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Meyers (shoulder) is listed as active for Saturday's game against the Bengals.

Meyers approached the contest listed as questionable after being limited in practice this week, but he'll play through his shoulder issue and should continue to log enough snaps and targets to merit lineup consideration in PPR formats. That said, the Patriots' top wide receiver's fantasy ceiling Saturday hinges on signal-caller Mac Jones rebounding from a 112-yard passing effort in the team's Week 15 loss to the Raiders, a game in which Meyers caught two of his six targets for 47 yards.

Cooks (calf) is active for Saturday's game against the Titans.

Even though Cooks was listed as questionable heading into Saturday, he never appeared to be at much risk of missing a fourth straight game after he closed Week 16 prep with two consecutive full practices. With Nico Collins (foot) out for the season, Cooks should step back in as Houston's undisputed No. 1 receiver the rest of the way, with the likes of Chris Moore, Phillip Dorsett and Amari Rodgers providing depth behind him. Over his first 10 appearances this season, Cooks averaged 4.4 receptions for 52 yards on 7.1 targets per contest, but he found the end zone just once.

Burks (concussion) is active for Saturday's game against the Texans, Jim Wyatt of the Titans' official site reports.

Burks has been inactive for each of Tennessee's last two games due to a concussion. However, he practiced in full throughout the week and has cleared the league's protocol. Prior to his injury, Burks had shown signs of breaking out with three productive performances in a row. However, it's unclear how much Tennessee will be able to get its passing game going in the absence of Ryan Tannehill (ankle), creating at least some concern about Burks' potential output for the rest of the regular season.

Claypool (knee) is officially inactive for Saturday's game against the Bills.

Claypool was labeled doubtful after he put in only one limited practice this week, so he's unsurprisingly not available for Saturday's contest. Equanimeous St. Brown (concussion) is also sidelined, leaving Byron Pringle, Dante Pettis, Velus Jones and N'Keal Harry to operate as Chicago's primary wideouts.

Meyers (shoulder) is expected to be available for Saturday's game against the Bengals, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

Meyers is listed as questionable for the contest after practicing in a limited fashion Tuesday through Thursday, but Rapoport indicates that the wide receiver is trending toward being active versus Cincinnati. Official confirmation of Meyers' Week 16 status will arrive once the Patriots' inactives are posted ahead of Saturday's 1 p.m. ET kickoff.

The 49ers elevated Snead from the practice squad to the active roster Friday for Saturday's game against Washington.

Snead will be available for a second straight game. Last week, he played 17 of his 20 snaps on special teams and didn't record any stats. The veteran wideout has made three total appearances for San Francisco this season but has yet to be targeted.

The Saints elevated Kirkwood on Friday from their practice squad to the active roster for Saturday's matchup against the Browns.

Kirkwood will be available for the first time since Week 6, when he caught his lone target for 14 yards across 50 offensive snaps. With Chris Olave (hamstring) out, the Saints' wideout corps will consist of Rashid Shaheed, Tre'Quan Smith, Marquez Callaway, Kirk Merritt and Kirkwood.

Sutton (hamstring) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Rams, but he said Friday he's in a good position to play, Parker Gabriel of The Denver Post reports. ""Yeah, I think if everything goes the way we want it to go and it keeps trending in the right direction like we want it to, it'll be nice to be able to go out there, play on Sunday and help the team," Sutton said.

Coming off two straight absences due to the hamstring injury, Sutton took part in each of Denver's three Week 16 practices, albeit as a limited participant on every occasion. The lack of a full practice prevented Sutton from approaching the contest without a designation, but he seems likely to get cleared ahead of Sunday's 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff, provided he experiences no setbacks over the next 48 hours. If Sutton suited up Sunday, it would mark the first time that both he and fellow starting wideout Jerry Jeudy played on a full-time basis since Week 8 (Jeudy played one snap before departing a Week 10 loss to Tennessee). Denver isn't left with much established depth behind the two wideouts, as the team is down to Brandon Johnson, Freddie Swain, Jalen Virgil and Montrell Washington as their other options at receiver with Kendall Hinton (hamstring) already ruled out for the Week 16 game.

Tampa Bay signed Thompkins to the active roster off its practice squad Friday, Scott Smith of the team's official site reports.

Thompkins is out of practice squad elevations, so Tampa Bay has officially signed him to the 53-man roster. The undrafted wideout has been operating as the team's primary punt and kick returner, but he also finished with 16 scrimmage yards in Week 15 while playing 13 offensive snaps, which was third most among Tampa Bay's wideouts.

Johnson (toe) returned to practice Friday, Brian Batko of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Johnson is questionable for Saturday night's game against Las Vegas after managing one limited practice Tuesday ahead of back-to-back absences Wednesday and Thursday. Steelers RB Najee Harris revealed Friday afternoon that Johnson had rejoined the team for its end-of-week practice, which won't show up on the official injury/practice report. In any case, Johnson said he'll be fine to play and now seems to be moving in that direction.