NFL Player News

Brown (knee) returned to practice Wednesday, Evan Lazar of the Patriots' official site reports.

Brown's return to practice comes hours after coach Mike Vrabel confirmed to reporters that the wideout will travel to Munich, where the Patriots face the Lions on Sunday. Brown missed the past two games and didn't practice at all last week.

St. Brown (ribs) was limited at Wednesday's practice.

St. Brown also was limited on all three of the Lions' Week 9 practice reports due to a rib injury, but he was able to suit up this past Sunday at Miami and log a typical 75 percent snap share en route to eight catches (on 10 targets) for 86 yards. Friday's injury report will determine if he enters the weekend with a designation for Sunday's game against the Patriots.

Meyers (ankle) did not participate in Wednesday's practice, Ryan O'Halloran of The Florida Times-Union reports.

Meyers was listed with hamstring and ankle injuries last week, before playing 68 percent of snaps and catching four passes for 65 yards in a Thursday blowout at Baltimore. It's unclear if he ankle has worsened or Wednesday's absence is just a matter of caution/maintenance. Brian Thomas, Josh Cameron and Travis Hunter would all be candidates for additional WR snaps if Meyers were to miss time this year.

Head coach Sean McVay said Wednesday that Nacua (knee/toe) won't be placed on injured reserve right now "just because of some semantics with the roster," Greg Beacham of the Associated Press reports. "He's still going to be out for a significant period of time," McVay added.

In particular, the Rams already have used up three of their possible eight activations from reserve lists, and they currently have 12 players on IR. Nacua suffered PCL and MCL sprains and also a turf-toe injury on the team's final offensive snap of this past Sunday's win at Washington. Dan Graziano of ESPN.com reported Wednesday that Los Angeles is optimistic Nacua will be able to return in Week 14 or 15, which would mean three or four games out of commission, as opposed to the required four contests if he's moved to injured reserve. As a result, the roster crunch combined with Nacua's possible recovery timeline means he may not officially go on IR.

Coach Sean McVay noted of Adams (hamstring) on Wednesday that he thinks a return to action by the wideout on Nov. 25 against the Packers "is a realistic timeline for us," Greg Beacham of the Associated Press reports.

In that scenario, Adams could back back in action as soon as Week 12, following the Rams' bye week. Meawhile, Puka Nacua (knee/toe) is destined to miss multiple weeks, which, for the time being leaves Konata Mumpfield, Tutu Atwell, CJ Danielsand Xavier Smith as the healthy WRs on the team's active roster.

Evans (Achilles) was listed as a non-participant in Wednesday's practice, Cam Inman of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

The veteran wideout's absence Wednesday isn't surprising, with Brooke Evans of the 49ers' official site having previously reported that Evans is not expected to be ready this week, with the caveat that the team will continue to evaluate his status in the coming days. In other 49ers' WR news, Deebo Samuel (hamstring) was able to log a limited practice Wednesday, while the team added valuable depth at the trade deadline by inquiring Keenan Allen from the Colts.

Samuel (hamstring) will return to practice Wednesday, David Lombardi of SFStandard reports.

This will mark Samuel's first on-field work of any kind since he suffered a right hamstring injury during a Week 5 win at Seattle, and he'll officially go down as a limited participant, per Jennifer Lee Chan of NBC Sports Bay Area. Samuel likely will need to string together multiple practices this week to feel comfortable clearing him to play Sunday in Dallas.

Colts coach Shane Steichen said Wednesday that Burks and Anthony Gould will step into larger roles after the team traded Keenan Allen and Josh Downs, Stephen Holder of ESPN.com reports.

A rookie seventh-round pick with 4.30 speed, Burks has caught six of nine targets for 60 yards across 49 routes (18.3 percent target rate, 1.22 yards per route). He won't necessarily see a lot of targets in an offense that runs through the RBs and TEs, but Burks should at least get far more playing time in the second half of the season, if only because the Colts' other wideouts are veterans with minimal history of production. Laquon Treadwell and Ashton Dulin are the other favorites for regular playing time, and Nick Westbook-Ikhine is also on the roster.

The Panthers signed Moore to the practice squad Wednesday, Alex Zietlow of The Charlotte Observer reports.

Moore was released from the Panthers' active roster Tuesday, Nov. 10. He has been with Carolina since 2024, catching 34 of 62 targets for 383 yards and three touchdowns in 27 games. He will likely act as a depth piece at wide receiver.

Pittman (foot) is making progress but won't have his practice window opened this week, Mike DeFabo of The Athletic reports.

Pittman resumed running in late October and could resume practicing at some point in November. It won't happen this week, however, leaving the Steelers with minimal WR depth beyond DK Metcalf and Germie Bernard.