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NFL Week 18 Injury Report Analysis
TBD. Lean towards playing Week 18. The Eagles have likely been appropriately conservative here, needing only 1 win out of their last 3 games to secure the bye. At this point, performance impact projects to be minimal. Re-injury risk is similarly low, as this is an uncommon injury in NFL players to begin with. As long as he doesn’t take a bad hit specifically to this area of the shoulder, very little playoff impact is expected.
Lamar has now missed 5 weeks of practice and games. By the end of 6 weeks, over 80% of players would typically return here. That data suggests a high likelihood that he comes back next week in time for the first round of the playoffs. However, the wild card here is the contract. He’s up for re-negotiation, and probably looking for a fully guaranteed long-term deal. It’s therefore not incredibly surprising that he’d be conservative here, but it’s hard to predict what he’s going to decide for next week.
Back in action Week 18. WRs generally take 1 game to ramp up their volume, so he should be full speed by the time the playoffs come around.
Amazing news day after day, just as we have all been hoping for. There are a lot of variables here, but yes I do think it’s very realistic that he makes it back to the league.
Lean towards Johnson being active when the playoffs come around. If the Eagles land the bye, he’ll have had 4 weeks to rehab. It’s obviously not a perfect solution for a problem that will eventually get surgery, but he’ll likely be able to play through it as a solid contributor.
No injury to report here, but the Bucs’s Week 17 offensive explosion in Wirfs’s 2nd game back from injury makes me wonder – how much of this is just Tom Brady having time to throw again? Brady has always struggled (relatively speaking) against pressure, and Wirfs is a top 2 OT according to Pro Football Focus. We’ll be watching this team closely as a possible sleeper going into the playoffs.
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