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Westbrook-Ikhine brought in his only target for seven yards in Sunday's 34-14 loss to the Jaguars.

Even with Treylon Burks (concussion) sidelined, Westbrook-Ikhine managed only one reception for the fourth consecutive game. He served as a big-play threat in the Titans' offense earlier in the season, but he's combined to record just 16 yards in his last two contests.

Watson brought in five of 11 targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in the Chiefs' 21-17 loss to the Eagles on Monday night.

Watson was the surprise leader in receiving yards and targets on the night for the Chiefs, and he rounded out his productive effort by putting the first points of the game on the board via a three-yard touchdown grab in the latter portion of the first quarter. The sixth-year veteran established new career highs in receptions (19), receiving yards (329) and targets (36) with Monday night's production, and he heads into a Week 12 divisional road matchup versus the Raiders boasting a solid 9-110-1 line in his last three contests.

Rice secured four of five targets for 42 yards in the Chiefs' 21-17 loss to the Eagles on Monday night.

Rice finished third in receptions, receiving yards and targets during another serviceable yet unremarkable performance. The rookie is up to a 36-420-4 line through 10 games, numbers that arguably qualify as above average in a passing attack that is notorious for spreading the wealth among its deep group of skill-position assets. Rice has at least four grabs in five of the last six contests heading into a Week 12 road divisional clash versus the Raiders.

Smith caught six of eight targets for 99 yards in Monday's 21-17 win over Kansas City.

Smith accounted for the majority of Jalen Hurts' 150 passing yards while A.J. Brown produced just eight receiving yards. Smith's biggest catch was a 41-yard reception down to the 1-yard line in the fourth quarter, which set up Hurts' go-ahead rushing touchdown on the next play. That touchdown with 6:20 left in the fourth quarter ended up being the game winner. Smith had a two-game touchdown streak snapped, but he tied his second-highest receiving yardage total of the season, giving the 2021 first-round draft pick some momentum heading into a Week 12 home game against the Bills.

Brown caught one of four targets for eight yards in Monday's 21-17 win over Kansas City.

Despite Brown's quiet night and the absence of starting tight end Dallas Goedert (forearm), Philadelphia improved to 9-1 thanks to three rushing touchdowns, as well as 99 receiving yards from DeVonta Smith, which tied Smith's second-highest total of the season. While Smith has exceeded 100 yards only once this season, Brown has done so six times, so the star wide receiver is likely to bounce back from this season-worst performance Week 12 against the Bills.

Erickson reverted to the Chargers' practice squad Monday, per the NFL's transaction log.

The wide receiver played on 51 of 65 offensive snaps in Los Angeles' loss to Green Bay on Sunday. Erickson's snap count finished behind Keenan Allen's 61 and Quentin Johnston's 56 but ahead of Derius Davis' seven, Simi Fehoko's one and Terrell Bynum's one. The eighth-year pro caught one pass for 12 yards in his first game of the season.

Sims reverted to Houston's practice squad Monday.

Sims saw time on both offense and special teams during Sunday's win versus the Cardinals and caught both of his targets for 25 yards, in addition to returning two punts for 16 yards. The 26-year-old could get another opportunity to be called up for the team's upcoming matchup against the Jaguars, as Noah Brown is still dealing with a knee injury.

McCloud (ribs) was listed as a limited participant in San Francisco's practice estimation Monday, Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

McCloud popped up on the injury report Monday, putting his status for Thursday's matchup with the Seahawks in doubt. If the 27-year-old ends up being unable to play, Ronnie Bell should take over as the team's primary return specialist.

Bynum reverted to the Chargers' practice squad Monday, per the NFL's transaction log.

The wide receiver played one snap on Sunday and did not record a stat. Bynum was elevated to the active roster to provide depth behind Keenan Allen (shoulder) and Jalen Guyton (groin), both of whom were questionable.

Thompkins rushed once for 17 yards, failed to bring in his only target, returned three kickoffs for 55 yards and ran back two punts for 64 yards in the Buccaneers' 27-14 loss to the 49ers on Sunday.

Thompkins once again was slightly ahead of fellow reserve receiver Rakim Jarrett in snaps, garnering 16 to his teammate's tally of 14. Although Thompkins couldn't make an impact as a receiver while Jarrett rang up an impressive 41-yard grab, the former got a nice chunk gain on his end around and also ripped off a 51-yard punt return to set the Buccaneers up at the 49ers' 13-yard line with 4:27 remaining and down 13 points. That opportunity was subsequently squandered by a Baker Mayfield interception, but Thompkins pushed his average on punt returns to an impressive 9.2 yards and continues to have value in formats that factor in special-teams statistics.