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Lazard (shoulder) practiced in a limited fashion Wednesday, Matt Schneidman of The Athletic reports.

The Packers are as banged up as they've been all season, with quarterback Aaron Rodgers (thumb) and fellow wide receivers Romeo Doubs (ankle) and Sammy Watkins sitting out Wednesday, Aaron Jones (ankle) joining Lazard as limited, and Christian Watson (concussion protocol) practicing in full. As long as Lazard is able to play through his shoulder concern, he'll be in line for a significant workload considering the state of the team's skill-position group. In his last five appearances, he's earned between seven and 10 targets per game en route to a cumulative 24-369-3 receiving line.

Cracraft (illness) was a limited participant during Wednesday's practice, David Furones of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.

Cracraft was sidelined for Week 8 due to a neck injury but missed Week 9 due to an illness. He appears to have cleared the neck issue but is still limited due to the aliment. The reserve wideout will have two more opportunities to log a full session before the team needs to make a decision on his status for Sunday's matchup against the Browns.

Moore was limited by a hand injury at Wednesday's walk-through session, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports.

Moore has been looked at early and often by quarterback Kyler Murray the last two games, with the second-year wide receiver combining for 15 catches (on 18 targets) for 161 yards and one touchdown and two carries for 12 yards. Both Moore and Murray are now tending to health concerns, with the quarterback sitting out Wednesday's session entirely due to a hamstring issue. Consequently, the statuses of both players should be monitored as the week goes on to gain clarity on whether or not the connection will continue Sunday at the Rams.

Cooks was listed as a non-participant for Wednesday's practice due to a wrist issue.

Cooks was inactive for last Thursday's game against the Eagles because of personal reasons, per DJ Bien-Aime of ESPN.com with the wideout reportedly frustrated that he wasn't dealt ahead of the NFL's trade deadline. That said, Cooks is expected to practice Thursday, with Bien-Aime suggesting that the pass catcher -- who was present for Wednesday's practice, but didn't participate -- was getting a veteran's day off in advance of Sunday's game against the Giants. If Cooks takes part in practice Thursday in any capacity, he would seemingly be on track for a return to the lineup this weekend.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan said Samuel (hamstring) is expected to be a full participant at Wednesday's practice, Cam Inman of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Samuel's listing on the 49ers' first Week 10 injury report will confirm as much, but after sitting out Week 8 due to a hamstring issue, the team's Week 9 bye appears to have him on the precipice of a return. With the arrival of Christian McCaffrey in San Francisco and Elijah Mitchell (knee) potentially coming off injured reserve this week, Samuel's opportunities out of the backfield may be few and far between moving forward. Still, when healthy, Samuel is the top option in the passing game for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

Dorsett (ankle) was a limited participant in Wednesday's practice.

Dorsett filled in as a starter last Thursday against the Eagles, catching three of five targets for 69 yards in a 29-17 loss with both Brandin Cooks (personal/wrist) and Nico Collins (groin) inactive. Collins returned to practice Wednesday as a limited participant, while Cooks is back with the team but didn't practice. If at least one of the top two wideouts suits up this Sunday against the Giants, Dorsett would be in store for a reduced role.

Collins (groin) returned to practice Wednesday as a limited participant.

Collins is hoping to play in Sunday's road game against the Giants after missing the past two contests. Fellow wideout Phillip Dorsett (ankle) was also a limited participant Wednesday, while Brandin Cooks (wrist/personal) is back with the team but didn't practice.

Giants head coach Brian Daboll said Wednesday that James cleared the concussion protocol, Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports.

James suffered a concussion during the Giants' Week 8 loss at Seattle, but with the benefit of the team's Week 9 bye, he's good to go in advance of Sunday's game against the Texans. As evidence, after he was spotted without a red non-contact jersey at Wednesday's practice, he was deemed a full participant, per Dan Salomone of the Giants' official site. Consequently, James will join Darius Slayton, Wan'Dale Robinson, Marcus Johnson, David Sills and potentially Kenny Golladay (knee) as New York's available wide receivers Week 10.

Allen (hamstring) isn't expected to practice Wednesday, Lindsey Thiry of ESPN.com reports.

At this stage, head coach Brandon Staley views Allen as day-to-day, but if the wideout is unable to suit up Sunday against the 49ers, Joshua Palmer, DeAndre Carter and Michael Bandy would be in line to continue seeing added snaps.

Reynolds (back) isn't practicing Wednesday, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports.

While Reynolds was sidelined for Sunday's win over Green Bay, the Lions turned to Kalif Raymond and Tom Kennedy for most of the receiver reps behind top target Amon-Ra St. Brown. None of the three wideouts did much, in part because Jared Goff tied a season low of 26 pass attempts. Reynolds looks iffy for the Lions' game in Chicago this Sunday as he starts the week off with a missed practice.