Fantasy Football NFL Week 7 Injury Report & Outlook (2023)

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Week 7 Fantasy Football Injury Report

Christian McCaffrey

Lean slightly towards him playing. The average is one week out, but he does tend to play through minor injuries. Expect a low-efficiency dip if active, but the data does suggest that he would have fewer snaps than normal.

Deebo Samuel

Lean slightly towards him sitting Week 7 and returning Week 8. He does still have an outside chance to play Week 7, but if he is active, do expect a production dip.

Saquon Barkley

High ankle sprain data projects Barkley to follow an 80-90-90-100% efficiency progression. Week 7 would be the second week of the return, so projects to have him at 90%.

Aaron Jones

Data projects a 75% chance he plays. Older running backs do tend to see fewer touches in their first game back post-hamstring strain. Low-efficiency dip is projected.

Justin Fields

Lean towards a Week 9 return. Week 8 is theoretically possible but is asking a lot for him to regain enough thumb strength to grip and forcefully throw the ball. Typically, you would know if surgery was needed right after the MRI, so the fact that it has not been announced so far suggests it is not in the cards.

David Montgomery

The average timeline is two games missed. Therefore the data does favor a Week 10 return since he is on bye Week 9. If active in Week 8, we would expect it to be with a numbing injection and a dip in his efficiency.

DK Metcalf

Lean slightly towards him playing, although this is a true game-time decision. Data does project a moderate performance dip if he is active due to him having two injuries to list.

Diontae Johnson

Playing. Wide receivers coming off of the injured reserve (IR) for hamstring strains tend to return at about 100% pre-injury production. Re-injury risk is elevated to about 15% for the next six weeks.

Jahmyr Gibbs

Expect a big workload. RB performance doesn’t tend to dip, and young RBs don’t see much workload hit post-hamstring.

Craig Reynolds

Data favors a 55% chance that Reynolds plays. However, because he has both a toe and a hamstring injury, it also projects a moderate performance dip and decreased workload if active.

Austin Ekeler

Expect continued improvements. Data projects a 10% efficiency dip with recovery to pre-injury baseline for Week 8. He will have a mildly elevated re-injury risk as well.

Sam LaPorta

Data projects a full-strength performance. The concern here is about a 10% re-injury risk.

Deshaun Watson

Practice progression suggests he’s playing. A small rotator cuff tear is not likely to drop his performance if active.

DeVonta Smith

Playing. WR data projects a mild (~10%) performance hit from hamstring strains + 10% re-injury risk.

Tyler Lockett

Playing. Expect a mild performance hit. Re-injury risk ~15% for the next six weeks due to age and injury.

Daniel Jones

Status is to be determined, but we would lean towards him sitting. He is reportedly not yet cleared for contact, but video suggests that he’s throwing the ball pretty well. The progression so far would lean us toward a Week 8 or Week 9 return.

Kyren Williams

Likely dealing with a high ankle sprain. The average on these is three weeks out. Therefore Week 9 is possible but not particularly likely. We would lean towards a week eleven return as they are on bye during Week 10. The average RB would return with a 20% efficiency dip.

Pat Freiermuth

IR is obviously not great news, but hamstring data suggests that he is likely returning at 100% production after those four weeks.

Kareem Hunt

Data projects a 60% chance he plays. If active, the thigh injury listing is not generally associated with a major performance impact.

Rhamondre Stevenson

Playing. Low ankle sprains typically do not cause much efficiency dip. However, you would expect to see a mild dip in his workload.

Zach Charbonnet

Limited information is available, but the average is two games missed. Lean towards a Week 9 return but pending his practice progression.

Jimmy Garoppolo

Reportedly had a reassuring evaluation in the hospital. The diagnosis is not really clear, but comments on the situation suggest that he’s targeting roughly a Week 9 or Week 10 return.

Trent Williams + Lane Johnson

Video of both suggests high ankle sprains. Most offensive linemen would miss two to three games, but Lane Johnson is playing, and Trent Williams is attempting to do the same. We would lean towards Williams being out for one to two weeks. Both are at increased re-injury risk.

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