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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

  • Christian Kirk headshot

    Kirk (calf) is questionable for Sunday's game against the Falcons, Matt Barrows of The Athletic reports.

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  • Mike Evans headshot

    Evans (Achilles) is out for Sunday's game against the Falcons, Matt Barrows of The Athletic reports.

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  • David Montgomery headshot

    Montgomery (groin) has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Giants, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports.

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  • Rico Dowdle headshot

    Dowdle (knee) was a limited participant in Friday's practice and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Saints in Paris, NFL insider Adam Caplan reports.

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  • Lamar Jackson headshot

    Jackson (ankle) was a limited participant in Friday's practice and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Bengals.

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  • Mike Washington headshot

    Washington (foot) is questionable for Sunday's game against the Rams, Sam Warren of The Athletic reports.

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  • Mike Evans headshot

    Evans (Achilles) wasn't present at the start of Friday's practice, Matt Barrows of The Athletic reports.

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  • George Pickens headshot

    Pickens (shoulder) was present at Friday's practice, Joe Hoyt of The Dallas Morning News reports.

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  • Puka Nacua headshot

    Nacua (calf) won't practice Friday and will be listed as questionable for Sunday's game at Las Vegas, Sarah Barshop of ESPN.com reports.

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  • Dallas Goedert headshot

    Goedert (knee) was not seen at Friday's portion of practice open to the media, Brooks Kubena of The Athletic reports.

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  • Devonta Smith headshot

    Smith (hamstring) wasn't spotted at Friday's portion of practice open to the media, Brooks Kubena of The Athletic reports.

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  • Jordan Mason headshot

    Head coach Kevin O'Connell said Friday that Mason (thumb) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Colts after practicing fully all week, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.

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  • Saquon Barkley headshot

    Barkley (hamstring) is practicing Friday, Brooks Kubena of The Athletic reports.

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  • Cole Kmet headshot

    Bears coach Ben Johnson said Friday that Kmet (knee) will be placed on injured reserve, Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic reports.

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  • Jeremiyah Love headshot

    Head coach Mike LaFleur said Friday that Love (ankle) won't play Sunday against the Broncos, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports.

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  • Dylan Sampson headshot

    Sampson (knee) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Titans, Scott Petrak of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports.

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  • Brian Robinson headshot

    Robinson (hamstring) has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the 49ers, Will McFadden of the Falcons' official site reports.

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  • Rashee Rice headshot

    Rice (hamstring/knee) was not present during the portion of Friday's practice open to the media, Pete Sweeney of The Kansas City Star reports.

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  • Baker Mayfield headshot

    Mayfield (thumb) was a full participant in Friday's practice but is listed questionable for Sunday's game against the Panthers, Greg Auman of Fox Sports 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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