NFL Injury Updates To Know Before Week 2

Intro hey guys Dr Morris injury experts here it's Thursday afternoon some of the practice has been begun underway other ones haven't really started yet I'm going to try to give you an update and get it edited in the time so you can set your lineups as we head into Thursday night game and then eventually transition over to Sunday I don't expect a whole lot of changes injury-wise between now in tomorrow and then uh as it transitions over to Saturday usually not a whole lot happens in that 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday there are several quarterbacks that are banged up but there's really only one that's worthy of being concerned about and that's of Jordan Love course Jordan love dealing with the MCL sprain of that he has not practiced Wednesday or today uh he's one of the few that we have a report on I do not expect him to play this week even though they've basically been saying maybe he could play I think it's uh very very unlikely that he plays this week it's just not worth it risk for the ACL for the MCL for the miniscus as all three would be potentially at risk with his current injury uh we are going to see malake Willis which is a significant downgrade as far as we know for Josh Jacobs for uh Jaden Reed tight ends dubes uh you know Christian Watson so right now besides Josh Jacobs I have to be really careful and even then Jacobs is more in the 15 to 20 range as opposed to top 10 Josh Allen is playing tonight Josh Allen he did injure his left hand sounds like like he's doing okay I have a couple bets on him tonight uh and I think he will have a fantastic game he'll probably run more than uh his regular and he uh is a great spot for an anytime touchdown um I think he'll probably throw the ball a little bit more than last week uh Shakir will probably get more love cancade will definitely get more Love U we'll see how that plays out maybe they end up running the ball a little bit more with James Cook but um we'll see how that plays out no concerns or issues with Josh Allen Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson a little extra sore from uh his Thursday game against the Chiefs uh but he should be good to go not technically on the injur report uh but he is a little bit extra sore not a big deal I think we will see um Mark Andrews get more uh bump up this year this week uh in targets and in in volume and in fantasy points uh last week the Chiefs really Harbo on him double teaming him but shout out to the fantasy points data they had his um average score separation you know separation score of running routes as number two I think behind Trey McBride so he was still Elite I don't think his ankle's 100% yet but I still think he's uh significantly better I think we'll probably see a little bit of regression from Isaiah likely as people uh as they hone in on him a little bit more they're not just going to give him a free open route while double teaming Andrews because they saw how that played out last week Kyler Murray banged up a Kyler Murray little bit with a knee injury that popped up yesterday but he was a full practice so we don't know if this is his ACL knee or his other knee I'm not overly concerned obviously they he didn't really get on the same page with Marvin Harrison Jr but I think that will probably change this week this could be a shootout this week uh and I I expect him to hit more of a dorch a little bit more Wilson Trey McBride will definitely get a little bit more love uh than he did last week and not until the end of Russel Wilson the game Russell Wilson still deal with that Crain he's a partial uh practice yesterday I do not expect him to play on uh Sunday cuz I think it's still a little bit risky uh we saw Justin Fields run the ball a decent amount he hit picking a fair amount uh but you know I still think Russell Wilson's actually probably a better option for this offense uh but we'll see how this plays out I do not expect Wilson to play uh this week but he may be available uh if Fields gets injured let's transition over to running backs now uh the the Miami RBs both Miami running backs that started last week are both injured Raheem muster is ruled out with a chest injury that could be rib that could be cartilage that could be lung there's a bunch of things it could be uh one thing that is for certain that is he's out in week two and he's not going on IR so week three or week four is probably more realistic uh he has a crazy long injury history uh in general but I think he will return in the next week or two as far as Devon achan uh I was concerned about an ankle injury we saw an ankle injury pop up I watched his practice yesterday from the videos that I could see and he did not really favor it much at all which is great news if you didn't know he injured his ankle you probably wouldn't know he injured his ankle the good news is that I think he's going to end up playing tonight uh and this is what you drafted him for to play him when he's healthy or at least when he's on the field is he at increased risk free injury yes without question is he a high-risk High reward player every week yes uh I think he plays this week I don't know if he's getting limited snaps I don't know if they're going to use him like they did last week running a ton of uh routes out of the slot and in general uh maybe they don't run him as much I think we will see Jeff Wilson Jr hold down the back field Jaylen Wright will likely get some love this week we just don't know how much uh my guess is it's probably going to be less than Jeff Wilson Jr but more than Anan um and we'll see maybe he can pull off what Jordan Mason did last week and just be absolutely incredible uh nonetheless Wright is a sneaky bet that I'm waiting for the props to come out on and I think uh you know in a deep League maybe you can consider starting him as is more of a betting and in DFS and beste ball play than it is a traditional route this week I traded for him in a league uh for what it's worth to give you an idea I really like him and leagues that I didn't happen to draft Kenneth Walker him let's talk about Kenneth Walker Kenneth Walker is dealing with an oblique strain which is the muscles that kind of go up your ribs uh and and are responsible for cutting he had an oblique strain that cost him two games in 2023 to give you an idea he has had this before we don't know if it's the same side or the other side uh I haven't seen the practice reports today cuz they're on the west coast um if he practices in limited capacity today or tomorrow I think he plays but he's risky uh and and the Patriots are going to bang and bump and bruise him uh so be careful with Kenneth Walker this week uh shanet is off the injury report he was banged up a little bit earlier in Camp um but he looks like he's healthy and he could be the primary back especially if Walker doesn't go out doesn't play we will probably not hear about that until Josh Jacobs tomorrow as far as Josh Jacobs he popped up with a back injury uh it sounds relatively mild I think he uh will play without much concerns but we talked about how Malik Willis uh could potentially make this a little bit of an ugly game so uh we'll have to see how this plays out I have him more in the RB 15 to 20 range as opposed to the top 12 CMC Christian mcaffrey obviously a huge surprise inactive in week one uh reportedly he reinjured or had a setback to his calf end or Achilles on Friday and that's when they said you know what it's just not worth it to play him Jordan Mason whether or not he got the call on Friday or on Sunday he had a fan or Monday he had a fantastic game I think Jordan Mason at the minimum is going to get some work in this game I just don't know if mcaffry is going to play I did a pretty deep dive on my Twitter yesterday if you want to see about the difference between achilles tendonitis versus tendonopathy and how the calf is also involved this is not something that is going to go away he will deal with this the entirety of the season but it may not bother him in totality the entire of the Season uh I think there's about a 50% chance mcaffry plays in week two I just don't know what his work go is going to be and I have concerns about reinjury since he just tweaked it on Friday and you know it'll basically be a little bit over a week but if you have if he's active you pretty much have to start him unfortunately saquon Barkley uh appears Saquon Barkley he's tweaked his neck probably a stinger if I were to guess I'm not worried about it it's just more per formality jayen Jaylen Warren Warren should be healthier than he was last week he really probably shouldn't have played last week with his hamstring but he doesn't like to miss games but if you were depending on him he probably let you down he should be a little healthier this week uh but he's still at increased risk for reinjury Marshon Marshawn Lloyd Lloyd um is let me see what his practice status was he practiced um a partial practice yesterday I think there's a chance he might get on the field this week I still don't really trust him yet I love his talent I'm just not ready for the hamstring so be careful with Marshon Lloyd uh this week Miles Sanders my sanders tweaked his finger but he's not really fantasy relevant ran Johnson Roschon Johnson was in a healthy scratch last week he's dealing with toe injury but he's not in the injury report so it may be just a depth thing at this time and then the Patriots uh Antonio Gibson is not really Antonio Gibson much of a threat to rre Stevenson as we saw last week but he's dealing with a mild hip injury audri a steam a Audric Estime potentially nice rookie for the Denver Broncos unfortunately suffered a pretty bad ankle injury and they placed them on IR yesterday that backfield was a hot mess I was a big fan of javante Williams coming into the season but they did not use him appropriately in week one moffen was also a little bit of a hot mess so we'll have to see how that plays out um in in week two so I'm kind of backing off those guys until I see which direction they're going uh and see if we can get some more production out of B Knicks let's head over to wide receivers so there's a fair share of wide receivers I have 16 on my list already through week one puka nakua Puka Nacua unfortunately suffered a a a pretty substantial PCL sprain he's going to probably miss at least a week six a week seven I'm going to say this uh and I need you to make sure you hear me he will not be 100% until 2025 I've treated PCL injuries they very frustrating they uh do they cause a lot of instability issues this is what Lamar Jackson had a couple years ago and he missed eight games and ended his season this is a frustrating injury uh he's probably going to miss at least up until week six or week seven maybe even week eight so if you have the opportunity to trade him he's not going to help you for at least six weeks so trade him and and use someone that you can use now Dynasty a little bit of a different story because then you have to weigh long-term value this is obviously going to help Cooper Cup this will help Tyler Johnson this will help Demarcus Robinson who I like a little bit more than Johnson this will help Kobe Parkinson uh if we can if cop can stay healthy he has as many targets as he can handle uh but they have multiple offensive lineman out already we're going to see kyn Williams have to Chip and he's not going to get as much routes run corm didn't do anything last week um and we saw a little bit of backup from Ronnie Rivers I wouldn't be surprised Ur if that was more of the same this week but they have a fantastic match up I'm pretty sure they're playing uh the uh Cardinals as Jordan Addison far as Jordan Addison he suffered an ankle injury on the other side so now he's got two bad ankles I don't think he plays this week uh this one is likely a lateral moderate ankle sprain as opposed to his first one which was a left high ankle sprain um this will help Jaylen Naylor they are playing the 49ers so that may be a little bit tricky Justin Jefferson will obviously get his love and in the rest of the team Aaron Jones will probably get a lot of love but there's not a whole lot of other reliable pass catchers on the team besides them I don't have a whole lot of faith in Addison in the next week or two Bears WRs a couple of the Bears are banged up Keenan Allen uh with his heel not overly concerning he had a 44% Target share they just didn't throw the ball a lot so I think when uh when they start throwing it more he's going to be a beast as long as he can stay healthy uh which he's been able to do the past couple years uh radun unfortunately suffered an MCL sprain uh while he was blocking um that's probably going to hold them out at least this week and probably next week uh so realistically that just basically fine-tunes and touches up the target share and Target concentration um and and maybe we see a little bit of a bump in in in uh you know ability and fantasy points for DeAndre Swift who actually had some good underlying metrics just didn't get a lot of love Jameson Williams Jameson Williams suffered had a fantastic game definitely a game changer everything that people were hoping has actually come to fruition he did tweak his ankle I'm not over really worried about it but it's definitely something to monitor um as they play in week two but he's you know definitely wide receiver three with wide receiver two and maybe even wide receiver one uh capabilities alone raw got shafted in the portl didn't do obviously the best but uh maybe that evens out this week as far as uh Jan Jennings suffered a high Juwan Jennings ankle sprain due to basically hip drop tackle um and uh but I think he might be able to get lucky in play through it he did return to that game Rashid he had a Rashid Shaheed monster game uh had 30 something points in the Scott Fishbowl due to his multiple abilities um he has a mild finger injury but he practic in full so I'm not worried uh Joshua Palmer uh Joshua Palmer dealing with a minor knee injury uh lad makoni looked good Palmer didn't do the best uh you know Herbert looked pretty good given uh what we worried about his foot um but I think we're going to see a lot of running so they're not going to throw the ball a ton and if they will it's probably going to be to makoni Tyler Lockett Tyler Lockett is banged up with a quad injury uh they'll pretty much be more on the same uh they I have some concerns about that offensive General and and I'm curious to see who Christian Gonzalez locks up or tries to lock up this week he did a great job on Jamar Chase last week Josh DS practice another limited Josh Downs capacity today uh he might play this week but be careful with him I have significant reservations I love his talent but I just first week off of high ankle is not going to be uh is explosive it's going to take him a couple more weeks uh Alec Pierce had a really good day but that was a little bit fluky Den I Mitchell had the top separation score uh and should have monster games coming up and and you know Pitman did okay Jonathan Taylor did pretty good but didn't get any Targets at all which is kind of the the role for him and man is Anthony Richardson have a cannon uh Amen to him hopefully he can stay healthy DeAndre Hopkins DeAndre Hopkins unfortunately still dealing with that knee injury even though he's a full practice I'm not comfortable starting him yet they have a tough matchup this week uh Ridley has a tough matchup this week I think Pard took over the back field and we'll see Spears kind of compliment him but in general that's kind of how that team is going to play out I'm going to wait a couple more weeks before I make any decisions on uh that uh Titans offense T Tee Higgins Higgins is unlikely to play this week he's not practicing again today which is uh Thursday and uh he has a you know acute hamstring strain he's had multiple hamstring strains I think it's been four or five in the past couple of years we don't know if they're the same spot but that's a Mot point they really could have used him against the Chiefs uh this is not good uh because now they're going to have to use oobas they're going to have to use gazi they're going to have to uh kind of spread the ball to less uh impactful receivers Jamar can now potentially be double teamed um as a result of of just not having another substantial threat so you know there's a possibility the Bengals start 0 and2 and burrow continues to struggle whether or not he can pick up a water bottle Mars Hollywood brown Hollywood Brown is not ready to return in week two it sounds like I don't know if he suffered a sitb back or if it's just a little bit worse or not healing like we want him to but he probably won't return till maybe week three or week four depending on where we're at he has not returned to the practice field yet uh that's good for Xavier wory who looked incredible hopefully he gets more love I love Rashi rice um and we'll see obviously Kelsey get a little bit more involved this week Roman Wilson may make Other WRs his debut this week he was coming off of a high ankle sprain so be a little bit careful but he could slide in as that wide receiver too at Perry dealing with a hand injury but he'll be fine and Malik Washington the rookie for the Dolphins is not going to play tonight with a quad injury of his own finish in Dalton Schultz strong Dalton Schultz uh dealing with an ankle injury we don't have any specifics I did not see this injury but he has not practic in back-to-back days which is not a good sign for him even if he plays you're going to have to probably sit him be careful with Dalton schelton week two Jake Ferguson Jake Ferguson is adamant that his knee is not as bad as as they said uh we'll have to see if he returns to practice today or tomorrow but I do not expect him to play this week pending something miraculous bone bruis is really hurt and mcl's brains are risky for anyone that's G to get tackled which is him assuming he would have catched the ball David David Njoku andoku suffered a moderate high ankle sprain I believe is his right ankle uh and he's going to miss at least week two possibly up to week five so you're going to have to uh find someone else to compensate for him um as a result and even then he might have trouble with come back Watson looks absolutely awful uh so we'll have to see if he makes any strides this week I do like Ford this Brock Bowers week Brock Bowers is off the injury report with a foot injury he looked really good last week and should only get better and the Noah fan is dealing with a minor toe injury probably turf toe he'll play through it but he's not 100% um those are my uh you kind of major guys heading into week two if you like this type of content do me a favor smash a thumb up subscribe check out the injury experts create a free account check out the injury reports that are available daily ult updated multiple 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