Puka Nacua Heads to IR; Jacobs, Stevenson Hurt

Posted November 10, 2026 at 8:16 AM ET

Monday’s practice reports mostly answered questions Sunday’s games left open. Rams coach Sean McVay said Puka Nacua is likely headed to injured reserve with a pair of knee sprains and turf toe, Green Bay’s Josh Jacobs will have surgery on a broken finger, and New England came out of its loss to the Packers with two hurt running backs in Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson. None of it is a brand-new disaster so much as Sunday’s damage finally getting a diagnosis and a timeline, but it reaches two top-10 receivers and three different backfields, which is plenty to sort out before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET trade deadline.

Status At a Glance

Player	Team / Pos	Status	Fantasy Move
Puka Nacua	LAR WR	🔴 Likely to IR (knee, toe)	Bench; add Konata Mumpfield off waivers
Josh Jacobs	GB RB	🔴 Surgery this week	Bench; Pierre Strong Jr. and Kaleb Johnson split the work
Rhamondre Stevenson	NE RB	🟡 Knee, no surgery expected	Bench; Corey Kiner is the clear No. 1 back
TreVeyon Henderson	NE RB	🔴 Out, illness (2nd game)	Bench; same Kiner priority
Cam Skattebo	NYG RB	🟡 Hamstring, expected back	Start Thursday vs. WAS if he practices
George Pickens	DAL WR	🟡 Hamstring, DNP trend	CeeDee Lamb remains Dallas’s clear WR1
A.J. Brown	NE WR	🔴 Knee, missed 2 straight	Bench for Munich; NE has a Week 11 bye
Ladd McConkey	LAC WR	🟡 Back spasms, day-to-day	Hold; have a Monday-night backup ready
Garrett Wilson	NYJ WR	🔴 Concussion protocol	Bench until he clears protocol
Justin Herbert	LAC QB	🟡 Finger, X-rays negative	Start Monday at BAL as usual

Our availability-risk tiers, not NFL designations: 🟢 trending toward playing · 🟡 availability uncertain · 🔴 elevated risk of missing time, or confirmed out · ⚪ bye. Questionable/Doubtful/Out appear only once a team’s own injury report uses them; these labels reflect Monday’s practice and surgery news and our injury feed as of Monday, Nov. 9.

Waivers: Our Week 10 waiver wire pickups are up — Corey Kiner, Kaleb Johnson and Konata Mumpfield lead the list. See the full list with FAAB bids →

Wide Receivers

🔴 Likely to IR — Puka Nacua (LAR): McVay told reporters Monday that Nacua is likely headed to injured reserve with MCL and PCL sprains in his knee plus turf toe from Sunday’s loss at Washington, per CBS Sports. The move would cost him at least four games, and with the Rams on a Week 11 bye, Week 15 against Dallas is the earliest realistic return. With Davante Adams already on injured reserve, Konata Mumpfield and Tutu Atwell move up the Rams’ receiver depth chart behind Matthew Stafford. Fantasy Action: Bench Nacua for Week 10 at Arizona and slot him to IR once the Rams make it official; add Mumpfield if he’s available in your league.

🟡 Hamstring — George Pickens (DAL): Pickens sat out Sunday’s loss at Indianapolis with the hamstring issue that had limited him in practice for two straight weeks, per NBC Sports, and our injury feed still listed him out as of Monday night. Dallas hasn’t released a Week 10 practice report yet, so there’s nothing official for Sunday’s game against San Francisco. Fantasy Action: Treat Pickens as a game-time watch once Dallas’s reports start Wednesday; CeeDee Lamb is the unaffected WR1 either way.

🔴 Knee — A.J. Brown (NE): Brown’s knee flare-up has cost him the last two games, at Miami and against Green Bay, per Boston.com. Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said Monday that traveling to Germany for Sunday’s game against Detroit in Munich is “the plan” but that there’s “no decision” on Brown playing, and New England has its Week 11 bye right after. Fantasy Action: Bench Brown for Week 10 unless he’s a full practice participant by Friday; the bye means he’s a two-week hold.

🟡 Back spasms — Ladd McConkey (LAC): McConkey was scratched from Sunday’s 44-22 loss to Houston after his back tightened up in warmups. Jim Harbaugh called him day-to-day on Monday, per the Chargers’ official site. Fantasy Action: Keep him in lineups only if he practices this week, and roster a backup who also plays Monday night, since the Chargers don’t play until Monday at Baltimore and a late scratch would leave no Sunday options.

🔴 Concussion protocol — Garrett Wilson (NYJ): The Jets ruled Wilson out of Week 9 at Kansas City with a concussion, per the team, and there’s no Week 10 practice report yet for Sunday’s home game against Buffalo. He has to clear every step of the league’s concussion protocol before he can play. Fantasy Action: Bench Wilson until the Jets report him as cleared; check Wednesday’s practice report first.

Running Backs

🔴 Surgery this week — Josh Jacobs (GB): Jacobs broke the ring finger on his right hand in the first quarter of Sunday’s win at New England and didn’t return, per ESPN. Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed Monday that Jacobs will have surgery and didn’t rule out a trip to injured reserve; CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported the timeline at one to three weeks, per NBC Sports. Kaleb Johnson out-carried Pierre Strong Jr. 14 to 8 after Jacobs left and is the early favorite for the bigger share, though Green Bay hasn’t named a lead back. Fantasy Action: Bench Jacobs for Week 10 against Minnesota; Johnson is the better bet in a timeshare with Strong.

🟡 Knee, no surgery expected — Rhamondre Stevenson (NE): Stevenson left Sunday’s home loss to Green Bay in the third quarter with a knee injury right after catching a touchdown pass. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Monday that it’s a knee tendon issue not expected to need surgery, though it could cost him some time; other accounts describing a more serious injury behind the knee are unconfirmed. Henderson missed a second straight game Sunday with an unrelated illness, which leaves New England’s backfield down to Corey Kiner for now; Kiner scored his first NFL touchdown after Stevenson left and is the clear starter for Sunday’s game at Detroit in Munich, with Lan Larison behind him. Fantasy Action: Bench Stevenson and Henderson for Week 10; start Kiner as a flex if he’s on your roster, or add him off waivers.

🟡 Hamstring, expected back — Cam Skattebo (NYG): Skattebo sat out Sunday’s game at Philadelphia with the hamstring he hurt in Week 7, after missing every practice last week, per Athlon Sports. The Giants’ coach said Monday he expects Skattebo to be “full go” for Thursday night’s home game against Washington, per ESPN’s Jordan Raanan via Forbes. Fantasy Action: Start Skattebo Thursday if he’s a limited or full participant in this week’s practices; he plays before the Sunday slate, so check Wednesday’s report.

Quarterbacks

🟡 Finger — Justin Herbert (LAC): Herbert hurt the middle finger on his left, non-throwing hand in Sunday’s 44-22 loss to Houston, and Harbaugh kept him out late in the fourth quarter. Harbaugh said Monday the imaging came back negative and Herbert “should be good to go,” per ESPN. Fantasy Action: Start Herbert as usual for Monday night’s game at Baltimore.

Away from the injury report, Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET trade deadline is the other deadline fantasy managers are watching. Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is healthy and hadn’t been dealt as of Monday night despite persistent trade speculation, per ESPN’s deadline tracker; a trade would be the bigger fantasy swing than anything on today’s injury report, since it would hand Indianapolis’s backfield to Seth McGowan. For the rest of this week’s injuries, see the full Week 10 injury report.

Sources

Photo of Puka Nacua: FanDuel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Puka Nacua Likely Heads to IR; Josh Jacobs Needs Finger Surgery, Rhamondre Stevenson Hurt

Status At a Glance

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