Week 1 of the NFL season has finally arrived. Bart Scott can’t WAIT until Thursday night.

NFL Injury Report For Week 1: Fantasy Football Injuries

With all of the positives surrounding the return of football, there are always negatives due to the violent nature of the sport. Those negatives are directly related to injuries. With the season set to begin, let’s dive into the players with their Week 1 status hanging in the balance.

 

NFL Injury Report Week 1: Running Backs

Jahmyr Gibbs Injury Update - Hamstring

Just when I started to type up that there shouldn’t be too much worry about Jahmyr Gibbs’ Week 1 status, head coach Dan Campbell got on the podium and reassured me of that. 

Jaylen Warren Injury Update - Hamstring

After leaving the Steelers' second preseason game with a hamstring injury, Jaylen Warren’s status heading into Week 1 of the regular season has largely been in question until practice on Monday. It’s all but confirmed Warren’s going to be ready to rock and it doesn’t look like he’ll have many limitations. 

Clyde Edwards-Helaire Injury Update - Illness

This has been a little sad since the reports came out, but Edwards-Helaire has officially been placed on the NFI list (non-football illness) due to a mental health issue stemming from PTSD. It was an incident that occurred in college and CEH will officially miss the first four weeks of the season because of it.

 

 

 

NFL Injury Report Week 1: Wide Receivers

Tyreek Hill Injury Update - Thumb

The Dolphins wideouts have been the biggest question marks around fantasy football injuries heading into Week 1, but Tyreek Hill spoke to the media on Monday morning about his thumb and said everything is good. He specifically gave us fantasy managers the thumbs up too, no pun intended.

Jaylen Waddle Injury Update - Undisclosed

The red jersey is OFF for Jaylen Waddle as Week 1 opens up this week. Waddle is practicing in full according to head coach Mike McDaniel.

Jordan Addison Injury Update - Ankle

Although it’s been reported that Addison was back at practice on Monday, we need to follow the reports thoroughly. In the first video below from Judd Zulgad of Vikings Wire, Addison is reported to be practicing, and he was definitely on the field.

This second video and tweet from Andrew Krammer of the Star Tribune suggest that there wasn’t much of Addison on the field beyond what we see from this second video below.

That’s not a great start to practice for Week 1 if he wasn’t able to do much of anything other than stretching. Then again, the media wasn’t able to catch all of the practice, so we should know more as the week goes on about Addison’s availability.

Hollywood Brown Injury Update - Shoulder

It took no time at all for the new Chiefs receiver to go down with an injury as he was hurt in the team’s first preseason game and Brown has been listed as OUT for Week 1 of the NFL season. Now, the Chiefs had an opportunity to place him on IR if they thought this would be a long-term thing and they chose against it. That should speak volumes that Brown is close to being game-ready and should be back either Week 2 or Week 3. Chiefs GM Brett Veach spoke to that as well.

DeAndre Hopkins Injury Update - Knee

DeAndre Hopkins hosted his first youth camp in Nashville over the weekend and let everyone know to temper expectations about Week 1. He’s preparing to play but isn’t 100% committing to doing so given the nature of the long season ahead.

Curtis Samuel Injury Update - Toe

After participating in practice last week on a limited basis, things are trending upward for Curtis Samuel who’s been dealing with turf toe this offseason. We’ll learn more about Samuel’s Week 1 status as the week goes on.

Josh Downs Injury Update - Ankle

We’re closing in on a month since Josh Downs hurt his ankle in 7-on-7 practice and it looks like he could be sidelined for over a month, including through Week 1, based on head coach Shane Steichen’s comments. Steichen said Downs is “progressing well” but his status for Week 1 is unknown at this time.

Ricky Pearsall Injury Update 

An unfortunate injury to be reporting, but the San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver was shot over the weekend and is thankfully in stable condition. It was an attempted robbery and the bullet exited through his back cleanly, which is very obviously a good thing. There’s no word on his road to recovery just yet, but we hope he gets back to full strength soon.

 

 

 

NFL Injury Report Week 1: Tight Ends

Sam LaPorta Injury Update - Hamstring

As mentioned above with Jamyhr Gibbs, head coach Dan Campbell helped us through any concerns we may have had with LaPorta heading into Week 1. All systems go! 

Mark Andrews Injury Update - Undisclosed

After being involved in a car accident, Mark Andrews missed over two weeks of practice time but is back on the field practicing and has reported himself healthy enough to play Thursday night against the Kansas City Chiefs according to Mike Golic.

Dallas Goedert Injury Update - Oblique

For the second straight day, Dallas Goedert was on the practice field for Monday, September 2nd, as the Packers are nearing their Week 1 matchup against the Eagles on Friday night. Things are trending in the right direction for Goedert to play in this game considering his nagging oblique injury.