Injury Rundown: NFL Week 2

Attention: All FakeFootballers!

It’s that time of the week again! I’ll be updating this column regularly to give everyone an idea of sits and starts, fill-ins and pretty much everything injury related! Below is the list of each team’s injury lists.

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I’ll be going in-depth with players that have more relevance after each team. Defensive players are on here too, so read up. Take it from me, it helps more than anything and it’s something that most people overlook.

• Skelton is out, and Kolb is in, the only thing to take out of this really is that Larry Fitzgerald still doesn’t have a half-decent QB.
• Beanie Wells would be a sit for me even if Ryan Williams was a no-show, the Cards are playing whoever plays less-ugly-er.
• As you can see the Cards’ secondary is way too banged up. There’s absolutely no way they’re stopping the Pats come Sunday especially if they go without their second best player, in my opinion, in Patrick Peterson.

• Reports say that Roddy White is listed as questionable but went through a full practice on Saturday and is expected to suit up against the Broncos for their home opener.

• Ed Reed says that his injury is very minor but it’s going to be a huge setback for the Baltimore D if he’s sitting out some games, it’s not enough that Suggs is out till November. If Reed is out, the Eagles might have a chance in week 2.

• Fred Jackson out, CJ Spiller in. Spiller looked amazing, and in my opinion should be started in all formats for next week. He’ll carry and catch balls left, right and center.

• There are a lot of questions surrounding the Panthers’ running game after their week 1 loss to the Bucs, they rushed for a grand total of 1 yard and I’m not so sure how much a banged up Stewart would make a difference. I’d lay off for now.
• The Panthers listed Smith as questionable after a limited practice on Friday but Coach Rivers expects him to be a full go.

• I couldn’t see how Urlacher would miss this game, especially because it’s against the Packers, he sat out the second half of week 1 only as a precautionary measure.
• Lovie Smith is very optimistic that his starting CB, Charles Tillman is good to go as well. No good news here Packers fans.

• Green-Ellis played a decent game and looks like he’s ready to take a bigger role in an offense, there’s no need for Bernard Scott.

• Trent Richardson will keep on playing, and I’m expecting a breakout game soon depending on how good his knee feels.
• One more thing to note is that Joe Haden is suspended 4 games for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. That leaves the Browns without their top CB.

• Yes, Jason Witten played in week 1 to everyone’s surprise, and we all saw how little he was involved in the offense. I’d say he’d be a a TE2 play for week 2, and I’d find other options.
• Barring any set backs, both Demarco Murray and Miles Austin are good to go, they turned in full practices all week.
• DeMarcus Ware is listed in the Cowboys’ injury report without any reports as to why he’s injured, I’m assuming he’s a green light or there might be no stopping Lynch on Sunday.

• Thomas’ status was never in doubt, he turned in a full practice on Saturday and is expected to play against the Falcons on Monday night.

• There’s really no story here, Best is still out and LeShoure is still suspended. Let’s go Kevin Smith!
• Calvin Johnson was also listed here last week and everyone was worried when he sat out Wednesday’s practice. He turned in a couple of full ones after and is expected to play at San Francisco.

• James Starks is long gone, even if he comes back from the toe injury, I can’t see him taking Cedric Benson’s place in the coming weeks.

• I would honestly ignore a lot of probable’s on this list, this include Foster, Watt and Joseph. All of them should be suiting up against the Jaguars.

• We never got the confirmation for Collie and it’s still a wait and see. Owners should be cautious in starting.
• A big blow to the Colts is losing DE Dwight Freeney, he will be out which makes their pass rush close to zero.

• Good news for MJD owners. He’ll get a full workload with Jennings sitting out.
• Derek Cox and Daryl Smith are two of the Jags’ best defensive players, it would hurt them a lot if Cox doesn’t suit up against the Texans this week.

• Flowers deems himself ready for week 2 against the Bills. He put in a few full practices this week and the Chiefs would be stoked to have him back as well as their Pro Bowl pass rusher Tamba Hali.

• Two words, Reggie Bush. No one else should touch that football, not because Bush is a God, but because the rest of their offense is horrendous.

• The Vikings are just being cautious here, AP said he felt great after week 1, expect him to be a go in week 2.

• Tom Brady will probably do plastic surgery and will be out. Or not.

• The Saints were ready to play without Vilma, and they’re fine with that but Greer was a late scratch in week 1, and would hurt them a lot if they don’t get their best CB in for week 2, and the fact that Johnny Patrick left their week 1 game as well. The Panthers, no matter how ugly that first game was, might have a field day passing the football.

• Nicks played 53 of 57 snaps in week 1 and admitted that he was not in mid-season condition just yet, Nicks will play, his production is a little shaky for a WR1 though.
• Not so certain why Cruz is listed under the Giants’ IR but everything sounds like he’s ready to bounce back after a poor week 1 performance.

• Revis is out, and Cromartie is probably suiting up. One way or another the Steelers will keep at this. It’ll be hard to stop both Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown at the same time.

• Ford will be out for the season and the Raiders are very hopeful thatMoorecan suit up against the Dolphins in week 2, they are in desperate need of help in their offense.

• Both DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin are banged up but reports say they’re ready to play. Whether or not they give it a full go remains a question. I’d think long and hard before starting both receivers against the Baltimore defense.

• The Steelers are going to say that Mendenhall is week-to-week and until he comes back and shows a little form, I would sit him til. Redman and Dwyer should continue to pick up the slack, some way, some how.
• Reports say Harrison and Polamalu are sitting this one out. Good news for the Steelers is they’ll have safety Ryan Clark back, who was unable to play atDenverin week 1. An ugly game for both teams without their top defensive players is about to happen.

• Everyone wants to believe that Matthews will stick to the plan and play in week 2 but I find it hard to swallow. He’s going to come back soon but his status is very much in doubt against the Titans this week.
• Gates came back to play against the Raiders on Monday Night Football after sustaining a rib injury so it doesn’t seem to be serious. He didn’t look so good in that game as though. The Titans on the other hand, give a lot of points to TE’s so Gates should be a TE1 come Sunday, despite the ugly showing.

• Barring another setback, Lynch should be good to go against the Cowboys in week 2. He rushed for a full workload in week 1 and that’s more than enough reason to believe he’s close to 100%.
• We had the same reports for Sidney Rice in week 1, although not fully healthy, which I doubt he’ll ever be, he’ll suit up and play.

• Blount went down in the second quarter against the Panthers last Sunday and quite frankly no one knows what happened. Whether or not he plays, Doug Martin has been the clear workhorse for his team.

• My man Locker is on track to start against the Chargers come Sunday, coach says as long as he can play through the soreness he’s a go.
• Kenny Britt says he’s knees are fine and is expected to play Sunday, he will though, would have a limited snap count so we’d want to wait and see how he turns out before putting him in any of our line ups.
• Washingtonsuffered a leg contusion against the Patriots and should be good to go in week 2.

• We’d all love to see Garcon back on the field come Sunday and he says he’s fine and is extremely confident he’ll play. I’d say unless reports say otherwise, I’d start him.

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Good luck fellas! Cheers!

Chris