Rarely do situations involving knee injuries (especially any type of sprain, as Ferguson is said to be dealing with an MCL injury) drastically improve the way the Cowboys TE’s situation has, but it sounds like he does have a legitimate shot at taking the field against the Saints a week after exiting the game against the Browns and not returning. Of course, taking Jerry Jones’ word for it is a choice we can all make for ourselves, but given the original multi-week timetable for Ferguson’s return, the fact that the idea of him playing this week is even being thrown around is a win for fantasy managers who drafted him as their TE1. As great as it would be to see him take the field sooner rather than later, though, the Cowboys will in all likelihood give him all of the time he needs to recover fully. With 16 games to go in the regular season, there’s no need to rush him back into the lineup on an MCL sprain that could be re-aggravated. Fantasy managers should have a backup plan in place regardless of how positive the reports are surrounding Ferguson the rest of the week, but he would likely be worth a start if he ended up playing on Sunday.