Fantasy Football Injury Outlook: Joe Burrow, Austin Ekeler, Amon-Ra St. Brown, DK Metcalf

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Here is our full injury report for Week 3. Below we dive into a few notable players.

Week 3 Fantasy Football Injury Report

Joe Burrow (QB – CIN)

This is a true judgment call. We’d lean slightly towards him playing Week 3 but re-injury risk is the key. Given a “tweak” following a strain, that risk is relatively high right now (~20%). Each week of rest lowers it, but the unfortunate reality is that it would take ~6 weeks to substantially lower it down to <10%. With the Bengals already 0-2, we’re not sure they have the luxury of time.

Austin Ekeler (RB – LAC)

Average high ankle data would have Ekeler returning in the Week 4-5 range. But the Chargers are on bye Week 5 and recent comments from Staley suggest they’re going to take this slowly, so we’d lean towards a Week 6 return. At that point, re-injury risk is only mild, but performance would still project to dip for about 3 weeks post-return.

Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR – DET)

Comments suggest this is a bone bruise, rather than the more common turf toe injury. If that is the case, we’d lean towards ARSB playing Week 3 with low re-injury risk and performance impact.

DK Metcalf (WR – SEA)

TBD. Lean towards playing. Rib and chest contusions tend not to limit availability, but do tend to drop WR performance ~15%. Overall low re-injury risk.