NFL Player News
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Demarcus Robinson WR | SF
Rams' Demarcus Robinson: Season-high 92 yards in win
Robinson caught six of 10 targets for 92 yards and lost one of his two fumbles in Sunday's 26-25 win over the Giants.
Robinson led the team in targets, with two more than Puka Nacua and four more than Cooper Kupp. The former Kansas City and Baltimore wideout has supplanted Tutu Atwell as the No. 3 receiver in Los Angeles, and Robinson has made the most of the opportunity. His four-game touchdown streak was snapped, but Robinson set a new season high in yards while tying his season highs in catches and targets. Robinson will likely maintain a prominent role in Week 18 against the 49ers, even if one or both teams rest some of their starters.
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Darius Slayton WR | NYG
Giants' Darius Slayton: Catches 80-yard TD in loss
Slayton caught four of six targets for 106 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 26-25 loss to the Rams.
Slayton got free for his second long touchdown reception in the last two games, and this one was even longer than his 69-yard score against the Eagles in Week 16. The big-play threat had only one touchdown all season prior to this hot stretch, but Slayton will have a nice opportunity to keep the late-season surge going in Week 18 when the Giants face the struggling Eagles defense again.
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Wan'Dale Robinson WR | TEN
Giants' Wan'Dale Robinson: Six catches, rushing TD in Week 17
Robinson (quadriceps) caught six of nine targets for 55 yards and added a 24-yard rushing touchdown in Sunday's 26-25 loss to the Rams.
Robinson got the Giants on the board in the second quarter with a 24-yard touchdown on an end-around. It was his first career rushing score and only Robinson's third total touchdown through 20 career games. The shifty wideout has at least three catches in each of his last six games heading into a Week 18 home game against the Eagles.
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Brandon Aiyuk WR | SF
49ers' Brandon Aiyuk: Another 100-yard performance
Aiyuk recorded seven receptions on eight targets for 114 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 27-10 win over the Commanders.
Aiyuk accounted for four of the 49ers' five longest plays from scrimmage with catches of 38, 22 and 17 yards (twice). As a result, he was able to reach 100 yards for the third time in his last four games. Aiyuk also found the end zone for the first time since Week 13, helping the 49ers clinch the top seed in the NFC with a game-clinching touchdown early in the fourth quarter. With their seed locked in, the team could opt to rest Aiyuk and other starters in Week 18 against the Rams.
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Tee Higgins WR | CIN
Bengals' Tee Higgins: Injures hamstring Sunday
Higgins was forced out of Sunday's game against the Chiefs with a left hamstring injury.
Prior to his exit from the contest, Higgins caught his only target for 19 yards. In his absence, Tyler Boyd, Andrei Iosivas, Trenton Irwin and Charlie Jones are available to handle wide receiver snaps behind top option Ja'Marr Chase.
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Demario Douglas WR | NE
Patriots' Demario Douglas: Three catches in Sunday's loss
Douglas caught three of five targets for 31 yards in Sunday's 27-21 loss to the Bills.
It was modest production, but Douglas actually led the Patriots' wide receiver corps in targets, in part due to the early exit of DeVante Parker (ribs). Douglas has hauled in at least three passes in eight straight games for which he's been active dating back to Week 7, posting a 37-405-0 line on 56 targets during that time. The rookie wideout will look to end his season with a splash in Week 18 against the Jets.
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DeVonta Smith WR | PHI
Eagles' DeVonta Smith: Using crutches, boot after Week 17
Smith was spotted on crutches with a walking boot on his right foot following Sunday's 35-31 loss to the Cardinals, Josh Tolentino of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Smith may have suffered the injury when he served as the lead blocker for Kenneth Gainwell on a screen in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game. After the play, Smith had difficulty putting weight on his right foot, visited the sideline tent and then went to the locker room. Prior to his exit, he hauled in three of five passes for 30 yards. It's unclear if he's in danger of missing any time, but the Eagles or coach Nick Sirianni likely will touch on Smith's status in due time.
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Cooper Kupp WR | SEA
Rams' Cooper Kupp: Scores TD on otherwise quiet day
Kupp caught four of six targets for 27 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 26-25 win over the Giants.
Kupp's five-yard touchdown catch with 1:44 remaining in the first half gave the Rams a 14-7 lead, and Los Angeles stayed ahead the rest of the way while turning away a two-point conversion attempt and field-goal attempt in the final 3:27. His fifth touchdown of the season helped salvage an otherwise quiet game from Kupp, who was held to fewer than 30 yards for the fifth time in 2023 while Puka Nacua racked up a team-high 118 receiving yards. Nacua's emergence has lowered Kupp's floor, but both wideouts have generally remained productive heading into a Week 18 matchup with the 49ers. San Francisco has already clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC, while LA could clinch a playoff berth if things break right during the rest of Week 17.
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Puka Nacua WR | LAR
Rams' Puka Nacua: Just 28 yards from rookie record
Nacua (hip) caught five of eight targets for 118 yards and rushed twice for 19 yards in Sunday's 26-25 win over the Giants.
Most of Nacua's game-high receiving yardage total came on an 80-yard catch in the third quarter, which set up a two-yard Kyren Williams rushing touchdown on the next play. Williams scored three touchdowns and Cooper Kupp caught one, while Nacua remained stuck on five touchdowns. Nacua's up to 101 catches for 1,445 yards, leaving him just 28 receiving yards shy of Bill Groman's rookie record of 1,473 heading into the Week 18 season finale in San Francisco.
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Robert Woods WR | PIT
Texans' Robert Woods: Injures hip Sunday
Woods was forced out of Sunday's 26-3 win over the Titans with a hip injury.
Prior to his exit from the contest, Woods had caught all four of his targets for 58 yards. Meanwhile, Noah Brown also was forced out of the game with a hip injury, so the status of the two wideouts will need to be monitored as next weekend's game against the Colts approaches.