NFL Training Camp Report: Keenan Allen to Indianapolis + Fantasy Football Training Camp News for Every Team

Updated: August 18, 2026

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Yesterday's Five Biggest Stories

1. Keenan Allen Is Headed to Indianapolis, and the Colts Just Fixed Their Thinnest Room

Jordan Schultz broke it late Monday night: the Colts are signing six-time Pro Bowl receiver Keenan Allen to a one-year deal worth up to $8.32 million, a reunion with head coach Shane Steichen from their time together with the Chargers (@Schultz_Report). Joel A. Erickson reported minutes later that the Colts expect to sign him, source confirmed, and supplied the part that matters for lineups: Allen "instantly shores up a WR spot that has looked thin beyond Alec Pierce and Josh Downs" (@JoelAErickson).

The reunion is the reason it happened. Schultz reported the two sides had been in talks for several weeks and that the chance to work with Steichen again was the pull for Allen, with Indianapolis having traded away veteran leader Michael Pittman Jr. this offseason and needing to replace what he brought to the room (@Schultz_Report). Underdog relayed the terms league-wide within a minute of the break (@UnderdogNFL).

Here is the depth chart Schultz published on the back of it: Daniel Jones at quarterback, Jonathan Taylor at running back, Alec Pierce, Allen and Josh Downs at receiver, Tyler Warren at tight end (@Schultz_Report). On paper that is the projected skill group, and it arrives with under four weeks to go before the opener. We treat a signing this late in August as a target-share question first: Allen has to learn the offense on that clock, and the reps he takes between now and Week 1 are the only evidence anyone gets.

2. Breece Hall Went Down Untouched, and the Jets Got the Best Possible Answer

Rich Cimini's video is the one every Jets manager saw Monday, and for the worst reason: Breece Hall pulled up while running after a catch, with nobody near him, and walked off with trainers (@RichCimini, @RichCimini). A non-contact injury to a running back who has already rebuilt a knee is the exact shape of the thing that ends a fantasy season in the middle of August.

Aaron Glenn had the diagnosis within the hour, and it was a strained groin. "I don't think it was a big deal," the head coach told reporters, per Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter). Mike Garafolo called the mood in Florham Park a sigh of relief (@MikeGarafolo).

The follow-up held. Connor Hughes reported from a source Monday night that the injury is confirmed minor and that the Jets will be cautious with Hall, but the timeline is weeks, not months (@Connor_J_Hughes). Ian Rapoport had flagged the clip as one to watch before the follow-up landed (@RapSheet). The practical read is that Hall loses practice and preseason work, and that the reporting this morning points to caution rather than a long absence. The word to track in Jets updates is "cautious," not the diagnosis.

3. Najee Harris Spent Monday at Giants Camp

Schefter reported that free-agent running back Najee Harris was visiting the Giants (@AdamSchefter). The vacancy behind it: Garafolo reported the Giants waived running back Dante Miller after a groin injury suffered earlier in the week, and that the team had worked Harris out with no decision yet (@MikeGarafolo). Jordan Raanan framed it plainly — New York is looking to add to the room (@JordanRaanan).

Art Stapleton, who was at camp, gave the strongest signal of the night: Harris was still in the building hours after the visit began, so a signing once medicals clear would not surprise him (@art_stapleton).

For fantasy purposes the question is not whether Harris can play, it is what he would be walking into. Cam Skattebo sounded settled about his own ankle, telling SNY that when he played Saturday he had no recollection of last year's injury in his head at all (@UnderdogNFL). If Harris signs, read it first as the Giants restocking a room they just thinned out; whether it becomes a committee is a question the practice reports answer, not the transaction.

4. Jordyn Tyson Is Out About Two Months

The eighth overall pick has been the best story in Saints camp, and now he is the biggest loss. Rapoport and Garafolo reported together that rookie receiver Jordyn Tyson is expected to miss roughly two months with a hamstring injury and could open the season on short-term injured reserve (@RapSheet, @MikeGarafolo). Garafolo added the detail that separates this from the spring problem: Tyson sought multiple medical opinions, and Kellen Moore has said this hamstring is a different injury from the one he had earlier in the year.

Katherine Terrell's story at ESPN puts the calendar on it. Tyson, 22, was hurt Thursday in a joint practice, and a two-month timetable from that date lands around Week 6, with New Orleans opening the season Sept. 13. Moore said Friday the injury could potentially carry into the regular season and declined to commit further.

Nick Underhill, who has been at Saints camp all summer, offered the local read: it would be hard to overstate how good Tyson was in camp, and this is a different hamstring than the last one, so it is going to take time (@nick_underhill, @nick_underhill). Underdog published the injury history that makes drafters nervous — a torn ACL, MCL and PCL in 2022, a fractured collarbone in 2024, and four soft-tissue injuries since, three of them hamstrings (@UnderdogNFL). Rapoport's own silver lining is the only optimistic note available: there are still several weeks before the season begins (@RapSheet).

The room behind him, as Underdog listed it: Chris Olave, Devaughn Vele, Barion Brown, Bryce Lance, Mason Tipton and Trey Palmer (@UnderdogNFL). Olave is the obvious beneficiary of a target share that had been getting split.

5. Chris Bell Is Back Eight Months After ACL Surgery, Ahead of Schedule

Miami activated rookie receiver Chris Bell off the non-football injury list on Monday, announced by the team and confirmed across the beat within minutes (@MiamiDolphins, @AdamSchefter, @Marcel_LJ).

The context is what makes it a story. Travis Wingfield noted Bell was dressed for practice after ACL surgery in December and called the turnaround impressive (@WingfieldNFL). Marcel Louis-Jacques had the shape of the debut: Bell wore the red non-contact jersey and took part in individual drills, with Hafley due to lay out the rest-of-summer plan on Tuesday (@Marcel_LJ).

Barry Jackson's read is the one that matters for a bench stash: Bell is now positioned to open the season on the 53-man roster (@flasportsbuzz). Individual drills in a red jersey is the earliest stage of a return, so the thing to watch is not this week's participation but whether Bell is taking team reps before the preseason ends.

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Team-by-Team Camp Notes

Arizona Cardinals

• The most useful Cardinals item of the day was a usage projection, not an injury update. ESPN's Cardinals reporter Josh Weinfuss, asked about Jeremiyah Love's ankle on the Pat McAfee Show, described the rookie's role on his return as a heavy share rather than a workhorse one: "I can see them using him more as a feature back, so not the every-down guy" (@UnderdogNFL). That is the difference between an RB1 workload and a capped one, and it argues for a role discount on Love until practice usage says otherwise. The ankle itself was Sunday's story.

Atlanta Falcons

• Rookie quarterback Jack Strand opened camp working with the first-team offense, which Will McFadden called a surprise at the time, and he scored his first NFL touchdown on a 1-yard sneak in the preseason opener against Denver (@willmcfadden). Per McFadden's story at the team site, the first-team reps opened up because Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. were both unavailable for 11-on-11 work, and the 6-foot-5, 240-pound Strand — who ran for nine touchdowns in college — had never run a sneak before that one.
• Daniel Flick's practice notes have Drake London leading the receivers with five catches, Jawaan Taylor taking team reps, and energy as the day's stated theme after the staff felt there was not enough of it in the preseason opener (@ByDanielFlick).
• Atlanta is signing former Giants receiver Beaux Collins, who was waived with an injury settlement late last week (@MikeGarafolo).

Baltimore Ravens

• Two starting defensive backs returned to practice Monday: Marlon Humphrey and Nate Wiggins (@jeffzrebiec). Jamison Hensley added the part that makes it notable — Wiggins was carted off last week with a left knee injury (@jamisonhensley). Teddye Buchanan was back as well (@Ravens).
• Joint practices with the Vikings are next on the schedule (@Ravens).

Buffalo Bills

• The week's real evaluation is Thursday's joint practice. Ryan Talbot reported that the Bills' and Browns' starters will face one another at Thursday's joint practice, and that if it goes well the majority of the starters will not play in Saturday's preseason game (@RyanTalbotBills).

Carolina Panthers

• The Panthers signed tight end Darren Waller to a one-year deal on Monday and made corresponding roster moves (@Panthers). The team's story on the signing has Waller describing the agent call that came on Aug. 12 — nine years to the day since he committed to getting sober — and agreeing on the spot after months of waiting.
• Dave Canales said the starters will play Friday night against Jacksonville, and that Waller is in the return-to-play process with individual work Wednesday before he is assessed further (@Sheena_Marie3).

Chicago Bears

• Kyle Monangai hyperextended a knee in a recent practice and is expected to miss multiple weeks, though Jeremy Fowler's source called the MRI outcome positive (@JFowlerESPN, @UnderdogNFL).
• Ozzy Trapilo is back at practice seven months after a serious knee injury the Bears were not sure he would return from this year at all (@CourtneyRCronin).
• Chicago signed defensive lineman Marcus Davenport and cornerback Deantre Prince (@ChicagoBears); Jordan Schultz noted Davenport has played for Dennis Allen before, in New Orleans (@Schultz_Report).
• Brad Biggs' post-opener notes flag a left tackle clock with Theo Benedet likely to get a shot, James Lynch as the defensive tackle who popped, and a third running back job still open (@BradBiggs).
• Per Albert Breer's takeaways at Sports Illustrated, the Caleb Williams story this August is a quarterback running the offense rather than learning it — Breer describes the ball coming out fast in his second year under Ben Johnson, after a 3,942-yard, 27-touchdown first season in the scheme (@AlbertBreer).

Cincinnati Bengals

Quiet day in Bengals camp — nothing notable to report.

Cleveland Browns

• Zac Jackson's read after the preseason opener is that Todd Monken has been signaling where the quarterback competition is headed for more than a week (@AkronJackson). His piece at The Athletic says Deshaun Watson has held a slight edge over Shedeur Sanders all spring and summer without the competition being over, that Saturday was Watson's first live action in 22 months after a twice-torn Achilles, and that the operational stuff — huddle, communication, pre-snap diagnosis — was the point of the exercise.
• Chris Easterling has where Sanders' opportunity sits this week (@ceasterlingABJ), and Thursday's joint practice against Buffalo puts both quarterbacks in front of another team's starters (@RyanTalbotBills).

Dallas Cowboys

• The Von Miller deal has terms: one year, $5.5 million, with a maximum value of $7.5 million (@RapSheet, @jonmachota). Dallas waived receiver Traeshon Holden to make room (@jonmachota).
• Brian Schottenheimer's line on the signing was two words — "we're not done" (@VoiceOfTheStar, @dallascowboys) — and Jerry Jones backed it, saying he has kept talking to other owners and general managers and remains open to a substantive trade involving a top pick (@VoiceOfTheStar).
• Dak Prescott and the first-team offense dominated Monday's practice, with a deep ball to KaVontae Turpin and a George Pickens catch as the plays of the day (@VoiceOfTheStar, @jonmachota, @VoiceOfTheStar).
• The schedule from here: a joint practice with the Saints on Tuesday at 4 CT, no practice Wednesday, and the final Oxnard practice Thursday at 1:45 CT (@jonmachota). Jaishawn Barham (groin) worked back in on Monday (@jonmachota).

Denver Broncos

• Sean Payton explained why he pulled Jonah Coleman early in the preseason opener, and the explanation is the endorsement: "I didn't need to see additional evidence of what I've been seeing for 3 weeks" (@UnderdogNFL). A coach cutting a young back's exhibition reps because the practice tape already answered the question is telling you about the workload he has already earned.

Detroit Lions

• The Lions held a scrimmage Monday night and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. was the star of it. Nolan Bianchi logged his first six plays: a hit on Saylors during a 2-yard gain, a tackle for loss on a corner blitz, coverage on a third-down incompletion, a tipped pass on another corner blitz, and an interception after a Christian Izien breakup (@nolanbianchi).
• Justin Rogers, who had been skeptical of the idea, now reads the Lions as serious about moving Ratledge to center following Mays' injury (@Justin_Rogers).

Green Bay Packers

• Tucker Kraft scored in the preseason opener (@packers), and Rapoport put the tight end into the season's contract picture: with Brock Bowers waiting his turn, Kraft and Sam LaPorta are the deals to watch at the position (@RapSheet).
• Breer's Monday takeaways include the Packers' ceiling among his stops on the camp trail (@AlbertBreer).

Houston Texans

• Aaron Wilson posted the unofficial depth chart heading into the Raiders preseason game (@AaronWilson_NFL) — the closest thing to a role document out of Houston this camp, and the document to check before Thursday if you are deciding whether a Texans skill player is a starter or a rotation piece.
• The Texans signed Bryce Hall (@HoustonTexans).

Indianapolis Colts

• Keenan Allen is signing a one-year deal worth up to $8.32 million, reuniting with Shane Steichen (@Schultz_Report), and Erickson's read is that he shores up a receiver spot that looked thin behind Alec Pierce and Josh Downs (@JoelAErickson).
• The projected offense that comes out of it: Daniel Jones, Jonathan Taylor, Pierce, Allen, Downs and Tyler Warren (@Schultz_Report).
• Rapoport's Monday headline roundup also carried a Colts item worth tracking — whether Indianapolis keeps Anthony Richardson (@RapSheet).

Jacksonville Jaguars

• Guard Patrick Mekari recently had back surgery and is expected to play again this season, with no decision yet on injured reserve (@RapSheet).
• Liam Coen on his starters and Friday night against Carolina: "That's the goal right now is to look at potentially playing 'em a little Friday night" (@Jaguars).
• John Shipley's camp notes have Emmanuel Pregnon standing out on a day the injury bug showed up again (@_John_Shipley).

Kansas City Chiefs

• Mansoor Delane went straight in with the starters on the outside in 11-on-11 alongside Nohl Williams (@SamMcDowell11), which follows the day's other Delane note: he practiced in pads without the yellow non-contact jersey for the first time all camp (@mattderrick).
• Travis Kelce spent the day in one-on-ones, including a rep against Alohi Gilman that Harold Kuntz filed under lesson given (@HaroldRKuntz3); Underdog posted its own clip of the same period (@UnderdogNFL).
• Kansas City is in the final stretch of camp in St. Joseph (@Chiefs).

Las Vegas Raiders

• The Raiders published an updated unofficial depth chart ahead of their second preseason game (@Raiders), and travel to Houston for it (@Raiders).
• Hondo Carpenter has a pair of pieces on the backup quarterback competition and a position battle he says has taken a turn (@HondoCarpenter, @HondoCarpenter). Neither post names who moved, so there is nothing to act on yet.

Los Angeles Chargers

• No Chargers beat reporting cleared the wire Monday. The day's Chargers-adjacent news was in Indianapolis: Keenan Allen, a six-time Pro Bowler in Los Angeles, signed with the Colts to reunite with Shane Steichen from their Chargers days together (@Schultz_Report).

Los Angeles Rams

• Sean McVay said rookie Keagen Trost will probably miss a few weeks with the hamstring injury he suffered in the first quarter Saturday (@camdasilva).

Miami Dolphins

• Chris Bell came off the non-football injury list and made his camp debut in a red non-contact jersey doing individual drills, eight months after ACL surgery (@MiamiDolphins, @WingfieldNFL, @Marcel_LJ).
• Barry Jackson's follow-up has Bell now ready to open the season on the 53-man roster, with Hafley due to detail the plan Tuesday (@flasportsbuzz).

Minnesota Vikings

• Kevin O'Connell put a name on Jamal Adams' injury: a torn quad tendon, with surgery upcoming and a lengthy recovery (@RapSheet). Kevin Seifert added that it is the same injury Adams suffered with the Seahawks in 2022, on the other leg (@SeifertESPN). Minnesota placed him on season-ending injured reserve and signed cornerback Bryce Phillips (@AdamSchefter, @Vikings). O'Connell said Adams is expected to stay around the team.
• Justin Jefferson landed at No. 19 on the NFL Top 100 (@Vikings). Per the team's write-up, last season was his sixth straight 1,000-yard year — 84 catches, 1,048 yards, two touchdowns while catching passes from three different quarterbacks — and he enters the season nine receptions from passing Randy Moss for second in franchise history.
• Joint practices and a preseason game against the Ravens are next (@Vikings), and Breer's takeaways list the Vikings' quarterback derby among his camp-trail stops (@AlbertBreer).

New England Patriots

• The play of the day was a 70-yard Drake Maye touchdown to A.J. Brown, who beat Charles Woods and Craig Woodson on it (@ByMarkDaniels). Mike Reiss reported that both Maye and Mike Vrabel put a finger in the air afterward, and framed it as fitting with Wednesday's joint practice against the Eagles ahead (@MikeReiss).
• Andrew Callahan's practice roundup has Maye sharp in team drills, Romeo Doubs and the starting offensive line trending up, and a handful of rookies trending down (@_AndrewCallahan).
• New England is signing veteran guard Greg Van Roten, the Giants' starting guard the last two seasons (@JFowlerESPN).
• Rob Gronkowski's Patriots Hall of Fame induction is set for Saturday, Nov. 7 at Patriot Place Plaza, admission free, the day before New England hosts Green Bay on Nov. 8 (@MikeReiss).

New Orleans Saints

• Jordyn Tyson is expected to miss about two months with a hamstring injury and could open on short-term injured reserve (@RapSheet, @MikeGarafolo). Per Katherine Terrell at ESPN, the injury happened Thursday in a joint practice and the two-month timetable points at roughly Week 6.
• Underhill: it would be hard to overstate how good Tyson was in camp (@nick_underhill). The remaining room is Chris Olave, Devaughn Vele, Barion Brown, Bryce Lance, Mason Tipton and Trey Palmer (@UnderdogNFL).
• Christen Miller traveled to California with the team after leaving the last game with a shoulder injury, which Underhill read as a good sign (@nick_underhill). New Orleans practices against Dallas on Tuesday (@jonmachota).

New York Giants

• Odell Beckham Jr. logged the most reps with Jaxson Dart in team drills that he has had all summer and was more involved with the first team from the start of practice, and kept working a play through double coverage in 7-on-7 before reversing field for a 40-yard connection (@art_stapleton).
• Malik Nabers took reps in live 11-on-11 while wearing a red jersey and caught three passes in 7-on-7 — his first full-speed live work since the knee injury (@JordanRaanan). The Giants think he will be ready for Week 1 (@UnderdogNFL), and Nabers' own read on where he is: "The dog in me is barking a little bit" (@Connor_J_Hughes).
• Najee Harris visited and was still at camp late (@AdamSchefter, @art_stapleton) after New York waived running back Dante Miller with a groin injury (@MikeGarafolo).
• New York is signing quarterback Jake Haener (@MikeGarafolo) and linebacker Chandler Martin, who is cleared after ACL surgery (@AdamSchefter).

New York Jets

• Breece Hall went down untouched after a catch and walked off with trainers (@RichCimini). Aaron Glenn said it was a strained groin and that he did not think it was a big deal (@AdamSchefter).
• The follow-up confirmed the injury is minor: the Jets will be cautious, but the timeline is weeks rather than months (@Connor_J_Hughes).

Philadelphia Eagles

• DeVonta Smith (hamstring) practiced Monday (@DZangaroNBCS). EJ Smith has both Smith and Makai Lemon taking steps toward returning ahead of the Patriots joint practices, Jalen Hurts' interception count climbing in camp, and the running back rotation reshaped with Tank Bigsby sidelined (@EJSmith94).
• Jimmy Kempski's Day 12 notes have the safety competition heating up (@JimmyKempski), and his camp battle tracker marks another Eagles competition as decided (@JimmyKempski).
• Philadelphia practices against New England on Wednesday (@MikeReiss).

Pittsburgh Steelers

• Drew Allar was PFF's quarterback on its NFL Preseason Week 1 Rookie Team of the Week (@PFF) — the only Steelers item to clear the wire Monday.

San Francisco 49ers

• Christian McCaffrey's issue is medical, not contractual. Rapoport reported on NFL Network that McCaffrey is dealing with actual tightness, and that it "doesn't seem like anything to worry about" (@RapSheet, @UnderdogNFL).
• The 49ers are releasing veteran running back Khalil Herbert (@AdamSchefter), which thins the depth behind McCaffrey rather than adding to it.
• George Kittle is eyeing a Week 1 return, per Rapoport's Monday headline roundup (@RapSheet).

Seattle Seahawks

• Devon Witherspoon signed a four-year extension (@Seahawks). Per the team's story, the three-time Pro Bowl corner reported for the voluntary offseason program in April even though Mike Macdonald had told veterans not to expect to be there, and Macdonald put him in the same sentence as Jaxon Smith-Njigba: "these are foundational people to our team."
• Roster moves: cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles to injured reserve; running backs T.J. Harden and Justin Jones waived; linebacker Power Echols, receiver Julian Hicks and running back Anthony Hankerson signed (@BradyHenderson).

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Quiet day in Buccaneers camp — nothing notable to report.

Tennessee Titans

• Fernando Carmona graded his own Monday work against Jeffery Simmons and others as "Not good," and the fifth-round rookie has still moved to the front of what Paul Kuharsky calls the Titans' only real camp competition (@PaulKuharskyNFL).
• Tennessee signed cornerback Corey Mayfield and waived/injured linebacker Sean Brown (@jwyattsports).

Washington Commanders

• The kicking competition is over. Washington is releasing Jake Moody and rolling forward with rookie Drew Stevens (@NickiJhabvala, @JPFinlayNBCS). Schultz posted Moody's 2025 line on the way out: 19-of-23 on field goals, 10-of-11 after arriving in Washington, and 2-for-2 from 50-plus with a long of 56 (@Schultz_Report).
• The Commanders are signing running back Craig Reynolds, who worked out Sunday, with Jeremy McNichols out a bit with a quad injury (@john_keim).
• J.P. Finlay raised the preseason question around Jayden Daniels — whether eight snaps against Detroit on Aug. 21 meaningfully changes his readiness for the Sept. 13 opener against the Eagles (@JPFinlayNBCS).

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Camp Battles Tracker

Where the NFL camp battles stand this morning, with the receipts.

New York Giants Wide Receiver Battle: How to Read the Reps

This is the rare camp battle where two beat reporters independently counted the same thing on the same day, which makes it worth more than a coach's quote. Art Stapleton wrote that Odell Beckham Jr. logged the most reps with Jaxson Dart in team drills that he has had this summer, was more involved with the first team from the jump, and kept working a play through double coverage in a 7-on-7 period before reversing field so Dart could find him in the void for roughly 40 yards (@art_stapleton). In the same session, Connor Hughes wrote that Malachi Fields is working pretty consistently with Dart and that the starting job opposite Malik Nabers might be his to lose, with his preseason opener hammering the point home (@Connor_J_Hughes).

Read those two together rather than as competing claims. Rep counts and first-team involvement are the metric Stapleton is tracking; job security is what Hughes is describing. A veteran can spike in first-team reps on the exact day a younger player is consolidating the role, because August practices run enough team periods for both to be true. What it says about deployment is that the Giants are not settled, and that the two receivers are being evaluated in the same live windows rather than in separate ones.

The variable underneath both is Nabers. He took reps in live 11-on-11 for the first time since tearing the knee, wearing the red jersey usually reserved for quarterbacks, and caught three passes in 7-on-7 (@JordanRaanan); the team believes he will be ready for Week 1 (@UnderdogNFL). Every rep Beckham and Fields are splitting right now is being taken in a formation where the alpha is either absent or in a non-contact jersey.

What we are watching: whether Beckham's first-team snap share holds once Nabers comes out of the red jersey. Reps taken next to a limited Nabers are worth less as evidence than reps taken next to a full-speed one, and Harbaugh's staff is running enough live team periods for the answer to show up quickly.

Our projections keep both Giants receivers in a wide band rather than promoting one, because a competition in which the highest-leverage variable is a third player's health is not a competition that has produced information yet. The number that would move it is a full-speed practice with Nabers unrestricted and one of these two still taking the majority of the first-team outside reps. For where the settled roles at the position sit league-wide, our fantasy WR1 board tracks the tier above this one.

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Injury Watch

• Jordyn Tyson, WR, Saints (right hamstring): Expected to miss roughly two months; could open the season on short-term injured reserve, and the timetable points at about Week 6 (@RapSheet, @MikeGarafolo, ESPN).
• Breece Hall, RB, Jets (strained groin): Follow-up confirmed it is minor — weeks, not months, with the team planning to be cautious (@AdamSchefter, @Connor_J_Hughes).
• Kyle Monangai, RB, Bears (hyperextended knee): Expected to miss multiple weeks, though the MRI outcome was considered positive (@JFowlerESPN).
• Jamal Adams, LB, Vikings (torn quad tendon): Season-ending injured reserve with surgery upcoming; same injury as his 2022 one in Seattle, opposite leg (@RapSheet, @SeifertESPN, @AdamSchefter).
• Malik Nabers, WR, Giants (knee): First live 11-on-11 work since the tear, in a red non-contact jersey, plus three catches in 7-on-7; the team expects Week 1 (@JordanRaanan, @UnderdogNFL).
• Chris Bell, WR, Dolphins (knee): Activated off the non-football injury list eight months after ACL surgery; red jersey and individual drills to start (@MiamiDolphins, @Marcel_LJ).
• Christian McCaffrey, RB, 49ers (tightness): Rapoport reports it is a real physical issue and unrelated to his contract, and that it does not seem like anything to worry about (@RapSheet).
• George Kittle, TE, 49ers: Eyeing a Week 1 return, per Rapoport's Monday headline roundup (@RapSheet).
• Darren Waller, TE, Panthers: In the return-to-play process after signing Monday; individual work Wednesday, then assessed (@Sheena_Marie3).
• DeVonta Smith, WR, Eagles (hamstring): Practiced Monday (@DZangaroNBCS).
• Tank Bigsby, RB, Eagles: Sidelined, with the running back rotation reshaped around it (@EJSmith94).
• Keagen Trost, Rams (hamstring): Probably a few weeks, per Sean McVay (@camdasilva).
• Patrick Mekari, G, Jaguars (back surgery): Expected to play again this season; no injured reserve decision yet (@RapSheet).
• Jeremy McNichols, RB, Commanders (quad): Out a bit, which prompted the Craig Reynolds signing (@john_keim).
• Dante Miller, RB, Giants (groin): Waived (@MikeGarafolo).
• Shemar Jean-Charles, CB, Seahawks: Placed on injured reserve (@BradyHenderson).
• Returning to work: Marlon Humphrey, Nate Wiggins (carted off last week, left knee) and Teddye Buchanan, Ravens, all practiced (@jeffzrebiec, @jamisonhensley). Ozzy Trapilo, OT, Bears is back seven months after a serious knee injury (@CourtneyRCronin). Jaishawn Barham (groin), Cowboys worked back in (@jonmachota). Christen Miller, Saints traveled with the team after a shoulder injury (@nick_underhill). Mansoor Delane, CB, Chiefs practiced in pads without the non-contact jersey for the first time (@mattderrick).

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