Scotty Miller Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Scotty Miller has been activated to the 53-man roster from IR. Miller is expected to serve as the fourth or fifth wide receiver once Antoni Brown is healthy and likely will not play much of a role in DFS unless it's a showdown slate. Miller will likely compete with Tyler Johnson for playing time, though both are considerably behind Chris Godwin, Mike Evans, and the eventually returning Brown on the depth chart.

Breshad Perriman has been elevated from the practice squad for Monday's game against the New York Giants while Scotty Miller will remain on IR. The original hope was for Miller to be able to make his return today but the Buccaneers will elect to be cautious and give Miller an extra week to recover. Perriman will be elevated to serve as receiver depth and is not expected to be DFS relevant at this point, he should only be considered as a desperation punt play.

Miller suffered a bad case of turf toe, and will miss at least the next three games after being placed on IR. Miller had a chance to make waves this past Sunday with no Antonio Brown, but was unlikely to play much with Brown expected to return this week. Tyler Johnson may play a few more snaps with no Miller, but it'll be the big three receivers (AB, Mike Evans, and Chris Godwin) monopolizing the work.

Evans will test out his injured ankle in pregame warmups, but barring a setback, both he and Miller are expected to play in Thursday night's Week 5 matchup against the Chicago Bears despite originally being listed as questionable on the Buccaneers' injury report. With Leonard Fournette considered unlikely to play, Ronald Jones should remain the undisputed lead running back once again after seeing 63.0% of snaps while accumulating 26 total touches to along with nine targets in the win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday afternoon. Rookie Ke’Shawn Vaughn managed to amass a 21.9% snap rate in that contest following Jones’ struggles in the passing game and LeSean McCoy’s injury, so he’ll be an interesting option in single-game daily fantasy formats with McCoy, Chris Godwin, and Justin Watson all sidelined with their respective ailments on a short week.

Fournette was among a host of Buccaneers that didn't practice this week, and despite head coach Bruce Arians calling him a game-time decision for Thursday night's Week 5 matchup against the Chicago Bears, he's officially been listed as doubtful due to an ankle injury that's already forced him to miss one game. This means Ronald Jones should remain the undisputed lead running back once again and saw 63.0% of snaps while accumulating 26 total touches to along with nine targets in the win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday afternoon. Rookie Ke'Shawn Vaughn managed to amass a 21.9% snap rate in that contest following Jones' struggles in the passing game and LeSean McCoy's injury, so he'll be an interesting option in single-game daily fantasy formats with McCoy, Chris Godwin, and Justin Watson all sidelined with their respective ailments on a short week.