NFL Player News

Redskins tight end Logan Paulsen got the start Sunday in the Week 3 loss at home to the Lions with Fred Davis inactive for the game. 

Although Paulsen started, Jordan Reed was mostly involved in the offensive game plan. That said, Reed also got hurt in the game. In the end, Paulsen finished with four catches for 51 yards on six targets from Robert Griffin III. Reed had five catches for 50 yards before leaving the game. 

Paulsen is mostly a blocking tight end for Washington. He has six catches for 64 yards and no scores this season and all that production has come in the last two games. The Redskins play at Oakland Week 4. 

Lions tight end Joseph Fauria hauled in a 5-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford in the second quarter of Sunday's Week 3 win at Washington.

Fauria already has two touchdowns this season for the Lions, the first two of his career. Fauria caught just the one pass for 5 yards in the game on three targets from Stafford. 

The tight end out of UCLA has four catches for 32 yards and two scores thus far on his rookie season. 

Lions tight ends Tony Scheffler and Brandon Pettigrew did little in the Week 3 win at Washington. They finished with just two combined catches in the game while Joseph Fauria scored a touchdown. 

Scheffler had two catches for 5 yards on two targets from quarterback Matthew Stafford. Stafford only looked Pettigrew's way twice and the veteran couldn't make a single catch. 

Pettigrew has just five catches on the year for 38 yards after three games. Scheffler caught his first two passes of the year Sunday. 

Just when you thought Saints tight end Jimmy Graham couldn't possibly top his performance of a week ago, when he had 10 catches for 179 yards and touchdown, he came through with two scores Week 3 against the Cardinals -- a 16-yard catch in the second quarter and a 7-yard catch in the fourth. And if he had maintained possession all the way to the ground on another 7-yard catch earlier in fourth quarter, he would have had a three-touchdown day.

As it was, he caught nine passes on 15 targets for 134 yards, leading the team in all three categories. He already has as many 100-yard efforts in three games this year as he did in 15 games last year.

Graham will look to continue the monster production Week 4 against the Dolphins.

Texans tight end Garrett Graham was able to play through a hip injury in Week 3, but failed to make any kind of impact in a 30-9 loss to the Ravens.

Graham, who had scored in each of the first two games, was not even targeted in the passing game. Graham remains stuck at seven catches for 57 yards and two touchdowns heading into Week 4 against the Seahawks.  

Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar caught the first touchdown of his career, a 24-yarder from Tony Romo at the start of the second half in Sunday's 31-7 victory over the Rams. 

Escobar, a second-round pick in this year's draft, was targeted twice in the game. The touchdown was his only reception. 

The Cowboys travel to San Diego in Week to take on the Chargers. Escobar now has three catches for 40 yards on the season. 

The Buccaneers were down tight ends Tom Crabtree and Luke Stocker for the Week 3 game at New England. They had to get some other options into the act at the position.

Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Freeman found tight end Timothy Wright for one catch for 6 yards on two targets. Starter Nate Byham had one catch for 3 yards in the game on one target. The Bucs play against Arizona Week 4 and will look to get healthy again at the TE position.

Patriots tight end Zach Sudfeld has still yet to make a catch this season for New England after the Week 3 win over the Buccaneers. Sudfeld was targeted twice by Tom Brady in the game against Tampa Bay but did not make a grab.

Sudfeld has yet to make a grab in the absence of Rob Gronkowski for the Patriots. New England plays at Atlanta during Week 4.

Jaguars tight end Marcedes Lewis has been declared inactive for Week 3 against the Seahawks.

Lewis was able to practice on a limited basis this week, but was ruled out with a calf injury. He has yet to play this year. 

The Jaguars have made QB Blaine Gabbert, WR Mike Brown, S Winston Guy, CB Alan Ball, CB Dwayne Gratz, TE Marcedes Lewis and DT Abry Jones inactive for Week 3 against the Seahawks.

Maurice Jones-Drew, who was ruled questionable coming into the week, was declared active for the game.