injuryLamar Jackson ruled out vs. Falcons; Huntley starts
Ravens coach Jesse Minter ruled Lamar Jackson (ankle) out for Sunday night's game at Atlanta — his first missed game of the season. Jackson didn't practice all week after spraining the ankle in the second half of Baltimore's Week 4 win over Tennessee and leaving the stadium in a protective boot. Tyler Huntley, who went 2-0 as a fill-in starter last season, gets the start.
Fantasy take
Lamar Jackson missing a start is itself the data point — he hadn't sat out a single game through four seasons of returning from prior injuries before this one. His per-game rushing output was already trending down before the ankle (season-high was 50 yards on the ground in Week 3, otherwise in the 30s-40s), so a clean week off removes any added strain heading into whatever his Week 6 workload looks like. Huntley's two prior spot starts came with a run-heavy offense around him; Baltimore still has Henry to lean on as the base-case plan regardless of who's at quarterback.
Eagles rule out five for London trip; Goedert, Baun set to return
The Eagles officially ruled out RB Saquon Barkley (hamstring), WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring), WR Marquise Brown (ankle), C Drew Kendall (knee) and S Marcus Epps (groin) for Sunday's game against the Jaguars in London. Smith hasn't practiced since his Week 4 absence. TE Dallas Goedert and LB Zack Baun are set to return.
Fantasy take
Bigsby and Shipley split the backfield behind Barkley, with Bigsby handling early-down work and Shipley staying mostly on passing downs — neither has carried a lead role on this offense before, so Sunday is new ground for both. A.J. Brown becomes the clear top target with Smith and the other Brown out, putting more of the passing game on him than usual. Goedert's return reverts the tight end reps to him after backups had picked up the slack the past couple games, and Baun's return gives the front seven back its regular every-down piece.
Chase, Higgins both questionable; final call Saturday
Ja'Marr Chase (concussion) was in pads and ran full routes at Friday's practice but remains in the league's concussion protocol; Bengals coach Zac Taylor said he has until Saturday to clear it. Tee Higgins (groin/neck) returned to full practice Friday after sitting out Wednesday and Thursday. Both are listed questionable for Sunday against Miami.
Fantasy take
Both receivers cleared the practice week's biggest hurdle Friday — Chase in full pads running routes despite still sitting in protocol, Higgins back from two missed days — which puts the decision in Zac Taylor's hands rather than the trainers'. Last season Chase carried a 30.4 percent target share, the highest mark of any receiver in the league, with Higgins second on the team at 16.1 percent; Andrei Iosivas sat at 9.5 percent, the gap that would need covering if either sits Sunday.
Jefferson trending toward playing; Addison added questionable
Justin Jefferson (ankle) practiced in a limited capacity for a third straight day Friday and is listed questionable for Sunday at New Orleans; coach Kevin O'Connell said the team will evaluate him Saturday. Jordan Addison (hamstring), who missed Wednesday's practice, was limited Thursday and Friday and is also questionable.
Fantasy take
Three straight limited sessions without an escalation to full keeps Jefferson in the same questionable bucket he's occupied all week, a profile that carried a 30 percent target share last season even through a quarterback carousel. Addison's hamstring is a new variable layered onto a 2025 that already saw his target share fall to a career-low 16.9 percent; adding a second banged-up receiver to the injury report changes the distribution math for Minnesota's passing game Sunday regardless of which names clear the questionable tag. Neither has been ruled out, and O'Connell's Saturday evaluation of Jefferson is the next checkpoint before any clearer read on snaps.
Caleb Williams practices for first time since hamstring injury, upgraded to questionable
Caleb Williams (hamstring) returned to practice in a limited capacity Friday for the first time since straining his hamstring in Week 2, and the Bears listed him questionable for Sunday at Green Bay. Coach Ben Johnson had said earlier in the week that Tyson Bagent would start; Bagent remains the Week 5 starter.
Fantasy take
Williams logged two rushing touchdowns and 65 yards on the ground in Week 1 before straining the hamstring in Week 2, when he was pulled after going 15-of-26 for 138 yards. In the three starts since, Bagent has thrown for 268 yards on 25-of-34 passing in his most recent outing (Week 4) without a touchdown, and the offense has stayed within reach of that 2026 rushing production largely by scheme rather than quarterback legs. A limited practice session doesn't change the Week 5 starter, but it's the first data point suggesting Williams's return window could open as soon as next week if Friday's workload holds through gameday.
McLaurin a game-time call; Diggs ruled out
Terry McLaurin (hamstring) returned to a limited practice Friday after missing the first two days of the week; coach Dan Quinn said he "looked good," and ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports McLaurin will likely be a game-time decision Sunday against the Giants. Washington ruled out Stefon Diggs (hamstring) for the game, per Quinn's Friday press conference.
Fantasy take
McLaurin's limited Friday practice follows a pattern of him sitting out full-team reps before being active Sundays — in each of the first three weeks he's drawn a team-high 9 targets twice despite the absences. His share of the Washington passing game doesn't move on a game-time-decision tag; if he plays, the expectation is the same role he's had all season as the team's primary target. Diggs's hamstring keeps him out entirely, removing the receiver who's been splitting early-down and red-zone snaps opposite McLaurin.
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