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KEY Thursday UPDATES

***There were many players added to the practice participation report with new injuries on Thursday and a handful of participation downgrades. Jordan Reed, Jimmy Graham, Allen Hurns, T.Y. Hilton, Andrew Luck, and LeSean McCoy all practiced less than yesterday. DeAndre Hopkins was on Houston's first participation report of the week. Julius Thomas, Torrey Smith, Kamar Aiken, and Mohamed Sanu were added after not appearing on the report yesterday. More on McCoy and Reed below. Graham and Thomas are unknowns. Neither injury was discussed in the locker room or press conferences today. 

***Despite mostly optimistic reports yesterday, Joe Flacco's shoulder is becoming a bigger concern after his DNP today. The Ravens are trying to limit the reps as they treat inflammation in Flacco's shoulder. Hope remains that Flacco will return to practice and be near full strength this week, but Ryan Mallett continues to take all the practice reps.

***Reports on McCoy were all over the place today. Jason La Canfora called McCoy 50-50. Josina Anderson said McCoy was not going to play and could be questionable for next week. The team's official stance late this afternoon is that McCoy is a game-time decision, with Rex Ryan remaining "hopeful" McCoy could play. In truth, these reports may be accurately reporting McCoy's situation in different ways. I think there may be some hope that McCoy recovers quickly enough to test his fitness in pregame warmups. More likely, McCoy will sit this week and be re-evaluated early next week.

***Odell Beckham did a little more in practice today but remains sore. There's more in yesterday's column on why this isn't surprising for players working to recover from a hip pointer. I think we'll see Beckham get a limited practice in on Friday, fly to London, test his injury in pregame, and decide to play without much limitation. Expect to get multiple local and national media updates on his condition over the next 72 hours.

***Jordan Reed did not practice today. He was on the practice field, however. I see the DNP as a concern, though there's an argument here that the team is waiting until Friday to clear him for contact in practice. Tomorrow's participation will define Reed's status. For now, I'm leaning toward him being inactive this week.

MidWEEK PRACTICE PARTICIPATION REPORT AND EARLY EXPECTATIONS

The Wednesday and Thursday practice participation reports are our first chance to see which players each NFL team are limiting in practice after the previous week's games. Players limited in mid-week practice aren't necessarily in danger of missing that week's game. But they all need to be watched closely.

*Note: Monday night players with asterisk practice Thursday/Friday/Saturday

*Note: Monday night players with asterisk practice Thursday/Friday/Saturday

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