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NFL Player News

Quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end news only — the positions that decide fantasy football lineups.

Every note on this page concerns a QB, RB, WR or TE, so you are not scrolling past special-teams and defensive-line updates to find the players on your roster. Each row links to the player's full page and to his team page, carries the outlet that reported it, and shows the date it was published. Near-identical wire copies of the same report are collapsed into one entry.

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Latest NFL player news

  • Calvin Ridley headshot

    Calvin Ridley

    WR Questionable

    Ridley (hip) returned to practice Wednesday, Turron Davenport of ESPN.com reports.

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  • Ladd McConkey headshot

    Ladd McConkey

    WR Questionable

    Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said McConkey remains in concussion protocol but will practice Wednesday, Alex Insdorf of BoltBeat.com reports.

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  • Matthew Golden headshot

    Matthew Golden

    WR Questionable

    Golden (shoulder/foot) is listed as questionable for Thursday's game against the Panthers, Weston Hodkiewicz of the Packers' official site reports.

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  • Erick All headshot

    Erick All

    TE Injured Reserve

    Bengals head coach Zac Taylor confirmed Wednesday that All has been diagnosed with a torn ACL in his right knee and will require season-ending surgery, Jay Morrison reports.

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  • DJ Moore headshot

    DJ Moore

    WR Questionable

    Moore (shoulder) was spotted on the field for the open portion of Wednesday's practice but was donning a no-contact jersey, Matt Parrino of The Syracuse Post-Standard reports.

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  • Aaron Jones headshot

    Aaron Jones

    RB Questionable

    Head coach Kevin O'Connell said Jones (knee) won't practice Wednesday, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.

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  • Emeka Egbuka headshot

    Emeka Egbuka

    WR Questionable

    Head coach Todd Bowles said Egbuka (concussion/foot) took part in individual drills Wednesday, but the wide receiver will need to do more Thursday to progress toward a return to action, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports.

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  • Lamar Jackson headshot

    Lamar Jackson

    QB Questionable

    Jackson (ankle) was spotted on the field for the start of Wednesday's practice, Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports.

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  • Rashee Rice headshot

    Rashee Rice

    WR Questionable

    Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that Rice (hamstring/knee) is expected to practice Wednesday, Nate Taylor of ESPN.com reports.

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  • Carnell Tate headshot

    Carnell Tate

    WR Questionable

    Titans head coach Robert Saleh said that Tate won't practice Wednesday due to a shoulder injury, Turron Davenport of ESPN.com reports.

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  • Terry McLaurin headshot

    Terry McLaurin

    WR Injured Reserve

    The Commanders placed McLaurin (knee) on injured reserve Wednesday, Zach Selby of the team's official site reports.

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  • Braelon Allen headshot

    Braelon Allen

    RB Questionable

    Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said that Allen will be a limited participant in Wednesday's practice due to ankle injury, Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic reports.

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  • Breece Hall headshot

    Breece Hall

    RB Questionable

    Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said that Hall (quadriceps) will be limited participant in Wednesday's practice, Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic reports.

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  • Emeka Egbuka headshot

    Emeka Egbuka

    WR Questionable

    Egbuka (concussion/foot) was on the field for the start of Wednesday's practice and was donning a non-contact jersey, Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports.

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  • Jaylen Waddle headshot

    Jaylen Waddle

    WR Questionable

    Waddle aggravated a previous chest injury during last week's 30-16 win over the Cardinals, and his status for Sunday's game against the Chiefs will be determined based on how he fares in practice this week, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

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  • Josh Kattus headshot

    Josh Kattus

    TE Out

    The Bengals placed Kattus (undisclosed) on their practice-squad injured list Tuesday.

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  • Jalen Brooks headshot

    Jalen Brooks

    WR Injured Reserve

    The Cardinals placed Brooks (wrist) on injured reserve Tuesday.

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  • Jameson Geers headshot

    Jameson Geers

    TE Questionable

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  • Tyrone Tracy headshot

    Tyrone Tracy

    RB Injured Reserve

    The Giants placed Tracy (hamstring) on injured reserve Tuesday, Dan Salomone of the team's official site reports.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the NFL news page only show QB, RB, WR and TE?
Because those are the positions that decide a fantasy football lineup. The raw NFL wire is dominated by defensive and offensive-line notes, and scrolling past a cornerback's practice report to find your flex is wasted time. This page filters to quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends only. If you need the full designation list for every position, including defenders and linemen, use the NFL Injury Report instead.
What does each NFL news item show?
Every row carries the player's headshot, his full name linked to his FTA player page, his team logo linked to the team page, the blurb itself, the outlet that reported it, and the date it was published. When the report is recent enough for the tag to still describe the player, the injury or status designation is shown alongside it.
Why do some NFL news items have no injury designation badge?
A designation like Questionable or Out describes a player at a moment in time, and a blurb can sit unchanged for weeks when there is simply nothing new to report. Rather than render a months-old Questionable tag as if it were this week's status, FTA suppresses the badge once the item is older than two weeks. The blurb, date and source stay visible at any age — only the badge is gated.
Why does the same NFL report not appear twice?
The wire frequently syndicates one underlying report through more than one outlet, with only the attribution phrasing changed. FTA collapses near-identical copies of the same report about the same player on the same day into a single entry, keeping the first one ingested, so the feed reads as a list of distinct updates rather than the same note three times.
How should I use NFL player news for fantasy and DFS?
Read it as the narrative layer on top of the numbers. A snap-count note or a beat-writer line about a backfield split often moves a player's role before any projection or injury report reflects it. Pair it with the NFL Injury Report for official designations, the depth charts for role, and Who Should I Start for the lineup call itself.
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