November 5, 2025
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver
Michael Wilson has emerged as a go-to weapon in the passing game with
Jacoby Brissett under center. Brissett continues to heap praise on the young receiver, stating, "If need be, he could be the No. 1 target." The passing game has continued to improve with Brissett under center, with Wilson and
Marvin Harrison Jr. finally living up to their potential. Despite the praise, you should proceed with caution for Wilson in a Week 10 matchup with a stingy Seattle Seahawks defense that has allowed the eighth-fewest fantasy points to wide receivers this season.
--Shaun AlbinSource: Tyler Drake
November 5, 2025
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver
Emeka Egbuka (hamstring) looked like his normal self in his return to practice on Wednesday. Egbuka used the bye to recover and seems ready for a big Week 10 matchup with the New England Patriots. The rookie leads all Bucs players with 34 receptions for 662 yards and five touchdowns. He has seen 21 targets over his last two games, further proving his emergence in this offense. Egbuka should be started in all formats this week, as he faces a Patriots defense that ranks 15th against fantasy wide receivers.
--Shaun AlbinSource: Pewter Report
November 5, 2025
Carolina Panthers running back
Rico Dowdle (undisclosed) was practicing off to the side on Wednesday in the portion of practice open to the media, according to David Newton of ESPN. It's unclear what Dowdle is dealing with, but this will be a situation to watch heading into Carolina's Week 10 divisional battle on Sunday versus the New Orleans Saints. Dowdle has taken over RB1 duties for the Panthers by rushing for an astounding 652 yards and three touchdowns in his last five games while also adding 10 receptions for 112 yards and another score. If the 27-year-old's injury is serious enough to limit him or keep him out entirely this weekend,
Chuba Hubbard would once again become a must-start in fantasy lineups everywhere in a plus matchup against New Orleans. Dowdle has had over 20 carries in three of the last five games and has even topped the 200-yard mark in that span.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN.com - David Newton
November 5, 2025
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott said on Wednesday that he feels wide receiver
Gabe Davis (knee) is "getting close" to being able to play in a game, according to Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic. However, McDermott won't put a timeline on Davis being active on game day. Davis rejoined the Bills in September but has yet to make his 2025 debut as he recovers from a knee injury. The 26-year-old spent the first four years of his NFL career in Buffalo, catching 163 passes for 2,730 yards and 27 touchdowns in 64 regular-season games. He played in only 10 games due to injury in his lone season with the Jacksonville Jaguars last year, and now he's back with the Bills. Davis will help Buffalo's offense stretch the field once he's healthy, but he faces an uphill battle for fantasy value in a WR corps that also includes
Khalil Shakir,
Keon Coleman,
Joshua Palmer,
Curtis Samuel, and
Elijah Moore.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Athletic - Joe Buscaglia
November 5, 2025
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said that wide receiver
Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) will not practice with the team on Wednesday, per Patriots.com's Evan Lazar. With a DNP to begin the week, Boutte is in danger of missing the Week 10 game in Tampa against the Buccaneers after he injured his hamstring in the Week 9 win over the Atlanta Falcons and was unable to return to the contest. The 23-year-old third-year receiver ended his streak of three straight games finding the end zone as a result, and he failed to catch his only target last Sunday before leaving the game.
DeMario Douglas only played 24% of the offensive snaps against the Falcons, but he benefited from Boutte's injury to go for a season-high 100 receiving yards and his third touchdown of 2025 on four catches. Douglas,
Stefon Diggs,
Mack Hollins, and rookie
Kyle Williams would see expanded roles if Boutte is unable to play this weekend.
--Keith HernandezSource: Patriots.com - Evan Lazar
November 5, 2025
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said that running back
Rhamondre Stevenson (toe) will not practice on Wednesday, per Evan Lazar of Patriots.com. Stevenson came down with a toe injury in the team's Week 8 win over the Cleveland Browns, wasn't able to practice last week, and was held out of the one-point win over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9. It looks like Stevenson hasn't made much progress, putting him in danger of missing a second straight contest when New England takes on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road this Sunday. Rookie
TreVeyon Henderson handled 75% of the offensive snaps against Atlanta with Stevenson sidelined, carrying the ball a season-high 14 times for 55 yards while catching four of six targets for 32 yards.
Terrell Jennings saw a 25% snap share and surprisingly had 11 totes for 35 yards and one touchdown out of the backfield.
--Keith HernandezSource: Patriots.com - Evan Lazar
November 5, 2025
New Orleans Saints wide receiver
Devaughn Vele should become a bigger part of the team's passing attack, starting in Week 10 against the Carolina Panthers this Sunday, after the Saints traded
Rashid Shaheed to the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday. Vele played only 29% of the offensive snaps in last week's loss to the Los Angeles Rams and was not targeted at all. However, in the Week 8 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the 27-year-old played a season-high 51% of the snaps and was targeted a season-high five times. Expectations must be tempered in a Saints offense being run by rookie quarterback
Tyler Shough, but there's no denying that Vele will see a playing time increase in the second half of the season with Shaheed no longer in town. The former seventh-rounder of the Denver Broncos has only five catches on his 10 targets this year for 39 yards and a touchdown in eight games played.
--Keith HernandezSource: Pro Football Reference
November 5, 2025
The New York Jets acquired wide receiver
Adonai Mitchell at Tuesday's trade deadline in the deal that sent All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts. Although Mitchell, a second-rounder by the Colts last year out of Texas, is still searching for his first NFL touchdown, he will have increased opportunity for the 1-7 Jets the rest of the season. Top wideout
Garrett Wilson (knee) looks primed to make his return this weekend against the Cleveland Browns, but it's possible that Mitchell could settle in as the team's WR2 when all is said and done this year.
Josh Reynolds (hip) is currently on Injured Reserve, and nobody else in New York's WR corps has really stepped up as a reliable option in the passing game. Mitchell had nine catches for 152 yards on 16 targets through eight games in a crowded WR room in Indy. For the increased opportunity alone, Mitchell is worth a waiver-wire pickup in deeper fantasy leagues.
--Keith HernandezSource: Pro Football Reference
November 5, 2025
Buffalo Bills running back
Ray Davis hasn't had the season he was hoping for in 2025, but that could change in Week 10 against the division-rival Miami Dolphins this Sunday. The Bills announced that RB
James Cook (ankle, foot) will not practice, which leaves his status up in the air for the weekend. Speculative fantasy managers in need of an RB this week with four teams on bye might want to look to Davis or
Ty Johnson if Cook's injury is serious enough to sideline him against Miami. The 25-year-old played only 5% of the offensive snaps in the win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 9, and he didn't receive a single carry. Davis has been the RB3 for most of the year behind Cook and Johnson, carrying the ball just 22 times for 46 yards and catching three of his five targets for 18 yards in eight games. However, he'd be much more involved in a great matchup against the Dolphins if Cook cannot suit up.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Buffalo News - Katherine Fitzgerald
November 5, 2025
Buffalo Bills running back
Ty Johnson could become an interesting mid-week waiver-wire pickup heading into Week 10 against the division-rival Miami Dolphins on Sunday after it was announced on Wednesday that starting RB
James Cook (ankle, foot) is not practicing. Johnson only played 20% of the offensive snaps in the Week 9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs and had just two carries, but he was able to fall into the end zone for his first touchdown of 2025. The 28-year-old has also been Buffalo's preferred choice as the backup to Cook this year over
Ray Davis, who played just 5% of the snaps last weekend. If Cook's injury is serious enough to sideline him this weekend, the Bills would likely split backfield touches between Johnson and Davis, but at the very least, fantasy managers should be keeping a close eye on this situation over the next few days. Johnson has only 17 carries on the year for 72 yards and one TD.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Buffalo News - Katherine Fitzgerald
November 5, 2025
Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said on Wednesday that the team is still "sorting through the medical opinions" on quarterback
Jayden Daniels' elbow, according to John Keim of ESPN. Daniels suffered a gruesome-looking left elbow dislocation late in the Sunday night blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks, but initial X-rays came back negative for any fractures. It remains to be seen whether the 24-year-old suffered any ligament damage in his arm, though, and at the very least, it seems likely that the second-year signal-caller will be forced to Injured Reserve, which would require him to miss at least four games. While the Commanders are holding out hope that Daniels might return this year, we wouldn't be surprised if he's shut down the rest of the way. In the meantime, veteran
Marcus Mariota will start at QB for a banged-up Commanders offense that also lost receiver
Luke McCaffrey to a broken collarbone.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN.com - John Keim
November 5, 2025
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver
Brian Thomas Jr. (ankle) was not seen at the portion of practice open to the media on Wednesday, according to Demetrius Harvey of Jaguars.com. Thomas suffered a low-grade high-ankle sprain in the Week 9 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, but the team is optimistic he'll be able to play in Week 10 versus the division-rival Houston Texans. The Jaguars also placed rookie first-rounder
Travis Hunter (knee) on Injured Reserve last week, so if Thomas is limited or unable to go this weekend, it will most likely make
Parker Washington the top target of quarterback
Trevor Lawrence. In addition to Thomas being hurt,
Dyami Brown suffered a concussion last Sunday. In the wake of all of Jacksonville's receiver injuries, they acquired
Jakobi Meyers from the Raiders on Tuesday. Meyers should eventually have a big role in the passing attack, but fantasy managers will want to temper expectations for him early on as he learns the playbook.
--Keith HernandezSource: Jaguars.com - Demetrius Harvey
November 5, 2025
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott said that wide receiver
Joshua Palmer (ankle, knee) will be limited in Wednesday's practice, according to Maddy Glab of BuffaloBills.com. Palmer has not played since getting hurt in Week 6, but a limited showing in the first practice of the week means he is trending in the right direction and could be active for this weekend's divisional clash on the road against the Miami Dolphins.
Keon Coleman has continued to disappoint his fantasy managers with Palmer out, catching only five passes on six targets for 47 yards and no touchdowns in two games. The only pass-catchers that have been reliable for fantasy purposes this year in Buffalo have been receiver
Khalil Shakir and tight end
Dalton Kincaid. Even if Palmer upgrades to a full practice this week and returns on Sunday, he should remain on the waiver wire in 12-team fantasy leagues.
--Keith HernandezSource: BuffaloBills.com - Maddy Glab
November 5, 2025
Los Angeles Chargers running back
Jaret Patterson worked as the team's No. 2 RB behind
Kimani Vidal for the second straight week in the Week 9 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Patterson played a season-high 28% of the offensive snaps and saw nine rushing attempts for a season-high 44 yards. The 25-year-old made his 2025 debut the previous week in the Thursday night win over the Minnesota Vikings, taking 11 carries for 30 yards. He has yet to be involved in the passing game, but it's clear that Patterson has become the Bolts' temporary RB2 behind Vidal with both rookie first-rounder
Omarion Hampton (ankle),
Hassan Haskins (hamstring), and
Najee Harris (Achilles) on Injured Reserve. Hampton might not return until after the Week 12 bye, so Patterson could have two more weeks with an elevated backfield role.
--Keith HernandezSource: Pro Football Reference
November 5, 2025
Washington Commanders running back
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is coming off his best showing of the year in Sunday night's blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Rodriguez played 34% of the offensive snaps and saw a season-high 12 rushing attempts for a season-high 65 yards and his second touchdown of the year. The 25-year-old still has not been targeted in the passing game, but both of his touchdowns have come in the last three weeks, and he could start to see more involvement with rookie RB
Jacory Croskey-Merritt struggling in recent weeks as the team's lead back. However, fantasy managers should still temper expectations for Washington's backfield now that starting quarterback
Jayden Daniels (elbow) is out for the foreseeable future. Expect opposing defenses to load the box and make veteran QB
Marcus Mariota beat them. Rodriguez is only a stash candidate for RB depth in deep fantasy leagues.
--Keith HernandezSource: Pro Football Reference
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