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Colts RB Jonathan Taylor is having thumb surgery and will miss a few weeks, meaning Zack Moss is RB1 once again.

Moss will return into his huge early-season load, and should be considered a must-start in all formats until Taylor returns.

Colts owner Jim Irsay confirms the thumb injury and that Jonathan Taylor will have surgery tomorrow and miss a couple weeks.

Related players: Zack Moss

We reported the possible missed time with the thumb injury earlier today, and that's now confirmed. Taylor injured the thumb last week but did come back to the game. Today, sources said they were further evaluating the injury. Rapoport added a source said no decision was made on Injured Reserve as of yet. But, it’s possible, and will be decided later this week. Obviously, if the Colts think Taylor will only miss the couple of weeks, he'll avoid the IR, but a trip to IR means he'll miss four games. Moss will be a must-add if he's on your waiver wire.

Colts running back Jonathan Taylor just recorded his first multi-touchdown game 2021 in Sunday’s victory over the Buccaneers. But now he may be sidelined as Indianapolis tries to make a playoff push.

Taylor suffered a thumb injury that requires further evaluation and puts his status in doubt going forward, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport.

Related players: Zack Moss, Trey Sermon

The good news is, Taylor sustained the injury in the first half and was able to play through the second half. He finished the game with 15 carries for 91 yards with two TDs. Owners will want to monitor his status leading up to this week's game at the Titans, which is an early contest. If Taylor can't go, Moss would likely see a bulk of the work and has proven to be pretty good as the lead back. You may want to grab Moss if he fell back on your waiver wire.

Ja'Marr Chase trots to practice while Tee Higgins is not dressed.

Related Players: Trenton Irwin, Tyler Boyd

Higgins is trending towards missing yet another game, and now the Bengals offense is looking pretty dire. Boyd gets a bump but not a huge one, as Jake Browning continues to guide the ship.

The Bengals have cleared RB Chase Brown to practice by designating him for return from IR.

They also signed QB Drew Plitt to the practice squad and placed OL Jaxson Kirkland on the Practice Squad Injured list.

Related players: Joe Mixon, Trayveon Williams, Chris Evans, Chase Brown

While normally this may not be all that important of a story in terms of fantasy, the Bengals sit at 5-5 and just lost franchise QB Joe Burrow for the remainder of the season. It's possible the Bengals see what they have in some of their younger players, and this could be especially be true at the RB position where the team has some youth behind Mixon - who is 27 but getting up there in age in terms of RBs. Brown may be worth a stash in deeper leagues.

Bengals QB Joe Burrow is out for the year with a torn ligament, per coach Zac Taylor.

He had his MRI this morning. Jake Browning, who finished last night, is his backup.

The Bengals will likely bring in some more competition, but that's all she wrote for Burrow's 2023 season. Every skill position player will have their ceilings capped for the rest of the year.

The Bengals have ruled out WR Tee Higgins, DE Sam Hubbard, and WR Andrei Iosivas for TNF. Meanwhile, after hyperextending his knee on Sunday, pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson is somehow full-go and will play.

Related Players: Ja'Marr Chase, Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irwin

While Ja'Marr Chase still got his last week (5-124-1 on six targets), Tyler Boyd was the most obvious beneficiary with Higgins out, handling 12 targets for an 8-117 stat line. While Trenton Irwin did score a 32-yard touchdown, he only had one more reception on the night. Through mere coincidence or a change in the gameplan, the tight ends continued to get more involved, with nine targets, almost exclusively in the underneath areas of the field. None of them are startable in any but the deepest leagues.

it’s considered unlikely that Bengals’ WR Tee Higgins will be able to return from his hamstring injury, per source.

Related players: Ja'Marr Chase, Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irvin

On a short week with a Thursday night game vs. the Ravens in Baltimore, Higgins is already looking like he'll miss Week 11. With Higgins out in Week 10, Irvin stepped up with a productive fantasy day, although it was supported by a long TD. He finished with four targets and a 2-54-1 line. Boyd was the WR2 with a 8-117-0 line. Boyd seems like the better play but in deeper leagues Irvin could bring some upside with what seems like a low floor - if you need a fill-in.

Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase (back) is suited up for practice for a second straight day. WR Tee Higgins (hamstring) is out again.

Related Players: Tyler Boyd, Andrei Iosivas, Trenton Irwin

If the offense were to lose both of their top wide receivers ahead of Week 10, it would go a long way towards derailing the recent Bengals momentum. It's worth taking a gander at your waiver wire for Iosivas in deep leagues, and the truly desperate could poke at Irwin, who had a career-high eight catches on ten targets without Higgins in Week 5.