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Garrett plans to play through the injuries, but it’s a tough trio of ailments to work through. Garrett was said earlier to be day to day with foot injuries that may require surgery “down the road,” but it’s clear he and the team plan to delay that for the time being. We’ll see how things shape up as the week progresses, but the reigning Defensive Player of the Year is already battling to stay on the field just three weeks into the season.

Moses landing on injured reserve would require him to miss a minimum of four games. The Jets’ decision not to place on him IR suggests he can return in less time, which was hinted at over the weekend when the team said he would miss 2-4 weeks. Moses will miss Week 4’s contest against the Broncos and is likely a long shot to return in Week 5 against the Vikings. A Week 6 return against division rival Buffalo could be in the cards for what will prove to be an important game early in the season.

This means that Pederson believes Oluokun can return before missing the requisite four games that any player placed on IR must miss. Oluokun is reportedly dealing with plantar fasciitis and is expected to miss “several weeks,” but it sounds like a return sometime next month is well within reach. Oluokun has totaled 22 tackles and one sack in three games this season and will be sorely missed by the 0-3 Jaguars while he is out.

This would probably be the best-case scenario for the Dolphins and their pass catchers. Huntley has proven to be a serviceable backup since entering the league as a UDFA in 2020 and has thrown for 1,957-8-7 in 20 career games while adding another 509 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Skylar Thompson, who started in Week 3 against the Seahawks, doesn’t sound like he’ll be returning from his chest injury this week after head coach Mike McDaniel said it would be “difficult to envision” Thompson playing “anytime soon” earlier in the week. Tim Boyle would be the other option for the Dolphins, but after throwing for 79 yards on 7-of-13 passing in relief of Thompson, the Dolphins have little reason to see more of him this week.

Shakir is fresh off a Monday night performance in which he caught all six of his targets for 72 yards and a score against Jacksonville. He now leads the Bills with a 20 percent target share; no other Buffalo wideout has a target share higher than 10 percent. Buscaglia pointed out that Shakir has “crushed man coverage when given a chance, allowing his sneaky shiftiness to take hold while also remaining the Bills’ best yards-after-catch threat in the receiver room.” Running 81 percent of his pass routes from the slot through Week 3, Shakir has become Josh Allen’s go-to guy in high leverage situations and should continue to draw looks in the middle of the field.

Alexander will start on the Denver practice squad, with a chance to be activated to the game day roster in the coming weeks. He’s coming off an Achilles injury he suffered last November and would likely be a rotational player for the Broncos. Alexander, 30, had 41 tackles and an interception for the Steelers in 2023 before his injury.

The Jaguars star linebacker left Week 3’s game against the Bills with the issue and did not return. Oluokun had been fantastic in his first three games, allowing just 20 yards in coverage. Ventrell Miller took over before garbage time hit, though it’s possible Chad Muma will get some extra run in two-linebacker sets.

The rest of the team has flown out to Arizona to practice on a short week ahead of Week 4’s matchup with the Cardinals. It’s probably reading too much into this to say that Ekeler can’t be cleared to play, but it certainly isn’t great for his odds of clearing protocol that he stayed behind. Quinn said he’ll “know more later in the week” about Ekeler’s status.

Kelley is so stapled to Spiller that he couldn’t even let him work out without joining in. It’s possible that this is just checking in with the best available list, or it’s possible that this is the precursor to an IR designation for someone lower on the Tennessee depth chart. Nobody signed here would be a real threat to playing time without injuries in front of them. Spiller was released by the Chargers at last cuts this year after Kimani Vidal climbed over him for the RB3 role.