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Gadsden is active for Sunday's Week 8 matchup against the Rams.

The second-year tight end has had a relatively quiet first season to date in coordinator Mike McDaniel's offense, posting a 12-103-1 line on 21 targets through six games. Gadsden did get back on the Chargers' offense's radar before the Week 7 bye, recording three receptions for 17 yards on five targets over 33 snaps in Week 6 against the Chiefs after being blanked over 39 plays in Week 5 against the Broncos. It remains to be seen if Los Angeles, which declined to make a change at playcaller during the bye, cooked up some improvements during the idle week, and if Gadsden will be more involved moving forward after flashing plenty of upside as a rookie in 2025 with a 49-664-3 line across 15 regular-season contests.

Ferguson (ankle) won't return to Sunday's game against the Cardinals, Joe Hoyt reports.

Prior to his exit, Ferguson wasn't targeted by QB Dak Prescott. In his absence versus Arizona, Brevyn Spann-Ford and James Mitchell are available to handle TE duties for the remainder of Sunday's contest.

Parkinson (ribs) is inactive for Sunday's Week 8 matchup against the Chargers.

The veteran tight end has endured an injury-plagued season, and his current ribs issue cost him the first two practices of the week before he managed a limited session Friday. The injury will also lead to Parkinson's second absence of the campaign, and in his stead, Tyler Higbee should be in line for a slight increase in snaps and targets, although fourth-year tight end Davis Allen, who logged a season-high 50 snaps in Week 7 against the Raiders and recorded a pair of touchdown catches, will also stand to be a beneficiary.

Ferguson suffered an ankle injury during Sunday's game against the Cardinals, Tommy Yarrish of the Cowboys' official site reports.

Ferguson exited on the Cowboys' first offensive possession and is questionable to return. With Luke Schoonmaker (groin) inactive, Brevyn Spann-Ford and James Mitchell are the active healthy tight ends for Dallas.

Schoomaker (groin) is inactive for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.

Schoonmaker was unable to practice Thursday nor Friday due to a groin injury that he sustained during Week 8 prep. He'll miss his first game of the regular season Sunday, and he'll aim to recover enough to return for Week 9 against the Colts on Nov. 8. Jake Ferguson, Brevyn Spann-Ford and James Mitchell will be the Cowboys' three active tight ends against Arizona.

Granson (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday's game against the Bengals, Jim Wyatt of the Titans' official site reports.

The sixth-year tight end will be a healthy scratch for a third consecutive game and the sixth time this season. The Titans are on a bye for Week 9, so his next opportunity to suit up is Week 10 against the Jaguars on Sunday, Nov. 15. That said, Granson is unlikely to see the field unless there is an absence ahead of him on the tight end depth chart.

Ogletree (knee) is active Week 8 against the Jaguars.

Ogletree will get the go-ahead to suit up despite failing to log a full practice all week and even missing Friday's session entirely. The ceiling is likely capped, however, as he'll be competing against the likes of Will Mallory and Mo Alie-Cox for tight end snaps following the return of starter Tyler Warren (groin).

Kincaid (chest) is active for Sunday's game against the Ravens, Cameron Wolfe of NFL Network reports.

After sustaining a chest injury in the Bills' Week 6 win over the Raiders, Kincaid didn't fully move past the issue following the team's Week 7 bye. A limited participant in practices Wednesday through Friday, Kincaid took a questionable tag into the weekend but will nonetheless get the green light to play versus Baltimore. Though Kincaid drew eight targets -- his most since Week 2 -- in the win over Las Vegas, he could struggle to see that sort of volume Sunday while the Bills welcome top wideout DJ Moore (shoulder) back to the lineup for the first time since Week 4.

The Bills are optimistic that Kincaid (chest), who is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Ravens, will be able to play, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.

Citing a source familiar with Kincaid's situation, Fowler relays that "it would be a surprise" if the tight end didn't play Sunday, after he was listed as a limited participant in all three practices this week. Like Kincaid, wideout DJ Moore (shoulder) is listed as questionable but expected to play, so Buffalo appears to be tracking toward having all of its key pass catchers available for the first time since Week 4. Official word on the statuses of Kincaid and Moore will arrive when the Bills post their inactive list 90 minutes prior to Sunday's 1 p.m. ET kickoff.

The Cowboys elevated Mitchell from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday.

The move gives the Cowboys more depth at tight end in case Luke Schoonmaker (groin) is unable to play against the Cardinals on Sunday. If he is inactive, then Mitchell would serve as Dallas' TE3 behind Jake Ferguson and Brevyn Spann-Ford. Mitchell joined the Cowboys' practice squad Sept. 3 after failing to make the Panthers' 53-man roster after training camp, and Week 8 marks his first elevation of the season.