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Brown (shoulder), who is inactive for Thursday's game against the Ravens, may be able to play in the Chiefs' Week 2 matchup with the Bengals on Sunday, Sept. 15, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

Brown is expected to return to practice next week, which would be just a shade over four weeks since he suffered a sternoclavicular joint injury in his left shoulder in Kansas City's exhibition opener in Jacksonville. The typical recovery for such an injury is 4-to-6 weeks, and the sixth-year wide receiver appears to be trending toward the front end of that timetable. Brown likely will need to get through Week 2 prep unscathed for the Chiefs' medical personnel to sign off on him playing on Sept. 15, but there's a distinct chance he'll make his debut with the team on that date.

Jennings was limited in practice Thursday due to an ankle injury, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports.

Jennings dealt with an ankle concern in early August before missing the 49ers' final two preseason games due to an oblique issue. With an ankle injury listed on the team's first practice report of the campaign, he may still be dealing with the former, but he at least has a pair of chances to log a full session before San Francisco may make a call on his status ahead of Monday's contest against the Jets. If he's available Week 1, Jennings will serve as the No. 3 WR behind starters Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk due to Ricky Pearsall (chest/shoulder) being on the reserve/non-football injury list.

Lockett (thigh) was limited at Thursday's practice, John Boyle of the Seahawks' official site reports.

Lockett has kicked off Week 1 prep with back-to-back capped showings due to a thigh injury, which has impacted him since mid-August. With just one more session to prove his health this week, there's a non-zero chance he'll enter the weekend with a designation for Sunday's game against the Broncos. In the end, though, Lockett expressed confidence Monday that he'll suit up for that contest, per Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic.

Walker is inactive for Thursday's season opener against the Chiefs.

With the 2024 fourth-rounder being made a healthy scratch Thursday, the Ravens will proceed with a wideout corps comprised of Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, Nelson Agholor, Tylan Wallace and Deonte Harty in Week 1.

Charles (hip) was not listed on the Jets' injury report Thursday, Rich Cimini of ESPN.com reports.

Charles sustained a hip injury during the Jets' second preseason game against the Panthers. He was held out of the preseason finale against the Giants, but Charles appears to be over the injury and will suit up for Monday's regular-season opener against the 49ers.

Williams (knee) practiced fully Thursday, Rich Cimini of ESPN.com reports.

Williams, who continues to move past the ACL tear he suffered in his left knee Week 3 last season, thus is in line to be available for Monday night's season opener against the 49ers. That said, coach Robert Saleh told Cimini that the Jets will monitor the wideout's reps Week 1, which figures to lead to Williams being on some form of a pitch count in terms of snaps, even if he feels like he could handle more extensive work versus San Francisco.

Nailor (ankle) practiced on a limited basis Thursday.

The Vikings' Week 1 injury report includes just two players, but the other one aside from Nailor is Jordan Addison (ankle). Both wide receivers have operated with caps on their practice reps Wednesday and Thursday, but coach Kevin O'Connell has acknowledged that Nailor is a few days behind Addison in his recovery, per Alec Lewis of The Athletic. Friday's report may provide clarity into whether one or both of them is on track to suit up Sunday at the Giants.

The Bears released Pettis (undisclosed) from injured reserve Thursday with an injury settlement, Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston reports.

The injury settlement allows Pettis to sign with another team once he is recovered from whatever is ailing him. The 2018 second-round pick missed all of last season due to a back injury he sustained during training camp. Pettis appeared in all 17 regular-season games for the Bears in 2022, and he finished with 19 catches (on 41 targets) for 245 yards and three touchdowns.

The Ravens waived Washington (undisclosed) from the reserve/injured list Thursday with an injury settlement, Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston reports.

Washington signed with Baltimore in April as an undrafted free agent. The Rutgers product entered training camp competing for a depth wide receiver spot on the Ravens' 53-man roster, but he landed on IR in late August due to an undisclosed injury. The injury settlement allows Washington to sign with another team once he is fully recovered from his injury.

Palmer (concussion) was a full practice participant Thursday.

As he was Wednesday, Palmer did enough on the practice field to be listed as full one day later, but there's been no indication from the Buccaneers that he's cleared the concussion protocol, which he's been in since at least Aug. 23. The team can shed any questions about his status Friday by not giving him a designation ahead Sunday's game against the Commanders, which would put him in the mix for targets along with Jalen McMillan behind starting wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.