This is one of the toughest bye weeks of the season, with five of the top 20 players on Draft Day off. The injury situation isn't making things any easier. There is positive news around Caleb Williams' return and even better news on A.J.
Both are expected to play and they will be ranked as starters. Most of the other news this week has not been good. Nowhere has the news been as bad as it has been in Philadelphia.
TreVeyon Henderson is 'good to go' according to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo and will be mixed in with the Patriots' backs in Week 6. He is someone best left on your bench as he has lost key red zone and passing down snaps to Rhamondre Stevenson of late. Brown is back for the Patriots and apparently had an excellent week of practice without any limitations.
He's expected to have a full workload in Week 6 and should be in all starting lineups. The long-term prognosis is still very much in the air, but what we do know is that Hurts won't play Week 6 against the Carolina Panthers. In his place will be Tanner McKee, who will play behind a makeshift line, possibly without Barkley, who was also ruled out.
Smith was removed from the injury report and will make his return, but because of the absence of Hurts, he'll rank as a borderline WR2. The Eagles' implied total has fallen to 17.75, one of the lowest marks of the week. McKee has made two starts in his NFL career and thrown 88 career passes.
Both of his starts were in Week 18, so it is hard to know what, if anything, to take from them. We mostly agree with the line movement that this is a significant downgrade. Dameon Pierce will replace Barkley and he projects as a low-end RB2 only because the position is so thin this week.
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