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Injuries happen in all sports – especially football.
It would be awesome if we could develop a way to completely solve the problem, but we never will. Football is a violent sport, and when you have guys as big and as fast as NFL athletes, injuries will invariably follow.
However, every year, injuries DO occur that could be avoided – especially when guys like James Harrison are involved.
One of the big stories coming out of Sunday’s games, in addition to Jay Cutler’s injury, was the injury to Adrian Peterson that forced the league’s best running back to miss most of Minnesota’s loss to Oakland (which surely induced many more crocodile tears).
Fortunately, it sounds like Peterson avoided any serious damage to one of the appendages that helps him run all day.
Well this stinks.
I’ve never been the biggest Jay Cutler fan, but I have to say that I’ve gained a newfound respect for him this season as he’s persevered through O-Line problems and receiver issues to lead the Bears, along with Matt Forte, to a 7-3 record.
Unfortunately, Cutler’s season may well be over now that he will have to have surgery to repair a broken thumb.
We have lots of injury updates heading into week 6 of the NFL season, including the latest on running backs Rashard Mendenhall, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and Daniel Thomas, so let’s get to it.
I typically post the weekly injury update post on Friday mornings, but it occurred to me that it might be more useful on Thursday since many of us have lineup decisions to make before tonight’s game. So while I have one less day of information, at least I can highlight what we do know as of this morning and where the uncertainties in your lineup currently lie.
Make sure to also check out the Week 15 start ‘em, sit ‘em picks, the Week 15 rankings, and the Week 15 waiver wire sleeper picks. And we’ll be here Sunday morning for our weekly live chat, as always.
Tom Brady is on the injury report with an injured right shoulder. This is definitely something to be worried about, and you should definitely sit Brady*.
* – if you sit Tom Brady after how well he’s been playing lately, unless you have a truly elite alternative (i.e. Rodgers, Vick, Brees, Rivers) I will find you and slap you silly. Tom Brady is always on the injury report as probable.
The only significant Bears injury is backup running back Chester Taylor. He has a knee issue, but practiced Thursday and should be fine.
We’ve done the Week 13 start em, sit em, the Week 13 rankings, and the Week 13 waiver wire sleeper picks. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the injured players, as we do every Friday.
When Adrian Peterson – the best and most consistent player in fantasy football over the last four years – gets injured, there is no bigger news in the fantasy football world. Thus, we’ll lead off with news about the man they call All Day.
Sadly, there isn’t a whole lot of new news to pin our Week 13 hopes on.
A lot of people asked about Roddy White before last night’s game. He was limited in practice with a knee issue and listed as questionable.
I told everyone on Twitter (@FantasyMSF) and in the comment sections here at MSF Fantasy Sports that if he plays, you have to play him. With supreme talents like White, you play them if their team feels comfortable doing so.
And all Roddy White did was go out at put up 100+ yards and 2 TDs. Let that be a lesson as we delve into every fantasy-relevant Week 10 injury.
In other WR news, Sidney Rice is not even on the injury report!
Brett Favre is injured everyone. Seriously.
What? You hadn’t heard yet? Yeah, he’s got a bum ankle. He’s been in a walking boot all week. Hasn’t practiced. The streak – the streak – is in jeopardy.
Look, let’s just get the Brett Favre portion of this injury update out of the way right off the bat. I will believe that Brett Favre is not going to start on Sunday when Tarvaris Jackson is under center and has taken the first snap of the game. Until then, I don’t care if practices or doesn’t practice. I don’t care if he says he’s going to play or not. I don’t care if Brad Childress says Favre will play or not.
If we’ve learned one thing from all of the Favre nonsense over the past few years, it’s this: no matter what, when the issue is Brett Favre playing football, expect him to play. That’s it, it’s that simple.
I have to budget more and more time with each successive week for the Friday injury updates. Through the first two or three weeks, the fantasy-relevant injuries are usually pretty limited. But as the weeks go on, more and more top players start getting dinged up.
So sit back, relax, and strap it down as I go through a few running backs dealing with injuries that could affect their Week 4 performance, then link you to a rundown of every injury that will affect your fantasy football week 4 lineup decisions.
