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The Vikings are releasing two-time Pro Bowl WR Adam Thielen today, per sources.

A onetime undrafted free agent from Minnesota State who went on to catch 55 touchdown passes for his hometown team, Thielen has plenty left in the tank at age 32 and wants to land with a contender.

In 2022, Thielen averaged 42.1 yards per game, his lowest average since 2019 (41.8) and his second-lowest average in the last seven seasons.

D’Onta Foreman said his foot is worse off than his ribs. “But being who I am,” he expects to play this week against the Seahawks.

Related Players: Chuba Hubbard

Foreman has been one of the lone bright spots in the Panthers' offense, eclipsing the 100-yard mark in four games since Week 7. The journeyman running back is having a career year and should be in RB2/3 consideration if he's good to go in Week 14.

Saints HC Dennis Allen told reporters the team will start QB Andy Dalton on Sunday.

Related players: Jameis Winston

Since a 4 TD game (with 3 INTs) with 361 yards on Oct. 20, Dalton has trended downward with 229 yards, 210 and last week just 174 against the Steelers. He's thrown four TDs and three INTs in that same three game span. You can argue it's a little surprising the team didn't make the switch following the loss to Pittsburgh, so Dalton could be on a short leash assuming Winston is ready to go.

Saints head coach Dennis Allen didn’t say that the team would stick with Andy Dalton as their quarterback in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s loss to the Steelers and called the position one of the areas they’d evaluate heading into Week 11.

Related players: Jameis Williams

Monday didn’t bring a definitive answer, but it does sound like there’s a chance Winston returns to the starting lineup against the Rams. Winston has been active as Dalton’s backup for the last few games and Allen stuck with Dalton because the offense had some good outings. On Monday, though, Allen said we “haven’t been doing as well the last couple weeks” and that means the team has to consider a change, the story went on to say.

Running back Chuba Hubbard (ankle), who did some limited work earlier in the week, was ruled out for Sunday's game against the Bengals. He did not participate in Friday's practice after doing some limited work on Wednesday and Thursday.

Related Players: D'Onta Foreman, Raheem Blackshear

D'Onta Foreman took his opportunity and ran with it in Weeks 7 and 8, accruing back-to-back 100+ yard games, while scoring three touchdowns last week. With minimal competition for touches, he should be considered a fringe RB1/2 on Sunday.

RB Chuba Hubbard (ankle) arrived at practice with his helmet and pads. Still feels he’s in rehab stage.

Related players: D'Onta Foreman

Hubbard is in doubt for Week 9 and if he's not able to play, Foreman would be in store for a big workload. Foreman's produced pretty nice fantasy numbers over the last two weeks. In Week 7 he ran for 15-118-0 and last week against the Falcons ran for 26-118-3. The Panthers have a tougher matchup at Cincy in Week 9 in an early game. If Hubbard plays he'd likely take some carries away from Foreman.

Panthers ruled out RB Chuba Hubbard for Sunday's game against the Falcons due to an ankle injury.

Related Players: D'Onta Foreman

D'Onta Foreman was already in the mix during the Panthers' first post-Christian McCaffrey game, with Raheem Blackshear in action as the third option. Blackshear took his first two career rushes for gains of -1 and -4 yards while Foreman took 17 touches and turned them into 145 yards and a touchdown. Foreman should be a solid RB2 in fantasy lineups this week.

DA says the decision to go with Andy Dalton is a an “offensive decision.”

Related players: Jameis Winston, Taysom Hill

The tweet added the Saints are going to continue what they’re doing with Dalton. Head coach Dennis Allen said that Winston is healthy but it's all about performance. Hill will likely steal some work at the QB spot as well, but Dalton could at least be a streaming option in deeper, two QB leagues.

As this week of preparation begins, I’m told that Jameis Winston still isn’t 100% healthy yet.

Related players: Andy Dalton, Taysom Hill

The tweet went on to say we’ll see how that impacts the team at QB this week. If Winston can't go, Dalton likely gets the call with Hill mixing in. The Saints host the Raiders in a nice matchup in an early Sunday game.