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Nick Chubb says he’s definitely playing the last two games and never considered shutting it down due to his foot issue.

Related players: Kareem Hunt

While Chubb says he'll play through the foot injury, it's possible the Browns will have other plans. So, this is something for owners to monitor leading up to Week 17. It's possible Hunt gets to play a larger role over the next two weeks.

Commanders’ QB Carson Wentz will start Sunday vs. Cleveland.

Related players: Taylor Heinicke

Heinicke, who started hot after taking over for the injured Wentz, has turned the ball over eight times over the team's last six games - including three picks and five fumbles. Meanwhile, Wentz broke his right ring finger in October and has been the backup the last few weeks after getting cleared. The Commanders are 7-7-1, clinging to the NFC’s seventh and final playoff spot, and now need Wentz to come through, Schefter went on to say. Wentz at least has some superflex value going forward.

After a pair of late turnovers in Sunday’s loss to the 49ers, Commanders head coach Ron Rivera benched quarterback Taylor Heinicke in favor of Carson Wentz.

The No. 2 overall pick of the 2016 draft had a solid showing in his limited work, completing 12-of-16 passes for 123 yards with a touchdown.

Rivera said he wanted to talk to everyone involved before he makes a decision. He wants to make sure he has all ideas, thoughts and concepts and he wants to make sure the players have a voice.

The Commanders have benched Taylor Heinicke in favor of Carson Wentz.

Trailing 30-14 and having taken two sacks, the Commanders are hoping for a spark with a quarterback switch. Heinicke went 13/18 for 166 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

Andy Reid said there's a good chance Mecole Hardman would be activated in time to play Saturday against Seahawks.

If so, Chiefs will be whole at WR for first time in several weeks, the tweet went on to say. The team was hoping to get him back last week when his window was activated. Owners may have forgot, but Hardman had scored a TD in three straight games, a span of Weeks 6-9, before missing time, and in Week 5 had 4-73-0 line. So Hardman was heavily involved in the offense before his abdomen injury.

Cardinals placed WR Rondale Moore and QB Kyler Murray on IR; their seasons are over.

Related players: DeAndre Hopkins, Marquise Brown, A.J. Green, Robbie Anderson, Greg Dortch

Moore, who was dealing with a groin injury, played in seven full games and in all but two had six or more catches. Twice he went for more than 90 yards receiving but had just one touchdown in that span. He'll remain behind Hopkins and Brown heading into the 2023 season with a big question at QB and whether or not Murray will be ready.

The Chiefs may be getting one of their key offensive players back as soon as this week.

Head coach Andy Reid confirmed in his press conference that Kansas City is set to begin receiver Mecole Hardman‘s 21-day practice window, according to multiple reporters. The club is designating him to return from injured reserve.

Hardman has been dealing with an abdominal injury and was placed on IR on Nov. 17. Before suffering the injury, Hardman had 25 receptions for 297 yards with four touchdowns this season. He’s also rushed for 31 yards with a pair of scores, the story said.

Joe Mixon's role was slightly reduced in his return from a two-game absence.

Related players: Samaje Perine

Mixon registered a season-low snap share (58%) outside of Week 11 when he suffered a concussion. McFarland went on to tweet, "it could be nothing, but there is a chance Perine earned a few extra opportunities." The Bengals could have just been easing Mixon back into form, but the more likely reason seems to be Perine was pretty good when he took over for Mixon as the lead back and the Bengals want to get him more involved.

Bengals RB Joe Mixon (concussion) and WR Tee Higgins (hamstring) are off the injury report and good to go Sunday against the Browns. TE Hayden Hurst (calf) is out.

Related Players: Samaje Perine

The RB1 Samaje Perine weeks are over for now, but Cincinnati is faced with a fantastic matchup against Cleveland this week. Both he and Mixon are fantasy viable in Week 14.

Joe Mixon went full today, which means he's out of concussion protocol.

Related players: Samaje Perine

Beat reporter Paul Dehner Jr. tweeted that while HC Zac Taylor said many great things about what Perine has done, especially when Mixon was out, he also added "Mixon is our starting running back, he had five touchdowns the last time he played.” Owners should be able to conclude that Mixon will have his normal workload for Week 14, but it's easy to imagine Perine getting a few more touches, perhaps especially in the passing game. Overall, it looks like Mixon is going to be the better fantasy play here.