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Brown was a limited participant in Wednesday's practice due to a knee injury.

Brown wasn't known to have picked up a knee injury coming out of the Ravens' Week 4 win over Washington, but his activity in practice suddenly bears watching as Sunday's game against the Bengals nears. The second-year wideout showed no signs of being slowed by the knee issue against the Football Team, hauling in four balls for 86 yards to bounce back from consecutive down weeks in which he combined for 55 yards on seven catches.

Beckham was limited at practice Wednesday due to a toe injury, Scott Petrak of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports.

Beckham may have picked up the injury in the process of during in his best game of the season in the Browns' 49-38 win over the Cowboys in Week 4. He played 58 of the team's 75 offensive snaps, catching five of his eight targets for 81 yards and two scores while also rushing two times for 73 yards and another touchdown. The fact that Beckham was on the field in some capacity Wednesday is a good sign that the injury won't prevent him from playing Sunday against the Colts.

Brown (knee) was listed as a limited participant on Wednesday's estimated practice report, Jim Wyatt of the Titans' official site reports.

With Corey Davis and Adam Humphries on the Titans' reserve/COVID-19 list, Kalif Raymond and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine are the other wide receivers on the team's active roster in addition to Brown, who last suited up Week 1. The Titans, whose Week 4 game against the Steelers was postponed, are currently scheduled to face the Bills on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Ridley (thigh/knee) was a limited participant at Thursday's practice, Will McFadden of the Falcons' official site reports.

Ridley has battled a number of lower-body injuries of late, with thigh and knee issues this week joining ankle and calf concerns from last week. After reeling off at least 100 receiving yards in each of the first three games of the season, he was blanked by the Packers this past Monday. On a positive note, Ridley managed to get in some reps Wednesday, while Julio Jones (hamstring) didn't practice at all. After Jones and Ridley, Russell Gage and Olamide Zaccheaus are the next wide receivers up for the Falcons.

The Titans placed Davis on the reserve/COVID-19 list Wednesday.

Along with Davis, fellow wideout Adam Humphries is among a growing list of Titans players to join the reserve/COVID-19 list. With the Titans having yet to receive clearance from the NFL to resume practicing, the team's scheduled game Sunday against the Bills could be at risk of postponement.

San Francisco opened the three-week practice window for James (hamstring) on Wednesday.

James can rejoin his teammates in practice again, and the 49ers will now have three weeks to activate him off IR if they like what they see. The wide receiver will have to spend the rest of the season on IR if he's not activated in the three-week window, but San Francisco's dearth of weapons at his position suggests that outcome is unlikely for James.

Johnson didn't practice Wednesday due to a toe injury, Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com reports.

Johnson has progressed out of the NFL's concussion protocol, but he continues to manage a toe issue that Pryor suggests is minor and one that hasn't kept the wideout out of any games. The wideout's status will be updated again Thursday, but it wouldn't be surprising if he advances to full activity. The team's scheduled Week 4 contest versus the Titans was postponed, so Johnson wasn't forced to miss any time due to the head injury.

Smith-Schuster (knee) didn't practice Wednesday, Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com reports.

The same applies to fellow starting wideout Diontae Johnson (toe), but Pryor suggests that the duo's listed injuries are "minor things and haven't kept them out of games so far." For some perspective, Smith-Schuster -- who didn't play last week due to the postponement of the scheduled Titans-Steelers contest -- sat out back-to-back practices Wednesday and Thursday in Week 3 before returning to a full session that Friday and approaching the team's game against the Texans minus an injury designation. A similar pattern could be on tap in advance of Sunday, when the Texans will host the Eagles.

Sims (toe) was a non-participant at Wednesday's practice, Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post reports.

Washington's top three wide receivers -- Sims, Terry McLaurin (thigh) and Dontrelle Inman (foot) -- all sat out Wednesday as the team prepares for a change at quarterback from Dwayne Haskins to Kyle Allen. Sims hasn't played since Week 3, so his practice status Thursday and Friday likely will be key to his potential to play Sunday against the Rams.

Beasley (foot) practiced on a limited basis Wednesday, Chris Brown of the Bills' official site reports.

Beasley exited the Bills' win over the Raiders this past weekend due to the foot injury, though he was ultimately able to return. With that in mind, Beasley seems more likely than not to suit up Sunday against the TItans in Week 5, though the injury could continue to limit his activity in practice for the next day or two.