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Daily Brief · Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Ravens' QB room collapses — Jackson and Huntley both headed to season-ending IR, rookie Joe Fagnano starts Thursday — while the Raiders hand the backfield to Mike Washington Jr. over rookie Ashton Jeanty.

injury

Ravens QB Room Gutted — Huntley Out for Season, Rookie Fagnano Starts

Lamar Jackson injured his right thumb (throwing hand) on Baltimore's first offensive snap against Buffalo on Nov. 1; he'll have surgery and go on IR, a move coach Jesse Minter called potentially season-ending. Tyler Huntley suffered a season-ending turf toe injury in the second quarter of that same game and is also headed to IR. Undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano will make his first career NFL start Thursday night at Jacksonville, with Kedon Slovis (signed off Green Bay's practice squad Nov. 3) and Skylar Thompson behind him on the depth chart.

Fantasy take

Baltimore's passing-game volume now routes through Flowers and Andrews catching from a quarterback making his first NFL start, with Jackson's 29% target share and Andrews' 17% unaffected by who's throwing but very much affected by how. Flowers carried roughly 36% of Baltimore's air yards as the established WR1 before the injuries; that role doesn't change with Fagnano under center, though the quality of the looks likely will. Andrews, already down to single-digit target shares in each of the last three seasons, has the least margin to absorb a rookie-UDFA adjustment period.

Lamar Jacksoninjury update

QB · BAL

Thumb surgery, placed on IR, potentially season-ending

Tyler Huntleyinjury update

QB · BAL

Season-ending turf toe, headed to IR

Ripples

Joe Fagnanosuccession candidate

QB · BAL

Undrafted rookie making first career start Thursday at Jacksonville

Zay Flowersdownstream affected

WR · BAL

WR1 role unchanged in volume, quarterback quality now a question

Mark Andrewsdownstream affected

TE · BAL

Target share already thin heading into the QB change

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Raiders Backfield Flips — Mike Washington Jr. Takes Over for Ashton Jeanty

In Sunday's win over the Jets, Mike Washington Jr. carried 25 times while Ashton Jeanty, the team's rookie first-round pick, got two carries and no targets. Jeanty said after the game he'd been told Washington is now the starter; coach Klint Kubiak said the change was his call and had nothing to do with Jeanty's comments during the week, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Washington is among the most-added names on the Week 9 waiver wire; Jeanty is still expected to work in a receiving-down role.

Fantasy take

Jeanty's touch share had been eroding gradually since Week 1 (23 carries down to single digits by Week 7) even as his receiving role held steady; this game removed the receiving role too, with no targets logged for the first time all season. Washington's per-carry efficiency across his earlier spot appearances (6.1 to 4.5 yards per carry on limited volume) was part of the case for expanding his role, but 25 carries without a target is a different kind of workload than the change-of-pace usage that built that profile. Kubiak's framing that Jeanty remains part of the offense points toward the passing-down role persisting rather than a full benching, though this is the first week that role produced zero catches or targets.

Mike Washington Jr.role ascension

RB · LV

25 carries vs. Jets, now the lead early-down back

Ashton Jeantyrole diminished

RB · LV

2 carries, 0 targets; reduced to receiving-down role per team

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news

Brandon Aiyuk Files for Reinstatement

Aiyuk's agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday that Aiyuk has filed paperwork for reinstatement from the reserve/left-squad list and will report to the 49ers' facility Friday. Aiyuk hasn't played since Oct. 20, 2024, when he tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus. 49ers GM John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan have repeatedly said Aiyuk has played his last snap in San Francisco — Shanahan's one-word answer when asked about a reunion was "no" — so the likelier outcome if he's reinstated is a release rather than a return to the 49ers' WR room.

Fantasy take

Aiyuk's medical clearance has been the gating issue since late 2025, not just a front-office standoff; filing for reinstatement signals he's ready to be activated off the left-squad list, which is the step that precedes either a return to practice or a trade/release. With Evans, Samuel, Pearsall, Kirk, Watkins, Cowing and Robinson all ahead of him on the depth chart, reinstatement looks like the mechanism for a transaction rather than a path back onto the field there. Where he ends up, and whether he's fantasy-relevant this season, still depends on a trade or release that hasn't happened yet.

Brandon Aiyukreinstatement filing

WR · SF

Filed for reinstatement from reserve/left-squad list, reports Friday

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injury

Micah Parsons Returns to Practice

The Packers designated Parsons to return from PUP on Wednesday, opening his 21-day practice window. It's the first time Parsons has practiced since tearing his ACL on Dec. 14, 2025; Green Bay hosts New England in Week 9 on Nov. 8, the date previously cited as his soonest realistic return.

Fantasy take

Green Bay's edge rotation hasn't needed to account for Parsons this season; a practice window doesn't guarantee a Week 9 return, and even healthy he offers no standard-format fantasy relevance outside IDP leagues.