the Dolphins' 32-21 loss to Detroit on Sunday.

Gesicki also tied his season high in targets during the Week 7 loss. The second-round rookie logged his strongest receiving game of the season and could be in line for a big opporunity against the Texans on Thursday with Albert Wilson (hip), Kenny Stills (undisclosed) and DeVante Parker (quadriceps) all banged up with a short week to recover.

Swaim will not return to Sunday's game against the Redskins due to a knee injury, Calvin Watkins of The Athletic reports.

Swaim exited the Week 7 contest with a knee injury during the fourth quarter. Expect an update on the No. 1 tight end's health after the conclusion of Sunday's game.

Njoku collected four of six targets, accumulating 52 receiving yards and a touchdown during Sunday's 26-23 overtime loss to Tampa Bay.

Njoku has now posted receiving scores in consecutive outings after being held out of the end zone across Cleveland's first five games of 2018. The volume has been there of late for the second-year tight end, as he's averaging 8.8 targets per game over the past four weeks, trailing only Jarvis Landry in that regard (Njoku had averaged 5.3 targets per game through Week 3). "The Joker" will look to keep the production rolling Sunday against Pittsburgh, and a defense that entered its Week 7 bye allowing more receptions to tight ends than any other team in the NFL (46).

Ertz caught nine of 11 targets for 138 yards during Sunday's 21-17 loss to the Panthers.

Ertz led the team in targets, catches and receiving yardage as he recorded his highest output in that category since the 2016 season. He wasn't able to extend his touchdown streak to three games, but he's now gone over 100 yards receiving in three of the last four games and is on pace for over 1,400 for the season. Ertz will look to continue his recent success next Sunday against the Jaguars.

The Giants waived Dickerson on Sunday, Michael Eisen of the team's official site reports.

The Giants were in need of depth at wide receiver so they signed Quandree Henderson, and Dickerson was the casualty. Dickerson worked with the practice squad earlier this season and he'll likely end up there.

Derby (foot) is inactive for Sunday's Week 7 tilt against the Lions.

The 27-year-old tight end will miss a fourth consecutive game with his foot injury. His latest absence will once again bump up the workload of journeyman Nick O'Leary and rookie Mike Gesicki.

Allen is expected to start at tight end and handle most of the snaps at the position Sunday against the Bears with both Rob Gronkowski (back/ankle) and Jacob Hollister (hamstring) ruled out for the contest, Austin Knoblauch of NFL.com reports.

The Patriots didn't make any roster moves in advance of the game to compensate for the absences of Gronkowski and Hollister, so Allen will be the team's only healthy tight end in Week 7. Gronkowski has been averaging 5.8 targets per game this season, but it seems rather unlikely that Allen will see that kind of involvement in the passing game, as the Patriots have preferred to use him largely as a blocker during his time with the club. During the two games Gronkowski missed in 2017, Allen logged a combined 106 offensive snaps but made only two receptions for 10 yards.