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Taylor (knee) rushed 16 times for 103 yards and a touchdown and brought in all three targets for 11 yards in the Colts' 27-17 win over the Dolphins on Sunday.

Taylor overcame his questionable designation to generate his best fantasy effort of the young season, highlighting his day with a 38-yard run and a 23-yard scoring scamper in the first quarter for the Colts' first points of the day. The matchup against the Dolphins' run defense was an exploitable one, but Taylor's fantasy managers undoubtedly were relieved to see him deliver, despite yet another relatively capped workload. The second-year back will look to build on Sunday's effort in a Week 5 road battle versus the Ravens on Monday, Oct. 11.

Cook (ankle) rushed nine times for 34 yards and secured two of six targets for 10 yards in the Vikings' 14-7 loss to the Browns on Sunday.

Cook was able to avoid a second straight absence, but he wasn't able to deliver much for fantasy managers in his return while sharing plenty of snaps with backup Alexander Mattison. The Vikings did try to get Cook involved a fair amount in the passing game, but the 26-year-old and Kirk Cousins had trouble connecting more often than not. Cook may not have been at full health Sunday, so perhaps another week will help him generate much better output in a favorable Week 5 matchup against the Lions.

Montgomery suffered a left knee injury during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the Lions, Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Montgomery was in visible discomfort while the training staff tended to his leg, and he later needed assistance to get off the field and to the locker room, according to Adam Jahns of The Athletic. The severity of the injury hasn't been revealed, but if he's unable to return, he'll end the game with 23 carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns.

Murray is expected to draw the start at running back for the Ravens in Sunday's game against the Broncos, Jonas Shaffer of The Baltimore Sun reports.

Pre-game reports suggested that Murray was trending toward a Week 4 start, and that notion appears to have been solidified by the fact that the Ravens made Ty'Son Williams (who's logged 27 carries for 164 in three games to date) a healthy scratch. Also, in Baltimore's backfield Sunday will be a pair of experienced options in Le'Veon Bell and Devonta Freeman, but of the team's veteran RB trio in uniform versus Denver, Murray looks like the higher-percentage fantasy option this week.

Williams will continue splitting time with Melvin Gordon (ribs/lower leg) in Sunday's home showdown against the Ravens after the latter was confirmed active for the Week 4 contest.

The rookie appeared to have a chance at true lead-back status at one point during the practice week with Gordon managing multiple injuries, but the veteran trended in the right direction in subsequent days and now is officially available for the contest. Williams still could enjoy a solid complementary workload, however, considering he's logged double-digit carries in all three games thus far.

Williams is inactive for Sunday's game against the Broncos, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic reports.

With Williams sitting this one out, the Ravens have decided to go with the veteran backfield trio of Latavius Murray (the expected Week 4 starter), Le'Veon Bell and Devonta Freeman versus Denver.

Gordon (ribs/lower leg) is active against the Ravens on Sunday.

Gordon was trending in the direction of active status as the practice week concluded, and his availability for the showdown with Baltimore now is official. The veteran running back is expected to continue in a relatively balanced timeshare arrangement with impressive rookie Javonte Williams, with Gordon outpacing his teammate by only six carries Week 3 against the Jets and Williams thus far logging double-digit carries in each contest.

Mitchell (shoulder) is listed as inactive Sunday versus the Seahawks, Keiana Martin of the 49ers' official site reports.

Mitchell's Week 2 shoulder injury was considered "worse than a stinger" by coach Kyle Shanahan at the time. Shanahan noted during Week 4 prep that Mitchell's availability would come down to pain tolerance, and the rookie sixth-round pick won't be able to give it a go just yet. While Mitchell misses a second consecutive game Sunday, Trey Sermon and fullback Kyle Juszczyk likely will handle the bulk of the backfield reps yet again. Beyond that duo, Trenton Cannon and Jacques Patrick are on hand for special-teams work and the occasional rep on offense, if needed.

Jones is questionable to return to Sunday's Week 4 matchup against the Giants with an ankle injury.

Jones was carted off the field in the second quarter, though the nature of his injury was not apparent at the time. Dwayne Washington has served as the team's second back in the absence of Jones, though he's seen very limited work behind Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill.

Williams could be headed for a smaller role Sunday against the Ravens with Mike Garofolo of NFL Network reporting that Latavius Murray is expected to serve as Baltimore's lead back.

Williams has been listed as a starter in each of the Ravens' previous three games, but the designation hasn't meant much from a fantasy perspective, as Baltimore has ran a full-fledged backfield committee in each of those contests. Though the second-year player out of South Carolina is averaging an excellent 6.1 yards per carry on 27 totes, he drew poor reviews from offensive coordinator Greg Roman coming out of last week's win over Detroit and looks on track to see a smaller role Sunday after handling snap shares between 47 and 51 percent in each of Baltimore's first three contests. Murray projects to see the largest workload of a backfield that also includes Williams, Le'Veon Bell and Devonta Freeman, but expect Baltimore to once again take a committee approach to the position, making it difficult to trust any of the four players in Week 4 fantasy lineups.