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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

  • AJ Brown headshot

    Brown (ankle) was a limited participant at Thursday's practice, Mark Daniels of MassLive reports.

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  • Omar Cooper headshot

    Cooper (ankle) was a limited participant in Thursday's practice.

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  • Adonai Mitchell headshot

    Mitchell (finger) didn't practice Thursday.

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  • Tyjae Spears headshot

    Spears (knee) didn't practice Thursday.

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  • Baker Mayfield headshot

    Buccaneers offensive coordinator Zac Robinson said Thursday that Mayfield's right thumb is "just not quite ready" this week, Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports.

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  • Kenyon Sadiq headshot

    Sadiq (concussion) remained limited at Thursday's practice.

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  • Caleb Williams headshot

    Williams (hamstring) said Thursday that he doesn't know if he'll play this weekend against Atlanta because he still has medical protocols to complete, Sean Hammond of the Chicago Tribune reports.

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  • Alec Ingold headshot

    The Chargers placed Ingold on injured reserve Thursday due to a shoulder injury.

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  • Kyle Juszczyk headshot

    Juszczyk (knee) will be limited at Thursday's practice, head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters Thursday, Cam Inman of Bay Area News Group reports.

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  • Deebo Samuel headshot

    Head coach Kyle Shanahan said Thursday that the 49ers will "hold off" on placing Samuel (hamstring) on IR due to the team's bye in Week 8, Vic Tafur of the Athletic reports.

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  • Mike Evans headshot

    Head coach Kyle Shanahan said Evans won't practice Thursday due to rib and Achilles injuries, Cam Inman of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

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  • Demarcus Robinson headshot

    Head coach Kyle Shanahan said Thursday that Robinson (ankle) has an "outside chance" to return from injured reserve for the 49ers' Week 7 game versus the Falcons but is more likely to be activated following the team's Week 8 bye, David Lombardi of SFStandard.com reports.

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  • Darren Waller headshot

    Waller (toe) remained limited at Thursday's practice.

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  • Christian Kirk headshot

    Kirk (calf) had his 21-day practice window opened Thursday.

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  • Kyle Monangai headshot

    Monangai (toe) was listed as a non-participant on Thursday's injury report.

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  • Rashee Rice headshot

    Rice (hamstring) isn't participating in Thursday's practice, Matt Derrick of ChiefsDigest.com reports.

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  • Skyy Moore headshot

    Moore (ankle) remained a non-participant at Thursday's practice, Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com reports.

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  • Jonathon Brooks headshot

    Brooks (core) was seen jogging at practice Thursday, Sheena Quick of Fox Sports Radio 1340 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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