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London will undergo additional testing to confirm, but we’ll go ahead and assume the second-year receiver/return man is done for this season. Lane’s leg got twisted up under his body while he was returning a kick and he had to be carted from the field after the play. Lane has 18 career receptions for 250 scoreless yards but returned two punts for touchdowns as a rookie last season and has returned 12 kicks for 295 yards this season. Luke McCaffrey, who has been a healthy scratch for most of the season, will likely be active going forward given his abilities as a receiver/returner.

Lane’s left knee was badly twisted under his body as he was being taken down on a kick return. He was carted off the field and several Commanders players came up the cart to console him. The team hasn’t made it official yet, but he will not return today.

Lane caught 1-of-1 targets for four yards last week. He is not on the fantasy radar for 12-team managed leagues, although it is nice to know that his groin is feeling better. Commanders rookie WR Antonio Williams has seemingly leapfrogged Lane after one game.

A limited session this early in the week shouldn’t stop Lane from suiting up on Sunday, but it’s worth noting. Lane split the WR4 role with Antonio Williams in Week 1. Williams stole the show with four catches for 64 yards and a score. If Lane can’t suit up this week, Williams could be in line for a larger role.

This ends his season. Lane left Saturday’s game with the injury on a punt return, further ruining the back of the Commanders’ emergency quarterback depth chart. The fourth-round rookie cracked 50 receiving yards once, but was usually an ancillary target when one of Deebo Samuel or Terry McLaurin was healthy. Sometimes we can see big leaps out of a player in their sophomore season, but nothing Lane has done so far has led us to believe he’s going to be more than a lower-roster receiver with special teams upside.

With Terry McLaurin back, Lane won’t be more than a non-gimmick factor against the Broncos. He can be sent to waivers in all but the deepest leagues, as even when McLaurin was out he wasn’t making much of an impact.

In addition to Terry McLaurin, Noah Brown and Treylon Burks were also limited today. It’s tough to say which depth options will suit up this week. With Marcus Mariota expected to make another start, it’s a situation fantasy managers don’t need to get bogged down by. Deebo Samuel is the only game in town until McLaurin returns. Zach Ertz is also in the mix as a volume-based TE1.

Lane was listed as questionable to return after taking a hard hit on his only catch of the day. His absence nearly proved fatal late in the game when backup punt returner Mike Sainristil muffed a punt in the fourth quarter. Miami recovered it and made its way to the one-yard line on the ensuing drive. Washington mounted a goal line stand and the game made its way to overtime. Lane hasn’t done much on offense as a rookie but has been an elite punt returner. Losing him would be a notable blow to Washington’s special teams unit.

He was second amongst Commanders wideouts with 46 snaps, but the Cowboys simply begged someone on the Commanders to actually be worth respecting against man coverage today and nobody stepped up. Lane has no path to FLEX viability if he’s going to give us this little against Dallas’ pass defense, and that means he’s probably a year away from being a real fantasy football factor.

The Commanders fourth-round pick this year, Lane reportedly can “apply it very quickly” when given coaching points. Lane has a chance to eventually take over for Noah Brown in three-wideout sets at some point this season, and should make for an intriguing stash in dynasty at the very least given his youth relative to the rest of the Commanders wideout room.

Lane, who saw a 19 percent target share in two of his final three collegiate seasons, is as speedy as any wideout in the 2025 draft class. His 40-yard dash time ranked in the 98th percentile and his burst score was also in the 98th percentile. Lane is unlikely to crack three-wideout sets in Washington’s offense. “Lane can stretch defenses from the slot with his build-up speed and is a viable option in catch-and-run packages near the line of scrimmage,” according to NFL.com’s analysis of Lane. “He gives too many clues as a route runner and needs to work on running repeatable, fluid routes as a pro. While he’s tough as a runner, he can’t muster the play strength or ball skills to win the contested-catch game. Lane’s best qualities give him a chance to stick on a roster, but he might need to earn his keep as a return man early on.”