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The Bears have agreed to terms with RB D’Andre Swift on a three-year, $24 million deal.

After a career year with the Eagles, Swift heads to Chicago to be a big piece in Shane Waldron’s offense.

Related Players: Khalil Herbert, Roschon Johnson

With D'Onta Foreman set to hit the market, Chicago brings in Swift to compete for touches with two home-grown talents; Herbert and Johnson. Swift should take over the lead-back role, but there will still be plenty of sharing going on, which impacts each of their fantasy outlooks. Swift will have a capped-upside as an RB2.

Bengals franchise WR Tee Higgins has requested a trade, per sources. Higgins loves Cincinnati and hoped to be with the team long term, but is disappointed that the team has not had any talks about a long-term contract extension since March 2023. He’s ready to move on to a new home.

Related Players: Ja'Marr Chase

If Higgins does get shipped, it will almost assuredly be a negative for his 2024 fantasy outlook. The splits with and without Higgins for Chase have been minuscule, so we don't expect much of an upgrade if his running mate leaves town.

The Colts ruled RB Zack Moss out for Week 16 against the Falcons.

Moss was initially listed as questionable for Sunday but the Colts downgraded him Saturday. Jonathan Taylor should have most of the backfield to himself. The Colts could still use Trey Sermon a bit but Taylor is a top-five running back for us now as the Colts look to keep not only their playoff hopes alive but their division hopes. The Colts, Jaguars and Texans all sit at 8-6.

Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase will be out this week against PIT, Zac Taylor said.

Related Players: Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irwin

Higgins and Boyd get the biggest bump, as a high-end WR2 and low-end WR3, respectively. Chase looks iffy for Week 17 as it currently stands, so see what you can do to insulate yourself for next week, just in case.

The Colts did not practice today, but on their estimated report:

- RB Jonathan Taylor was a full participant
- WR Michael Pittman, Jr. was a limited participant
- RB Zack Moss was a non-participant

Still early in the week to project exact usage for the Colts skill position players with so much still up in the air, but we'll keep an eye on it. If Pittman does go, he is in a decent spot against the Falcons, and would boost Gardner Minshew into streaming consideration.

Colts coach Shane Steichen told reporters that RB Jonathan Taylor is progressing well and will participate in the walk-through today (as he's done the last few weeks).

There remains optimism that Taylor will go this week, but he'll be evaluated on a daily basis.

Related Players: Zack Moss, Trey Sermon, Tyler Goodson

The Colts backfield is an abject mess for fantasy purposes right now, with Moss also pushing to play after injuring his shoulder last week. As of right now, we should be trying to avoid all of the pieces until we get some form of confirmation on Taylor/Moss, or what the workload may look like for Sermon/Goodson.

Per Ian, he expects Ja'Marr Chase to miss Saturday's big divisional game against the Steelers.

Related Players: Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irwin

Rapoport believes this is a week-to-week injury which could impact his availability for Week 17 as well. Higgins and Boyd get the biggest bump, as a high-end WR2 and low-end WR3, respectively.

Bengals head coach Zac Taylor says wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase hasn’t been ruled out for Saturday’s game at Pittsburgh.

Asked today about a report that Chase will miss at least one game with a separated shoulder, Taylor said it’s too soon to determine that.

“We’ll see how the week goes,” Taylor said.

There were reports overnight that Chase would miss at least a week with his shoulder injury, but the Bengals are now disputing that. Hopefully the injury report this week will give owners a better clue as to what Chase's status will be. Owners will have plenty of notice to make lineup adjustments with the contest being played Saturday.

Bengals star WR Ja'Marr Chase is likely to miss some time, sources said after the MRI on his separated shoulder today.

Related players: Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irwin

The expectation is that he is sidelined for this week’s game against the Steelers, and it could extend beyond that, as well, the post went on to say. Owners may not be able to count on his fantasy services for the remainder of the playoffs at this point. Higgins should take over the WR1 role with Boyd and Irvin all moving up the depth chart. The Bengals are alive in the playoff race and Jake Browning has proven to be capable option at QB, so all three WRs could have some fantasy value in the playoffs if needed.

Colts running back Zack Moss exited Saturday’s game against the Steelers with a shoulder injury, but he’s optimistic about playing on Sunday against the Falcons.

Related players: Trey Sermon, Jonathan Taylor, Tyler Goodson

Moss’s X-rays were negative and he plans to try to play on Sunday, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. With Moss and Taylor hurt, Sermon and Goodson filled in more than capably. Even if Moss can't go this week, the team could have Taylor back, so that's a situation to monitor as well as the week goes on.