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Week 15 Fantasy Football Injury Report
TBD. Data heavily favors sitting. We suspect he will push to play, as Hill has historically been aggressive about playing through injury. However, given the playoffs right around the corner and the Dolphins conservative management of Achane’s earlier injury, we’d lean towards Hill sitting to avoid the high re-injury risk.
Playing. WRs with chest contusions do see mild dips in their stats, but every indication suggests that Jefferson would still be a WR1.
TBD. Lean towards sitting. Data projects a 60% chance of missing the game, and their management of his prior injury also implies a slow return as the most likely outcome here.
TBD. Data favors sitting. Most low ankles don’t cause missed time, but young WRs who don’t practice all week rarely play. On the plus side, this doesn’t project to be a multi-week absence even if he misses Week 15.
Very likely out. Data slightly favors missing Week 16 also. Average timeline on these = 2-4 weeks, and early return comes with a very high re-injury risk (see Joe Burrow for reference).
Data projects a 70% chance he plays. Low ankles typically don’t cause stats dips, especially when players have logged a full practice leading up to the game (which Moore has). They do, however, come with an elevated re-injury risk.
Avoiding IR suggests Week 16 has been his target return date. Week 17 would be the average return timeline, so he’s likely getting close either way.
Likely playing. RB data favors maintained efficiency but decreased workload. With his backup also nicked up, Etienne is slightly more likely to see his full workload.
TBD. Data projects 60% chance to play. Older RBs would typically see mild workload limitations but maintained efficiency. BUT…
TBD. Would be heavy outlier to play 1 week after breaking thumb. Lean towards sitting, which would leave more work for Aaron Jones.
Data heavily favors missing Week 15 and returning Week 16 at full strength.
Data projects 70% chance to play. We’re not expecting any per-touch efficiency impact, but do anticipate a re-injury risk as high as 20%.
Sitting Week 15. Suspect he tries for a Week 16 return, but given his history of having a prior in-season hamstring plus several hamstrings in previous years, he will carry a very high re-injury risk.
Comments suggest a Week 16 return. It’s rare, though possible, to have a piece of tissue or implant from his prior surgery pop loose. The description of his most recent procedure suggest the surgeon went in to the shoulder arthroscopically (through small incisions), removed the loose piece(s), and that’s it.
Lean towards playing. If active, data favors major workload limitations (~50%). High re-injury risk for rest of season.
Data projects 60% chance of playing. If active, expect low efficiency impact but high re-injury risk.
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