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  "angle": "Week 10 injury reports read like a depth chart test, with starters out and quarterbacks playing hurt",
  "headline": "Week 10 injury reports leave teams short-handed and quarterbacks playing hurt",
  "dek": "Wednesday's injury reports ruled out starters across the league, left quarterbacks playing hurt, and put players on the clock to return from injured reserve.",
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      "text": "Ben Brown, Carlton Davis III, TreVeyon Henderson, Cade Mays, DJ Reed and Sione Vaki are all ruled out for the Patriots' Week 10 game.",
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      "heading": "Ruled out",
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          "markdown": "The Patriots' Week 10 report is the harshest of the week. Ben Brown is ruled out for the Week 10 game due to a knee injury, Carlton Davis III is ruled out due to a knee injury, TreVeyon Henderson is ruled out due to illness, Cade Mays is ruled out due to an ankle injury, DJ Reed is ruled out due to a hip injury, and Sione Vaki is ruled out due to an ankle injury. That is the whole of the ruled-out list for a single game.",
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          "markdown": "Atlanta's report is smaller but concentrated at the top of the depth chart. The Falcons held three players out of Wednesday's practice due to injury: Zachariah Branch did not participate due to a hamstring injury, Josh Woods missed practice due to an ankle injury, and James Pearce Jr. was held out of practice with a back injury. Pearce played 15 snaps against the Bengals, which makes his absence a question of workload as much as health. Gervon Dexter Sr. was held out of practice with an illness, and Divine Deablo was limited in Wednesday's practice due to a forearm injury.",
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          "markdown": "The Jets' Wednesday report was quieter. The New Jets conducted a walkthrough on Wednesday, and Harrison Phillips did not participate in the Wednesday practice while Trevin Wallace did not participate either. Bills center Connor McGovern had limited participation in Wednesday's practice. The Bengals held a walkthrough on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and their report listed Jonathan Allen as not participating due to rest, Kyle Dugger as not participating due to a quadricep injury, Dylan Fairchild as limited due to a pectoral injury, and DJ Turner II and DeShon Elliott as limited due to ankle injuries.",
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          "markdown": "The most important names on the reports are the ones still playing. Drake Maye participated fully in practice despite a right shoulder injury, which keeps the Patriots' offense intact even as the roster around him thins. Jared Goff was limited in practice participation due to a chest injury, so the Lions' quarterback enters the week with a designation rather than a clean bill of health. The contrast matters: a full participant with an injury is a different bet from a limited participant with one, and the reports draw that line carefully.",
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          "markdown": "Houston's report shows the same pattern across a roster. Tank Dell was a limited participant in practice due to hand and shoulder injuries, Reed Blankenship was a limited participant due to concussion and hand injuries, and Blake Fisher was a full participant in practice despite a thumb injury. Azeez Al-Shaair did not participate in practice on Wednesday due to a groin injury and personal reasons, and Brevin Jordan did not participate due to finger and foot injuries. The Jets got one piece of good news: new Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson returned to practice in a limited capacity on Wednesday.",
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          "markdown": "Several players are on the clock to return from injured reserve. Derrick Harmon returned to practice on November 11, 2026, but remains on the Reserve/Injured List, and the Steelers have a 21-day window to activate him from the Reserve/Injured List. Michael Pittman Jr. is eligible to return from the Reserve/Injured List, and Roman Wilson is eligible to come off the Reserve/Injured List following the Bengals game. The Steelers' report also notes that Daylen Everett and Robert Spears-Jennings have been identified as rookies who have successfully adopted the next man up mentality, which is the language teams use when the depth chart is doing the work the starters cannot.",
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          "markdown": "Atlanta already lost two players to the same list. Samson Ebukam was placed on injured reserve last week, and Brian Robinson Jr. was placed on injured reserve last week. Za'Darius Smith did not participate in practice due to rest, which is the one designation on the week's reports that means nothing at all. The Bengals' report had its own rest designations: Jonathan Allen, Cameron Heyward and Darnell Wasington did not participate in the Wednesday walkthrough due to rest, while Brandin Echols, Ben Skowronek and Doneiko Slaughter had full participation.",
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