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Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said RB Keaton Mitchell is “on schedule” in his recovery from the torn ACL he suffered in Week 15, but he will not be back for training camp, and he is not expected back until “sometime during the season. It’s not like right around the corner.”

Related Players: Derrick Henry, Justice Hill, Rasheen Ali

Hill and Ali will have a chance to lock down a backup role early in the season, but it remains to be seen exactly how large that will be. All three deserve dart-throw considerations behind Henry at the end of drafts.

The Steelers are sending WR Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers. A new weapon for Bryce Young. Johnson has a $3 million roster bonus due Friday that the Panthers now will pay.

Related Players: George Pickens, Calvin Austin, Dez Fitzpatrick, Adam Thielen, Terrace Marshall, Jonathan Mingo

This is certainly good news for Bryce Young after the team brought him on board with arguably the worst pass-catching unit in the NFL last year. Johnson should instantly become the focal point of this offense, but the team still desperately needs help at WR, TE, and RB before we get too excited about the Panthers in fantasy.

For the Steelers, this also has them trending in the wrong direction on excitement-level, but it makes George Pickens very intriguing. This puts him in the conversation for a fringe WR2/3, not unlike Courtland Sutton with Russell Wilson the last two seasons.

Free-agent Derrick Henry is signing a two-year, $16 million deal worth up to $20 million, including $9 million fully guaranteed in the first year with the Baltimore Ravens.

Related Players: Keaton Mitchell, Justice Hill

This is a truly terrifying backfield if Keaton Mitchell is fully recovered by the beginning of the season. Henry will usurp Gus Edwards' goal-line role, which led to the former Raven scoring 13 rushing touchdowns, with 12 of them coming from within the five-yard line. Henry is a top-10 back, even with a truncated role.

Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton was on field at practice, but he was mostly observing.
WR Zay Flowers (calf), LB Del’Shawn Phillips, CBs Brandon Stephens and Jalyn Armour-Davis (concussion) were NOT practicing.

Related Players: Odell Beckham, Nelson Agholor, Rashod Bateman

Flowers has grown into a much larger role than the screen-or-nothing position he was in at the beginning of the year, but he does have a couple of clunkers in the second half of the season, including two games with one target. In theory, the team could rest him as they get ready for the playoffs but it's not as if Odell Beckham or Rashod Bateman have been beacons of health behind him. Make sure you have a backup plan if Flowers does indeed miss Week 17.

The Ravens have made it official with running back Melvin Gordon.

Baltimore announced on Tuesday that the club has signed Gordon to its 53-man roster.

Related players: Gus Edwards, Justice Hill

Gordon technically replaces Keaton Mitchell on the Ravens’ 53, as he was placed on injured reserve after suffering a torn ACL during the team’s victory over Jacksonville on Sunday. Gordon has appeared in two games for Baltimore this season, taking 13 carries for 53 yards. He also caught three passes for 46 yards. Gordon will likely run behind Edwards and Hill but does have those 16 touches in two games so it's possible he jumps right into the three-man committee.

Ravens RB Keaton Mitchell, one of their bright young stars with breakout ability, has suffered an ACL tear, sources said after the MRI.

As Rapoport said, his season is over but the good news is he's expected to make a full recovery. Now the question for owners is when will he be back for 2024? Owners likely won't have him for the start of the season given the timing of the injury, unfortunately. Mitchell averaged 8.5 YPC this season.

Tennessee running back Derrick Henry said he is pondering his future after a frustrating 19-16 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday that officially eliminated the Titans from playoff contention.

"Yeah, definitely today you had that feeling [that it could be the end of my career with the Titans]," said Henry, who is normally one to stay in the moment. "I had hope of kind of slipping in there [the playoffs], and then being eliminated with three games left. I've been here my whole career. Definitely wanted to go out strong, which that isn't the case."

Related players: Tyjae Spears

The Titans will make a decision regarding the 29-year-old Henry, who is set to become a free agent after the four-year, $50 million contract he signed in 2020 runs out after this season. Tennessee is projected to have $91.8 million in cap space this offseason, so signing Henry is a possibility, the story went on to say. However, rookie Spears' 410 snaps are just one fewer than Henry this season the story also pointed out. With the playoffs out of reach, the Tians could opt to give Spears more looks going forward the rest of the season, which is something fantasy owners of both players will want to consider.

Ravens running back Keaton Mitchell’s injury was as serious as it appeared it could be on the field.

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh told reporters in his press conference following the 23-7 victory over the Jaguars that Mitchell suffered a significant knee injury that will end his 2023 season.

Related players: Gus Edwards, Justice Hill, Melvin Gordon

We'll likely get more details on the injury soon, but owners will be without Mitchell for the rest of the season. Mitchell was proving to be quite the find, perhaps especially in dynasty leagues, as he was emerging as the team's lead back and averaging 8.5 yards per carry. The hope now is Mitchell is ready to go for the 2024 season, but that remains to be seen.

Ravens RB Keaton Mitchell left Sunday’s game against the Jaguars with a knee injury.

Mitchell was quickly ruled out which could signal a serious injury for the rookie. Very unfortunate as Mitchell was having a terrific rookie season including this game with 88 total yards. You hope for the best for Mitchell and a speedy recovery. For now, it’s Gus Edwards and Justice Hill in the backfield along with Lamar Jackson.

Steelers have everyone status quo or updated on today’s injury report except Isaac Seumalo (DNP again) and Diontae Johnson, who missed with a knee injury. TJ Watt (full) and Alex Highsmith (limited) remain on track. Najee Harris and Damontae Kazee were full participants.

Related Players: George Pickens, Pat Freiermuth, Allen Robinson

Johnson has been very unproductive since his first three games off the IR, topping 50 yards receiving only once in the last five games (57 yards last week). His catch rate has plummeted to 56.1%, which ranks 90th out of 100 qualifying receivers.
George Pickens was routinely productive while Johnson was sidelined, and has four games with 80+ receiving yards on the season. He would get a nice bump if his teammate were to miss Week 15.