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The Bengals are proceeding with their game plan anticipating veteran wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase will play against the New England Patriots in Sunday’s regular-season opener in Cincinnati, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Saturday.

Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins will return from his torn MCL to play in Sunday’s season opener vs. the Bears, sources said.

On the eve of the regular-season opener against the Los Angeles Chargers, the Las Vegas Raiders placed starting veteran defensive end Malcolm Koonce on injured reserve Saturday, two days after he suffered a knee injury in practice.

The Buccaneers will be without starting defensive linemen Calijah Kancey and Logan Hall in Sunday’s opener against the Commanders.

Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver DJ Chark will miss at leas the next four games with a hip injury.

Packers QB Jordan Love is believed to have sprained his MCL during Friday night’s game in Brazil, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It is not expected to be a season-ending injury, but he is expected to miss some time.

The Commanders placed backup QB Marcus Mariota on the injured reserve list and signed former Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman to the active roster.

The Commanders have talked about what Daniels might do all offseason. They’ll finally get a chance to see it Sunday.

Having three quality WRs puts Caleb Williams in position to have a shot at erasing an embarrassing statistic.

Jets coach Robert Saleh acknowledged that it “would be fair” to say the team will begin the season without Haason Reddick. The Pro Bowl defensive end has been holding out after being traded to New York this offseason.