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The meeting with Packers and WR Romeo Doubs ‘went well,’ the source added.

Related players: Jayden Reed, Christian Watson, Dontayvion Wicks, Tucker Kraft

Doubs plans to attend Wednesday’s practice coming out of his meeting with the team today, per source, and the story. With Doubs and Watson out, Reed remained the team's WR1 but Wicks disappointed with a 2-20-0 line. Instead, Kraft exploded on the scene with a huge day and a 4-88-2 line. It remains to be seen if Doubs can be content with his role in the offense going forward, because there are plenty of mouths to feed in the Packers offense.

After suffering a hamstring injury in the season opener, tight end Evan Engram may be back on the field for the Jaguars when they play the Bears in London on Sunday.

Head coach Doug Pederson provided a positive update on Engram during his Monday news conference, saying he was close to playing in Week 5.

“He got himself into practice a little bit,” Pederson said. “I would anticipate him doing more this week and seeing where he’s at at the end of the week. But I think the chances of him getting back in here this week are pretty good.”

Related players: Brenton Strange

Engram had one 5-yard catch in the season-opening loss to Miami before he had to exit the contest. He was a limited participant in practice all three days last week, the story pointed out.

Doug Pederson confirms that Travis Etienne suffered a shoulder injury on Sunday and *that's* why he didn't play much in the second half.

Related players: Tank Bigsby

Pederson said the team didn't want to risk further injury to Etienne. He finished with just six carries for 17, but did have six catches for 43 yards. However, Bigsby stepped in nicely and finished with 13 carries for 101 yards and two TDs. Bigsby has looked good at times, so this is a situation to watch going forward. We can perhaps assume the move to not play Etienne was precautionary, but that remains to be seen. Hopefully practice reports this week will give us a better idea. It wouldn't be a bad idea to get Bigsby if he's on your wire.

Texans now have changed Nico Collins’ injury designation from “day to day” to “week to week.”

We reported earlier today that Collins was listed as day to day, which was a much better sign for his Week 6 status. However the week to week status makes more sense, as far as hamstring injuries go. This designation is likely going to make it tougher for Collins to play in Week 6.

If the Raiders are going to make a quarterback switch this week, head coach Antonio Pierce wasn’t ready to say so during his Monday news conference.

“Yeah, just keep evaluating the film, evaluating everything from scheme, players — everything,” Pierce said. “So, we’re still doing that upstairs, currently.”

Related players: Gardner Minshew, Aidan O’Connell

Minshew was benched for O’Connell late in the third quarter. Minshew finished the game 12-of-17 for 137 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions — one of which was returned 100 yards by Pat Surtain for a pick six, the story went on to say.

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will be on injured reserve for at least two more weeks and the process of getting back on the field will continue this week.

Head coach Mike McDaniel said at a Monday press conference that Tagovailoa will have “some expert consultation” about his concussion in the coming days. With the Dolphins on a bye this week, Tagovailoa will be eligible to practice with the team after their Week Seven game against the Colts. He will remain in the concussion protocol until he does get back on the field because practice work is one of the steps toward being cleared and McDaniel said there’s been no word from any doctors that would rule out a return at that point.

There's been talk Tua will be back for Week 8, but this consultation, the story said, will go a long way as far as determining whether or not that will come true. McDaniel said, “There’s been nothing negative thus far, but we’re still in the process. We don’t rush that process and we don’t try to do anything that negatively impacts that,” so that's certainly good news as far as Tua's overall health goes.

There’s no quarterback controversy in Indianapolis.

Joe Flacco has completed 49-of-70 passes for 527 yards and five touchdowns since Anthony Richardson injured his oblique early in a Week Four win over the Steelers, but head coach Shane Steichen made it clear on Monday that the team is going to put Richardson back in the lineup once he’s medically cleared.

“He is our starting quarterback,” Steichen said, via Kevin Bowen of 107.5 The Fan.

Richardson was a limited participant in practice last week, the story said. This Wednesday will bring word on how much he’s doing at practice as the team moves toward their Week 6 trip to Tennessee the story added.

My understanding is the Eagles are expecting to have their top WRs A.J. Brown (hamstring) and DeVonta Smith (concussion) back this week vs the Browns.

Related players: Jalen Hurts

Brown was dealing with a hamstring injury and some thought he had a chance to play in Week 4, but ultimately didn't. Smith was dealing with a concussion from Week 3, and didn't get out of protocol in time for Week 4's game. The Eagles had a bye in Week 5 allowing both receivers extra time to be ready to go. It's great news for Hurts and his fantasy owners.

Browns TE David Njoku played 25 snaps in his first game since Week 1 but sustained a knee injury against the Commanders.

Njoku will get an MRI today, according to the report. Njoku just returned after missing three weeks because of an ankle injury. Owners will need to monitor Njoku's status this week, but are probably fed up by now with his lack of time on the field.

The Raiders' preference as an organization is to get a Davante Adams trade done “sooner rather than later,” per multiple sources.

Related players: Brock Bowers, Jakobi Meyers, Tre Tucker

The Adams distraction is the last thing the team needs now as it continues to struggle. But, the post went on to say the Raiders aren’t going to do just any deal, and their preference has been not to take on any of the money remaining on Adams’ contract, according to Shultz's post. The post did say expect things to ramp up this week. The Raiders switched from Gardner Minshew to Aidan O'Connell against the Broncos, but it didn't lead to a spark on offense. Bowers may benefit the most with Adams no longer in the lineup and he posted an 8-97-1 line, followed by Meyers' 6-72-0 line. Tucker didn't have a great day, despite being a popular name on the waiver wire.