Bills activate WR John Brown, place him on COVID list

Dec 28, 2020

Bills have activated WR John Brown from IR, but have put Brown, practice squad S Josh Thomas and RB Christian Wade on Res/COVID list.

Fantasy Impact:

The above players have been defined as close contacts with RB T.J. Yeldon, who was placed on Res/COVID list Sunday. Brown was reportedly close a return this week, but will now need to test negative in order to go Week 17. It's possible the Bills just holds out Brown until the first week of the playoffs, especially if there is nothing to play for in Week 17.

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.