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Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson missed Thursday's practice with an ankle injury.

Robinson has now missed two practices in a row with the ankle injury and appears to be in danger of missing Week 6. He will need to practice in some fashion on Friday in order to be cleared for this weekend's tilt against the Green Bay Packers. This is a situation for fantasy managers to monitor. Robinson has struggled to open the 2021 season and is currently our 37th ranked wide receiver for Week 6.

Placed WR Quintez Cephus on Reserve/Injured.

Related players: Tyrell Williams, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Kalif Raymond, KhaDarel Hodge

With Williams still out, St. Brown has a chance to emerge as the top WR for the Lions. He went for 7-65-0 last week. Hodge had one catch in Week 5 and Raymond had two TDs in Week 4 before vanishing in Week 5, collecting just two targets. TE T.J. Hockenson will likely remain QB Jared Goff's top target and RBs D'Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams could be more active as well in the passing game.

Jerry Jeudy’s recovery is going “good,” per Vic Fangio.

Related players: Courtland Sutton, Tim Patrick, Kendall Hinton

Fangio added, "The last 10 days to two weeks, he’s made good progress. His return is not right around the corner, but it’s getting closer.” Sutton busted out a bit this week with a 7-120-1 line at Pittsburgh. Patrick added a 7-89-0 line. Hinton caught a couple of balls for 25 yards and a TD.

Lions WR Quintez Cephus suffered a broken collarbone Sunday, source said.

Related players: Tyrell Williams, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Kalif Raymond, Trinity Benson, Tom Kennedy, KhaDarel Hodge

The Lions have been looking for WRs to step up this season and form chemistry with Jared Goff. It'll be an extended absence and potentially season-ending for Cephus, who has been a bright spot in Detroit's challenging start, the story said. The team is waiting for Williams to return while guys like St. Brown, Raymond, and Hodge, who caught a TD pass this past weekend, look to take over the top-three spots. Benson and Kennedy are also among the names on the depth chart.

RB split: Khalil Herbert 34 snaps, Damien Williams 31 snaps.

Related players: David Montgomery

It's perhaps a bit surprising because most perhaps expected Williams to control this backfield. But it looks like the team has plans for Herbert. Herbert carried 18 times for 75 yards while Williams ran 16 times for 64, and also added the TD. With Justin Fields at QB, the Bears seem like they'd love to take some pressure off the rookie and run the ball. Herbert should be grabbed off the wires for his upside.

This move was necessary to create roster space for at least three weeks, but with early reports predicting a month long recovery don’t be surprised if Montgomery spends more time on reserve.

Damien Williams has an opportunity to become an RB2 during Montgomery‘s absence based on the workload available. Montgomery has handled 75 touches through the first four weeks of the season. Khalil Herbert should see a smaller role as a change of pace back until Tarik Cohen makes his return from IR.

Per source, tests showed Bears RB David Montgomery has a knee sprain that’s expected to keep him out 4-5 weeks.

Related players: Damien Williams, Khalil Herbert

The good news is, it's not a season-ending injury for Montgomery. The math says he could be back for a Week 9 game vs. Pittsburgh, but something to keep in mind is the team has a bye in Week 10, so perhaps a Week 11 return against Baltimore makes a lot more sense. That could also depend on how the Bears do record-wise in the coming weeks. Williams looks like he'll take over as the team's lead back, and of course has experience in that role most recently with the Chiefs. Herbert could also see some snaps and touches and is probably worth owning in deeper leagues or as a handcuff to Williams if there is room on your roster.

Bears don’t believe RB David Montgomery tore his ACL.

Related players: Damien Williams, Tarik Cohen, Khalil Herbert

Certainly good news, at least for now, but the team is doing further testing Monday to determine the extent of the injury, per Schefter's source. Williams looks like he would log the most work assuming Monty misses some time and is a must pick-up this week if he's on your wire. With Cohen out, Herbert would be next up.

Broncos WR K.J. Hamler tore his ACL yesterday I'm told.

Related players: Tim Patrick, Diontae Spencer

It's another blow to the Denver offense which has already lost Jerry Jeudy. Courtland Sutton remains the WR1 but Tim Patrick and Diontae Spencer now move up the ranks to battle for the WR2 spot. Patrick should probably be targeted on wires this week as he finished with a nice 5-98-0 line despite a run-heavy attack in Week 3 against the Jets.

Lions HC Dan Campbell told reporters Wednesday that WR Tyrell Williams (concussion) is not expected to play Week 3 against the Ravens.

Related Players: Quintez Cephus, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Trinity Benson

Williams has not progressed through the league's concussion protocol and with the negative light casted on his availability already, may be in doubt to play Week 4.