Fantasy Football Injuries: Jahmyr Gibbs, Puka Nacua, Hollywood Brown (2024)

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As always, you can find our full database of injury updates at sportsmedanalytics.com and can hit us up any time on Twitter/X @SportMDAnalysis. Now let’s get to it. Here are our fantasy football injury updates on all the ailments to know as you prepare for your fantasy football draft. Below we dive into a few notable fantasy football injuries.

Fantasy Football Injuries

Jahmyr Gibbs

RB hamstring injuries average 2-3 weeks. Reports suggest Gibbs intends to return at ~2, which would confirm relatively mild severity. Don’t expect much of a performance dip by the time Week 1 starts, but he does carry ~20% re-injury risk through the first half of the season.

Puka Nacua

Comments suggest a moderate severity knee bursa-related injury. This isn’t generally structurally concerning, so the risk of dropping his production or increasing his re-injury rate is likely low. McVay, who is rated as highly accurate on the injury CoachSpeak Index, commented that we should expect Nacua to be ready for Week 1, which further strengthens our suspicions.

Hollywood Brown

SC joint dislocations are dangerous, but the good news is they aren’t likely to cause major performance dips or re-injury risks upon return. The reported timeline was 4-6 weeks. Tyreek Hill and Danny Amendola both took 5 to return, which would place Brown back at Week 2.