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Cooks caught all four of his targets for 27 yards in Sunday's 38-3 win over the Patriots.

The four grabs were a season high for the veteran wideout, who continues to be a victim of the Cowboys' success on the defensive side of the ball. With Dak Prescott not needing to stretch the field or air it out too much, Cooks hasn't had a big role. That could change Week 5 in what figures to be a much more competitive game against the undefeated 49ers.

Tolbert caught all four of his targets for 53 yards in Sunday's 38-3 win over the Patriots.

The catches and receiving yards were career highs for the second-year wideout, but Tolbert made his biggest impact on special teams, laying out punt returner Demario Douglas at New England's 10-yard line with a huge hit early in the second quarter while the outcome of the game was still in doubt. With the Pats pinned deep, Mac Jones got sacked two plays later and coughed up a fumble that Leighton Vander Esch returned to the house. Tolbert is still stuck behind CeeDee Lamb, Brandin Cooks and Michael Gallup on the Cowboys' WR depth chart, giving him little fantasy value in most formats, but should an injury open up more snaps and targets for the 24-year-old, he seems ready to seize the opportunity.

Turpin gained 46 rushing yards on his only carry, caught his only target for five yards and added 13 yards on two punt returns in Sunday's 38-3 win over the Patriots.

The second-year gadget player nearly took a jet sweep to the end zone early in the fourth quarter, but Turpin got caught from behind and fumbled the ball in the red zone. Fortunately for Turpin, tight end Sean McKeon was able recover it. Turpin has seen only five touches on offense over the last three weeks, but with No. 2 running back Rico Dowdle (hip) potentially set to miss some time, he could see more work out of the backfield alongside rookie Deuce Vaughn. Turpin's big-play ability isn't likely to show up Week 5 against an elite 49ers defense, however.

Hardman wasn't targeted in Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Chiefs.

Hardman barely saw the field once again, as the Jets continue to trot out Randall Cobb as their primary slot receiver. New York also got rookie speedster Xavier Gipson involved on a couple of jet sweeps. With Gipson now being used in the gadget role previously envisioned for Hardman, the former Kansas City wideout will likely continue to ride the pine until further notice.

Cobb caught two of four targets for eight yards in Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Chiefs.

Cobb's four targets matched his total from his first three games with the Jets. With just three catches for 20 yards on the season, Cobb's a fantasy non-entity despite getting the third-most playing time among New York's wide receivers behind Garrett Wilson and Allen Lazard.

Gipson caught his only target for four yards and rushed twice for 13 yards in Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Chiefs.

Gipson earned the first three touches on offense of his NFL career. The rookie out of Stephen F. Austin has shown impressive elusiveness as a return man on special teams, so the Jets are starting to draw up some plays to get Gipson the ball in space on offense as well. He added a 22-yard kickoff return and 11-yard punt return in the SNF loss.

Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said Monday that Claypool won't be present at the team's facilities this week or available for Thursday's game against the Commanders, Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Eberflus' comments on Claypool's status came after the wideout was a healthy inactive for Sunday's 31-28 loss to the Broncos. As Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune notes, the coach said Sunday that Claypool -- who wasn't even in attendance at Soldier Field after being told to stay home for the Week 4 game -- was expected to be back in the building for Week 5 prep, but those plans apparently changed. The Bears and Claypool seem to be headed for a divorce, either through a trade or the wideout's release. The former Steeler tallied just four receptions for 51 yards and a touchdown on 14 targets through the Bears' first three games, despite playing more than 75 percent of the snaps on offense in each of those contests.

Metchie caught one of two targets for 22 yards in Sunday's 30-6 win over the Steelers.

Metchie turned a short crossing route into his first career reception of more than 20 yards. He's been active for three consecutive games following a hamstring injury that cost him the season opener, and the 2022 second-round pick has averaged 15 snaps and been targeted five total times while active. It's unclear if Noah Brown's eventual return from a groin injury will impact Metchie's usage.

Hutchison played exclusively on special teams in Sunday's 30-6 win over the Steelers in Week 4.

This marked the second consecutive week that Hutchinson was not used on offense. The sixth-round pick has one catch on two targets for nine yards through the first four weeks.

Dell caught one of three targets for 16 yards, had two carries for 13 yards and returned two punts for 14 yards in Sunday's 30-6 win over Pittsburgh.

Dell was a popular free-agent fantasy acquisition after a Week 3 breakout (5-145-1), but he failed to build on that performance. The rushing attempts, however, were an interesting wrinkle. Houston's ground game had done little the first three games before producing its first 100-yard game of the season Sunday. Dell remains third on the depth chart at WR but played nearly as many snaps (50) as Nico Collins (54) and Robert Woods (51), as the Houston offense is put more in the hands of rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud.