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Davis continues to play a reduced role in Buffalo’s offense, as he’s now seen six or fewer carries in five straight games. Davis’s one big game came in Week 6 against the Jets when James Cook was sidelined with an injury. Davis remains a high-end handcuff but has no stand-alone fantasy value at this time.

Knox has been here before. The former TE1 of the Bills found himself in a familiar role with Dalton Kincaid (knee) sidelined and made the most of his opportunity. Knox hauled in a long 24-yard pass in the second quarter that helped set up a James Cook touchdown and has now topped 40 receiving yards in three of his last four games. The Bills now head into their Week 12 bye and will return in Week 13 to face the 49ers. Assuming Kincaid is back, Knox won’t have any stand-alone value in that game.

With Keon Coleman (wrist) out, Samuel has seen increased usage in back-to-back weeks and made the most of his opportunities on Sunday against the Chiefs. Samuel’s longest play was a 21-yard reception in the second quarter, but his biggest play came early in the fourth quarter when he found the end zone on a 12-yard touchdown to put the Bills up 23-14. Samuel’s usage largely hinges on the return of Coleman, who could be back after the team’s Week 12 bye to face the 49ers in Week 13. If Coleman is active, Samuel won’t have any fantasy upside in that game.

Shakir continues to hog all the targets in a Bills offense that spread the ball around to nine different players in Sunday’s win. He hauled in two key passes on back-to-back touchdown drives late in the second half, with his biggest gain coming on a 22-yard play. Shakir briefly left with a rib injury after taking a hard hit, but returned to action soon after. Whether or not his injury lingers into next week won’t matter as the Bills head into their Week 12 bye. We’ll go ahead and assume he’ll be ready for Week 13 when the Bills return to face the 49ers.

Cooper hauled in passes of 25 and 30 yards in this one. Despite the two-catch outing, there’s no denying Cooper’s impact, as the Bills punched in two touchdowns on the two drives where he recorded a long catch. The veteran receiver battled through a wrist injury but did not appear to suffer any setbacks. He now has the Week 12 bye to get right, and should be good to go for Week 13 against the 49ers.

Cook was bottled up by the Chiefs all night long. He averaged just 1.9 yards per touch on the evening but pulled through for his fantasy managers with two short rushing touchdowns. Cook was out-rushed by Josh Allen but played well ahead of Ty Johnson and Ray Davis — per usual. Now entering their Week 12 bye, Cook and the Bills will return in Week 13 to face the 49ers.

Allen and the Chiefs went back and forth all night, but late in the fourth quarter, with the Bills needing to convert a fourth-and-two, Allen put the team on his back to secure the win. After buying some time in the pocket, Allen took off past the line of scrimmage and immediately picked up the yards need for the first down, but he wasn’t done. The Bills’ QB1 continued downfield and evaded two defenders before laying his shoulder into safety Bryan Cook to punch in the 26-yard score. Allen was on top of his passing game as well, connecting with seven different pass-catchers on the night, with his lone touchdown pass coming on a 12-yard throw to Curtis Samuel. Allen and the Bills are riding high heading into their bye week, and will return in Week 13 to face the 49ers.

Cooper will play through the wrist injury that has left him sidelined the last two weeks. The veteran receiver is expected to wear some sort of cast in Sunday’s game, but said earlier in the week that he’s gotten used to playing with it. Cooper profiles as a WR3 against a stout Chiefs defense. While he is active, the Bills did declare WR Keon Coleman, CB Kaiir Elam, LB Eddie Ulofoshio, OL Will Clapp, OT Spencer Brown, and TE Dalton Kincaid inactive fo Week 11.

Rapoport also reports Cooper “is officially listed as questionable so [we’re] not certain on his status yet” but notes that Cooper “envisions” himself playing against the Chiefs. Fantasy managers should tentatively expect Cooper to play this weekend. He can be started as a WR2/3.

Milano closed the week with three consecutive Limited Participant practice designations but will ultimately wait until after the Bills’ Week 12 bye before suiting up. He appears highly likely to play in Week 13 given this week’s participation.