Welcome back! For those who are newly joining, I’m Deepak Chona, M.D. – Stanford. I’m also a Harvard-trained sports surgeon and the founder of SportsMedAnalytics. I’m so excited to team up once again with the amazing squad at FantasyPros.
SportsMedAnalytics specializes in advanced injury analysis – predicting return timelines, performance impacts, and re-injury risks – by combining big data and machine learning with clinical experience.
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Here are the 10 biggest injuries questions of the fantasy football draft season. Below I highlight a few notable players.
NFL Injuries to Know (2023 Fantasy Football)
Kyler Murray (QB – ARI)
The return timeline on this one is tricky. Murray’s elite athleticism helps to predict a faster post-ACL return. However, young players with large guaranteed contracts tend to return slower, as do players returning to bad teams. As a result, our algorithm produces a wide range of outcomes here (Weeks 6-12 are all within one standard deviation), but predicts Week 8 for his most likely return date. Most QBs don’t see a hit to their passing ability upon return, but do see a significant drop in their rushing attempts and production. Expect full strength by 2024.
Treylon Burks (WR – TEN)
His movement quality from Monday’s practice looks right on track for a player who should play Week 1. That’s right in line with the average timelines for this type of issue (four weeks). WR data does predict a mild (~10%) production dip for his first two games, but we should be looking at a full strength player from Week 3 onwards.
Jerry Jeudy (WR – DEN)
WR data predicts Jeudy’s return will come between Week 2 and Week 4, with Week 3 being most likely. Pass catchers with Jeudy’s athletic profile do see a 15% performance hit for the first 2 weeks of their return. Additionally, he will carry about a 20% elevated re-injury risk for the first half of this season. As long as he stays healthy, he is a solid candidate for a strong second half of the year.
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