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Week 9 Fantasy Football Injury Report
TBD but we’d lean towards him sitting Week 9 with likely return Week 11 after the bye. This is mostly a question of grip strength, but it’s rare to be able to decrease swelling fast enough to play just one week after injury.
Playing. Most rotator cuff strains at 6 weeks out from injury would be near 100% healed. Expecting near full strength performance here.
Playing. Video suggests he sustained an AC joint sprain followed by a re-aggravation. This does hurt on the deep ball (see Derek Carr earlier this year), but with Allen’s massive arm strength, we aren’t projecting a drop in his production.
Likely returning Week 10. The rushing dip is well-documented post-ACL. QBs tend to run the ball fewer times and see a hit to their per-touch efficiency when they do. Passing, however, tends to quickly return to pre-injury levels post-ACL.
TBD. Data projects 2/3 chance of playing. Low-grade knee sprains typically carry only a mild performance impact and relatively low re-aggravation risk.
Playing. Re-aggravated bone bruises in the knee are painful, and we would anticipate seeing limited rushing attempts again in Week 9 (he had only 4 in Week 8). We’d expect this all to return to baseline Week 11 after their bye.
Returning to practice is a promising sign here. It means that the swelling is down, and leans us towards a Week 10 return. Anticipate a low performance impact if Fields is able to log a full practice prior to Week 10’s game. Re-injury will remain a concern if he falls awkwardly or takes a bad hit to the thumb, but this isn’t all that common to begin with.
Out Week 9, but most young WRs with a similar athletic profile to London would return from groin strains the following week. Practice reports will tell the rest of the story on this one.
Playing and very likely near full strength Week 9. His weakness was left-sided so we wouldn’t expect much impact on his throwing ability.
The high ankle likely causes pain all year long, but data favors a return to ~100% of his pre-injury production and efficiency at this point.
Week 8 video is unclear on whether he sustained an ankle injury that resulted in his limited 2nd half workload, but comments suggest that he didn’t. No reason to expect limitations going into Week 9.
His “DNP” status was likely just a veteran rest day. Data does suggest that he may get fewer touches than normal Week 9.
Playing. RB hamstring data presents optimism in that it projects an increase in his workload Week 9 and no lingering dip in his per-touch efficiency.
TBD. Data projects 85% chance of playing with a mild (10%) performance dip.
TBD. Data projects 60% chance of playing. Mid-week additions to the injury report have a relatively high chance of sitting, so we’d have backups locked and loaded. If active, data suggests only a mild performance dip for Downs.
Lean towards sitting. Re-aggravated knee sprains average 2-3 weeks out but also a performance hit upon return (see Treylon Burks for reference).
And that’s a wrap for the moment. Good luck with your matchups, and we’ll catch you next time!
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