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No practice again for a second straight day for Chargers’ RB Austin Ekeler, who has an ankle injury.

Related Players: Joshua Kelley

The team could very well be taking extra precautions for the veteran, who very likely doesn't need to be eased into the playbook after how well he performed in Week 1. That likely doesn't ease fantasy managers' minds, but we'll find out more after Friday practices. Joshua Kelley should be rostered in every single fantasy league, regardless of Ekeler's Week 2 status after he notched 91 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries last week.

Chargers running back Austin Ekeler injured his ankle in the second half of Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins.

Head coach Brandon Staley said Monday that Ekeler is day to day, with his status for Wednesday’s practice to be determined.

Related players: Joshua Kelley, Isaiah Spiller, Elijah Dotson

Ekeler was unable to finish Sunday’s game, finishing with 20 touches for 164 yards and a touchdown on 41 snaps. Backup Joshua Kelley played 39 snaps and had 16 carries for 91 yards and a touchdown. The Chargers chose to make Isaiah Spiller, a 2022 fourth-round pick, a healthy scratch in favor of undrafted rookie free agent Elijah Dotson, who played only one snap, the story said.

But it was Zay Jones, listed third on the team's WR depth chart, who paced all of the club's pass catchers in offensive snaps against the Colts (61).

With five catches on seven targets, including an acrobatic 18-yard touchdown, Jones also finished just behind Calvin Ridley as the Jags' most productive outlet for Trevor Lawrence. What's more, his connection with the young quarterback has been strong dating back to early in the 2022 campaign, Lawrence's first under coach Doug Pederson.

Related players: Christian Kirk

Jones led the way in snaps, but it was Ridley who ended up with the bigger day and an 8-101-1 line. Jones did finish ahead of Kirk who had just a 1-9-0 line and was targeted only three times. The story added Jones could be the go-to target for Lawrence on key downs this season.

The Titans removed WR Treylon Burks (knee) from the injury report and he's good to go for Sunday's opener vs the #Saints.

Related Players: Deandre Hopkins, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine

Burks is thankfully back in the lineup, but he could still be an iffy start on fantasy squads. Hopkins is still a good bet to eat up target share on a team looking to run the ball as much as possible. Hopkins is a good Flex play while Burks should stay on the bench while we see what this offense is capable of.

Cowboys waived RB Malik Davis, a person familiar with the decision said.

Related players: Rico Dowdle, Tony Pollard, Deuce Vaughn, Ronald Jones

In the end, Davis - who seemed like he had a chance to earn the RB2 job early on - trailed Dowdle and Vaughn this summer, but the team has interest in re-signing him to practice squad if he clears waivers, according to the rest of the post.

Another kicker trade. The Patriots are trading Nick Folk to the Titans, sources say.

Related players: Chad Ryland

Ryland, a fourth round pick by the Patriots this past spring, wins the kicking job, and the Patriots get a seventh round pick.

The Bengals have released QB Trevor Siemian.

Related players: Joe Burrow, Jake Browning

Burrow is hopeful to be ready for Week 1, but perhaps owners in superflex dynasty leagues were rostering Siemian as an emergency replacement. Browning now looks to be the QB2 for the Bengals as we get closer to the start of the season.

Treylon Burks is back at practice.

This is great news since recent reports indicated the team wasn't sure of his status for Week 1. Burks has been out since mid-August with a sprained LCL. DeAndre Hopkins likely slides into the WR1 role, allowing Burks to grow as the team’s number two target. He should still see a bump in usage from last season.

Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Will Levis is just following directions at this point.

Levis was at Titans training camp practice Tuesday out of uniform, mostly relegated to charting plays and supporting fellow quarterbacks Ryan Tannehill and Malik Willis on a team scrimmage day. Willis did go through stretching routines with his teammates and threw a few passes during special teams periods but was otherwise unavailable as he continues to recover from the lower body injury he sustained last Thursday that also kept him out of Saturday's preseason game vs. the Minnesota Vikings.

"I just had something happen in a practice that just came up," Levis said. "I went to the medical staff and I’m just following their directions in the best way to attack it and get better. It’s nothing too serious but I’m just going to make sure I take the right steps to get back to the road to recovery."

Levis is in a battle to be the QB2 on the Titans, but this injury certainly isn't helping his chances. Reports out of Tennessee indicated Willis was outplaying Levis even before his injury.

Kyle Philips suffered an MCL injury in Saturday’s preseason win over Minnesota, per paulkuharsky.com, an injury that will reportedly keep him out “in the range of six weeks.”

Related players: Chris Moore, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Racey McMath, Treylon Burks

If he wound up missing six weeks, according to the story, Philips would likely miss at least the first three games of the season, probably four. Philips burst on to the scene in Week 1 last year but then faded and played in only four games. Philips was slated to be the team's WR3 this season so this injury likely sets him back. Next up are Moore, Westbrook-Ikhine and McMath.

The story went on to say, the Titans will likely have to use two of their initial 53-man roster spots on injured receivers — Burks and Philips. And if the team needs to keep two healthy receivers as a result, that means two players at other positions will not survive the Aug. 29 final cut.