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Fantasy Football Injury Report & Predictions
Welcome back for another round of NFL injury updates! As always, don’t forget to hit us up on Twitter/X @SportMDAnalysis and sportsmedanalytics.com, where you can customize your injury feed and rapidly search for the players you need.
Week 16 Injury Updates
TBD. Data favors him playing (60%), but his wrist injury could worsen the more he plays through it. High-risk, high-reward scenario for fantasy managers.
TBD. Data projects a 2-in-3 chance of playing. Running backs in similar situations often experience a mild dip in touches but no efficiency decline.
Set to play after limited practice (LP) twice this week. Sustained a hip drop tackle in Week 15, which may slightly increase re-injury risk, but no performance dip is expected.
Returned to full practice (FP) and is likely at full strength.
Volume is projected to increase sharply in Weeks 16 and 17. Elevated re-injury risk accompanies this increase.
Leaning towards a Week 17 return. Data projects 90% pre-injury production with a 15% re-injury risk upon return.
Suspect limitations in running and change of direction. Re-injury risk is a significant concern. Data suggests a mild dip in passing efficiency.
Intermittently appeared on the injury report but is now off. No performance dip projected.
TBD. Data favors him sitting in Week 16. He was still in a boot as of Thursday. If active, expect a performance dip.
TBD. Data heavily favors him playing with no performance dip expected.
Zach Charbonnet (RB – SEA) & Kenneth Walker III (RB – SEA)
Both set to play with no projected workload limits or efficiency dips. However, Kenneth Walker carries a high re-injury risk, while Zach Charbonnet‘s is moderate.
TBD. Reports suggest he will play, but data projects a 65% chance of sitting out. Very high re-injury risk if active.
Playing with no projected limitations. His missed practice sessions were likely load management, given his high re-injury risk from multiple in-season soft tissue injuries.
For severe MCL sprains, the average recovery is 4-6 weeks. This timeline suggests a return with 2-3 playoff rounds left.
Likely out for Week 16. Status for Week 17 is TBD, but data slightly favors a return.
Out. The average recovery is two weeks, so he will likely miss Week 17 as well.
Likely out. Progression suggests a return in Week 17.
Returned to full practice (FP) after being removed from the injury report on Friday. Performance likely to rise in Weeks 16 and 17.
TBD. Data slightly favors sitting (55%). If active, there’s a very high re-injury risk. Tight ends often face snap count limits in their first game back.
Playing, but data suggests a mild 10-15% production dip.
Marquise “Hollywood” Brown (WR – KC)
Suspected rapid ramp-up in performance over the next two games.
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (WR – TEN)
Progression indicates a low ankle sprain. Data favors no dip in snaps or targets.
Data projects a rise to 90% pre-injury production levels by Week 18.
Young running backs typically return to a full workload in their 3rd-4th weeks back. Expect him to hit that mark in Weeks 16-17.
Played through injury in Weeks 15-16, which typically causes a two-week performance dip. He is likely to be ~100% by Week 17.
And that’s a wrap. Don’t forget to hit us up on Twitter/X @SportMDAnalysis for all your injury updates Sunday AM and PM. Now let’s go get those W’s!
