injuryLamar Jackson's return lasts one snap before hand injury
Lamar Jackson returned Sunday against the Bills after missing three games with an ankle sprain, having fully practiced the two prior days. He left after Baltimore's first offensive snap with a right hand injury, hurt on the follow-through of a pass when a defender hit his hand, and went to the locker room with trainers. The Ravens went 1-2 in the three games Jackson missed.
Fantasy take
Jackson's history of missing time piles up again: a hamstring strain cost him multiple weeks in 2025, a late-season back contusion knocked out another start, and now an ankle sprain and a hand injury have hit in the same month. Huntley, signed to a two-year deal as a mobile insurance option, is back under center for an offense that went 1-2 without Jackson the last time he sat. The hand issue is a new and separate injury from the ankle that sidelined him, not a setback in the same body part.
Colts "more likely than not" to trade Jonathan Taylor; Jennings spikes return to 49ers
Five teams — the Giants, Broncos, Packers, Vikings and Seahawks — have checked in on Colts RB Jonathan Taylor, and a trade is now "more likely than not" per NFL insider Jordan Schultz, with the Nov. 10 deadline nine days out. The Colts are seeking a substantial return; nothing has closed. Separately, the 49ers and Vikings had a trade in place to send WR Jauan Jennings back to San Francisco, but Jennings told Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch directly he didn't want to return, killing the deal, per Jay Glazer. Jennings has 4 catches for 43 yards on 8 targets in 5 games with Minnesota this season, down from 55 catches, 643 yards and 9 TDs in 2025 with the 49ers.
Fantasy take
Jonathan Taylor has carried a workload no other Colts back has approached — Giddens is a second-year change-of-pace piece with 26 career carries, nothing close to a Taylor-replacement profile. A trade would move him into a backfield with an established committee, pairing him with the type of complementary back role he hasn't occupied in Indianapolis. For Jennings, the fact that he intervened directly with Shanahan and Lynch to stop the deal — rather than the 49ers or Vikings backing out — settles the question of whether this was a front-office evaluation call; it was the player's decision. He remains on a roster that already has Jefferson and Addison drawing the target volume ahead of him, the same structure that has limited him since the Vikings signing.
Micah Parsons won't return for Cowboys revenge game; Nov. 8 vs. Patriots now the target
The Packers "are not anticipating" Micah Parsons returning to practice this week ahead of Sunday night's game against his former team, the Cowboys, per Adam Schefter. Tom Pelissero reports the soonest realistic return is now Nov. 8 against the Patriots. Parsons has been out since tearing his ACL in December.
Fantasy take
He's now missed every realistic checkpoint set since the ACL tear — September, then Week 3, then Week 5/6 — pushing toward Week 9 against New England instead. In a standard format his sack/pressure production was never rosterable production anyway, so the slip changes nothing for lineups; it only matters for IDP or best-ball leagues still stashing him.
Saquon Barkley clears Week 8 report; DeVonta Smith out a second week
Barkley (hamstring/back) was a limited practice participant Friday, then removed from the Eagles' injury report entirely, clearing him to play Sunday night against Washington. DeVonta Smith (hamstring) was ruled out for a second straight week; Dontayvion Wicks is also out. Marquise "Hollywood" Brown is active and available as a depth option at WR.
Fantasy take
Barkley going from limited to a clean injury report is a full clearance, not a step-down designation. Smith's hamstring has now cost him three of the last four games after an in-season recurrence, and the absence is deep enough that two rookies, Makai Lemon and Darius Cooper, have been logging the slot reps instead of a single primary fill-in — Wicks and Brown rotating behind Lemon rather than one clear replacement taking the job.
NFL to review new allegations against Josh Jacobs
Police records released Friday show three additional women alleging incidents of violence by Jacobs dating back to April 2021, on top of a prior misdemeanor battery no-contest plea from a May 2026 incident. The NFL said it will review the new allegations as part of an investigation that has remained open; Jacobs remains eligible to play pending that review and is subject to possible discipline under the personal conduct policy. He has appeared in the Packers' last two games.
Fantasy take
Jacobs already missed six games this season on the commissioner's exempt list tied to the underlying case before returning in Week 7; his snap share climbed from 52% in that return to 71% in Week 8, the heaviest workload split of his season. The new allegations fall under the same personal-conduct review that is still open, and he remains on the Packers' active roster with MarShawn Lloyd as the only other running back on the depth chart behind him. No new roster action has been announced as a result of Friday's filing.
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