What It Means:

St. Brown missed practice on Wednesday with an abdomen injury, which he presumably suffered during Week 4's win over Green Bay Packers last Thursday. A missed practice after a long rest period is a negative sign, but St. Brown missed practice on Wednesday earlier this season, for a toe injury, before being upgraded later in the week and playing on Sunday. His status will need to be monitored closely the rest of the week. Thursday's practice report will provide more information. If St. Brown were to sit out Sunday, it would open up a plethora of targets for everyone on offense.

ARSB is the WR6 in numberFire's Week 5 PPR rankings and our models project him for 14.4 FanDuel points, with 9.3 targets, 6.3 receptions, and 78.1 yards. The Panthers are allowing the fifth-fewest FanDuel points per game to receivers because they've been getting gashed on the ground, but their pass defense is 19th in our schedule-adjusted NEP model.