NFL Player News
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RJ Harvey RB | DEN
Broncos' RJ Harvey: Several big plays in loss
Harvey rushed the ball seven times for 50 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 34-20 loss to the Jaguars. He added four receptions on five targets for 71 yards.
Head coach Sean Payton promised to get Jaleel McLaughlin more involved in this game, and that split came to fruition. Harvey saw only seven carries as opposed to five for McLaughlin, though Harvey still got the job done as a rusher thanks to a tough 38-yard touchdown run, during which he bounced off several defenders and then out-raced a few more to reach the end zone. The Broncos were forced into a pass-heavy offense while chasing the score, which also helped Harvey rack up a season-best 71 yards through the air. While his workload will be worth monitoring as he continues to work through a rib injury, Harvey showed explosiveness on limited touches that was previously missing from his game.
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Cooper DeJean CB | PHI
Eagles' Cooper DeJean: Picks off pass in win
DeJean finished with five solo tackles and four pass breakups, including an interception, in Saturday's 29-18 win over the Commanders.
The cornerback's third-quarter interception maintained Philadelphia's four-point lead before the team pulled away in the fourth. On the year, DeJean now has 84 tackles (59 solo), 16 pass breakups, including two interceptions, and a forced fumble. The second-year pro has also played on at least 87 percent of the defensive snaps in every one of Philadelphia's games this season.
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Morgan Moses OT | NE
Patriots' Morgan Moses: Questionable with knee issue
Moses (knee) is questionable to return to Sunday night's game against the Ravens, Doug Kyed of the Boston Herald reports.
Moses left the game in the first quarter after sustaining a knee injury. Thayer Munford will replace Moses at right tackle and will likely finish out the game if the starter is unable to return.
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Parker Washington WR | JAC
Jaguars' Parker Washington: Career-best performance
Washington recorded six receptions on 10 targets for 145 yards and one touchdown in Sunday's 34-20 win over the Broncos.
Washington has been a reliable target for Trevor Lawrence for most of the season, but he stepped up as the team's top pass catcher in Sunday's win. His longest gain of the day came late in the third quarter, when he caught a short pass and then split a pair of defenders before cutting upfield for 63 yards. Washington also chipped in additional long gains of 24, 21 and 20 yards on top of a 12-yard touchdown to record his highest yardage total in a matchup. He now has at least 70 receiving yards in three of his last seven games while scoring three times in that span.
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Michael Wilson WR | ARI
Cardinals' Michael Wilson: Makes most of decreased role
Wilson finished with two receptions on three targets for 52 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 26-19 loss to Atlanta.
WR Marvin Harrison (heel) returned to the starting lineup in Week 16 and pushed Wilson back into his usual No. 2 role on offense. The former saw only three targets in his return to the field while backup TE Elijah Higgins (7-91-0) surprisingly finished as Arizona's leading receiver Sunday. Wilson -- who was averaging 15.0 targets in games Harrison has missed this year -- made the most of his reduced opportunities by scoring a touchdown in the first quarter with the assistance of replay review. The 25-year-old Wilson's three targets are a concerning sign looking forward because the wideout has struggled to find the end zone with just two TDs (including Sunday's) in games Harrison has been active for. Wilson's upside takes a huge hit for Week 17, but he is still producing enough alongside Harrison to warrant starting consideration against the Bengals next Sunday.
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Brock Bowers TE | LV
Raiders' Brock Bowers: Nabs seventh TD in Week 16
Bowers had five receptions on as many targets for 33 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 23-21 loss to the Texans.
Geno Smith (shoulder/back) returned from a one-game absence and reignited his tight end's hot streak dating back to Week 13. The veteran signal-caller found Bowers in the end zone in the second quarter for the fourth touchdown in the duo's last three active games. The 22-year-old Bowers is well off the pace from the 1,194 receiving yards he racked up in 2024 as a rookie, but his improved nose for the end zone (seven trips) as a sophomore has helped offset the dip in volume. Bowers can be viewed as a premier tight end in fantasy for next Sunday's tilt against the Giants.
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Trevor Lawrence QB | JAC
Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence: Another huge showing
Lawrence completed 23 of 36 passes for 279 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions in Sunday's 34-20 win over the Broncos. He added six rushes for 20 yards and another touchdown.
Even facing one of the toughest matchups in the league, Lawrence continued his very strong stretch of play. He completed six passes of at least 20 yards in addition to touchdown strikes from 12, 10 and three yards away. While he had a modest yardage total on the ground, he chipped in a one-yard rushing score midway through the third quarter to give him five rushing touchdowns in his last eight contests. Overall, Lawrence has at least 240 passing yards in four of his last five games while accounting for multiple scores in all five contests. Though it didn't cost him playing time, Lawrence did have his ankle taped late in the game, which could be worth monitoring throughout the week, per Ryan O'Halloran of The Florida Times-Union.
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Dalton Kincaid TE | BUF
Bills' Dalton Kincaid: Blanked in Week 16 win
Kincaid failed to bring in his only target in the Bills' 23-20 win over the Browns on Sunday.
One of Josh Allen's top targets was nowhere to be found Sunday, although Kincaid's first blanking of the season came on a day when Allen threw for only 130 yards. Given his typical importance to the air attack, Kincaid's a good bet to bounce back in a Week 17 home matchup against the Eagles.
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Ty Johnson RB | BUF
Bills' Ty Johnson: Scores rush TD in win
Johnson rushed three times for 16 yards and a touchdown in the Bills' 23-20 win over the Browns on Sunday.
Johnson and Ray Davis each logged three rush attempts behind James Cook's 16, and the former was able to deliver a serviceable fantasy day thanks to a two-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter. Johnson wasn't targeted for the first time in eight games, but he's likely to see his pass-catching production tick back up in a Week 17 showdown against the Eagles.
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Nico Collins WR | HOU
Texans' Nico Collins: Inefficient outing Sunday
Collins had four receptions on nine targets for 59 yards in Sunday's 23-21 win over the Raiders.
Collins finished as Houston's leading receiver on a team-high nine targets, but his production was muted by his worst catch rate (44 percent) since Week 10. The star wideout failed to take advantage of a soft matchup against the Raiders in a contest that wound up being much closer than many had anticipated. Collins had been on a three-game heater (12-304-2) prior to Sunday's pedestrian results, so fantasy managers in the thick of the playoff schedule are hoping for a bounce-back effort against the Chargers on Saturday.