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Chiefs ruled out WR Kadarius Toney for Sunday’s game.

Related Players: Juju Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Justin Watson

Toney got one healthy game in San Francisco before heading back down with an injury. MVS could receive a slight boost with manufactured touches, particularly if Deebo Samuel misses action on Sunday.

Chiefs ruled out WR JuJu Smith-Schuster for Sunday night’s game in LA; also down Mecole Hardman, who was placed on IR.

Related Players: Kadarius Toney, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Justin Watson

Patrick Mahomes has proven that it doesn't necessarily matter who is on the field, as long as he has Travis Kelce handy. With that said, we could be in for the most usage Kadarius Toney has ever seen in his career come Sunday night.

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Saints are signing former Cardinals and Texans running back David Johnson to their practice squad.

Related players: Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram, Dwayne Washington

Johnson has been out of the league since wrapping up last season with Houston. The story said the Saints also made an unsuccessful waiver claim for Eno Benjamin this week, so they’re clearly looking for something else to go with Kamara in the backfield with Ingram missing the last couple of games with an injury. If Ingram remains out, Johnson could battle with Washington for the RB2 role after the team cut ties with Jordan Howard and Derrick Gore.

The Chiefs are currently down two wide receivers with JuJu Smith-Schuster in the concussion protocol and Marquez Valdes-Scantling in the medical tent.

Both receivers took hard hits after attempting to make a catch. Both are likely out for the rest of the game. Smith-Schuster has been ruled out, we'll see on MVS. JuJu had 2 catches for 33 yards while MVS had an 18-yard touchdown reception.

Raiders also are placing WR Hunter Renfrow on injured reserve due to his oblique injury. So on the same day, both Renfrow and Darren Waller are being placed on IR, meaning they’re out at least four games each.

Related Players: Foster Moreau, Davante Adams, Mack Hollins, Keelan Cole

The team basically has no more excuses to avoid using Davante Adams in a hyperactive role, ala his 17 targets in Week 9. Mack Hollins has already been worked heavily into the offense, while Keelan Cole will almost assuredly have to be shoved into the WR3 role with what is now a barren WR depth chart. Hollins can be considered a Flex play, while Davante Adams has weekly upside to be the overall WR1 and Foster Moreau is a matchup-based streaming option at TE.

The Chiefs say that WR Mecole Hardman (abdomen) won't practice for the second straight day.

Related Players: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Kadarius Toney

It would be a shame to see Hardman miss time in the midst of a breakout that many fantasy managers have been waiting years to see. If he's forced out of Week 10, we could see a bump in manufactured touches to new arrival, Kadarius Toney.

Darren Waller, who also dealt with a right hamstring issue in training camp and suffered injuries to his back and knee late last season, has missed eight of the Raiders' last 14 regular-season games.

Related Players: Foster Moreau

It would seem that things aren't trending well for Waller's Week 10 availability, lining up for another Foster Moreau streaming opportunity against the Colts.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell told reporters that RB D'Andre Swift did not have any setbacks and "We're hopeful we can give him a little bit more this week."

Related players: Jamaal Williams

The week before against the Dolphins, Swift played 33 snaps, but the Lions came out and said they probably needed to ease him along a little more - and we saw that last week as he played 10 snaps against the Packers. The hope for owners is Swift starts to get more work going forward, but it seems like the team will use caution with their young RB.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell says the plan is to get D'Andre Swift in the game vs. Green Bay and "see where he's at."

Related Players: Jamaal Williams

From an outside perspective, you would think that the team would like to nurse their most explosive offensive weapon instead of giving him touches to "see where he's at," but we're here for fantasy takes. If the team is unsure about the running back's health, you can likely take that as a negative when trying to project his Week 9 workload. Jamaal Williams' stock as an RB2 this week receives a positive bump.

D’Andre Swift was back in action for the first time in more than a month this past weekend. But the Detroit Lions running back wasn’t 100% while dealing with shoulder and ankle injuries.

Related players: Jamaal Williams, Craig Reynolds, Justin Jackson

And now, according to the story, head coach Dan Campbell openly regrets how much work the team gave Swift during the team’s loss against the Miami Dolphins in Week 8. Campbell told 97.1 The Ticket’s Stoney & Jansen that “he’s not back” and they should’ve spread more of Swift’s work around. Obviously this isn't great news for owners going forward as the Lions will likely reduce his workload until declared fully healthy. Be sure to monitor his practice status this week.