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Coach Sean McVay said Monday that the Rams expect Stafford (thumb) to start Sunday's Week 11 game against the Seahawks, Stu Jackson of the team's official site reports.

The Week 10 bye came at a good time for Stafford after he was forced to miss Week 9 versus Green Bay. The offense got nothing going with Brett Rypien under center, and Rypien was eventually waived a couple days later. Los Angeles has since signed Carson Wentz to be Stafford's backup going forward. Stafford's return to the lineup will be a boost to Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua and the entire offense.

Coach Robert Saleh said Monday that Wilson will remain the Jets' starting quarterback, Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic reports.

Saleh reiterated that offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett also will continue to call the offensive plays. Wilson has been dreadful this season, checking in at 31st in completion percentage (59.8 percent), 30th in touchdown throws (five) and 29th in yards per attempt (6.1), while the Jets have been downright bad on third downs. The Jets don't seem willing to give Tim Boyle any starts and are going to keep riding it out with Wilson despite just one offensive touchdown over their last three games.

Speaking with the media Monday, coach Dennis Allen said Carr's right shoulder is fine after further testing, Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com reports.

Carr took a big hit from both sides of his body during Sunday's Week 10 loss to the Vikings and had to leave the game early with shoulder and concussion issues. He appears to have avoided anything serious with the shoulder and will have a Week 11 bye to rest up ahead of a divisional date with the Falcons on Sunday, Nov. 26. Carr said he hopes to play versus Atlanta, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Head coach Arthur Smith said Monday that Heinicke's hamstring injury is considered "low grade," Terrin Waack of the Falcons' official site reports.

Additionally, Smith said the Falcons will use the Week 11 bye to determine who will start under center when the team returns to action Nov. 26 versus the Saints. With the bye week to recuperate, Heinicke's hamstring injury isn't expected to be a major concern by the time the Falcons begin Week 12 prep. Desmond Ridder completed four of six passes for 39 yards and rushed three times for 11 yards and a touchdown in relief of Heinicke in this past Sunday's loss to Arizona.

Mayfield (thumb) isn't expected to miss any practice time and is fully on track for Sunday's road matchup against the 49ers, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

Mayfield injured his right thumb during the fourth quarter of Tampa Bay's win over the Titans in Week 10, but the training staff examined him after the game and found no significant issues. The 2018 first-round pick will need to be at full strength versus San Francisco, a defense that held Trevor Lawrence to 185 yards. no touchdowns and two interceptions and Travis Etienne to just 44 yards from scrimmage. Mayfield has built up some momentum of his own, though, with six touchdowns and just one interception in his last three appearances.

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that Watson (ankle) will undergo an MRI, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

The MRI will help determine the severity of the left ankle injury Watson sustained late in the first half of Sunday's 33-31 win over the Ravens. Watson missed the Browns' final offensive snap of the second quarter, but he returned for the second half and finished with 20 completions on 34 attempts for 213 yards, one touchdown and one interception while adding 37 yards on eight carries. He was spotted wearing a walking boot on the ankle after the game, but he also expressed optimism that the issue wouldn't force him to miss any time. Still, the results of Monday's MRI will reveal more concrete information about Watson's chances of being available for Cleveland's matchup with the Steelers in Week 11. PJ Walker threw a long pass in the lone snap Watson missed Sunday and would presumably be in store for his third start of the season if Watson can't play against the Steelers.

Mayfield said his right thumb feels good after it hit an opposing player's helmet in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 20-6 win over the Titans, Joey Knight of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Knight notes that the Buccaneers called seven straight run plays after Mayfield sustained the injury, followed by the quarterback's last pass attempt of the day (an incompletion) being called with roughly seven minutes still remaining in the contest. Mayfield has looked comfortable in Tampa Bay's offensive scheme recently, and he's on a three-game multi-TD streak, but that streak could be in jeopardy for multiple reasons Week 11, as the Buccaneers will face San Francisco on the road, and the Niners defense just held Trevor Lawrence to 185 yards and zero touchdowns versus two interceptions.

Walker failed to complete his lone pass attempt in Sunday's 33-31 win over the Ravens.

Walker was brought on for the final play of the first half to throw a Hail Mary pass, after starter Deshaun Watson went to the locker room early to address a gimpy left ankle. Watson played the entire second half -- completing all 14 of his throws during Cleveland's comeback win -- then downplayed the ankle issue following the game. Presumably, Watson will be able to play Week 11 against the Steelers, but Walker remains ready just in case.

O'Connell completed 16 of 27 pass attempts for 153 yards, one touchdown and one interception while gaining three yards on two rushing attempts in Sunday's 16-12 win over the Jets.

O'Connell was hovering around a 50 percent completion rate with an interception thrown before dialing it in and throwing the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter of Sunday's win. The rookie signal-caller still finished with a pedestrian fantasy line despite helping earn his team its second win in his second start in place of the benched Jimmy Garoppolo. O'Connell's physical skill set doesn't project to generate big passing numbers in the Raiders' recent run-heavy offense, so the rookie should be treated as a low-end option in Week 11 against Miami's aggressive pass rush next Sunday.

Wilson completed 23 of 39 passes for 263 yards, no touchdowns and one interception in Sunday's 16-12 loss to Vegas. He added four rushing attempts for 54 yards.

Wilson looked like he had scored a rushing touchdown in the second quarter, but he stepped out of bounds at the three-yard line before diving to the pylon, and the Jets wound up settling for a field goal on that drive. That was one of four field goals that accounted for all of New York's points, as the Jets failed to score a touchdown for the second consecutive game. Wilson got New York's penultimate drive to Vegas' 20-yard line before throwing an interception with 1:22 remaining, and his pair of Hail Mary attempts at the end of the game both fell incomplete. With Aaron Rodgers (Achilles) over a month from returning even in the best-case scenario, the 4-5 Jets will likely stick with the struggling Wilson in Week 11 against the Bills.